Automatically Setting Up For Surround Sound (Mcacc) - Pioneer VSX-1014-S Operating Instructions Manual

5 minute guide
Automatically setting up for
surround sound (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 13.
Important
• Make sure the microphone and speakers are not
moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.
• Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any
existing speaker settings in the receiver.
• Before using the Auto MCACC Setup the
headphones should be disconnected and MULTI CH
IN switched off.
• The receiver will automatically exit the current screen
after three minutes of inactivity.
Caution
• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are
output at high volume.
INPUT
RECEIVER
SELECT
DVD/LD TV/SAT
MULTI CONTROL
CD CD-R/TAPE
INPUT ATT FL DIMMER
10
D.ACCESS
TOP MENU
TUNE
ST
DTV MENU
T.EDIT
TUNE
SYSTEM
SETUP
GUIDE
TV CONTROL
INPUT
TV VOL
SELECT
SOURCE
DVR/VCR TV CONT
TUNER RECEIVER
SR
DISC
ENTER
CLASS
MENU
ST
ENTER
BAND
RETURN
VOL
TV CH
1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.
2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP
MIC jack on the front panel.
Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers
and the microphone.
TUNER TUNER TUNING/ TUNING/ MIDNIGHT/ MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC ACOUSTIC
EDIT EDIT BAND BAND MPX MPX LOUDNESS LOUDNESS TONE TONE
STATION STATION
TUNER TUNER
CONTROL CONTROL MULTI MULTI MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG JOG JOG
MULTI ROOM MULTI ROOM
SYSTEM SYSTEM
MCACC MCACC
SETUP SETUP RETURN RETURN CONTROL CONTROL ON/OFF ON/OFF
SETUP MIC SETUP MIC
MULTI JOG MULTI JOG MULTI JOG MULTI JOG
PHONES PHONES
Note that the illustration above shows the VSX-2014i-G
however, connection for the VSX-1014-S is the same.
• Place the microphone on the supplied microphone
stand (shown above) for the best results with the
Auto MCACC Setup.
If you have a tripod, use it to place the microphone so that
it's about ear level at your normal listening position.
Otherwise, place the microphone at ear level using a
table or a chair.
3 Press RECEIVER on the remote control, then press
the SYSTEM SETUP button.
An on-screen display (OSD) appears on your TV. Use the
buttons and ENTER on the remote control to
navigate through the screens and select menu items.
Press RETURN to exit the current menu.
• Press SYSTEM SETUP at any time to exit the System
Setup menu.
• VSX-1014-S only – If you find picture distortion, or the
OSD doesn't appear, see Changing the TV format
setting on page 76 and make sure the setting is
correct for your country or region.
4 Select 'AUTO MCACC' from the System Setup
menu then press ENTER.
System Setup
[ 1. Surr Back System
[ 2. AUTO MCACC
[ 3. MANUAL MCACC
[ 4. Manual SP Setup
[ 5. Input Assign
[ 6. Other Setup
5 Make sure 'Normal (SB)' is selected then press
ENTER.
2. AUTO MCACC
Surround Back Output
[ Normal (SB)
i.LINK i.LINK MULTI CH MULTI CH SIGNAL SIGNAL EXTENDED EXTENDED
SPEAKERS SPEAKERS
EQ EQ SELECT SELECT IN IN SELECT SELECT MODE MODE
MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
VIDEO2 INPUT VIDEO2 INPUT
DIGITAL IN DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO L L AUDIO AUDIO R R
]
]
]
]
]
]
Enter : Select
Return : Exit
]
Enter : Start
Return : Cancel
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