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12 The Advanced MCACC menu
Checking MCACC Data
At the procedure of Automatically conducting
optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC) on
page 34, the procedure of Automatic MCACC
(Expert) on page 80 or after fine-adjusting at
Manual MCACC setup on page 82, you can
check your calibrated settings using the GUI
screen.
1 Set the remote control to the receiver
operation mode, then press HOME MENU.
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen
appears on your TV. Use
i/j/k/l and
ENTER to navigate through the screens and
select menu items. Press RETURN to exit the
current menu.
2 Select ‘MCACC Data Check’ from the
Home Menu.
3 Select the setting you want to check.
! Speaker Setting – Used to check the
settings of the speaker systems. See Speaker
Setting on page 85 for more on this.
! Channel Level – Used to check the output
level of the different speakers. See Channel
Level on page 85 for more on this.
! Speaker Distance – Used to check the
distance to the different speakers. See
Speaker Distance on page 85 for more on this.
! Standing Wave – Used to check the
standing wave control filter settings. See
Standing Wave on page 85 for more on this.
! Acoustic Cal EQ – Used to check
the calibration values of the listening
environment’s frequency response. See
Acoustic Cal EQ on page 85 for more on this.
! Group Delay – Used to check the speakers’
group delay (both before and after
calibration). See Group Delay on page 85 for
more on this.
4 Press RETURN to go back to the
MCACC Data Check menu, repeating steps
2 and 3 to check other settings.
5 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Home Menu.
Speaker Setting
Use this to display the speaker size and number
of speakers. See Speaker Setting on page 88 for
more on this.
1 Select ‘Speaker Setting’ from the
MCACC Data Check menu.
2 Select the channel you want to check.
Use i/j to select the channel. The corre-
sponding channel on the layout diagram is
highlighted.
Channel Level
Use this to display the level of the various chan-
nels. See Channel Level on page 89 for more
on this.
1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the
MCACC Data Check menu.
2 When ‘MCACC’ is highlighted, use
k/l to select the MCACC preset you
want to check.
The level of the various channels set at the
selected MCACC preset is displayed. ‘---’ is
displayed for channels that are not connected.
Speaker Distance
Use this to display the distance from the dif-
ferent channels to the listening position. See
Speaker Distance on page 89 for more on this.
1 Select ‘Speaker Distance’ from the
MCACC Data Check menu.
2 When ‘MCACC’ is highlighted, use
k/l to select the MCACC preset you
want to check.
The distance from the various channels set at
the selected MCACC preset is displayed. ‘---’ is
displayed for channels that are not connected.
Standing Wave
Use this to display the standing wave related
adjustment values for the various MCACC
memories. See Standing Wave on page 83 for
more on this.
1 Select ‘Standing Wave’ from the
MCACC Data Check menu.
2 When ‘Filter Channel’ is highlighted,
use
i/j to select the channel for which
you want to check standing wave control.
The standing wave related calibration value
for the selected channel stored at the selected
MCACC preset and its graph are displayed.
3 Press k to highlight ‘MCACC’, then
use i/j to select the MCACC preset you
want to check.
Acoustic Cal EQ
Use this to display the calibration values for the
frequency response of the various channels set
in the different MCACC presets. See Acoustic
Calibration EQ Adjust on page 83 for more on
this.
1 Select ‘Acoustic Cal EQ’ from the
MCACC Data Check menu.
2 When ‘Ch’ is highlighted, use
i/j to
select the channel.
The calibration value for the frequency response
of the selected channel stored at the selected
MCACC preset and its graph are displayed.
3 Press k to highlight ‘MCACC’, then
use i/j to select the MCACC preset you
want to check.
Group Delay
Use this to display the calibrated speaker group
delay results. See Better sound using Phase
Control and Full Band Phase Control on page 48
for more on this.
1 Select ‘Group Delay’ from the
MCACC Data Check menu.
2 When ‘Channel’ is highlighted, use
k/l to select the channel you want to
check.
The result of group delay calibration for the
selected channel is displayed.
When measurements have been per-
formed with Full Auto MCACC selected
at Advanced MCACC or with ALL or
Full Band Phase Ctrl selected when
Auto MCACC is selected, the graph before
group delay calibration is also displayed.
When After is selected at Calibration, the
group delay after calibration is displayed.
Compared to when Before is selected, with
After there is less difference in the delay
between frequency bands and the group delay
between the different channels is uniform,
allowing you to check the full band phase con-
trol effect.
No Data is displayed if the selected group delay
has not been measured.