Acoustic calibration eq adjust, Acoustic calibration eq professional, The advanced mcacc menu 10 – Pioneer Elite VSX-23TXH User Manual

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The Advanced MCACC menu

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Adjust the parameters for the Standing Wave

Control.

Filter Channel – Select the channel to which you will

apply the filter(s): MAIN (all except center channel
and subwoofer), Center or SW (subwoofer).

TRIM (only available when the filter channel above is

SW) – Adjust the subwoofer channel level (to
compensate for the difference in output post-filter).

Freq / Q / ATT – These are the filter parameters where

Freq represents the frequency you will be targeting
and Q is the bandwidth (the higher the Q, the
narrower the bandwidth, or range) of the attenuation
(ATT, the amount of reduction to the targeted
frequency).

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When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust

• Default setting: ON

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/0.0dB (all channels/bands)

Acoustic Calibration Equalization is a kind of room
equalizer for your speakers (excluding the subwoofer). It
works by measuring the acoustic characteristics of your
room and neutralizing the ambient characteristics that
can color the original source material (providing a ‘flat’
equalization setting). If you’re not satisfied with the
adjustment provided in Automatically setting up for
surround sound (Auto MCACC)
on page 41 or Automatic
MCACC (Expert)
on page 78, you can also adjust these
settings manually to get a frequency balance that suits
your tastes.

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Select ‘EQ Adjust’ from the Manual MCACC setup

menu.

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Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your

liking.

Use

/ to select the channel.

Use

/ to select the frequency and / to boost or

cut the EQ. When you’re finished, go back to the top of
the screen and press

 to return to Ch, then use / to

select the channel.

• The OVER! indicator shows in the display if the

frequency adjustment is too drastic and might
distort. If this happens, bring the level down until
OVER! disappears from the display.

Tip

• Changing the frequency curve of one channel too

drastically will affect the overall balance. If the speaker
balance seems uneven, you can raise or lower channel
levels using test tones with the TRIM feature. Use

/

 to select TRIM, then use / to raise or lower the
channel level for the current speaker.

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When you’re finished, press RETURN.

You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional

This setup minimizes the unwanted effects of room
reverberation by allowing you to calibrate your system
based on the direct sound coming from the speakers. It
can also provide you with a graphical output of the
frequency response of your room.

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How to use Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional

If you find that lower frequencies seem overly reverberant
in your listening room (i.e. it sounds ‘boomy’), or that
different channels seem to exhibit different reverb
characteristics, select EQ Pro & S-Wave (or ALL) for the
Auto MCACC setting in Automatic MCACC (Expert) on
page 78 to calibrate the room automatically. This should
provide a balanced calibration that suits the
characteristics of your listening room.

If you still aren’t satisfied with the results, the manual
Advanced EQ Setup (below) provides a more
customized calibration of your system using the direct
sound of the speakers. This is done with the help of a
graphical output that can be displayed on-screen, or
using a computer (with software available from Pioneer
— see Output PC on page 88).

Note

1 When EQ Adjust is selected for an MCACC preset memory where EQ is set to OFF in the AUDIO PARAMETER, EQ ON is automatically

selected.

1. Fine Channel Level
2. Fine SP Distance
3. Standing Wave

1c.Manual MCACC

4. EQ Adjust

5. EQ Professional

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2 This system allows you to customize your system calibration with the help of a graphical output that can be displayed on-screen, or using a

computer (with software available from Pioneer—see Output PC on page 88 for more on this).

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