Initial Set Up

CHANNEL DELAY

Adding a slight delay to some speakers is necessary to achieve a 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, the receiver calculates the correct delay times automatically. If continuing from SPEAKER SETTING go to step 1. If starting fresh, complete steps 1-3 in “Setting Up for Surround Sound“ (p.23) first.

 

 

 

System Setup

 

 

 

EXIT

 

1

Press CHANNEL DELAY.

 

 

 

SPEAKER

BASS PEAK LEVEL

 

 

 

 

SETTING

 

MANAGER

 

 

 

The CHANNEL DELAY speaker settings will appear on your remote

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DYNAMIC RANGE

 

 

 

 

 

CHANNEL DELAY

 

 

 

control screen.

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANNEL LEVEL

DIGITAL INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select each speaker by pressing its button and use the

 

 

 

CROSSOVER

MULTI ROOM

 

 

 

NETWORK

 

 

 

+/– (or %/Þ) buttons to add or subtract the distance in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

feet that the speaker is from your normal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

listening position.

 

 

 

Channel Delay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the speaker distance in 1 foot increments from 1 to 30 feet (1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

foot equals approximately 0.3 meters).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The default setting is 10 ft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10ft

 

 

10ft

10ft

10ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

10ft

10ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Press SETUP OK to return to the SYSTEM SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP

 

3

 

MENU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold the remote control pointed towards the receiver until you see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the “RECEIVED” display on the receiver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If "ERROR" flashes in the display, perform the setup operations from

 

 

 

Channel Delay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the first step again.

10ft 10ft 10ft 10ft

10ft 10ft

SIGNAL

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

SELECT

A

 

 

 

 

ANALOG SP

dB

These settings will be displayed on your TV.

SETUP

OK

DVD/LD

TV/SAT

VCR1

VCR2

Channel Delay

 

 

Front

 

 

 

 

[10ft]

L

 

Center

 

 

 

 

[10ft]

Front

 

 

 

[10ft]

R

 

 

 

Surround

 

[10ft]

R

Surround

 

[10ft]

L

 

Subwoofer

 

[10ft]

Next, proceed to CHANNEL LEVEL below.

If you want to change a setting before proceeding

Simply select the speaker you want to change.

memo You can use the %´Þ buttons at the bottom of the remote control instead of the +/– buttons

STANDBY/ON

ENTER

%´Þ buttons

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Pioneer VSX-29TX manual Channel Delay, Menu

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