Setting Up for Surround Sound

SURRBACK SYSTEM (Surround Back System)

This setup selects how your surround back system will be used. If you want to use it for surround back speakers in your main speaker system choose NORMAL SYSTEM. In this case you won’t have any B (or secondary) speaker system as these speakers fill that role also for the VSX-43TX. If you want to use your surround back speakers in a different room choose SECOND ZONE. Alternatively, you can choose the FRONT BI-AMP setting, in order to deliver more power to the front speakers.

RECEIVER MULTI

SYSTEM

SOURCE

 

OPERATION

OFF

 

 

MULTI CONTROL

 

DVD/LD

TV/SAT

VCR/DVR

TV CONT

VCR 2

C D

TUNER

RECEIVER

MOVIE

MUSIC

ACOUSTIC

INPUT

EQ

SURROUND

SB CH

MULTI CH

MODE

MODE

INPUT

STEREO/

ENTER

MIDNIGHT

 

DIRECT

 

2Use the 5∞ buttons to select

NORMAL SYSTEM, SECOND ZONE or FRONT BI-AMP setting.

Press the ENTER button.

NORMAL SYSTEM: if you want to use your surround back speakers as part the surround sound system in your main room.

 

 

MUTE

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

MENU TUNER EDIT

TOP MENU

 

SYSTEM

TUNE

GUIDE

1-3

 

SETUP

 

 

ST

ST

 

 

ENTER

 

AUDIO

 

RETURN

 

TUNE

 

 

CHANNEL

DTV ON/OFF BAND

CHANNEL+

 

 

D.ACCESS MPX

CLASS

 

SIGNAL

dB

ANALOG

SB CH

ON MOVIE

AUTO OFF MUSIC

SP A B

SECOND ZONE: Choose to use your surround back speakers for a B speaker system. That is, if you want to use your surround back speakers for a different room. You will hear the same source as is playing in the main room and multichannel soundtracks will be downmixed to stereo.

SIGNAL

dB

ANALOG

SB CH

ON MOVIE

AUTO OFF MUSIC

1-3

SP A B

SURROUND

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

STANDBY

MOVIE

MUSIC

ENTER

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

CONTROL

SIGNAL

HI-BIT

SB CH

MIDNIGHT

LOUDNESS

BAND

SET UP

RETURN

SELECT

HI-SAMPLING

MODE

PHONES

 

 

TONE CONTROL

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

TONE

BASS/TREBLE

 

 

 

 

FRONT BI-AMP:Choose this setting if you want to deliver more power to your front speakers. This setting will use your surround back speaker terminals so you will only be able to get 5.1 channel playback. Also, you will have to bi-wire your speakers to do this (see page 65).

SIGNAL

dB

ANALOG

SB CH

ON MOVIE

AUTO OFF MUSIC

SP A B

SET UP

Follow steps 1–3 on page 34, if necessary, to get to the starting point mentioned here.

1SURRBACK should be selected. If it isn’t use the 5∞ buttons to select it. Press the ENTER

button.

SIGNAL

dB

ANALOG

SB CH

ON MOVIE

AUTO OFF MUSIC

3EXIT should be selected. Press

the ENTER button.

SIGNAL

dB

ANALOG

SB CH

ON MOVIE

AUTO OFF MUSIC

SP A B

You will return to the SURROUND SETUP display. Next, proceed to either QUICK (on page 13) or NORMAL (on the next page).

If you want to change a setting before pro- ceeding

start over from step 1.

SP A B

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Pioneer VSX-43TX Surrback System Surround Back System, Exit should be selected. Press Enter button, Start over from step

VSX-43TX specifications

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