Pioneer VSX-AX10Ai-G The Surround Setup menu, Controlling other equipment, Using other functions

07 The Surround Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the Surround

Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Speaker Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . 62 X-Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Checking your surround settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

08 Controlling other equipment

Using the remote control with other components . . 66 Recalling preset codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Programming signals from other remote controls . . 68 Remote Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Editing remote control button names . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Multi Operation and System Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Programming a multi operation or a shutdown sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Switching components on and off using the

12 volt trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Operating other Pioneer components with this

unit’s sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

09 Using other functions

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Monitoring your recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Reducing the level of an analog signal . . . . . . . . . . 75 Adjusting the delay of a soundtrack. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Watching video and audio sources independently . . 76 Enhancing SACD playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using the A/D converters to give greater definition

to 2-channelsound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Switching the speaker impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Checking your system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Default receiver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

10 Other connections

Using speaker system B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Using speaker system B in another room . . . . . . . 80 Alternating surround speaker setups using speaker system B (ITU-R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Bi-ampingyour front speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Bi-wiringyour speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Adding a second set of surround speakers for Bi-Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Using the pre-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Connecting additional amplifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Connecting an external stereo pre-amplifier . . . . . 83 Using the i.LINK interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

About i.LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 About PQLS rate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Creating an i.LINK network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output . . . . 86 Advanced MCACC output using your PC. . . . . . . . 87

11 Advanced setup

The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Assigning the digital inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Assigning the component video inputs . . . . . . . . . 89 Assigning the i.LINK inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Assigning the video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

The Expert Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 OSD Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Bass Peak Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Dynamic Range Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Function Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 OSD Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 12 Volt Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

THX Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 THX Ultra2 Subwoofer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Surround Back Speaker Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

12 Additional information
Optimizing your speaker setup	. 95
Basic surround setup	. 95
THX speaker system setup	. 96
Speaker system setup for DVD-Audio/
multichannel music sources	. 96
Troubleshooting	. 97
Power	. 97
No sound	. 97
Other audio problems	100
Video	101
Settings	101
Remote control	102
Display	103
i.LINK interface	104
i.LINK messages	104
USB interface	105
Miscellaneous	105
Surround sound formats	106
Dolby	106
DTS	106
Windows Media® Audio 9 Professional	107
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)	107
About THX®	107
Maintenance of external surfaces	108
Specifications	109

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