Pioneer VSX-21TXH - Elite AV Receiver, Operating Instructions Manual

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Basic Setup
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3 Select Surr Back System setting,
1
select an MCACC
preset
2
, press and then select START.
3
Select Normal (Su rr ound back), Speaker B , Front Bi-
Amp
o r
ZONE 2
fo r the
Surr Back System
setting
acco r ding to connections to the su rr ound back s p eake r
te r minals.
4 Follow the instructions on-screen.
Make su r e the mic r o p hone is connected, and if you’ r e
using a subwoofe r , make su r e it is switched on and set to
a comfo r table volume level.
5 Wait for the test tones to finish, then confirm the
speaker configuration in the GUI screen.
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
If no o p e r ations a r e p e r fo r med fo r 10 seconds while the
s p eake r configu r ation check sc r een is being dis p layed,
the Auto MCACC Setu p will r esume automatically. In this
case, you don’t need to select ‘
OK
’ and pr ess
ENTER
in
ste p 6.
• 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
below) 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.
The configu r ation shown on-sc r een should r eflect the
actual s p eake r s you have.
• If you see an
ERR
message (o r the s p eake r
configu r ation dis p layed isn’t co rr ect), the r e may be a
pr oblem with the s p eake r connection.
If selecting
RETRY
doesn’t wo r k, tu r n off the p owe r
and check the s p eake r connections. If the r e doesn’t
seem to be a pr oblem, you can sim p ly use
/
to
select the s p eake r and
/
to change the setting
and continue.
• If Reverse Phase is dis p layed, the s p eake r ’s wi r ing
(+ and –) may be inve r ted. Check the s p eake r
connections.
5
–
If the connections we r e w r ong, tu r n off the p owe r ,
disconnect the p owe r co r d, then r econnect pr o p e r ly.
Afte r this, p e r fo r m the Full Auto MCACC pr ocedu r e
again.
– If the connections we
r e r ight, select
GO NEXT
and
continue.
6 Make sure ‘OK’ is selected, then press ENTER.
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 mo r e test tones to dete r mine the
o p timum r eceive r settings fo r Channel Level, S p eake r
Distance, Standing Wave and Acoustic Cal EQ.
Again, t r y to be as quiet as p ossible while this is
ha pp ening. It may take 3 to 10 minutes.
7 The Auto MCACC Setup procedure is completed and
the Home Menu menu reappears automatically.
6
Be su r e to disconnect the mic r o p hone f r om this r eceive r
u p on com p letion of the Auto MCACC Setu p .
The settings made in the Auto MCACC Setu p should give
you excellent su rr ound sound f r om you r system, but it is
also p ossible to adjust these settings manually using
The
Advanced MCACC menu on p age 77 o r The system and
the other setup
on p age 90.
7
Note
1 • If you a r e p lanning on bi-am p ing you r f r ont s p eake r s, o r setting u p a se p a r ate s p eake r system in anothe r r oom, r ead th r ough Surround back
speaker setting on p age 91 and make su r e to connect you r s p eake r s as necessa r y befo r e continuing to ste p 4.
• If you have THX-ce r tified s p eake r s, select Return , then select Auto MCACC fo r the THX s p eake r setting. See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on
p age 78 fo r mo r e on this.
2 The six MCACC pr esets a r e used fo r sto r ing su rr ound sound settings fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions. Sim p ly choose an unused pr eset fo r now
(you can r ename it late r in
Data Management
on p age 88).
3 Note that co rr ection cu r ves a r e saved only when set to SYMMETRY . Select Return , then select Auto MCACC to save othe r co rr ection cu r ves
(such as
ALL CH ADJ
and
FRONT ALIGN
). See
Automatic MCACC (Expert)
on p age 78 fo r mo r e on this.
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.
RECEIVER
Now Analyzing... 2/9
Environment Check
1a.Full Auto MCACC
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Cancel
Ambient Noise : OK
Microphone :
Speaker YES/NO
:
L : YES
R : YES
C : YES
1a.Full Auto MCACC
SR : YES
SBR :
YES
SBL : YES
SL : YES
SW :
YES
10
OK RETRY
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Cancel
5 If the s p eake r is not p ointed to the mic r o p hone (listening p osition) o r when using s p eake r s that affect the p hase (di p ole s p eake r s, r eflective
s p eake r s, etc.),
Reverse Phase
may be dis p layed even if the s p eake r s a r e pr o p e r ly connected.
6 You can also choose to view the settings f r om the MCACC Data Check sc r een. See Checking MCACC Data on p age 86 fo r mo r e on this.
7 • De p ending on the cha r acte r istics of you r r oom, sometimes identical s p eake r s with cone sizes of a r ound 12 cm will end u p with diffe r ent size
settings. You can co rr ect the setting manually using the Manual speaker setup on p age 90.
• The subwoofe r distance setting may be fa r the r than the actual distance f r om the listening p osition. This setting should be accu r ate (taking
delay and r oom cha r acte r istics into account) and gene r ally does not need to be changed.
• If Auto MCACC Setu p measu r ement r esults a r e inco rr ect due to the inte r action of the s p eake r s and viewing envi r onment, we r ecommend
adjusting the settings manually.
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