"OFFICIAL" Pioneer SC-1222-K Owners Thread - Page 8

Originally Posted by DJDeez 

The lack of 12v triggers was not enough to make me purchase the 61 over the 1222, especially at New Egg's price! I have external amps which I need to switch on with the receiver, so the lack of a switched outlet or 12v triggers is a bummer for me. I tried a number of things to get around this without success, so I turned to a 'smart' power strip.

This product DID NOT WORK as the auto-on sensitivity was hard wired way too high. Rocketfish 8 Outlet Strip

This product WORKED PERFECTLY as I could tune the auto-on sensitivity to match the 1222's current draw when off. Smart Strip SCG3

Hope this information helps someone else out!

-Mike

Originally Posted by LNEWoLF 

Myself i have a different take on some of this. I don't worry too much about what individual speaker settings MCACC arrived at. I lean more toward trying/trusting the end results of the MCACC calibration. I haven't seen any documentation in any of the Pioneer forums on AVS from Pioneer as to what exactly MCACC does. I don't think we will ever fully know as i am sure this is proprietary info. I would have to believe that the Engineers spent countless hours. Testing various speakers and configurations upon fine tuning MCACC. When you listen to the test tones and review the data. MCACC is testing each speaker at various frequencies. To determine what each speaker is capable of producing. Including the sub. Each room configuration is unique. Shape of room, ceiling height, overall size of room, types of flooring, soft hard surfaces, size of furniture/placement, etc. Each one of these has a profound effect on the calibration. Who knows what other hidden settings it is adjusting. For me, i didn't make any adjustments to its settings I could see. It set all my speakers to large and the crossover at 80 Hz. The only thing I did was listened to end results in each of the DSP modes over several days. For me I found thabt while listening to music in Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode sounded most goodest to my ears. Sound quality is personal. Millage may vary. But what makes this AVR, is that you can adjust many settings to your personal tastes. Using parts of the MCACC results.

Im just suggesting to try/trust MCACC Initial settings. In reading most of the pioneer threads of the various AVR models on AVS. How many, are so quick, after running the MCACC calibration. To adjust speakers from large to small and set cross over to 80 Hz. I know that is what we all use to do. Just saying give MCACC a chance over a couple of days and see what ya think. Im listening right now to Albert King, ill play the blues for you. It sounds very clear, crisp, the bass is pronounced and tight, the overall sonic sound stage is excellent. Definitely a noticeable improvement from my old AVR and me adjusting the speaker levels with a spl meter.

Originally Posted by happy2Lurk 

Interesting. I did adjust speaker size and xover per manufacturer instructions post MCACC.

MCACC selected large for all speakers and an xover of 80hz. My fronts are true full range speakers, so no problem.

The center / surrounds specs say they are good to 55hz but the manufacturer says to set them as small with xover at 100hz - so that's what I did.

When I get off here I think I'll run MCACC again and do as you suggest - just trust it - and see what I think of the results. Thanks for the suggestion.

Originally Posted by GaryWA 

I would just set them all to Small and xover at 80hz. Even if your speakers can extend pretty low, if you have a sub, there is no need.

Originally Posted by BAMAVADER 

I have had the SC-1222 for the last two months and really love it. Movies and music have been great. I have noticed one problem with my Comcast motorola cable box hooked up to the SC-1222 through an optical cable on the Pioneer SC-1222's TV optical input. On occasion I have noticed after a while of being on that when changing cable channels on a 5.1 channel that the speaker layout stays on the Pioneer display and doesnt change to two channel. I am using a 7.1 speaker set up and always use PLIIx Movies. The only way to get it back is to change the input on the receiver or tv and then change back and it goes back to normal. It is like it is having a handshake issue with the cable optical audio out sometimes. I have changed optical cables and it did the same. This doesnt always happen but I have noticed it a handful of times and seems to happen after watching one channel for a long period of time. No other problems except this. Has anyone else had this happen? I wonder if I changed to Digital Coax out (cable box) and In(Pioneer SC-1222) would it prevent this or does anyone know another fix? Thanks...

