Setting the speaker setting, 13 menu operations – Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD User Manual
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! Panorama (Panorama) extends the front
stereo image to include the surround
speakers for an exciting
“wraparound” ef-
fect.
! Dimension (Dimension) gradually adjusts
the sound field either towards the front or
rear.
! Center Width Control (Center Width) posi-
tions center-channel sounds between the
center, left and right speakers. It improves
the left-center-right stage presentation for
both the driver and front passenger.
1
Display the DSP function menu.
Refer to Introduction of menu operations on
page 45.
2
Touch Dolby Pro Logic II.
3
Touch Music and then touch
Music Adjust.
# You can only operate Music Adjust when
Music has been selected.
4
Touch a or b to select Panorama (pa-
norama).
Panorama (panorama)
—Dimension (dimen-
sion)
—Center Width (center width)
5
Touch d to turn panorama control on.
# To turn panorama control off, touch c.
6
Touch b to select Dimension and then
touch c or d to adjust the front/rear
speaker balance.
Range:
+3 to -3
7
Touch b to select Center Width and
then touch c or d to adjust the center
image.
Range:
0 to 7
The default setting is
3 and is recommended
for most recordings. When set to
0, all center
sound is placed in the center speaker. When
set to
7, center sound is equally placed in the
left and right speakers.
Setting the speaker setting
Be sure to adjust the speaker settings, such
as size (bass capacity), according to the
speakers installed. Set the size to
Large
(large) if the speaker is capable of reproducing
sounds of about 100 Hz and below. Otherwise,
select
Small (small)
! Low frequency sound is not emitted if the
subwoofer is set to
Off and the front and
rear speakers are set to
Small or Off.
! It is imperative that speakers that are not
installed be set to
Off.
! Set the front or rear speaker to Large if the
speaker is capable of reproducing bass
content, or if no subwoofer is installed.
1
Display the DSP function menu.
Refer to Introduction of menu operations on
page 45.
2
Touch Speaker Setting.
3
Touch a or b to select the speaker to
be adjusted.
Front (front speakers)
—Center (center speak-
er)
—Rear (rear speakers)—Subwoofer (sub-
woofer)
—Phase (subwoofer setting)
# You can only switch to Phase when the sub-
woofer has been set to
On.
4
Touch c or d to select the correct size
for the selected speaker.
Off (off)
—Small (small)—Large (large)
# You cannot select Off when Front (front
speakers) has been selected.
# You can select On or Off when Subwoofer
(subwoofer) has been selected.
# You can switch Reverse (reverse phase) or
Normal (normal phase) when Phase (subwoofer
setting) has been selected.
Correcting the subwoofer
’s phase
If boosting the bass output from the subwoo-
fer is not effective or you feel that the bass is
becoming less clear, the subwoofer output
and bass content emitted from the other
speakers may be canceling each other out.
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Section
13
Menu operations