Pioneer VSX-919AH-K - Manual (Page 96)

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• SB – Select the number of surround back
speakers you have (one, two or none).
1
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.
• 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).
2 If you did not connect a
subwoofer choose NO (the bass
frequencies are output from other
speakers).
3 Select ‘X. OVER’ and set the crossover
frequency. 3
Frequencies below this point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or
LARGE speakers).
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 theater system.
1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual
SP Setup menu.
2 Select 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.
Note
1 • If you selected Speaker B, ZONE 2 or Front Bi-Amp (in Surround back speaker setting on page 94) 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.
• If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that speaker is hooked up to the left surround back
terminal.
2 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 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.
3 • 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.
• If you’re using a THX speaker setup, confirm that the crossover frequency is set to
80Hz.
4a.Manual SP Setup
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
1. Surr Back System
2. Speaker Setting
3. Channel Level
4. Speaker Distance
5. X-Curve
MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1
Test Tone : AUTO
4a3.Channel Level
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
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