Surround Back Speaker Setting; Normal Surround Setting; Speaker Setting - Pioneer Elite VSX-56TXi Operating Instructions Manual

The Surround Setup menu
• SurrBack System – Specify how you are using your
surround back speakers (see Surround back speaker
setting below).
• Auto Setting – This is a quick and easy automatic
surround setup (see Automatically setting up for
surround sound on page 12).
• Normal – Specify the size, number, distance and
overall balance of the speakers you've connected
(see Normal surround setting below).
• Expert – Use this menu to fine tune your surround
setup (see The Expert setup menu on page 82).
5 Make the adjustments necessary for each
setting, pressing ENTER to confirm after each
setting.

Surround back speaker setting

• Default setting: Normal
There are several ways you can use the surround back
speaker channels with this system. In addition to a
normal home theater setup where they are used for the
surround back speakers, they can be used for bi-amping
the front speakers or as an independent speaker system
in another room.
1 Select 'SurrBack System' from the Surround
Setup menu.
See Making receiver settings from the Surround Setup
menu above if you're not already at this screen.
1.Surround Setup
[ SurrBack System
[ Auto Setting
[ Normal
[ Expert
[ Exit
2 Select the surround back speaker setting.
SurrBack System
[ Normal System
[ Second Zone
[ Front Bi-Amp
[ MR&S
[ Exit
• Normal System – Select for normal home theater
use with surround back speakers in your main
(speaker system A) setup.
• Second Zone – Select to use the (surround back) B
speaker terminals to listen to stereo playback in
another room (see Second Zone speaker B setup on
page 67).
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• Front Bi-Amp – Select this setting if you're bi-
amping your front speakers (see Bi-amping your front
speakers on page 68).
• MR&S – Select to use the (surround back) B speaker
terminals for an independent system in another room
(see Multi-room listening on page 69).
3 When you're finished, select 'Exit'.
You will return to the Surround Setup menu.

Normal surround setting

If you aren't satisfied with the results the Auto Setup
(Automatically setting up for surround sound on page 12),
you can use these settings to adjust speaker parameters
manually. Note that these settings overwrite the settings
made with the Auto Setup.
• Select 'Normal' from the Surround Setup menu.
See Making receiver settings from the Surround Setup
menu above if you're not already at this screen.
1.Surround Setup
[ SurrBack System ]
[ Auto Setting
[ Normal
[ Expert
[ Exit

Speaker Setting

• Default setting: SMALL (all speakers) /
Subwoofer – YES
Use this setting to specify your speaker configuration
(size, number of speakers). You can make sure that the
settings made in Automatically setting up for surround
sound on page 12 are correct.
1 Choose 'Speaker Setting' from the Normal setup
menu.
Normal
[ Speaker Setting
[ Channel Level
[ Speaker Distance ]
[ Exit
2 Choose the set of speakers that you want to set
then select a speaker size.
Speaker Setting
Front
Center
Surround
SurrBack
Subwoofer
[Exit]
(THX Speaker:SMALL)
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[ SMALL ]
[ SMALL ]
[ SMALL 2 ]
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[ YES ]
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