Home Theater Sound Setup; Using The Room Setup - Pioneer S-DV440 Operating Instructions Manual

03 Getting started

Home theater sound setup

Depending on the size and characteristics of
your room, you can choose to place your
speakers in one of two ways using this system:
• Standard surround 5-spot setup – This is
a standard multichannel surround sound
speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel
home theatre sound.
Front left
Surround
left
• Front surround 3-spot setup – This setup
is ideal when rear surround speaker
placement isn't possible or you want to
avoid running long speaker cables in your
listening area. Use this setup together with
the Front Surround modes to take
advantage of wall and ceiling reflections
for a very realistic surround effect.
Front
left
Surround
left
See About the listening modes on page 24 for
more on using the different listening modes
with each speaker setup.

Using the Room Setup

After you have set up your speakers to your
liking (see Home theater sound setup above),
make sure you calibrate your system for
surround sound. This is a quick and easy way
to get good surround sound for your room.
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Center
Front right
Subwoofer
Listening position
Surround
right
Center
Front
right
Subwoofer
Surround
right
Listening position
For a more detailed surround sound setup, see
Using the System Setup menu on page 43.
1 If the system isn't already on, press
STANDBY/ON to switch it on.
2 Press ROOM SETUP.
• If you have previously set up the room type
and seating position, the display will show
the current room settings.
3 Press ENTER.
4 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons
to select a room type then press ENTER.
Choose one of the following depending on your
room size:
• S – Smaller than average room
• M – Average room
• L – Larger than average room
5 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons
to select a seating position setting, then
press ENTER.
Choose one of the following depending on
where your main listening position is:
• Fwd – If you are nearer to the front
speakers than the surround speakers
• Mid – If you are equal distance from the
front and surround speakers
• Back – If you are nearer to the surround
speakers than the front speakers
Note
• The Room Setup automatically sets up
both channel level and channel delay. If
you have already set the channel levels
manually (see Setting the channel levels on
page 45), you will see Room Set? in the
display when you first press the ROOM
SETUP button.