Automatically Setting Up For Surround Sound; 1.Auto Mcacc - Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Operating Instructions Manual

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Automatically setting up for surround
sound (Auto MCACC)
The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic
characteristics of your listening area, taking into account
ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for
both channel delay and channel level. After you have set
up the microphone provided with your system, the
receiver uses the information from a series of test tones
to optimize the speaker settings and equalization for your
particular room.
Make sure you do this before moving on to Playing a
source on page 11.
Important
• Make sure the microphone and speakers are not
moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.
• Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any
existing settings for the MCACC preset you select.
• Before using the Auto MCACC Setup, the
headphones should be disconnected and the iPod
USB, XM or SIRIUS Radio function should not be
selected as an input source.
Caution
• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are
output at high volume.
RECEIVER RECEIVER SOURCE
DVD BD TV HDMI
DVR 1 DVR 2 CD CD-R
FM/AM XM SIRIUS iPod USB
INPUT
Note
1 • You can't use the System Setup menu in either the main or sub zone when the iPod USB, XM or SIRIUS Radio input source is selected. When you set
ZONE 2 to ON (page 61), you can't use the System Setup menu.
• If you cancel the Auto MCACC Setup, or leave an error message for over three minutes, the screen saver will appear.
2 If you are planning on bi-amping your front speakers, or setting up a separate speaker system in another room, read through Surround back speaker setting
on page 41 and make sure to connect your speakers as necessary before continuing to step 4.
3 The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening positions. Simply choose an unused preset for now (you can
rename it later in Data Management on page 46).
4 Note that correction curves are saved only when set to SYMMETRY. Select CUSTOM to save other correction curves (such as ALL CH ADJUST and
FRONT ALIGN). See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 38 for more on this.
5 Do not adjust the volume during the test tones. This may result in incorrect speaker settings.
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AUDIO VIDEO ANT
PARAMETER PARAMETER
TUNE
EXIT TOOLS
AUDIO DISPLAY
TOP MENU MENU
T.EDIT
TV CTRL
ENTER ENTER
ST ST
CATEGORY RETURN RETURN
MAIN
SETUP SETUP TUNE
iPod CTRL
1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.
2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC
jack on the front panel.
Place the microphone so that it's about ear level at your
normal listening position (use a tripod if possible). Make
sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and
the microphone.
AUTO SURR/ SOUND STANDARD
STREAM DIRECT RETRIEVER SURROUND
PHONES
MULTI-ZONE
CONTROL ON/OFF SPEAKERS
The Auto MCACC display appears once the microphone
is connected.
3 Make sure 'Normal' is selected,
3
preset , press RECEIVER and then select START
4 Follow the instructions on-screen.
Make sure the microphone is connected, and if you're
using a subwoofer, make sure it is switched on and set to
a comfortable volume level.
5 Wait for the test tones to finish, then confirm the
speaker configuration in the OSD.
A progress report is displayed on-screen while the
MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM receiver outputs test tones to determine the speakers
CH
present in your setup. Try to be as quiet as possible while
RECEIVER RECEIVER
it's doing this.
If no operations are performed for 10 seconds while the
ZONE 2
speaker configuration check screen is being displayed,
the Auto MCACC Setup will resume automatically. In this
case, you don't need to select 'OK' and press ENTER in
step 6.
ADVANCED STEREO/
SURROUND A.L.C.
VIDEO INPUT iPod DIRECT MCACC MCACC
VIDEO L AUDIO R DIGITAL IN USB SETUP MIC SETUP MIC
– +
ST ST
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1.Auto MCACC

Surround Back System
[ Normal ]
Save SYMMETRY to
[ M1.MEMORY 1 ]
START
ENTER:Start :Cancel
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select an MCACC
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