Fine Channel Level; Fine Channel Distance - Pioneer 516-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

07 The System Setup menu
• SP DISTN. – Make precise delay settings
for your speaker system (see Fine Channel
Distance below).
The last five settings are specifically for
customizing the parameters explained in
Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 33:
• EQ A. SET – Measure the acoustic
characteristics of your room and
automatically adjust the frequency balance
of your speaker system (see Setting the
Acoustic Calibration EQ automatically on
page 33).
• EQ COPY – Copy Acoustic Calibration EQ
settings for manual adjustment (see
Copying your Acoustic Calibration EQ
settings on page 33).
• C1 ADJ/C2 ADJ – Make detailed manual
adjustments to your custom Acoustic
Calibration EQ settings (see Setting the
Acoustic Calibration EQ manually on
page 34).
• EQ CHECK – Check the ALL CH, F. ALIGN
and custom settings (see Checking your
Acoustic Calibration EQ settings on
page 34).

Fine Channel Level

• Default setting: 0dB (all channels)
You can achieve better surround sound by
properly adjusting the overall balance of your
speaker system. The following setting can help
you make detailed adjustments that you may
not achieve using the Automatically setting up
for surround sound (MCACC) on page 8.
1 Select ' CH LEVEL' from the Manual
MCACC setup menu.
You'll hear test tones from each speaker in
turn. Since the left speaker is the main
reference speaker, the level is fixed.
Caution
• The test tones used in the System Setup
are output at high volume (the volume
increases to –18 dB automatically).
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2 Use to select each channel in turn
and adjust the levels ( +/– 10 dB ) as necessary.
Use to adjust the volume of the selected
speaker to match the reference speaker. When
it sounds like both tones are the same volume,
press (cursor down) to 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
3 When you're finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup
menu.
Fine Speaker Distance
• Default setting: 3 m (all channels)
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 Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC) on page 8.
1 Select 'SP DISTN.' from the Manual
MCACC setup menu.
2 Use to adjust the distance of the
left channel from the listening position then
press ENTER .
3 Use to select each channel in turn
and adjust the distance as necessary.
Use to adjust the delay of the selected
speaker to match the reference speaker. The
delay is measured in terms of speaker distance
from 0.1 to 9.0 meters.
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.
to select it.