Pioneer VSX-859RDS-G - Manual (Page 37)

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SET
UP
Initial Set up
memo
If you have a subwoofer and
like lots of bass, it may
seem logical to select
LARGE for your FRONT
speakers and leave the
subwoofer selected. This
may not, however, yield the
best bass results.
Depending on the size and
shape of your room you
may actually experience a
decrease in the amount of
bass due to what is called
“low frequency
cancellations.” If you have a
subwoofer, listen to the
bass response with the
FRONT speakers set to
LARGE and SMALL
alternatively and let your
ears judge which sounds
best.
The safest option in this
case is to route all the bass
sounds to the subwoofer by
selecting SMALL for the
FRONT speakers.
• Select LARGE if your speakers will reproduce bass frequencies
effectively or if you did not connect a subwoofer.
(If you select SMALL for the front speakers the subwoofer will automati-
cally be set to YES. Also, the center and surround speakers cannot be set
to LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this case, all bass
frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.)
CENTER (default setting is LARGE)
• Select LARGE if your speaker will reproduce bass frequencies
effectively.
• Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or the
subwoofer.
• If you did not connect a center speaker select NO. In this case, the
center channel is output from the front speakers.
• If the front speakers are set to SMALL the CENTER speaker will
automatically set to SMALL.
SURROUND (default setting is LARGE)
• Select LARGE if your speakers will reproduce bass frequencies
effectively.
• Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or the
subwoofer.
• If you did not connect SURROUND speakers select NO. In this case,
the sound of the surround channels is output from the front and
center speakers.
• If the FRONT speakers are set to SMALL, the SURROUND BACK
speakers will automatically be set to SMALL.
SUBWOOFER (default setting is YES)
• Select YES if you connected a subwoofer.
• If you did not connect a subwoofer select NO. In this case, the bass
frequencies are output from the front or surround speakers.
• Choose the PLUS setting if you want stronger reproduction of deep
bass sounds.
• If you select PLUS the bass frequencies that would normally come out
the front and center speakers are all routed to the subwoofer.
SURROUND BACK (default setting is LARGE X2) VSX-859RDS only
NOTE: In order to use SURROUND BACK speakers you need to hook
them up through an external amplifier (see p. 19, 21 for more on this).
• Select the number of SURROUND BACK speakers you have. You can
choose one speaker, two or none. The one speaker setting will just be
shown as just the size (for example, SMALL) while the two speaker
setting will be shown as X2.
• If the FRONT speakers or the SURROUND speakers are set to SMALL,
the SURROUND BACK speakers will automatically be set to SMALL.
• Select LARGE if your speakers will reproduce bass frequencies
effectively.
• Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer.
• If you did not connect surround back speakers select NO. In this case
no sound will be output to the SURROUND BACK CHANNELS.
• If you choose THX in step 2 then the SURROUND BACK speakers can
only be set to SMALL (or NO).
4 Select EXIT (“Sp Set End” on the front panel) with
the
5¥∞ buttons and press ENTER to go to the
“Channel Delay” setup.
Next, proceed to “Channel Delay” on the next page.
If you want to change a setting before proceeding
use the arrow buttons (or MULTI JOG dial) to go back.