Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound; Room Setup - Pioneer VSX-C550 Operating Instructions Manual

Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound

05

Room Setup

This setup establishes the distances from your speakers to your normal listening position. It is important for the
receiver to know these distances so it can output proper surround sound. Alternatively, you can make more precise
speaker distance settings on page 27-29. You don't have to do both, however.
There are three choices for speaker distances here. They are marked 'S', 'M' and 'L' but they represent the relationship
between how far your front speakers and your surround speakers are from your normal listening position, i.e. the
relationship in distance between the speakers and your listening position. 'S' should be used when your surround
speakers are nearer your main listening position than your front speakers. 'M' should be used when all your speakers
are equidistant from your main listening position. 'L ' should be used when your surround speakers are farther from
your main listening position than your front speakers.
Follow the instructions below to set the room type.
S (surround speakers closer to
listening position)
L
LS
1
1
STANDBY/ON button
STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON
PHONES PHONES
26
En
M
L
C R SW
RS
LS
RECEIVER SOURCE
SIGNAL SELECT
SLEEP
DVD TV / SAT FRONT
DIMMER
DVR/ VCR FM / AM
SOUND
AUTO SURROUND ADVANCED
MODE
2
ROOM
SETUP TEST TONE CH_SELECT
SETUP
ENTER
3
MUTE
MASTER
VOLUME
TOP MENU MENU
DISPLAY T.EDIT
TUNE
P MENU
ST ST
ENTER
AUDIO SUBTITLE
TUNE
EON RF ATT
P
GUIDE
EXIT
A
SEARCH CLASS MPX D.ACCESS
E C D E
ENTER
FRONT INPUT FRONT INPUT
INPUT SIGNAL INPUT SIGNAL
2 2
DTS DTS
DIGITAL DIGITAL
VIDEO VIDEO L L AUDIO AUDIO R R DIGITAL DIGITAL IN IN
(speakers are equidistant to
listening position)
C R
RS
1 Press
RECEIVER
2 Press ROOM SETUP
Cycle through the 'S', 'M', or 'L' settings using the ROOM
SETUP button and choose the one that best represents the
placement of your speakers around the room.
The setting will blink for five seconds.
3 While the display is blinking press
The setting is input into the system and the display shows
ENTERED.
• These speaker settings will automatically adjust the distance
between your listening position and the speakers as well as
the output level from each speaker. It is also possible to
select these functions manually. To do so see below. For the
distance between the listening position and the speakers see
pages 27-29; For the output level of each speaker see page
32.
• The settings made most recently, whether here or manually,
on the pages mentioned directly above, will supercede any
previous settings.
• The default setting is 'M'.
L
(front speakers are closer to
listening position)
SW
L C
LS
to turn the power on.
.
ENTER
R SW
RS
.