Fine Speaker Distance; Standing Wave - Pioneer VSX-82TXS Operating Instructions Manual

The System Setup menu
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The volume increases to the 0dB reference level.
3.Manual MCACC
a.Fine Ch Level
b.Fine SP Distance
c.Standing Wave
d.EQ Adjust
e.EQ Professional
2 Adjust the level of the left channel.
This will be the reference speaker level, so you may want
to keep the level around 0dB so that you'll have plenty of
room to adjust the other speaker levels.
• After pressing ENTER, test tones will be output.
3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the levels ( +/
– 10dB ) as necessary.
Use to adjust the volume of the speaker you
selected to match the reference speaker. When it sounds
like both tones are the same volume, press
and continue to the next channel.
• For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will
change depending on which speaker you select.
• If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply
use to select it.
4 When you're finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Fine Speaker Distance

• Default setting: 10.0 ft (all speakers)
For proper sound depth and separation with your system,
it is necessary to add a slight bit of delay to some
speakers so that all sounds will arrive at the listening
position at the same time. The following setting can help
you make detailed adjustments that you may not achieve
using the Manual speaker setup below.
Note
1 • If you can't seem to achieve this by adjusting the distance setting, you may need to change the angle of your speakers very slightly.
• For better audibility, the subwoofer emits a continuous test tone (oscillating pulses are heard from your other speakers). Note that it may be difficult
to compare this tone with the other speakers in your setup (depending on the low frequency response of the reference speaker).
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En
3a.Fine Channel Level
Please Wait... 20
Caution!
Loud test tones
will be output.
:Return :Cancel
3a.Fine Channel Level
MCACC:M1. MEMORY 1
L(Reference)
+0.5dB
Enter:Next :Cancel
to confirm
3a.Fine Channel Level
L +0.5dB (Reference)
R [ 0.0dB ]
C +1.0dB
SL [ -3.0dB ]
SR [ +10.0dB ]
SBL [ -10.0dB ]
SBR [ +9.5dB ]
SW [ -1.5dB ]
:Finish
1 Select 'Fine SP Distance' from the Manual MCACC
setup menu.
3.Manual MCACC
a.Fine Ch Level
b.Fine SP Distance
c.Standing Wave
d.EQ Adjust
e.EQ Professional
:Return
2 Adjust the distance of the left channel from the
listening position.
3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance
as necessary.
Use to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected
to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in
terms of speaker distance from 0.5 to 45.0 feet.
3b.Fine SP Distance
10.0ft ( Reference )
L
R [ 9.0ft ]
C
SL [ 6.0ft ]
SR [ 6.5ft ]
SBL [ 6.0ft ]
SBR [ 6.5ft ]
SW [ 12.5ft ]
Listen to the reference speaker and use it to measure the
target channel. From the listening position, face the two
speakers with your arms outstretched pointing at each
speaker. Try to make the two tones sound as if they are
arriving simultaneously at a position slightly in front of
you and between your arm span.
When it sounds like the delay settings are matched up,
press to confirm and continue to the next channel.
• For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will
change depending on which speaker you select.
• If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply
use to select it.
4 When you're finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.

Standing Wave

• Default setting: ON
Acoustic standing waves occur when, under certain
conditions, sound waves from your speaker system
resonate mutually with sound waves reflected off the
walls in your listening area. This can have a negative
effect on the overall sound, especially at certain lower
3b.Fine SP Distance
MCACC:M1. MEMORY 1
L(Reference)
10.0ft
Enter:Next :Cancel
9.5ft
:Finish
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