Pioneer SC-LX85 - Manual (Page 88)

— If the surround speakers are set to NO,
this setting will automatically be set to
NO.
! Surr – 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 front
speakers or a subwoofer).
! SB – Select the number of surround back
speakers you have (one, two or none). 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.
— You can adjust this setting only when
Speaker System setting is 9.1ch FH/FW,
7.1ch + Speaker B, 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp
or 7.1ch + ZONE 2.
— If the surround speakers are set to
NO, the surround back speakers will
automatically be set to 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). If
you did not connect a subwoofer choose NO
(the bass frequencies are output from other
speakers).
— 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.
If you select NO for the subwoofer the front
speakers will automatically be fixed to LARGE.
Also, the center, surround, surround back, front
height and front wide 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.
3 Select ‘X. OVER’ and set the crossover
frequency.
Frequencies below this point will be sent to the
subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).
! 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.
! With Full Auto MCACC setup
or Auto MCACC setup (ALL or
Speaker Setting), the setting here will not
apply and the crossover frequency will be
automatically set. Crossover frequency is a
frequency aimed at achieving the optimal
sound field taking into account the bass
capacity of all connected speakers and
human aural characteristics.
! If you’re using THX speakers, confirm that
the crossover frequency is set to 80Hz.
4 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
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13 The System Setup and Other Setup menus
speakers (see Bi-amping your speakers on
page 18).
! 5.1ch F+C Bi-Amp – Select this setting
if you’re bi-amping your front and center
speakers (see Bi-amping your speakers on
page 18).
3 If you selected 9.1ch FH/FW,
7.1ch + Speaker B, 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp
or 7.1ch + ZONE 2 in Step 2, select the
placement of the surround speakers.
In a 7.1-channel surround system with sur-
round speakers placed directly at the sides of
the listening position, the surround sound of
5.1-channel sources is heard from the side.
This function mixes the sound of the surround
speakers with the surround back speakers so
that the surround sound is heard from diago-
nally to the rear as it should be.
Depending on the positions of the speakers and
the sound source, in some cases it may not be
possible to achieve good results. In this case,
set the setting to ON SIDE or IN REAR.
! ON SIDE – Select when the surround
speakers is positioned right beside you.
! IN REAR – Select when the surround speaker
is positioned obliquely behind you.
4 When ‘Setting Change?’ is displayed,
select Yes.
If No is selected, the setting is not changed.
You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Speaker Setting
Use this setting to specify your speaker configu-
ration (size, number of speakers and crossover
frequency). It is a good idea to make sure that
the settings made in Automatically conduct-
ing optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC)
on page 34 are correct. Note that this setting
applies to all MCACC presets, and cannot be
set independently.
! If you’re using a THX speaker setup, set all
speakers to SMALL.
1 Select ‘Speaker Setting’ from the
Manual SP Setup menu.
2 Choose the set of speakers that you
want to set, then select a speaker size.
Use k/l to select the size (and number) of
each of the following speakers:
! 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 front speakers).
! FH – Select LARGE if your front height
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect front height
speakers, choose NO (the front height
channel is sent to the front speakers).
— You can adjust this setting only
when Speaker System setting is
9.1ch FH/FW, 7.1ch + Speaker B or
7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2.
— If the surround speakers are set to NO,
this setting will automatically be set to
NO.
! FW – Select LARGE if your front wide
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn’t connect front wide
speakers, choose NO (the front wide channel
is sent to the front speakers).
— You can adjust this setting only when
Speaker System setting is 9.1ch FH/FW
or 7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2.