12The System Setup and Other Setup menus

The System Setup and Other Setup menus

! Speaker System – Specifies how you are

using your surround back speaker terminals

and B speaker terminals (page 66).

! Speaker Setting – Specifies the size and

number of speakers you’ve connected (page

66).

! Speaker B – Select to use the B speaker

terminals to listen to stereo playback in

another room (see Switching the speaker

terminals on page 51 ).

! Front Bi-Amp– Select this setting if you’re

bi-amping your front speakers (see Bi-amping

Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu

The following section describes how to change the speaker-related settings manually and make various other settings (input selection, OSD language selection, etc.).

1Press uRECEIVER to switch on the receiver and your TV.

Make sure that the TV’s video input is set to this receiver.

2Press on the remote control, then press HOME MENU.

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen appears on your TV. Use i/j/k/l and ENTER to navigate through the screens and select menu items. Press RETURN to exit the current menu.

!Press HOME MENU at any time to exit the Home Menu.

3Select ‘System Setup’ from the

Home Menu, then press ENTER.

4Select the setting you want to adjust.

!Manual SP Setup – Sets the type of connection used for surround back terminals and the size, number distance and overall balance of the connected speakers (see Manual speaker setup on page 66 ).

!Input Setup – Specifies what you’ve connected to the digital, HDMI and component video inputs (see The Input Setup menu on page 27 ).

!OSD Language – The GUI screen’s display language can be changed (see Changing the OSD display language (OSD Language) on page 25 ).

!Network Setup – Conducts the setup necessary to connect this unit to the network (see Network Setup menu on page 68 ).

!HDMI Setup – Synchronizes this receiver with your Pioneer component supporting Control with HDMI (page 45).

!Other Setup – Makes customized settings to reflect how you are using the receiver (see The Other Setup menu on page 70 ).

Manual speaker setup

This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize the surround sound perfor- mance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers). These settings are designed to customize your system, but if you’re satisfied with the settings made in Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC) on page 25 , it isn’t necessary to make all of these settings.

CAUTION

!The test tones used in the Manual SP Setup are output at high volume.

1Select ‘Manual SP Setup’, then press

ENTER.

See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 66 if you’re not already at this screen.

2Select the setting you want to adjust. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adjust these settings in order:

! Channel Level – Adjusts the overall balance

of your speaker system (page 67).

! Speaker Distance – Specifies the distance

of your speakers from the listening position

(page 67).

! X-Curve– Adjusts the tonal balance of your

speaker system for movie soundtracks (page

68).

! THX Audio Setting – Specifies whether you

are using a THX speaker setup (page 68).

3Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing RETURN to confirm after each screen.

Speaker system setting

!Default setting: Normal(SB/FH)

There are several ways you can use the speaker terminals with this receiver. In addition to a normal home theater setup where they are used for the front height speakers or front wide speakers, they can be used for bi-amping the front speakers or as an independent speaker system in another room.

1Select ‘Speaker System’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 66 if you’re not already at this screen.

2Select the speaker system setting.

!Normal(SB/FH) – Select for normal home theater use with front height speakers in your main (speaker system A) setup.

!Normal(SB/FW) – Select for normal home theater use with front wide speakers in your main (speaker system A) setup.

your speakers on page 15 ).

! ZONE 2 – Select to use the surround back

speaker terminals for an independent system

in another zone (see Using the MULTI-ZONE

controls on page 51 ).

3If you selected Normal(SB/FH), Normal(SB/FW), or Speaker B in Step 2, select the placement of the surround speakers.

In a 7.1-channel surround system with sur- round speakers placed directly at the sides of the listening position, the surround sound of 5.1-channel sources is heard from the side. This function mixes the sound of the surround speakers with the surround back speakers so that the surround sound is heard from diago- nally to the rear as it should be.

Depending on the positions of the speakers and the sound source, in some cases it may not be possible to achieve good results. In this case, set the setting to ON SIDE or IN REAR.

!ON SIDE – Select when the surround speakers is positioned right beside you.

!IN REAR – Select when the surround speaker is positioned obliquely behind you.

4When ‘Setting Change?’ is displayed, select Yes.

If No is selected, the setting is not changed. You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Speaker Setting

Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size, number of speakers and crossover frequency). It is a good idea to make sure that the settings made in Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC)

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