Pioneer VSX-LX60 Operating Instructions Manual Download

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5 minute guide

Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase
Control)

The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic
characteristics of your listening area, taking into account
ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for
both channel delay and channel level. After you have set
up the microphone provided with your system, the
receiver uses the information from a series of test tones
to optimize the speaker settings and equalization for your
particular room, and also to calibrate the frequency-
phase characteristics of the speakers connected.

Make sure you do this before moving on to

Playing a

source

on page 9.

Important

• Make sure the microphone and speakers are not

moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.

• Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any

existing settings for the MCACC preset you select.

• Before using the Auto MCACC Setup, the

headphones should be disconnected and the iPod,
HOME MEDIA GALLERY (

VSX-LX70 only

) or USB (

VSX-

LX60 only

) function should not be selected as an input

source.

Caution

• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are

output at high volume.

Switch on the receiver and your TV.

Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC

jack on the front panel.

Place the microphone so that it’s about ear level at your
normal listening position (use a tripod if possible). Make
sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and
the microphone.

• Push down on the lower portion of the front panel

door to access the

MCACC SETUP MIC

jack:

The Auto MCACC display appears once the microphone

is connected.

Make sure ‘Normal (Default)’ is selected,

select an

MCACC preset

then select START.

Follow the instructions on-screen.

Make sure the microphone is connected, and if you’re
using a subwoofer, make sure it is switched on and set to
a comfortable volume level.

Wait for the test tones to finish then confirm the

speaker configuration in the OSD.

A progress report is displayed on-screen while the
receiver outputs test tones to determine the speakers
present in your setup. Try to be as quiet as possible while

it’s doing this.

If no operations are performed for 10 seconds while the
speaker configuration check screen is being displayed,
the Auto MCACC Setup will resume automatically. In this
case, you don’t need to select ‘

’ and press

ENTER

step 6.

RECEIVER

SOURCE

SYSTEM OFF

INPUT

SELECT

DVD

TV CTRL

DVR1

i Pod

TUNER

RECEIVER

DVR2

HOME MEDIA

GALLERY

CD-R

ZONE2/3

HDMI

CLEAR
+10

DISC

CLASS

D.ACCESS

ENTER

TV CONTROL

VOL

TUNE

TV CH

INPUT

SELECT

TV VOL

ENTER

A PARAMETER

TOP MENU

V PARAMETER

MENU T.EDIT

BAND

PROGRAM

GUIDE

RETURN

SETUP

PTY SEARCH

LEVEL

Note

1 • You can’t use the System Setup menu in either the main or sub zone when the iPod, HOME MEDIA GALLERY (

VSX-LX70 only

) or USB (

VSX-LX60 only

)

input source is selected. When you set ZONE 2 or ZONE 3 to ON (page 60), you can’t use the System Setup menu.

• If you cancel the Auto MCACC Setup, or leave an error message for over three minutes, the screen saver will appear.

2 • If you are planning on bi-amping your front speakers, or setting up a separate speaker system in another room, read through

Surround back speaker

setting

on page 42 and make sure to connect your speakers as necessary before continuing to step 4.

• If you have THX-certified speakers, select

CUSTOM

and choose

YES

for the

THX Speaker

setting.

3 The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening positions. Simply choose an unused preset for now (you can
rename it later in

Data Management

on page 48).

4 Note that correction curves are saved only when set to

SYMMETRY

. Select

CUSTOM

to save other correction curves (such as

ALL CH ADJUST

and

FRONT ALIGN

). See

Automatic MCACC (Expert)