The System Setup Menu; Using The System Setup Menu; Manual Speaker Setup; Speaker Setting - Pioneer VSX-420-S Operating Instructions Manual

The System Setup menu

Chapter 5:
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.
TV
RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
RECEIVER DTV/TV
INPUT SELECT
INPUT
BD DVD DVR
CH
1 Press RECEIVER on the remote control,
then press the SETUP button.
Use / to select the setting you want to
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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 component video inputs (see The
Input Assign menu on page 35).

Manual speaker setup

These setting optimize surround sound
performance. You only need to make these
settings once (unless you change the
placement of your current speaker system or
add new speakers).
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.
AUDIO MASTER
TUNER EDIT
PARAMETER TOOLS VOLUME
MENU
TOP
MENU
ENTER
HOME
MENU
BAND
SETUP
RETURN
.
1 Select SP SETUP from the System Setup
menu.
Use / to select the setting you want
2
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 34).
• CH LEVEL – Adjust overall balance of your
speaker system (see Channel level on
page 34).
• SP DISTN – Specify the distance of your
speakers from the listening position (see
Speaker Distance on page 35).
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.
Use / to choose the speaker(s) that
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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.
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