The System Setup menu

07

Tip

If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS for the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your room you may actually experience a decrease in the amount of bass due to low frequency cancellations. In this case, try changing the position or direction of speakers. If you can’t get good results, listen to the bass response with it set to PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which sounds best. If you’re having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to the subwoofer by selecting SMALL for the front speakers.

Crossover Network

• Default setting: 80Hz

This setting decides the cutoff between bass sounds playing back from the speakers selected as LARGE, or the subwoofer, and bass sounds playing back from those selected as SMALL. It also decides where the cutoff will

be for bass sounds in the LFE channel.1

1Select ‘Crossover Network’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

4.Manual SP

Setup

 

4b.Crossover

Network

 

a.Speaker

Setting

 

Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

80Hz

 

b.Crossover Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.Channel

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.Speaker

Distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.THX Audio Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

f.THX Speaker Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( THX : 80Hz )

 

 

:Return

 

 

 

 

:Finish

2Choose the frequency cutoff point. Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent to the subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).

3When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

1Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.

4.Manual SP

Setup

 

 

4c.Channel

Level

 

a.Speaker

Setting

 

 

Test Tone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual

 

b.Crossover Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.Channel

Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.Speaker

Distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.THX Audio Setting f.THX Speaker Setup

:Return

ENTER:Next

:Cancel

2Select a setup option.

Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to speaker and adjust individual channel levels.

Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves from speaker to speaker automatically.

3Confirm your selected setup option.

The test tones will start after you press ENTER.

4c.Channel

Level

 

Test

Tone

[ Manual ]

 

Please Wait . . .

20

 

Caution!

 

Loud

test

tones

 

 

will

be output.

 

 

 

:Cancel

4 Adjust the level of each channel using

.

If you selected Manual, use

to switch speakers. The

Auto setup will output test tones in the order shown on- screen:

4c.Channel Level

L 0.0dB

C

[

0.0dB ]

R

[

0.0dB ]

SR

[

0.0dB ]

SBR

[

0.0dB ]

SBL

[

0.0dB ]

SL

[

0.0dB ]

SW

[

0.0dB ]

:Finish

Adjust the level of each speaker as the test tone is emitted.2

5When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Channel Level

Tip

Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall balance of your speaker system, an important factor when setting up a home theater system.

You can change the channel levels at any time by using EFFECT/CH SEL and +/– on the remote control. You can set two channel levels: one for MULTI CH IN and one for the listening modes.

Note

1• For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker Setting above.

If you’re using a THX speaker setup, confirm that the crossover frequency is set to 80Hz.

2• If you are using a Sound Pressure Level (SPL) meter, take the readings from your main listening position and adjust the level of each speaker to 75 dB SPL (C-weighting/slow reading).

The subwoofer test tone is output at low volumes. You may need to adjust the level after testing with an actual soundtrack.

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Pioneer VSX1017TXV manual Crossover Network, Channel Level

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