Pioneer VSX-420-K: Channel level Crossover network

The System Setup menu05

• 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

4

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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