The System Setup Menu; Using The System Setup Menu; Manual Speaker Setup; Speaker Setting - Pioneer VSX-518-K Operating Instructions Manual

The System Setup menu

Chapter 6:
The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu

The following section shows you how to make
detailed settings to specify how you're using
the receiver. It also explains how to fine-tune
individual speaker system settings.
RECEIVER
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INPUT SELECT
MULTI CONTROL
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1 Press RECEIVER on the remote control,
then press the SETUP button.
2 Use to select the setting you want to
adjust then press
ENTER.
• SP SETUP – Specify the size, number,
distance and overall balance of the
speakers you've connected (see Manual
speaker setup below).
• IN ASSIG. – Specify what you've connected
to the digital and component video inputs
(see The Input Assign menu on page 33).

Manual speaker setup

These settings optimize surround sound
performance (if you're satisfied with the
settings made in Using the Quick Setup on
page 7, adjustment may not be necessary). You
only need to make these settings once (unless
you change the placement of your current
speaker system or add new speakers).
1 Select SP SETUP from the System Setup
menu.
Note
1 If you select SMALL for the front speakers the subwoofer is fixed to YES. Also, the center and surround speakers can't be set
to LARGE if the front speakers are set to SMALL. In this case, all bass frequencies are sent to the subwoofer.
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2 Use to select the setting you want
to adjust then press ENTER .
• SP SET – Specify size / number of speakers
connected (see Speaker setting below).
• X.OVER – Specify which frequencies will
be sent to the subwoofer (see Crossover
network on page 32).
• CH LEVEL – Adjust overall balance of your
speaker system (see Channel level on
page 32).
• SP DISTN. – Specify the distance of your
speakers from the listening position (see
Speaker Distance on page 32).
3 Press RETURN after making the
adjustments necessary for each setting.

Speaker setting

Use this setting to specify your speaker
configuration (size, number of speakers).
1 Select SP SET from the SP SETUP menu.
2 Use to choose the speaker(s) that
you want to set then select a speaker size.
Use to select the size (and number) of
each of the following speakers:
• Front (F) – Select LARGE if your front
speakers reproduce bass frequencies
effectively, or if you didn't connect a
subwoofer. Select SMALL to send the bass
frequencies to the subwoofer.
• Center (C) – Select LARGE if your center
speaker reproduces bass frequencies
effectively, or select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn't connect a center
speaker, choose NO (the center channel is
sent to the other speakers).
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