Pioneer VSX-420-S: The System Setup menu

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Chapter 5:

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The System Setup menu

1 Select SP SETUP from the System Setup

menu.

Français

Using the System Setup menu

The following section shows you how to make

2Use

/

to select the setting you want

detailed settings to specify how you’re using

to adjust then press

ENTER

.

the receiver. It also explains how to fine-tune

• SP SET – Specify size / number of speakers

individual speaker system settings.

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).

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• SP DISTN – Specify the distance of your

1 Press on the remote control,

speakers from the listening position (see

then press the

SETUP

button.

Speaker Distance on page 35).

2Use

/

to select the setting you want to

3Press

RETURN

after making the

adjust then press

ENTER

.

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adjustments necessary for each setting.

• SP SETUP – Specify the size, number,

distance and overall balance of the

Speaker setting

speakers you’ve connected (see Manual

Use this setting to specify your speaker

speaker setup below).

configuration (size, number of speakers).

• IN ASSIG – Specify what you’ve connected

to the component video inputs (see The

1 Select

SP SET

from the SP SETUP menu.

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Input Assign menu on page 35).

2Use

/

to choose the speaker(s) that

you want to set then select a speaker size.

Use / to select the size (and number) of

Manual speaker setup

each of the following speakers:

These setting optimize surround sound

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• Front (F) – Select LARGE if your front

performance. You only need to make these

speakers reproduce bass frequencies

settings once (unless you change the

effectively, or if you didn’t connect a

placement of your current speaker system or

subwoofer. Select SMALL to send the

add new speakers).

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bass frequencies to the subwoofer.

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TV

SOURCESLEEP

CONTROL

INPUT SELECT

INPUT

BD DVD

DVR

RECEIVER

RECEIVER

DTV/TV

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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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• Center (C) – Select LARGE if your center

1 Select ‘X.OVER’ from the SP SETUP menu.

speaker reproduces bass frequencies

2Use

/

to choose the frequency cutoff

effectively, or select SMALL to send bass

point.

frequencies to the other speakers or

Frequencies below the cutoff point will be sent

subwoofer. If you didn’t connect a center

to the subwoofer (or LARGE speakers).

speaker, choose NO (the center channel is

sent to the other speakers).

Channel level

• Surround (S) – Select LARGE if your

Using these settings, you can adjust the overall

surround speakers reproduce bass

balance of your speaker system.

frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to

send bass frequencies to the other

1 Select CH LEVEL from the SP SETUP menu.

speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t

2Use

/

to select a setup option.

connect surround speakers choose NO

• T. TONE M – Move the test tone manually

(the sound of the surround channels is

from speaker to speaker and adjust

sent to the other speakers).

individual channel levels.

• Subwoofer (SW) – LFE signals and bass

• T. TONE A – Adjust channel levels as the

frequencies of channels set to SMALL are

test tone moves from speaker to speaker

output from the subwoofer when YES is

1

automatically.

selected.

Choose the PLUS setting if you

want the subwoofer to output bass sound

3 Confirm your selected setup option.

continuously or you want deeper bass (the

3

The test tones will start after you press ENTER.

bass frequencies that would normally

4 Adjust the level of each channel using

/

come out the front and center speakers are



.

also routed to the subwoofer). If you did not

If you selected T. TONE M, use / to switch

connect a subwoofer choose NO (the bass

speakers.

frequencies are output from other

speakers).

The T. TONE A setup outputs test tones in the

following order (depends on speaker settings):

Crossover network

L  C  R  SR  SL  SW

• Default setting: 100Hz

Adjust the level of each speaker as the test tone

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This setting decides the cutoff between bass

is emitted.

sounds playing back from the speakers

selected as LARGE, or the subwoofer, and bass

sounds playing back from those selected as

2

SMALL.

It also decides where the cutoff will

be for bass sounds in the LFE channel.

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1 If you can’t get good bass results, listen to the bass response with the subwoofer 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.

2 For more on selecting the speaker sizes, see Speaker setting on page 33.

3 After the volume increases to the reference level, test tones will be output.

4 • If you are using a Sound Pressure Level (SPL) meter, take the readings from your main listening position and adjust the level

of each speaker to 75 dB SPL (C-weighting/slow reading).

• The subwoofer test tone is output at low volumes. You may need to adjust the level after testing with an actual soundtrack.

• You can change the channel levels at any time by pressing first and then starting the following operations:

RECEIVER

CH SELECT and LEV +/– on the remote control. You can also change the channel levels by pressing first and then

TEST TONE. In this case, use the / buttons to select the channel and use the / buttons to adjust the level.

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The System Setup menu 05

Speaker Distance

4 Select the component that corresponds

English

with the one you connected to that input.

For good sound depth and separation from

•Use the / buttons and ENTER to

your system, you need to specify the distance

select BD/TV, DVD/SAT, DVR, MCI

of your speakers from the listening position.

(MULTI CH IN) or OFF.

The receiver can then add the proper delay

needed for effective surround sound.

• If you assign a component input to a

Français

certain function, any component inputs

1 Select ‘SP DISTN.’ from the SP SETUP

previously assigned to that function will

menu.

automatically be switched off.

2Use

/

to choose the speaker that you

• Make sure you have connected the audio

want then set the distance.

from the component to the corresponding

Use / to adjust the distance of each

inputs on the rear of the receiver.

speaker (in 0.1 m increments).

• If you connect any source component to

the receiver using a component video

input, you should also have your TV

The Input Assign menu

connected to this receiver’s

You only need to make settings in the Input

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks.

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Assign menu if you didn’t hook up your

• For the assignment of the digital signal

equipment according to the default settings for

inputs, see Choosing the input signal on

the component video inputs.

page 26.

• Default settings:

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COMP 1 – BD/TV

COMP 2 – DVD/SAT

If you didn’t make component video

connections according to the defaults above,

you must assign the numbered input to the

component you’ve connected (or else you may

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see the video signal of a different component).

For more on this, see Connecting your

component with no HDMI terminal on page 19.

1 Select ‘IN ASSIG’ from the System Setup

menu.

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2 Select ‘COMP. IN’ from the ‘IN ASSIG’

menu.

3Use

/

to select the number of the

component video input to which you’ve

connected your video component.

The numbers match the numbers beside the

inputs on the rear of the receiver.

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