Channel Level - Pioneer VSX-AX5Ai-G Operating Instructions Manual

07 The Surround Setup menu
Use (cursor up/down) 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 front speakers).
• Surround – 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 front speakers or a
subwoofer).
• SurrBack – Select the number of surround back
speakers you have (one, two or none). Select LARGE
if your surround back speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If
you didn't connect surround back speakers choose
NO.
• Subwoofer – LFE signals and bass frequencies of
channels set to SMALL are output from the
subwoofer when YES is selected (see notes below).
Choose the PLUS setting if you want the subwoofer to
output bass sound continuously or you want deeper
bass (the bass frequencies that would normally come
out the front and center speakers are also routed to
the subwoofer). If you did not connect a subwoofer
choose NO (the bass frequencies are output from
other speakers).
Note
• If you selected Second Zone, Front Bi-Amp, or
MR&S in Surround back speaker setting above you
can't adjust the surround back settings.
• If you select SMALL for the front speakers the
subwoofer will automatically be fixed to YES. Also,
the center and surround speakers can't be set to
LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this
case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.
• If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround
back speakers will automatically be set to NO.
• If you select one surround back speaker only, make
sure that speaker is hooked up to the left surround
back terminal.
• If you're using a THX speaker setup, we recommend
setting all speakers to SMALL.
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3 When you're finished, select 'Exit'.
You will return to the Normal setup menu.
Tip
• If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may
seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers
and PLUS for the subwoofer. This may not, however,
yield the best bass results. Depending on the speaker
placement of your room you may actually experience
a decrease in the amount of bass due to low
frequency cancellations. In this case, try changing
the position or direction of speakers. If you can't get
good results, listen to the bass response with it set to
PLUS and YES or the front speakers set to LARGE and
SMALL alternatively and let your ears judge which
sounds best. If you're having problems, the easiest
option is to route all the bass sounds to the
subwoofer by selecting SMALL for the front speakers.

Channel Level

• Default setting: 0dB (all speakers)
Using the channel level setting, you can adjust the overall
balance of your speaker system, an important factor
when setting up a home theater system.
1 Select 'Channel Level' from the Normal setup
menu.
Normal
[ Speaker Setting
[ Channel Level
[ Speaker Distance ]
[ Exit
2 Select a setup option and press ENTER to start
the test tones.
Channel Level
Test Tone
Setting Start
Caution!!
Test tone is
output loudly.
• Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker
to speaker and adjust individual channel levels.
• Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves
from speaker to speaker automatically.
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[ Manual ]
[ Auto ]
[ Exit ]