Pioneer VSX-1125-k, Operating Instructions Manual

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The Advanced MCACC menu 10
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2 Select the parameters you want to set.
Use
/
to select the item, then use
/
to set.
• Auto MCACC – The default is ALL ( r ecommended),
but you can limit the system calib r ation to only one
setting (to save time) if you want.
1
• EQ Type
(only available when the
Auto MCACC
Menu above is
EQ Pro & S-Wave
)
– This dete r mines
how the f r equency balance is adjusted.
Afte r a single calib r ation is p e r fo r med, each of the
following th r ee co rr ection cu r ves can be sto r ed
se p a r ately in the MCACC memo r y.
SYMMETRY
im p lements symmet r ic co rr ection fo r each p ai r of left
and r ight s p eake r s to flatten the f r equency-am p litude
cha r acte r istics.
ALL CH ADJ
is a ‘flat’ setting whe r e all
the s p eake r s a r e set individually so no s p ecial weighting
is given to any one channel. FRONT ALIGN
2
sets all
s p eake r s in acco r dance with the f r ont s p eake r settings
(no equalization is a pp lied to the f r ont left and r ight
channels).
• THX Speaker
(only available when the
Auto MCACC
Menu above is
ALL
or
Speaker Setting
)
– Select YES
if you a r e using THX s p eake r s (set all s p eake r s to
SMALL ), othe r wise leave it set to NO .
•
STAND.WAVE Multi-Point (only available when the
Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro & S-Wave )
– In
addition to measu r ements at the listening p osition,
you can use two mo r e r efe r ence p oints fo r which test
tones will be analyzed fo r standing waves. This is
useful if you want to get a balanced ‘flat’ calib r ation
fo r seve r al seating p ositions in you r listening a r ea.
Place the mic r o p hone at the r efe r ence p oint
indicated on-sc r een and note that
the last
microphone placement will be at your main listening
position:
3 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC
jack on the front panel.
Make su r e the r e a r e no obstacles between the s p eake r s
and the mic r o p hone.
If you have a t r i p od, use it to p lace the mic r o p hone so that
it’s about ea r level at you r no r mal listening p osition. If you
do not have a t r i p od, use some othe r object to install the
mic r o p hone.
3
4 When you’re finished setting the options, select
START then press ENTER.
5 Follow the instructions on-screen.
6 Wait for the Auto MCACC Setup to finish
outputting test tones.
A pr og r ess r e p o r t is dis p layed on-sc r een while the
r eceive r out p uts test tones to dete r mine the s p eake r s
pr esent in you r setu p . T r y to be as quiet as p ossible while
it’s doing this.
4
• With e rr o r messages (such as
Too much ambient
noise!
o r
Check microphone
) select
RETRY
afte r
checking fo r ambient noise (see
Problems when
using the Auto MCACC Setup
on p age 39) and
ve r ifying the mic connection. If the r e doesn’t seem to
be a pr oblem, you can sim p ly select
GO NEXT
and
continue.
7 If necessary, confirm the speaker configuration in
the GUI screen.
The configu r ation shown on-sc r een should r eflect the
actual s p eake r s you have.
Note
1 • When data measu r ement is taken (afte r selecting ALL o r Keep SP System ), the r eve r b cha r acte r istics data (both befo r e- and afte r -
calib r ation) that this r eceive r had been sto r ing will be ove r w r itten. If you want to save the r eve r b cha r acte r istics data befo r e measu r ing,
connect a USB memo r y device to this r eceive r and t r ansfe r the data.
• When measu r ement is taken of data othe r than SYMMETRY (afte r selecting ALL o r Keep SP System ), the data a r e not measu r ed afte r the
co rr ection. If you will need to measu r e afte r co rr ection data, take the measu r ement using the EQ P r ofessional menu in the Manual MCACC
setu p ( p age 75).
• The
EQ Pro & S-Wave
measu r ement is also taken when Keep SP System o r EQ Pro & S-Wave is selected. See
Acoustic Calibration EQ
Professional
on p age 77 fo r mo r e on this.
• Eithe r effect of Acoustic Calib r ation EQ P r ofessional and Standing Wave can be switched on and off in the r es p ective MCACC pr eset. Fo r
details, see
Setting the Audio options
on p age 59.
2 If you selected
ALL
o r
Keep SP System
as you r
Auto MCACC
menu, you can s p ecify the MCACC pr eset whe r e you want to save the
SYMMETRY
,
ALL CH ADJ
and
FRONT ALIGN
settings.
1 2
3
2nd r efe r ence
p oint
3 r d r efe r ence
p oint
Main listening
p osition
3 It may not be p ossible to measu r e co rr ectly if the mic r o p hone is p laced on a table, sofa, etc.
4 Do not adjust the volume du r ing the test tones. This may r esult in inco rr ect s p eake r settings.
MASTER
VOLUME
MCACC SETUP MIC USB
iPod
iPhone
VIDEO CAMERA
HDMI 5
CONTROL ON / OFF
Mic r o p hone
T r i p od
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