Home Menu; Using The Home Menu; Manual Speaker Setup; Speaker Setting - Pioneer VSX-531 Operating Instructions Manual

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Home Menu

Using the Home Menu

The following section shows you how to make detailed
settings to specify how you're using the receiver, and also
explains how to fine-tune individual speaker system settings
to your liking.
Important
• The OSD will not appear if you have connected using the
composite output to your TV. Use HDMI connections for
Home Menu.
• If headphones are connected to the receiver, disconnect
them.
• You can't use the Home Menu when the USB input is
selected.
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RECEIVER RECEIVER RECEIVER RECEIVER AUDIO SEL AUDIO SEL AUDIO SEL AUDIO SEL
HOME HOME HOME HOME
MENU MENU MENU MENU
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1
Switch on the receiver and your TV.
Press to switch on.
ÍRECEIVER
2
Switch the TV input to the input that connects this
receiver to the TV through the corresponding HDMI
cable.
3
HOME MENU.
Press
The Home Menu appears on your TV. Use
ENTER
and on the remote control to navigate through
the screens and select menu items. Press
exit the current menu.
HOME MENU
• Press at any time to exit the Home
Menu.
4
Select the setting you want to adjust.
Home Menu
• Manual SP Setup
Speaker Setting – Specify the size and number of
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speakers you've connected (see below).
X.Over – Specify which frequencies will be sent to the
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subwoofer (page
Channel Level – Adjust the overall balance of your
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Speaker Distance – Specify the distance of your
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speakers from the listening position
• Input Assign – Specify what you've connected to the
(CD) audio input (see
• Auto Power Down – Sets to automatically turn off the
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power when the receiver has not operated for several
hours (see The Auto Power Down menu on page
• HDMI Setup – Set the audio return channel function and
set the HDMI input signal to Standby Through output or
not during standby (see
page 30).
/ //
RETURN
to
1.Manual SP Setup
2.Input Assign
3.Auto Power Down
4.HDMI Setup
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28).
(page 28).
(page 29).
The Input Assign menu on page 29).
29).
The HDMI Setup menu on
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Manual speaker setup

This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize
the surround sound performance. You only need to make
these settings once (unless you change the placement of
your current speaker system or add new speakers).

Speaker Setting

Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration (size,
number of speakers).
1
Select 'Manual SP Setup' from the Home Menu.
2
Select 'Speaker Setting' from the Manual SP Setup
menu.
1a.Speaker Setting
1.Manual SP Setup
Front
a.Speaker Setting
b.X.Over Center
Surr
c.Channel Level
Subwoofer:
d.Speaker Distance
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3
Choose the set of speakers that you want to set then
select a speaker size.
Use / 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 other speakers).
• 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 other speakers).
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SMALL
[ NO ]
[ NO ]
YES
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