Pioneer VSX-59TXi operating instructions Large

The Surround Setup menu

5Choose the set of speakers that you want to set then select a speaker size.

2.1.Speaker Systems Manual Free

” Normal Surround ”

FRONT	[	LARGE	]
CENTER	[	LARGE	]
SURROUND	[ LARGE ]
SURR BACK	[LARGEX2]

SUB WOOFER [ YES ] (NEXT)

Use (cursor left/right) to select the size (and number) of each of the following speakers:

•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 front speakers).

•SURROUND – 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 front speakers or a subwoofer).

•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.

•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).

Note

•If you selected Manual THX (in step 2) you can only adjust the surround back settings.

•If you selected Front Bi-Amp(in step 3) you can’t adjust the surround back settings.

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•If you select SMALL for the front speakers the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center and surround 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 select one surround back speaker only, make sure that speaker is hooked up to the left surround back terminal.

6Press ENTER to go to the next screen.

7Choose a crossover frequency.

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.

2.1.Speaker Systems Manual Free

” Normal Surround ”

Crossover [ 80Hz ]

Normal Surround

(THX Speaker = 80Hz)

SP-B : Second Zone [Return]

Use	(cursor left/right) to select the crossover
frequency:

•50Hz – Sends bass frequencies below 50 Hz to the subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).

•80Hz – Sends bass frequencies below 80 Hz to the subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).

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

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

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

Note

•If you selected Manual THX (in step 2) the crossover frequency is set to 80Hz and this screen doesn’t appear.

8Select ‘Return’ and press ENTER to return to the Surround Setup menu.

Tip

•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

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