Originally Posted by supra_87t 

I have the canadian model 1227k and ive noticed that in the MCACC theres a thx speaker setting. Couldnt you just set it on thx speakers,that puts all your speakers to 80 hz automatically and then do the MCACC. wouldnt that be way easier ?

While using HDMI pass through, i am getting sound and video from my dish network input, but only video from my PS3. They both are connected to my receiver with HDMI cable. I think I was getting sound and video both from my PS3 also. I must have changed some setting accidentally and now don't know how to fix it.

Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by DonnerParty 

This is what I ended up doing, sc1222k, since everytime I would manually set all speakers to small and then run mcacc it would switch them to large. I also noticed very little output from my sub even when I went back and changed them to small. When I did the thx selection, it calibrated them all as small and I get much more output from the sub.

Originally Posted by benfica1 

A minor thing, but thought I'd ask anyway, is the power button supposed to be lit when unit is in stand-by mode. Right now the only light I see when unit is off is a red light for HDMI which I'm assuming indicates HDMI pass-through mode.

Originally Posted by benfica1 

I'm at work right now but going by my memory, I think there is an option as to which input you want the HDMI pass-through to work for. So mine is set to the HDMI input that my cable box is hooked into. With this set-up, you'll only get audio and video from cable box to TV and audio will not pass-through TV when using the PS3 in HDMI pass-through mode. May be able to get around this if you connect optical cable to TV from PS3 for audio.

Originally Posted by chrisexv6 

With this Pioneer you can actually switch HDMI inputs while in standby.

The only thing I can think of in regards to no audio is if the PS3 is outputting bitstream (or PCM, I forget which). Whichever format is already decoded might be able to pass through, but the format that ISNT decoded may require the AVR be fully on (not in standby) to actually decode the audio.

Originally Posted by flexed2death 

You can also add the Belkin Smart Conserve to the list of smart power strips that do NOT work with this receiver. I tested it with other equipment (old onkyo receiver in my garage) and it works as expected but when I plugged the sc-1222 in , the switched outlets were always on, regardless if the receiver was in standby or not. Before I pull the trigger on the SCG3, do you know if turning on zone 2 or 3 with the main zone off is enough to enable the switched ports on the SCG3? I'm assuming you can dial that in such that any current above standby triggers.

Originally Posted by jlm86 

Upgrading from Onkyo TX706..hdmi board issues...

So what might i be expecting with this upgrade..
Sort of thought i'm going from mid-performance to mid-performance, but perhaps not as i read the specs on 1222..

And, Newegg having this $549 deal is awesome, but i've been stuck on Onkyo for lots of years, their remotes etc...

Can you give me 0.02 on

Remote
Ease of Use (WAF?)
Bugs...(termites)

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HSU Hybrid Speakers (w VTF 15 sub)
PS3

music/movies 50/50....like it cranked!

thanks

Originally Posted by tential 

On screen volume display would KILL me not to have so I'm glad now I didn't jump on this.

Originally Posted by benfica1 

That may be the answer. I believe my PS3 is set to output PCM which may then need to be decoded by the AVR when it's on (not in stand-by).

Originally Posted by Steve Dodds 

Does the Pioneer allow you watch video from one source whilst listening to audio from another. I like to watch cable while listening to music sometimes.

Originally Posted by Steve Dodds 

Does the Pioneer allow you watch video from one source whilst listening to audio from another. I like to watch cable while listening to music sometimes.

Originally Posted by goblue1 

Regarding the Auto MCACC settings...i have infinity primus towers (p362's) for my front l&r. i plan on setting them to small & 80. What if I want to listen to 2 channel music without the sub? Would I need to go back into the settings & change the to large to get full range?

Originally Posted by GregLee 

Maybe it's too hasty to conclude that this Pioneer has no on-screen volume display. My SC-1522-K just arrived, and I was surprised to see a display of volume+source pop up on my TV screen when I changed the volume.