Pioneer VSX-919AH-K Basic Setup 04, Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC)

Basic Setup 04

Automatically setting up for

surround sound (Auto MCACC)

The Auto MCACC Setup measures the

acoustic characteristics of your listening area,

taking into account ambient noise, speaker

connection and speaker size, 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 41.

Important

• Make sure the microphone and speakers

are not moved during the Auto MCACC

Setup.

• Using the Auto MCACC Setup will

overwrite any existing settings for the

MCACC preset you select.

• Before using the Auto MCACC Setup, the

headphones should be disconnected and

the iPod/USB or SIRIUS Radio function

should not be selected as an input

function.

CAUTION

• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC

Setup are output at high volume.

1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.

2 Connect the microphone to the

MCACC

SETUP MIC

jack on the front panel.

• Push down on the PUSH OPEN tab to

access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack.

Place the microphone so that it’s about ear level

at your normal listening position (use a tripod if

possible). Make sure there are no obstacles

between the speakers and the microphone.

The Full Auto MCACC display appears once the

microphone is connected.1

3 Select

Surr Back System

setting,

select

an MCACC preset

, press and then

select START.

Note

1 • You can’t use the HOME MENU when the iPod/USB or SIRIUS Radio input function is selected (in either the main

or sub zone). When you set ZONE 2 to ON (page 69), you can’t use the HOME MENU.

• If you leave the GUI screen for over five minutes, the screen saver will appear.

2 • 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 94 and make sure to connect your speakers as necessary before

continuing to step 4.

• If you have THX-certified speakers, select Return, then select Auto MCACC for the THX Speaker setting. See

Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 78 for more on this.

3 The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening positions. Simply choose

an unused preset for now (you can rename it later in Data Management on page 91).

4 Note that correction curves are saved only when set to SYMMETRY. Select Return, then select Auto MCACC to save

other correction curves (such as ALL CH ADJ and FRONT ALIGN). See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 78 for