Pioneer VSX-50 Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
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12 The System Setup and Other Setup menus
the best bass results. Depending on the
speaker placement of your room you
may actually experience a decrease in
the amount of bass due 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.
If you select NO for the subwoofer the front
speakers will automatically be fixed to LARGE.
Also, the center, surround, surround back, front
height and front wide speakers can’t be set to
LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL.
In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the
subwoofer.
3 Select ‘X. OVER’ and set the crossover
frequency.
Frequencies below this point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).
! 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.
! With Full Auto MCACC setup
or Auto MCACC setup (ALL or
Speaker Setting), the setting here will not
apply and the crossover frequency will be
automatically set. Crossover frequency is a
frequency aimed at achieving the optimal
sound field taking into account the bass
capacity of all connected speakers and
human aural characteristics.
! If you’re using THX speakers, confirm that
the crossover frequency is set to 80Hz.
4 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Channel Level
Using the channel level settings, you can adjust
the overall balance of your speaker system, an
important factor when setting up a home the-
ater system.
1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the
Manual SP Setup menu.
The test tones will start.
2 Adjust the level of each channel using
k/l.
Use i/j to switch speakers.
Adjust the level of each speaker as the test tone
is emitted.
! 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).
3 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Note
! You can change the channel levels by press
to the receiver operation mode, then
press CH LEVEL, and then using k/l on the
remote control.
Channel level adjustment using CH LEVEL
and k/l is meant as a convenient way
to temporarily fine-adjust the sound being
played. This adjustment is not stored in the
MCACC memory’s channel level setting.
Speaker Distance
For good sound depth and separation from
your system, you need to specify the distance of
your speakers from the listening position. The
receiver can then add the proper delay needed
for effective surround sound.
applies to all MCACC presets, and cannot be
set independently.
! If you’re using a THX speaker setup, set all
speakers to SMALL.
1 Select ‘Speaker Setting’ from the
Manual SP Setup menu.
2 Choose the set of speakers that you
want to set, then select a speaker size.
Use k/l to select the size (and number) of
each of the following speakers:
! Front – Select LARGE if your front speakers
reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or
if you didn’t connect a subwoofer. Select
SMALL to send the bass frequencies to the
subwoofer.
! Center – Select LARGE if your center speaker
reproduces bass frequencies effectively, or
select SMALL to send bass frequencies to
the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t
connect a center speaker, choose NO (the
center channel is sent to the front speakers).
! FH – Select LARGE if your front height
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect front height
speakers, choose NO (the front height
channel is sent to the front speakers).
You can adjust this setting only
when Speaker System setting is
Normal(SB/FH).
If the surround speakers are set to NO,
this setting will automatically be set to
NO.
! FW – Select LARGE if your front wide
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect front wide
speakers, choose NO (the front wide channel
is sent to the front speakers).
You can adjust this setting only
when Speaker System setting is
Normal(SB/FW).
If the surround speakers are set to NO,
this setting will automatically be set to
NO.
! Surr – Select LARGE if your surround
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively. Select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround
speakers choose NO (the sound of the
surround channels is sent to the front
speakers or a subwoofer).
! SB – Select the number of surround back
speakers you have (one, two or none). Select
LARGEx2 or LARGEx1 if your surround
back speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively. Select SMALLx2 or SMALLx1 to
send bass frequencies to the other speakers
or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround
back speakers choose NO.
If you selected ZONE 2 or Front Bi-Amp
(in Speaker system setting on page 65
) you can’t adjust the surround back
settings.
If the surround speakers are set to
NO, the surround back speakers will
automatically be set to NO.
! SW – LFE signals and bass frequencies of
channels set to SMALL are output from the
subwoofer when YES is selected. Choose the
PLUS setting if you want the subwoofer to
output bass sound continuously or you want
deeper bass (the bass frequencies that would
normally come out the front and center
speakers are also routed to the subwoofer). If
you did not connect a subwoofer choose NO
(the bass frequencies are output from other
speakers).
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