Pioneer VSX-C300-S manual Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound, Room Setup

05Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound

Room Setup

This setup establishes the distances from your speakers to your normal listening position. It is important for the receiver to know these distances so it can output proper surround sound. Alternatively, you can make more precise speaker distance settings on page 27-28. You don’t have to do both, however.

There are three choices for speaker distances here. They are marked ‘S’, ‘M’ and ‘L’ but they represent the relationship between how far your front speakers and your surround speakers are from your normal listening position, i.e. the relationship in distance between the speakers and your listening position. ‘S’ should be used when your surround speakers are nearer your main listening position than your front speakers. ‘M’ should be used when your all your speakers are equidistant from your main listening position. ‘L’ should be used when your surround speakers are farther from your main listening position than your front speakers..

Follow the instructions below to set the room type.

S (surround speakers closer to					M (speakers are equidistant to
		listening position)					listening position)
	FL		C	FR SW		FL		C	FR SW

SL SR

SL SR

L		(front speakers are closer to
		listening position)
	FL		C	FR SW

SL SR

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INPUT

RECEIVER DVD SELECT

REMOTE MASTER

TV/SAT VCR SETUP VOLUME

TUNER FRONT DISPLAY MUTING

RECEIVER	TV	TV CONTROL
TV	INPUT SELECT CHANNEL VOLUME

SOURCE BAND CLASS EDIT

S	M	L
DISPLAY	ROOM SETUP	TOP MENU

	1	Press RECEIVER	to turn the power on.
		The STANDBY indicator goes out.
	2	Press RECEIVER.
		This sets the remote to select the receiver control mode.
	3	Choose the setting, ‘S’, ‘M’, or ‘L’, that best repre-
		sents the placement of your speakers around the
		room.
			dB
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	4	While the display is blinking press ENTER.

	TUNE
CH.	ST	ST
SELECT			CH.
	ENTER		LEVEL

AUDIOMENU

TUNE

TEST TONE				4
SEARCH	RF ATT	MPX	D.ACCESS
DIMMER	FLAT	QUIET	S.BASS

STANDBY indicator

INPUT SIGNAL

DIGITAL MULTI ch 2PROLOGIC 2DIGITAL

STANDBY		FRONT INPUT
OFF ON
PHONES	VIDEO	L AUDIO R	DIGITAL IN

—OFF _ON button

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The setting is input into the system and the display shows ENTERED. If you fail to press ENTER while the display is blinking the setting will not be input. In this case start over from step 3.

dB

MEMO:

•These speaker settings will automatically adjust the distance between your listening position and the speakers as well as the output level from each speaker. It is also possible to select these functions manually. To do so see below. For the distance between the listening position and the speakers see page 27-28; For the output level of each speaker see page 29.

•The settings made most recently, whether here or manually, on the pages mentioned directly above, will supercede any previous settings.

•The default setting is ‘M’.

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