Setting Up For Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-409RDS Operating Instructions Manual

Setting Up for Surround Sound

Setting Up for Surround Sound
The VSX-409RDS offers several options for surround sound listening, depending on the speakers in your set up.
Having installed the speakers in your room it's important to set up the relative volume levels and speaker
distances in order to make the most of the receiver's surround sound capabilities. You only need to make these
settings once, unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers, etc.
Setting the center mode, the subwoofer and speaker distances
It is important to set the type of center mode which corresponds to your speaker system, set the subwoofer on/
off and set speaker distances as well as set volume levels of each speaker. From your normal listening position,
the volumes of the various speakers in your system should appear to be equal. Follow the steps below to do all
of these things, especially adjust the volumes of the center and surround speakers relative to the main front
speakers for Dolby Pro Logic mode, 5.1 CH. mode and the DSP mode.
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1 Switch on the receiver.
The STANDBY indicator goes out.
2 Press the SURROUND button.
3 Press the 3 button to select the surround
sound setup mode.
Repeatedly pressing the button cycles through the three setup
modes (center mode setup; subwoofer setup; distance setup). The
mode appers in the display on the front panel.
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4 Use the 5∞ buttons to select one of the four
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types of center mode.
See the center mode cycle shown here and the diagrams below
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explaining each center mode to decide which center mode to
choose
Normal
Middle and high frequency sounds are heard from
the center speaker.
Bass frequencies from the center channel are
played through the front speakers.
3 Stereo
Surround channel sounds and center channel bass
frequencies are heard through the front stereo
speakers.
Phantom
Center channel sounds are played through both
front speakers equally.
Wide
If a full range speaker is used for the center
channel, all center channel sound, including bass
frequencies, are heard through the center
speaker.
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WIDE PHANTOM
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