Surround sound and other settings 05, Setting the channel levels – Pioneer S-DV434ST User Manual

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Surround sound and other settings

05

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En

LFE Off

– LFE channel is not played

DTS CD setting

If you play a DTS-encoded CD, you will need to
change this setting to hear the decoded signal.

When

CD Type?

appears, press

ENTER

, then

use

/

to select the setting:

NormalCD

– Regular CD playback, DTS-

encoded CDs output a noisy signal

DTS-CD

– Proper decoding of DTS-

encoded CDs, but regular CD playback
may lose quality

Setting the channel levels

You can set the relative channel levels from
your main listening position for all of the

listening modes independently.

1

If you have completed

Using the Auto MCACC

setup for optimal surround sound

on page 6,

the channel levels will already be set. You can
still fine-tune the levels here if you need to.

1

Select a listening mode.

Press

SURROUND

,

ADVANCED

or

FRONT

SURROUND

repeatedly to select the listening

mode you want.

2

2

Press

TEST TONE

to hear the test tone.

The test tone is output in the following order
(from the speakers active in the current mode):

L

– Front left speaker

C

– Center speaker

R

– Front right speaker

RS

– Right surround speaker

LS

– Left surround speaker

SW

– Subwoofer

3

3

Use the

MASTER VOLUME

+/– button to

adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

Turn down the volume to

40

or less to ensure

you have adequate headroom.

4

Use

/

to adjust the speaker levels in

turn.

You should hear the test tone at the same
volume from each speaker when seated in the
main listening position. The channel level
range is ± 10 dB.

5

When you’re done, press

ENTER

to exit

the test tone setup.

Note

1 • The

SURROUND

modes are divided into two independent groups: multichannel listening modes and stereo modes.

• The speaker volume can be adjusted while listening to any sound source you want by pressing

CH LEVEL

and then using

/

to adjust the channel levels. After finishing a channel, use

/

to move to the next.

2 When the

Auto

listening mode is selected, using the test tone method will adjust levels for multichannel sources only. Use

CH LEVEL

and

/

(see footnote above) to set levels for the

Auto

listening mode with two channel sources.

STANDBY/ON

CD

FM/AM

OPEN CLOSE

DVD

TUNER

TV

LINE

L1/L2

4

4

0

1

¡

8

7

3

FRONT

SURROUND

4

4

DVD MENU

RETURN

MUTE

7

ENTER

MASTER
VOLUME

BASS

MODE

SR+

1

2

3

REPEAT

AUDIO

ANGLE

RANDOM

SUBTITLE

PROGRAM

4

5

6

7

9

MAIN

SUB

ENTER

5

SUB

0

CLR

8

TEST TONE

CH LEVEL

ZOOM

TOP MENU

DIMMER

DISPLAY

ADVANCED

SOUND

DIALOGUE

SURROUND

SETUP

SYSTEM

MIDNIGHT

QUIET/

CLOCK

TIMER/

3 Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.

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