Pioneer DV-S88A Multichannel Audio Playback, Setting for any speaker that was set to Off

Setting Your Speaker System for

Multichannel Audio Playback

This player contains a built-in decoder for Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio sources as well as 5.1 channel discrete audio output. Ideally, a 5.1 channel system contains 6 speakers: 2 front speakers, 2 surround speakers, a center speaker, and a sub woofer. However, as this is not always the case, accurately setting the [Speaker Setting] setting to reflect your speaker setup allows the player’s built-in decoder to reroute signals to compensate for absent speakers.

Make adjustments in the [Speaker Setting] setting in the Setup screen Audio 2 menu.

1 Press Enter.

Audio1 Audio2 Video Language General

Audio DRC	– Off
Audio Out	– 5.1 Channel
Speaker Setting	Start

Gain Setting – Fix
CD Digital Direct – Off
Move	SETUP Exit

2 Press Enter.

Audio1 Audio2 Video Language General

Audio DRC	– Off
Audio Out	– 5.1 Channel
Speaker Setting	Start

Gain Setting – Fix
CD Digital Direct – Off
Move	SETUP Exit

Set to Speaker’s size

3 Move the cursor control joystic up or down to select the speaker.

Audio1 Audio2 Video LanguageGeneral

	Speaker Setting
		Size			L		R
L/R		—	Large
	C	—	Large				SW
	LS	—	Large
	RS	—	Large			LS RS
SW		—	On
							Return
	Distance		ENTER	Select		SETUP	Exit

4 Move the cursor control joystic left or right to select Large/Small/Off or On/Off corresponding to whether the selected speaker is present in your system or not, respectively.

Set the size of your speakers in the Size screen. The front left/right [L/R] speakers have a fixed setting of Large. The center [C], left surround [LS] and right surround [RS] speakers can each be set to [Large], [Small] or [Off]. Set a speaker to Large if the main speaker cone is 12cm or more; set to [Small] if the it’s less than 12cm. Note that the [LS] and [RS] speakers cannot be set

The subwoofer (SW) can only be set to On or Off. The graphic on the right of the screen represents your speaker setup, with the currently selected speaker’s name highlighted in blue, and the speakers set to On highlighted in yellow.

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each speaker in your system.

Set to distance from listening position

6 Move the cursor control joystic up to select [Size] and press cursor control joystic right.

7 Move the cursor control joystic up or down to select the speaker.

Audio1		Audio2	Video		LanguageGeneral
	Speaker Setting
		Distance				L			R
L/R		—	3.0m
	C	—	3.0m						SW
	LS	—	3.0m
	RS	—	3.0m				LS RS
SW		—	3.0m					Return
	Size			ENTER	Select		SETUP	Exit

8 Move the cursor control joystic left or right to select distance from speaker.

Set the distance from your main listening position to
each speaker in the Distance screen. The distance	ADJUSTING
setting for any speaker that was set to Off in the
Size screen will be grayed out. For the other
speakers, enter the distance to the nearest 0.1m
(10cm). You can set the distance for the [L/R]
speakers between 0.3m and 9m. Note that you	AUDIO
the [L/R] setting. The [LS] and [RS] speakers must
must set the [C] and [SW] speakers within 2m of
be set within -6m and +2m of the [L/R] setting.	AND
The graphic on the right of the screen represents
your speaker setup, with the currently selected	VIDEO
speaker’s name highlighted in blue, and the
speakers set to [On] highlighted in yellow.	SETTINGS
Note: If your subwoofer is placed beyond the
adjustment range (L/R±2), set to the nearest setting
possible. Surround sound cohesion should not be
affected very much.

Notes

•If you have already completed the Setup Navigator screen operations, the settings on this page have already been set by the player.

•If you have not made connections to the AUDIO OUT (5.1channel) jacks on the rear panel of the player, it is not necessary to make any changes to this setting.

•To help identify the speakers being selected, the initials of the speakers in the speaker system representation on the right side of the screen will appear in blue.

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