Pioneer VSX-919AH-S manual 10The Advanced MCACC menu

10The Advanced MCACC menu

•Auto MCACC – The default is ALL

(recommended), but you can limit the

system calibration to only one setting (to save time) if you want.1 The available options are ALL, Keep SP System,2 Speaker Setting, Channel Level, Speaker Distance and EQ Pro & S-Wave.

•EQ Type (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro & S-Wave)

– This determines how the frequency balance is adjusted.

After a single calibration is performed, each of the following three correction curves can be stored separately in the MCACC memory. SYMMETRY (default) implements symmetric correction for each pair of left and right speakers to flatten the frequency-amplitude characteristics. ALL CH ADJ is a ‘flat’ setting where all the speakers are set individually so no special weighting is given to any one

channel. FRONT ALIGN3 sets all speakers in accordance with the front speaker settings (no equalization is applied to the front left and right channels).

•THX Speaker (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is ALL or Speaker Setting) – Select YES if you are using THX speakers (set all speakers to SMALL), otherwise leave it set to NO.

•STAND.WAVE Multi-Point (only available when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro & S-Wave)– In addition to measurements at the listening position, you can use two more reference points for which test tones will be analyzed for standing waves. This is useful if you want to get a balanced ‘flat’ calibration for several

seating positions in your listening area.4 Place the microphone at the reference point indicated on-screen and note the last microphone placement will be at your main listening position:

2nd reference	3rd reference
point	point
1	2

3

Main listening

position

3Connect 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.

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

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.

Note

1 • The EQ Pro & S-Wavemeasurement is also taken when Keep SP System or EQ Pro & S-Waveis selected. See Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional on page 85 for more on this.

•Either effect of Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional and Standing Wave can be switched on and off in the respective MCACC preset. For details, see Setting the Audio options on page 63.

2The Keep SP System option allows you to calibrate your system while leaving your current speaker setting (page 94) unchanged.

3If you selected ALL as your Auto MCACC menu, you can specify the MCACC preset where you want to save the ALL CH ADJ and FRONT ALIGN settings.

4Switch the Multi-Pointsetting NO if you only use one listening position.

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