Crossover Network; Channel Level - Pioneer VSX-521-K Operating Instructions Manual

The System Setup menu
• Front – 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 – 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).
• Front Height – Select LARGE if your front height speakers
reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send
bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you
didn't connect front height speakers choose NO.
You can only adjust the Front Height setting when Pre Out
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Setting is set to Height.
• Surr – Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce bass
frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass
frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn't
connect surround speakers choose NO (the sound of the
surround channels is sent to the other speakers).
• Surr. Back – Select the number of surround back speakers you
have (one, two or none). Select LARGE if your surround back
speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select
SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or
subwoofer. If you didn't connect surround back speakers
choose NO.
You can only adjust the Surr. Back setting when Pre Out
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Setting is set to Surr. Back.
If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that
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additional amplifier is hooked up to the PRE OUT L (Single)
terminal.
• Subwoofer – LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels
set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer when YES is
selected (see notes below). Choose the PLUS setting if you
want the subwoofer to output bass sound continuously or you
want deeper bass (the bass frequencies that would normally
come out the front and center speakers are also routed to the
subwoofer). If you did not connect a subwoofer choose NO
(the bass frequencies are output from other speakers).
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When you're finished, press RETURN.
You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.
Note
• If you select SMALL for the front speakers, the subwoofer will
automatically be fixed to YES. Also, the center, surround,
surround back and front height 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.
• If the surround speakers are set to NO, the surround back
speakers will automatically be set to NO.
• If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem
logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS for
the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best bass
results. Depending on the speaker placement of your room you
may actually experience a decrease in the amount of bass due
to low frequency cancellations. In this case, try changing the
position or direction of speakers. If you can't get good results,
listen to the bass response with it set to PLUS and YES or the
front speakers set to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let
your ears judge which sounds best. If you're having problems,
the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to the
subwoofer by selecting SMALL for the front speakers.

Crossover Network

• Default setting: 100Hz
This setting decides the cutoff between bass sounds playing back
from the speakers selected as LARGE, or the subwoofer, and bass
sounds playing back from those selected as SMALL. It also
decides where the cutoff will be for bass sounds in the LFE
channel.
• For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker Setting on
page 30.
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Select 'Manual SP Setup' from the System Setup menu.
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Select 'Crossover Network' from the Manual SP Setup
menu.
2.Manual SP Setup 2b.Crossover Network
a.Speaker Setting Frequency
b.Crossover Network
c.Channel Level
d.Speaker Distance
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Choose the frequency cutoff point.
Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent to the subwoofer
(or LARGE speakers).
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When you're finished, press RETURN.
You return to the Manual SP Setup menu.

Channel Level

Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall
balance of your speaker system, an important factor when setting
up a home theater system.
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Select 'Manual SP Setup' from the System Setup menu.
2
Select 'Channel Level' from the Manual SP Setup menu.
2.Manual SP Setup
a.Speaker Setting
b.Crossover Network
c.Channel Level
d.Speaker Distance
3
Select a setup option.
• Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to
speaker and adjust individual channel levels.
• Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves from
speaker to speaker automatically.
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Confirm your selected setup option.
The test tones will start after you press ENTER. After the volume
increases to the reference level, test tones will be output.
2c.Channel Level
Loud test tones
100Hz
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2c.Channel Level
Test Tone Manual
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