Pioneer VSX-521-K operating instructions 0606, Crossover Network, Channel Level

The System Setup menu

•Front – Select LARGE if your front speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or if you didn’t connect a subwoofer. Select SMALL to send the bass frequencies to the subwoofer.

•Center – Select LARGE if your center speaker reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center speaker, choose NO (the center channel is sent to the other speakers).

•Front Height – Select LARGE if your front height speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect front height speakers choose NO.

-You can only adjust the Front Height setting when Pre Out Setting is set to Height.

•Surr – Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround speakers choose NO (the sound of the surround channels is sent to the other speakers).

•Surr. Back – Select the number of surround back speakers you have (one, two or none). Select LARGE if your surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround back speakers choose NO.

-You can only adjust the Surr. Back setting when Pre Out Setting is set to Surr. Back.

-If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that additional amplifier is hooked up to the PRE OUT L (Single) terminal.

•Subwoofer – LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer when YES is selected (see notes below). Choose the PLUS setting if you want the subwoofer to output bass sound continuously or you want deeper bass (the bass frequencies that would normally come out the front and center speakers are also routed to the subwoofer). If you did not connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass frequencies are output from other speakers).

4When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Note

•If you select SMALL for the front speakers, the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center, surround, surround back and front height speakers can’t be set to LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.

•If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to NO.

•If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS for the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your room you may actually experience a decrease in the amount of bass due to low frequency cancellations. In this case, try changing the position or direction of speakers. If you can’t get good results, listen to the bass response with it set to PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which sounds best. If you’re having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting SMALL for the front speakers.

Crossover Network

• Default setting: 100Hz

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

•For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker Setting on page 30.

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

2Select ‘Crossover Network’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

2.Manual SP		Setup	2b.Crossover	Network
	a.Speaker	Setting	Frequency
					100Hz
	b.Crossover Network
	c.Channel	Level
	d.Speaker	Distance
		Return				Return

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3	Choose the frequency cutoff point.
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Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).
4	When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Channel Level

Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall balance of your speaker system, an important factor when setting up a home theater system.

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

2Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

2.Manual SP		Setup	2c.Channel Level
	a.Speaker	Setting	Test Tone
				Manual
	b.Crossover Network
	c.Channel	Level
	d.Speaker	Distance
		Return	ENTER:Next	Return

3Select a setup option.

•Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to speaker and adjust individual channel levels.

•Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves from speaker to speaker automatically.

4Confirm your selected setup option.

The test tones will start after you press ENTER. After the volume increases to the reference level, test tones will be output.

2c.Channel Level

Test Tone [ Manual ]

Please Wait . . .20

Caution

Loud test tones

will be output.

Return

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