Acoustic Calibration Eq Adjust; Acoustic Calibration Eq Professional - Pioneer VSX 1020 Operating Instructions Manual

10 The Advanced MCACC menu
• Freq / Q / ATT – These are the filter
parameters where Freq represents the
frequency you will be targeting and Q is the
bandwidth (the higher the Q, the narrower
the bandwidth, or range) of the attenuation
(ATT, the amount of reduction to the
targeted frequency).
3 When you're finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup
menu.

Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust

• Default setting: ON
bands)
Acoustic Calibration Equalization is a kind of
room equalizer for your speakers (excluding
the subwoofer). It works by measuring the
acoustic characteristics of your room and
neutralizing the ambient characteristics that
can color the original source material
(providing a 'flat' equalization setting). If you're
not satisfied with the adjustment provided in
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(Auto MCACC) on page 37 or Automatic
MCACC (Expert) on page 86, you can also
adjust these settings manually to get a
frequency balance that suits your 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 frequency and / to
boost or cut the EQ. When you're finished, go
back to the top of the screen and press  to
return to Ch, then use / to select the
channel.
Note
1 When EQ Adjust is selected for an MCACC preset memory where EQ is set to OFF in the AUDIO PARAMETER, EQ
ON is automatically selected.
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• The OVER! indicator shows in the display if
the frequency adjustment is too drastic
and might distort. If this happens, bring the
level down until OVER! disappears from
the display.
Tip
• Changing the frequency curve of one
channel too drastically will affect the
overall balance. If the speaker balance
seems uneven, you can raise or lower
channel levels using test tones with the
TRIM feature. Use / to select TRIM,
then use / to raise or lower the
channel level for the current speaker.
3 When you're finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup
menu.

Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional

This setup minimizes the unwanted effects of
room reverberation by allowing you to calibrate
your system based on the direct sound coming
from the speakers.
How to use Acoustic Calibration EQ
Professional
If you find that lower frequencies seem overly
reverberant in your listening room (i.e. it
sounds 'boomy'), or that different channels
seem to exhibit different reverb characteristics
(when Type A or Type B shown on the diagrams
on the following applies), select EQ Pro. & S-
Wave (or ALL) for the Auto MCACC setting in
Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 86 to
calibrate the room automatically.