Pioneer SC-07, SC-05 manual The Advanced MCACC menu Automatic MCACC Expert

07The Advanced MCACC menu

Automatic MCACC (Expert)

If your setup requires more detailed settings than those provided in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 10, you can customize your setup options below. You can calibrate your system differently for up to six different MCACC

presets1, which are useful if you have different listening positions depending on the type of source (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game

close to the TV).2

Important

•Make sure the microphone/speakers are not moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.

•Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any existing settings for the MCACC preset you select.3

•The screen saver will automatically appear after five minutes of inactivity.

Caution

•The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are output at high volume.

1Select ‘Auto MCACC’ from the Advanced MCACC menu, then press ENTER.

If the Advanced MCACC screen is not displayed, refer to Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on page 43.

1.Advanced MCACC				1b.Auto MCACC
A/V RECEIVER					A/V RECEIVER
a. Full Auto MCACC			ALL			Speaker Setting
b. Auto MCACC		SYMMETRY	:	M1.MEMORY 1		Channel Level
c. Manual MCACC						Speaker Distance
d. Demo		ALL CH ADJ	:	M2.MEMORY 2 EQ Pro. & S-Wave
		FRONT ALIGH:		M3.MEMORY 3		FULL BAND
		THX Speaker :			NO	PHASE CTRL
					START
Exit	Return	Exit				Return

2 Select the parameters you want to set.

Use / to select the item, then use / to set.

		1b.Auto MCACC				1b.Auto MCACC
		A/V RECEIVER				A/V RECEIVER
			Speaker Setting		ALL		Speaker Setting
	ALL
SYMMETRY	: M1.MEMORY 1		Channel Level				Channel Level
			Speaker Distance	SYMMETRY	: M1.MEMORY 1		Speaker Distance
ALL CH ADJ	: M2.MEMORY 2		EQ Pro. & S-Wave	ALL CH ADJ	: M2.MEMORY 2		EQ Pro. & S-Wave
FRONT ALIGH: M3.MEMORY 3			FULL BAND	FRONT ALIGH: M3.MEMORY 3			FULL BAND
THX Speaker :		NO	PHASE CTRL	THX Speaker :		NO	PHASE CTRL
		START				START
Exit			Return	Exit			Return

•Auto MCACC – The default is ALL (recommended), but you can limit the system calibration to only one setting (to save time) if you want.4 The available options are ALL, Keep SP System,5 Speaker Setting, Channel Level, Speaker Distance, EQ Pro. & S-Waveand FULL BAND PHASE CTRL.

•EQ Type (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro. & S-Wave) – This determines how the frequency balance is adjusted.

After a single calibration is performed, each of the following three correction curves can be stored separately in the MCACC memory. SYMMETRY (default) implements symmetric correction for each pair of left and right speakers to flatten the frequency-amplitude characteristics. ALL CH ADJUST is a ‘flat’ setting where all the speakers are set individually so no special

weighting is given to any one channel. FRONT ALIGN6 sets all speakers in accordance with the front speaker settings (no equalization is applied to the front left and right channels).

•THX Speaker (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is ALL or Speaker Setting) – Select YES if you are using THX speakers (set all speakers to SMALL), otherwise leave it set to NO.

•Stand.Wave Multi-Point(only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro. & S-Wave) – In addition to measurements at the listening position, you can use two more reference points for which test tones will be analyzed for standing waves. This is useful if you want to get a balanced ‘flat’ calibration

Note

1 These are stored in memory and referred to as MEMORY1 to MEMORY6 until you rename them in Data Management on page 53.

2 You may also want to have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you’re using your system. 3 Except in cases where you are only adjusting one parameter (i.e. channel level) from the Auto MCACC menu (step 2).

4• The EQ Pro. & S-Wavemeasurement is also taken when ALL, Keep SP System and EQ Pro & S-Waveare selected. See Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional on page 49 for more on this.

•Either effect of Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional and Standing Wave can be switched on and off in the respective MCACC preset. For details, see Setting the Audio options on page 96.

•The FULL BAND PHASE CTRL measurement is also taken when ALL or FULL BAND PHASE CTRL are selected.

5The Keep SP System option allows you to calibrate your system while leaving your current speaker setting (page 56) unchanged.

6If you selected ALL as your Auto MCACC menu, you can specify the MCACC preset where you want to save the ALL CH ADJUST and FRONT ALIGN settings.

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