Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Chapter 6

Audio Settings menu

The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound.

	1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Audio	Audio Settings
	Settings’ from the on-screen display.	Audio Settings
	Settings’ from the on-screen display.

2 Select and change settings using the

(cursor) buttons, and ENTER.	Audio Settings
(cursor) buttons, and ENTER.	Equalizer	On
	Equalizer	On
	Virtual Surround	Off
	Audio DRC
	Dialog

DV-2750/DV-370

Audio DRC

•Settings: High, Medium, Low, Off (default)

• How good the surround effect is varies with the disc.

Dialog Enhancer

•Settings: High, Medium, Low, Off (default)

The Dialog Enhancer feature is designed to make the dialog stand out from other background sounds in the soundtrack.

Equalizer (DV-2750/DV-370 only)

•Settings: Rock, Pop, Live, Dance, Techno, Classic, Soft, Off (default) The various preset EQ curves are designed to suit various styles of music.

Note

• 96kHz linear PCM audio is automatically downsampled to 48kHz if the Equalizer is switched on.

Video Adjust menu (DV-470 only)

From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented.

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Video
Adjust’ from the on-screen display.	Video Adjust

When watching Dolby Digital DVDs at low volume, it’s easy to lose the quieter sounds completely— including some of the dialog. Switching Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to on can help by

2 Make settings using the

(cursor) buttons, and ENTER.

Video Adjust

bringing up the quieter sounds, while controlling loud peaks.

How much of a difference you hear depends on the material you’re listening to. If the material doesn’t have wide variations in volume, you may not notice much change.

Note

•Audio DRC is only effective with Dolby Digital audio sources.

•Audio DRC is only effective through the digital output when Digital Out is set to On, and Dolby Digital Out is set to Dolby Digital > PCM (see Digital Audio Out settings on page 18).

•The effect of Audio DRC depends on your speakers and AV receiver settings.

Virtual Surround

• Settings: On, Off (default)

Switch on Virtual Surround to enjoy surround sound effects from just two speakers.

Virtual surround can produce realistic 3D sound from a pair of stereo speakers using any source.

Tip

• You can also use the SURROUND button on the remote control to switch Virtual Surround on.

Note

•DV-2750/DV-370 only: Virtual Surround doesn’t work with WMA or DTS, through either the analog or digital outputs.

•96kHz linear PCM audio is automatically downsampled to 48kHz if Virtual Surround is switched on.

•If the player is outputting Dolby Digital or MPEG bitstream audio (in other words, no conversion to PCM), Virtual Surround has no effect on the audio from the digital output. See Digital Audio Out settings on page 18 for how to set up the digital output formats.

SharpnessStandard

Brightness0

Contrast0

GammaOff

Hue0

Chroma Level

BNROff

DV-470

You can adjust the following picture quality settings:

•Sharpness – Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the picture (Fine, Standard, Soft).

•Brightness – Adjusts the overall brightness (–20to +20).

•Contrast – Adjusts the contrast between light and dark (–16to +16).

•Gamma – Adjusts the ‘warmth’ of the picture (High, Medium, Low, Off).

•Hue – Adjusts the red/green balance (Green 9 to Red 9).

•Chroma Level – Adjusts how saturated colors appear (–9to +9).

•BNR – Switches on/off block noise reduction (On, Off (default)).

Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Chroma Level settings using the				(cursor left/right)
buttons.

	Brightness	min	max 0

3 Press ENTER to save your settings and exit the Video Adjust screen.

Pioneer DV-470, DV-2750 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus, Audio Settings menu