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

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The Advanced MCACC menu
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2 Adjust the parameters for the Standing Wave
Control.
• Filter Channel – Select the channel to which you will
a pp ly the filte r (s):
MAIN
(all exce p t cente r channel
and subwoofe r ), Center o r SW (subwoofe r ).
• TRIM (only available when the filter channel above is
SW
)
– Adjust the subwoofe r channel level (to
com p ensate fo r the diffe r ence in out p ut p ost-filte r ).
•
Freq
/
Q
/
ATT
– These a r e the filte r p a r amete r s whe r e
Freq r e pr esents the f r equency you will be ta r geting
and
Q
is the bandwidth (the highe r the Q, the
na rr owe r the bandwidth, o r r ange) of the attenuation
( ATT , the amount of r eduction to the ta r geted
f r equency).
3 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will r etu r n to the
Manual MCACC
setu p menu.
Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust
• Default setting:
ON
1
/
0.0dB
(all channels/bands)
Acoustic Calib r ation Equalization is a kind of r oom
equalize r fo r you r s p eake r s (excluding the subwoofe r ). It
wo r ks by measu r ing the acoustic cha r acte r istics of you r
r oom and neut r alizing the ambient cha r acte r istics that
can colo r the o r iginal sou r ce mate r ial ( pr oviding a ‘flat’
equalization setting). If you’ r e not satisfied with the
adjustment pr ovided in
Automatically setting up for
surround sound (Auto MCACC)
on p age 41 o r
Automatic
MCACC (Expert)
on p age 78, you can also adjust these
settings manually to get a f r equency balance that suits
you r tastes.
1 Select ‘EQ Adjust’ from the Manual MCACC setup
menu.
2 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your
liking.
Use
/
to select the channel.
Use
/
to select the f r equency and
/
to boost o r
cut the EQ. When you’ r e finished, go back to the to p of
the sc r een and pr ess

to r etu r n to Ch , then use
/
to
select the channel.
• The
OVER!
indicato r shows in the dis p lay if the
f r equency adjustment is too d r astic and might
disto r t. If this ha pp ens, b r ing the level down until
OVER!
disa pp ea r s f r om the dis p lay.
Tip
• Changing the f r equency cu r ve of one channel too
d r astically will affect the ove r all balance. If the s p eake r
balance seems uneven, you can r aise o r lowe r channel
levels using test tones with the
TRIM
featu r e. Use
/

to select TRIM , then use
/
to r aise o r lowe r the
channel level fo r the cu rr ent s p eake r .
3 When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will r etu r n to the
Manual MCACC
setu p menu.
Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional
This setu p minimizes the unwanted effects of r oom
r eve r be r ation by allowing you to calib r ate you r system
based on the di r ect sound coming f r om the s p eake r s. It
can also pr ovide you with a g r a p hical out p ut of the
f r equency r es p onse of you r r oom.
2
How to use Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional
If you find that lowe r f r equencies seem ove r ly r eve r be r ant
in you r listening r oom (i.e. it sounds ‘boomy’), o r that
diffe r ent channels seem to exhibit diffe r ent r eve r b
cha r acte r istics, select
EQ Pro & S-Wave
(o r
ALL
) fo r the
Auto MCACC setting in Automatic MCACC (Expert) on
p age 78 to calib r ate the r oom automatically. This should
pr ovide a balanced calib r ation that suits the
cha r acte r istics of you r listening r oom.
If you still a r en’t satisfied with the r esults, the manual
Advanced EQ Setup (below) pr ovides a mo r e
customized calib r ation of you r system using the di r ect
sound of the s p eake r s. This is done with the hel p of a
g r a p hical out p ut that can be dis p layed on-sc r een, o r
using a com p ute r (with softwa r e available f r om Pionee r
— see Output PC on p age 88).
Note
1 When EQ Adjust is selected fo r an MCACC pr eset memo r y whe r e EQ is set to OFF in the AUDIO PARAMETER , EQ ON is automatically
selected.
1. Fine Channel Level
2. Fine SP Distance
3. Standing Wave
1c.Manual MCACC
4. EQ Adjust
5. EQ Professional
A/V RECEIVER
Exit Return
dB
1c4.EQ Adjust
Exit Finish
0.0
Ch : L
-6.0 -8.0 0.0 +8.5 +3.0 +8.5 0.0 0.0 +3.0
A/V RECEIVER
63
[Hz]
125
[Hz]
250
[Hz]
500
[Hz]
1k
[Hz]
2k
[Hz]
4k
[Hz]
8k
[Hz]
16k
[Hz]
TRIM
MCACC
M1.MEMORY1
2 This system allows you to customize you r system calib r ation with the hel p of a g r a p hical out p ut that can be dis p layed on-sc r een, o r using a
com p ute r (with softwa r e available f r om Pionee r —see
Output PC
on p age 88 fo r mo r e on this).
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