Pioneer VSX-919AH-K manual Basic Setup, Switch on the receiver and your TV, 1a.Full 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.

1Switch on the receiver and your TV.

2Connect 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.

	iPod		VIDEO INPUT			MCACC
USB	iPhone	VIDEO	L	AUDIO	R	SETUP MIC
	MULTI-ZONE					MASTER
SPEAKERS	CONTROL	ON/OFF				VOLUME
	iPod		VIDEO INPUT			MCACC
USB	iPhone	VIDEO	L	AUDIO	R	SETUP MIC

The Full Auto MCACC display appears once the microphone is connected.1

1a.Full Auto MCACC

A/V RECEIVER

Surr Back System :	Normal
Save SYMMETRY to : M1.MEMORY 1
	START
Exit		Return

CAUTION

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

3Select Surr Back System setting,2 select an MCACC preset3, press RECEIVER and then select START.4

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.

3The 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).

4Note 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 more on this.

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