06The System Setup menu

Fine Channel Level

• Default setting: 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 45.

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

The volume increases to the 0dB reference level.

3.MANUAL MCACC

 

 

3a.Fine Channel Level

[

 

]

 

 

a .Fine Ch Level

 

 

[

b .Fine Ch Distance

]

 

 

[ c .EQ AUTO Setting

]

 

Please Wait

[ d .EQ Data Copy

]

 

[ e .EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust

]

 

Caution!!

[ f .EQ CUSTOM2 Adjust

]

 

[ g .EQ Data Check

]

 

Test tone is

 

 

 

 

output loudly.

 

 

 

 

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 0dB so that you’ll have plenty of room to adjust the other speaker levels.

3a.Fine Channel Level

Left [ + 0.5dB ]

Enter:Next

Return:Cancel

• After pressing ENTER, test tones will be output.

3Select each channel in turn and adjust the levels (+/– 10dB) as necessary.

Use (cursor left/right) 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 ENTER to confirm and continue to the next channel.

3a.Fine Channel Level

Ref:Left

 

 

+ 0.5dB

Right

 

[

+ 1.0dB

]

Center

 

[

0.0dB]

 

Surround

L

[

0.0dB]

Surround

R

[

0.0dB]

Surr Back

L

[

0.0dB]

Surr Back

R

[

0.0dB]

Sub Woofer

 

[

0.0dB]

Return: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

(cursor up/down) to select it.

4 When you're finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Fine Channel Distance

• Default setting: 10.0 ft (all channels)

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. The following setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup below.

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

3.MANUAL MCACC

 

 

3b.Fine Channel Distance

[ a .Fine Ch Level

]

 

 

[

b .Fine Ch Distance

]

 

 

[

c .EQ AUTO Setting

]

 

Please Wait

[ d .EQ Data Copy

]

 

[ e .EQ CUSTOM1 Adjust

]

 

Caution!!

[ f .EQ CUSTOM2 Adjust

]

 

[ g .EQ Data Check

]

 

Test tone is

 

 

 

 

output loudly.

 

 

 

 

Return:Cancel

 

 

 

 

 

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

3b.Fine Channel Distance

Left

[ 10.0ft ]

Enter:Next

Return:Cancel

3Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary.

Use (cursor left/right) to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in terms of speaker distance from

0.5to 45.0 feet.

3b.Fine Channel Distance

Ref:Left

 

 

10.0ft

Right

 

[

10.0ft

]

Center

 

[

10.0ft

]

Surround

L

[

10.0ft ]

Surround

R

[

10.0ft ]

Surr Back

L

[

10.0ft ]

Surr Back

R

[

10.0ft ]

Sub Woofer

 

[

10.0ft ]

Return:Finish

Listen to the reference speaker and use it to measure the target channel. From the listening position, face the two speakers with your arms outstretched pointing at each speaker. Try to make the two tones sound as if they are arriving simultaneously at a position slightly in front of you and between your arm span.

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Pioneer VSX-1015TX operating instructions Fine Channel Level, Fine Channel Distance

VSX-1015TX specifications

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