Pioneer VSX-45TX manual Channel Delay

Setting Up for Surround Sound

CHANNEL DELAY

Adding a slight delay to some speakers is necessary to achieve proper sound depth, separation as well as an effective surround sound effect. You need to figure out the distance from your listening position to your speakers to add the proper delay. The following steps show you how to set the delay time for each channel by specifying the distances from your listening position to each speaker. Once you specify the speaker distances (or it is done automatically in the Easy Setup Guide), the receiver calculates the correct delay times automatically. If continuing from CHANNEL LEVEL go to step 1. If starting fresh, complete steps 1–2 on page 39.

	VIDEO SEL	HI-BIT	+10	–	DISC				1	The CHANNEL DELAY should be
	SYSTEM SETUP	0			GUIDE
6	9			ENTER
			DIRECT ACCESS SEARCH MODE
	MENU			TOP MENU					1-5	selected. If it isn’t use the 5∞ buttons
	TUNER EDIT	ENTER			TRACK
					EXIT					to select it. Press the ENTER button.
	AUDIO			RETURN
	MPX	DTV ON/OFF		DISP MODE						The setup possibilities appear on your TV
	TUNING –		BAND	TUNING +
	¶		8	SUB TITLE
	1		3	¡
	1-5 6								2	Select each speaker channel with the
										5∞ buttons and press ENTER.
									3	Use the 5∞ buttons to add or subtract
	STANDBY/ON		STANDBY							the distance in feet that the speaker is
	MULTI JOG	ENTER								from your normal listening position.
	MOVIE MUSIC
			MULTI JOG		CONTROL	SIGNAL HI-BIT		SB CH	BAND	Press the ENTER button.
			SET UP		RETURN	SELECT HI-SAMPLING		MODE
			PHONES				TONE CONTROL			Adjust the speaker distance in half foot increments from
					SPEAKERS	TONE	BASS/TREBLE
										0.5 to 45 feet.
										The default setting is 10 feet.
1									4	Repeat steps 2 & 3 for all speaker
	Normal									channels.

SURROUND

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[ Speaker Setting ]

[ Channel Level		]
[	Channel Delay	]
[	Exit	]

Channel			Delay
Front			L		[ 1 0 . 5 f t ]
Center					[	9	. 0 f t ]
Front			R		[ 1 0 . 0 f t ]
Surround				R	[	8	. 5 f t ]
SurrBack				R	[	7	. 0 f t ]
SurrBack				L	[	6	. 5 f t ]
Surround				L	[	8	. 0 f t ]
Subwoofer					[ 1 1 . 5 f t ]
[Exit ]
Channel			Delay
Front			L		[ 1 0 . 5 f t ]
Center					[	9	. 0 f t ]
Front			R		[ 1 0 . 0 f t ]
Surround				R	[	7	. 5 f t	]
SurrBack				R	[	7	. 0 f t	]
SurrBack				L	[	6	. 5 f t ]
Surround				L	[	8	. 0 f t ]
Subwoofer					[ 1 1 . 5 f t ]
[Exit ]
Channel			Delay
Front			L		[ 1 0 . 5 f t ]
Center					[	9	. 0 f t ]
Front			R		[ 1 0 . 0 f t ]
Surround				R	[	7	. 5 f t ]
SurrBack				R	[	7	. 0 f t ]
SurrBack				L	[	6	. 5 f t ]
Surround				L	[	8	. 0 f t ]
Subwoofer					[ 1 1 . 5 f t ]
[	Exit	]

5Use the 5∞ buttons to select EXIT and

press ENTER.

If you want to change a setting before proceeding

start over from step 1.

6Press the SYSTEM SETUP button to leave the SYSTEM SETUP mode.

SET UP

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