Pioneer VSX-919AH-K User Manual

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SB – Select the number of surround back 
speakers you have (one, two or none).

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Select 

LARGEx2 or LARGEx1 if your 

surround back speakers reproduce bass 
frequencies effectively. Select 

SMALLx2 or 

SMALLx1 to send bass frequencies to the 
other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t 
connect surround back speakers choose 
NO.

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SW – LFE signals and bass frequencies of 
channels set to 

SMALL are output from the 

subwoofer when 

YES is selected. 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).

2

 If you did not connect a 

subwoofer choose 

NO (the bass 

frequencies are output from other 
speakers).

Frequencies below this point will be sent to the 
subwoofer (or 

LARGE speakers).

You will return to the 

Manual SP Setup menu.

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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MANUAL – Move the test tone manually 
from speaker to speaker and adjust 
individual channel levels.

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AUTO – Adjust channel levels as the test 
tone moves from speaker to speaker 
automatically.

1 • If you selected 

Speaker B, ZONE 2 or Front Bi-Amp (in Surround back speaker setting on page 94) you can’t adjust 

the surround back settings.
• If the surround speakers are set to 

NO, the surround back speakers will automatically be set to NO.

• If you select one surround back speaker only, make sure that speaker is hooked up to the left surround back 
terminal. 

2 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 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.

3 • 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.
• If you’re using a THX speaker setup, confirm that the crossover frequency is set to 

80Hz.

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