Pioneer S-EV500V - Manual (Page 24)

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Choosing your surround settings
To get the best possible surround sound from
your system, make the settings below. You
should only need to make these settings once
(unless you change the placement of your
speakers or wish to change settings for a
particular disc).
1 Press SYSTEM SETUP (SHIFT+HOME MENU). 1
2 Use / to choose the setting.
The current setting is shown for each option as
you cycle through the display. See below for a
full list and description of each.
3 Use / to adjust.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for other settings.
5 When you’re done, press ENTER to leave
the System Setup menu.
System Setup menu options
Below are all the available settings in the setup
menu. 2 The first setting in each section is the
default. See also the notes in each section for
additional information about the settings.
Speaker distance setting
Specifies the distance from your listening
position to your speakers.
When DIST.? appears, press ENTER , then use
/
to adjust the distance, and
/
to
switch between the following speakers:
• L – Front left speaker
• C – Center speaker
• R – Front right speaker
• RS – Surround right speaker
• LS – Surround left speaker
• SW – Subwoofer
Each speaker can be adjusted between 0.3m
~ 9m . The default setting is 3m .
Dynamic Range Control
Specifies dynamic range adjustment to Dolby
Digital or DTS soundtracks: 3
• DRC OFF – No dynamic range adjustment
(use when listening at higher volume)
• DRC MID – Mid setting
• DRC HIGH – Dynamic range is reduced
(loud sounds are reduced in volume while
quieter sounds are increased)
LFE attenuator setting
Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources include
ultra-low bass tones. Set the LFE attenuator as
needed to prevent the ultra-low bass from
distorting the sound.
• LFEATT 0 – No attenuation
• LFEATT 10 – LFE channel attenuated 10dB
• LFE Off – LFE channel is not played
Subwoofer setting
You can switch between subwoofer settings to
provide extra bass or to hear the subwoofer
channel ‘as is’.
• SW PLUS – This provides extra bass when
listening to an audio source
• SW AUTO – The subwoofer channel is
heard without any additional processing.
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:
• NORM.CD – Regular CD playback, DTS-
encoded CDs may output some noise
• DTS-CD – Proper decoding of DTS-
encoded CDs, but regular CD playback
may lose quality
Note
1 These settings can’t be changed when recording, or when the Line Recording feature is on (see Using the Sound menu on
page 27).
2 If the tuner is selected, the auto preset feature also appears (see
Automatically saving station presets on page 37).
3 This setting works only with Dolby Digital and some DTS soundtracks.
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