Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq; Using Surround Back Channel Processing - Pioneer VSX 920 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
Phase Control technology provides coherent
sound reproduction through the use of phase
1
matching for an optimal sound image at your
listening position. The default setting is on and
we recommend leaving Phase Control
switched on for all sound sources.
TV
RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
• Press , then press PHASE to
RECEIVER
switch the Phase Control on or off.
Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic
Calibration Equalization set in Automatically
setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on
page 31. Refer to these pages for more on
Acoustic Calibration Equalization.
TV
RECEIVER
CONTROL
SLEEP SOURCE
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
• While listening to a source, press
RECEIVER , then press EQ to switch the
Acoustic Calibration EQ on or off.
The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights
when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.
Note
1 Phase matching is a very important factor in achieving proper sound reproduction. If two waveforms are 'in phase', they crest
and trough together, resulting in increased amplitude, clarity and presence of the sound signal. If a crest of a wave meets a
trough (as shown in the upper section of the diagram above) then the sound will be 'out of phase' and an unreliable sound
image will be produced.
• If your subwoofer has a phase control switch, set it to the plus (+) sign (or 0°). However, the effect you can actually feel when
PHASE CONTROL is set to ON on this receiver depends on the type of your subwoofer. Set your subwoofer to maximize the
effect. It is also recommended you try changing the orientation or the place of your subwoofer.
• Set the built-in lowpass filter switch of your subwoofer to OFF. If this cannot be done on your subwoofer, set the cutoff
frequency to a higher value.
• If the speaker distance is not properly set, you may not have a maximized PHASE CONTROL effect.
• The PHASE CONTROL mode cannot be set to ON in the following cases:
– When the PURE DIRECT mode is switched on.
– When the headphones are connected.
2 You can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ with Stream Direct mode and it has no effect with headphones.
HDD DVD VCR
1 2 3
DISP
S.RETRIEVER SB CH CH SELECT EQ
4 5 6
CH
PHASE
MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS LEV
7 8 9
CH
SHIFT
DIMMER LEV
HDD DVD VCR
1 2 3
DISP
S.RETRIEVER SB CH CH SELECT EQ
4 5 6
CH
MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS LEV PHASE
7 8 9
CH
SHIFT
DIMMER
LEV
2
Using surround back channel
processing
You can have the receiver automatically use
6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources
(for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or
you can choose to always use 6.1 or 7.1
decoding (for example, with 5.1 encoded
material). With 5.1 encoded sources, a
surround back channel will be generated, but
the material may sound better in the 5.1
format for which it was originally encoded (in
which case, you can simply switch surround
back channel processing off).
• With a 7.1-channel surround system,
audio signals that have undergone matrix
decoding processing through surround
back channel processing to which the Up
Mix function is added are output from the
surround back speakers.
TV
RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
• Press RECEIVER , then press SB CH
repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as
follows:
• SB ON –
Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is turned on.
HDD DVD VCR
1 2 3
DISP
S.RETRIEVER SB CH CH SELECT EQ
4 5 6
CH
MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS LEV PHASE
7 8 9
CH
SHIFT
DIMMER LEV
05
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