Setting up the receiver

Surround and sound setup options

Speaker setting

• Default setting: S (all speakers)

You must let the receiver know how many

speakers you have, and how big they are.1 This determines how much bass is sent from the receiver to the speakers.

• Use (cursor up/down) to choose a configuration that matches your speaker setup.

 

 

FS-CS-SS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL-C -S

FS-CS-S

 

 

 

 

FL-C -SS

FS-C -SS

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL-C -SL

FS-C -S

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL-CS-S

FL-CL-SL

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL-CS-SS

FL-CL-SS

 

 

 

 

 

 

FL-CS-SL

FL-CL-S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subwoofer setting

• Default setting: YES

You can choose whether the subwoofer is used or not. Use the PLUS setting for extra bass.2

• Use

(cursor up/down) to select YES,

PLUS or NO.

 

YES – The LFE channel and bass from the small (S) speakers are sent to the subwoofer.

PLUS – The LFE channel and bass from all speakers are sent to the subwoofer (L speakers will also output bass).

NO – No bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.

Crossover frequency setting

• Default setting: 100 Hz

This setting decides the cutoff between bass sounds playing back from the speakers selected as large, or the subwoofer, and bass sounds playing back from those selected as

small.3 It also decides where the cutoff will be for bass sounds in the LFE channel.

We recommend setting this to 200Hz if your S speakers are smaller bookshelf-type speakers.

• Use (cursor up/down) to specify the crossover frequency.

100Hz – Sends bass frequencies below 100 Hz to the subwoofer (or L speakers).

150Hz – Sends bass frequencies below 150 Hz to the subwoofer (or L speakers).

200Hz – Sends bass frequencies below 200 Hz to the subwoofer (or L speakers).

LFE attenuator setting

• Default setting: 0 dB

Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources include ultra-low bass tones. Set the LFE attenuator as necessary to prevent the ultra-low bass tones from distorting the sound from the speakers.

• Use (cursor up/down) to set the attenuation level.

0dB – No limiting (recommended setting)

10dB – 10dB of limiting

** – No sound from LFE channel

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Note

1• In the display, F, C, and S refer to front, center, and surround speakers respectively. Speaker size is denoted as L for large speakers, S for small speakers, and (asterisk) if no speaker is connected.

If you’re not using a subwoofer, we recommend setting the front speakers to L.

2• If you chose a small front speaker setting, SW YES is automatically set and locked.

You can only select the PLUS setting if the front speakers are set to L.

3If all speakers (front, center, and surround) are set to L, the crossover frequency can’t be set because there are no S speakers (∗∗∗ appears in the display). For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker setting above.

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Pioneer VSX-515-S/-K, VSX-415-S/-K operating instructions Setting up the receiver, Surround and sound setup options