Channel level, The system setup menu 08 – Pioneer VSX-LX50 User Manual

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The System Setup menu

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Choose the set of speakers that you want to set

then select a speaker size.

Use

/

to select the size (and number) of each of the

following speakers:

1

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 other speakers).

Surround

– 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 other speakers).

Surr Back

– Select the number of surround back

speakers you have (one, two or none).

2

Select

LARGE

if your surround back speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select

SMALL

to send bass

frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If
you didn’t connect surround back speakers choose

NO

.

Subwoofer

– 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).

3

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.

4

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.

3

Confirm your selected setup option.

The test tones will start after you press

ENTER

.

4

Adjust the level of each channel using the

/

buttons.

If you selected

Manual

, use

/

to switch speakers. The

Auto

setup will output test tones in the order shown on-

screen:

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

5

Note

1 If you select

SMALL

for the front speakers the subwoofer will automatically be fixed to

YES

. Also, the center and surround 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.

2 • If you selected

Speaker B

or

Front Bi-Amp

(in

Surround back speaker setting

on page 39) 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.

3 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.

4 • 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

.

5 • 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.

5.Manual SP Setup

:Return

a.Speaker Setting

b.Channel Level

c.Speaker Distance
d.X-Curve
e.THX Audio Setting

5b.Channel Level

Test Tone

Manual

ENTER:Next

:Cancel

5b.Channel Level

Test Tone

[ Manual ]


Setting Start

Please Wait . . .

20


Caution!
Loud test tones
will be output.

:Cancel

5b.Channel Level

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R [

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SR [

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]

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]

SBL [ 0.0dB

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SW [

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:Finish

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