Pioneer VSX-01TXH Fine Channel Level, Fine Speaker Distance, Adjust the level of the left channel

07The System Setup menu

•Standing Wave – Control overly resonant low frequencies in your listening room (see Standing Wave on page 43).

The last two settings are specifically for customizing the parameters explained in Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 43:

•EQ Adjust – Manually adjust the frequency balance of your speaker system while listening to test tones (see Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 43).

•EQ Professional – Calibrate your system based on the direct sound coming from the speakers and make detailed settings according to your room’s reverb characteristics (see Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional on page 44).

Fine Channel Level

• Default setting: 0.0dB (all channels)

You can achieve better surround sound by properly adjusting the overall balance of your speaker system. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup on page 48.

1Select ‘Fine Channel Level’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu.

The volume increases to the 0.0 dB reference level.

3.Manual		MCACC	3a.Fine	Channel Level
	a . Fine Channel Level
	b . Fine SP Distance
	c . Standing Wave		Please wait...		20
	d . EQ	Adjust
	e . EQ	Professional		CAUTION
			Loud	test tones	will
			be output.
		:Return			:Cancel

2 Adjust the level of the left channel.

This will be the reference speaker level, so you may want to keep the level around 0.0dB so that you’ll have plenty of room to adjust the other speaker levels.

3a.Fine Channel Level

MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1

Ref.Ch : L

+0.5dB

ENTER:Next :Cancel

• After pressing ENTER, test tones will be output.

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3Select each channel in turn and adjust the levels

(+/–10dB) as necessary.

Use / to adjust the volume of the speaker you

selected to match the reference speaker. When it sounds like both tones are the same volume, press  to confirm and continue to the next channel.

3a.Fine Channel Level

	R	L
L	+0.5dB
R	[ -1.5dB]	SBL [ -9.5dB]

C[ +1.0dB] SBR [ +10.0dB] SL [ -9.5dB] SW [ -1.5dB] SR [+10.0dB]

:Finish

•For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will change depending on which speaker you select.

•If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply use / to select it.

4 When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Fine Speaker Distance

• Default setting: 10’00’’ (all speakers)

For proper sound depth and separation with your system, it is necessary to add a slight bit of delay to some speakers so that all sounds will arrive at the listening position at the same time. You can adjust the distance of each speaker in 1 inch increments. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup on page 48.

1Select ‘Fine SP Distance’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu.

3.Manual		MCACC	3b.Fine	SP	Distance
	a . Fine Channel Level		MCACC	: M1.MEMORY 1
	b . Fine SP Distance
	c . Standing Wave
	d . EQ	Adjust	Ref.Ch		:	L
	e . EQ	Professional		10	' 00 "
		:Return	ENTER:Next				:Cancel

2Adjust the distance of the left channel from the listening position.

3Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance

as necessary.

Use / to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in terms of speaker distance from 0’01’’ to 45’00’’.

3b.Fine

SP

Distance

3b.Fine

SP

Distance

SL

L

SBL

SL

L

10

'

10

"

SBL

6

'

02

"

R

[

9

'

11

" ]

SBR

[ 6

'

03

" ]

C

[ 10 '

10

" ]

SW

[ 12

'

01

" ]

SL

9

'

08

"

SR

[

9

'

09

" ]

:Finish

:Finish

En