Pioneer VSX-52TX manual Make sure ‘Normal SB’ is selected then press, Enter

5 minute guide

Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC)

The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening area, taking into account ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for both channel delay and channel level. After you have set up the microphone provided with your system, the receiver uses the information from a series of test tones to optimize the speaker settings and equalization for your particular room.

Make sure you do this before moving on to Playing a source on page 13.

Important

•Make sure the microphone and speakers are not moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.

•Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any existing speaker settings in the receiver.

•Before using the Auto MCACC Setup the headphones should be disconnected and MULTI CH IN switched off.

•The receiver will automatically exit the current screen after three minutes of inactivity.

Caution

•The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are output at high volume.

RECEIVER	INPUT	SOURCE
	SELECT

DVD/LD TV/SAT DVR/VCR TV CONT

MULTI CONTROL

CD CD-R/TAPE TUNER RECEIVER

INPUT ATT		FL DIMMER		SR
	+10			DISC
				ENTER
D.ACCESS				CLASS
TOP MENU				MENU
		TUNE
DTV MENU	ST	ENTER		ST
T.EDIT				BAND
SYSTEM		TUNE
GUIDE SETUP		TV CONTROL		RETURN
TVVOL		INPUT	TV CH	VOL
		SELECT
DTVON/OFF		REC	DTVINFO	MUTE
TUNER			RECSTOP
DISPLAY
MPX	CHRETURN		HDD	DVD
AUDIO		SUBTITLE

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1Switch on the receiver and your TV.

2Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel.

Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and the microphone.

TUNER

TUNING/

MIDNIGHT/

ACOUSTIC

DIALOG

MULTI CH

SIGNAL

EXTENDED

SPEAKERS

EDIT

STATION

BAND

MPX

LOUDNESS

TONE

EQ

ENHANCEMENT

IN

SELECT

MODE

TUNER

MULTI

MULTI

CONTROL

JOG

JOG

MULTI ROOM

VIDEO2 INPUT

SYSTEM

MCACC

SETUP

RETURN

CONTROL

ON/OFF

SETUP MIC

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

PHONES

DIGITAL IN

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L

AUDIO

R

•Place the microphone on the supplied microphone stand (shown above) for the best results with the Auto MCACC Setup.

If you have a tripod, use it to place the microphone so that it’s about ear level at your normal listening position. Otherwise, place the microphone at ear level using a table or a chair.

3Press RECEIVER on the remote control, then press the SYSTEM SETUP button.

An on-screen display (OSD) appears on your TV. Use the buttons and ENTER on the remote control to

navigate through the screens and select menu items. Press RETURN to exit the current menu.

•Press SYSTEM SETUP at any time to exit the System Setup menu.

4Select ‘AUTO MCACC’ from the System Setup menu then press ENTER.

System Setup

[ 1. Surr			Back System	]
[	2. AUTO		MCACC	]
[	3.	MANUAL MCACC		]
[ 4.		Manual SP Setup		]
[ 5.		Input	Assign	]
[ 6.		Other	Setup	]

Enter : Select

Return : Exit

5Make sure ‘Normal (SB)’ is selected then press

ENTER.

2. AUTO MCACC
Surround Back Output
[ Normal (SB)	]

Enter : Start

Return : Cancel

•If you are planning on bi-amping your front speakers, or setting up a separate speaker system in another room, read through Surround back speaker setting on page 38 and make sure to connect your speakers as necessary before continuing to step 6.

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