Manually Calibrating Your Listening; Area (Mcacc) - Pioneer VSX-D814 Operating Instructions Manual

Setting up the receiver
Function setting for VIDEO input
• VIDEO:1 – VIDEO:5 or TV – Matches the
VIDEO function of the receiver with a
numbered video input on the plasma
display. For example, VIDEO:4 matches
the VIDEO input with video input 4 on the
plasma display.
Manually calibrating your
listening area (MCACC)
You can also use the Multi-Channel Acoustic
Calibration (MCACC) system to manually fine
tune your speaker levels and channel delay.
These are calibrated according to the
distance from your left front speaker to the
listening position. You will hear a series of test
tones that will allow you to set the speaker
levels and channel delay to your liking. The
advantage of doing this is that you can
achieve an overall balance defined by the
front speakers (the main speakers for home
theater).
• You must complete the Speaker setting on
page 43 before using the MCACC setup.
• VSX-D914 model only – The microphone
provided with your system must be
disconnected from the front panel to to
use the MCACC manual setup.
DVD/LD TV/SAT
MULTI CONTROL
CD CD-R/TAPE
INPUT ATT FL DIMMER
+10
D.ACCESS
TOP MENU
TUNE
ST
DTV MENU
ENTER
T.EDIT
TUNE
GUIDE
TV CONTROL
INPUT
TV VOL
SELECT
• These test tones can be loud, so take care
that there is no one in the room who will
be startled by the noise.
1 Press RECEIVER.
2 Press MCACC SETUP.
The MCACC system uses the left front
speaker as a reference point to calibrate the
speaker level and channel delay.
The front left speaker tone and the target
speaker (the one that you're trying to adjust)
tone will sound in turns, so you can judge
which needs to be louder.
3 Use and to adjust each channel
level in turn, pressing ENTER to go to the
next channel when you're done.
The test tone is output in the following order
(depending on the speaker setting):
R C
SW SB
DVR/VCR TV CONT
TUNER RECEIVER
SR
DISC
ENTER
SETUP CLASS
MENU
ST
MCACC
SETUP
BAND
RETURN
VOL
TV CH
LS
RS
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