Pioneer What Is Audio DRC and How to Adjust It on Blu-ray Players?

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Closing the Video Adjust screen

Press HOME MENU.

About Pure Cinema

There are two types of video signals:

•Video material – Video signals recorded at 25 or 30 frames/ second

•Film material – Video signals recorded at 24 frames/second

“Pure Cinema” uses signal processing suited for “film material” when converting 576i/480i or 1080i interlaced video signals into progressive video signals, resulting in clear picture reproduction without losing the quality of the material.

is displayed on the disc information screen when playing the

“film material” pictures of DVD-Video discs (page 29).

Adjusting the Audio DRC

Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) has the effect of playing loud sounds softly and soft sounds loudly. Adjust the setting for example when watching movies late at night and the dialogs are difficult to hear.

1 During playback, display the TOOLS menu.

Press TOOLS.

HOME MEDIA	DISPLAY	POPUP MENU
GALLERY	DISPLAY	POPUP MENU
		MENU
TOP MENU		TOOLS

ENTER

2 Select and set Audio DRC.

Use / to select, then press ENTER.

TOP MENU	TOOLS
	ENTER
HOME	RETURN
MENU	RETURN

 Closing the Audio DRC screen	05

Press ENTER or HOME MENU.

Note

•This only affects the Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital audio signals of BDs, DVDs and movie files.

•When Auto is selected, the setting has the same effect as High or Off for Dolby TrueHD signals, depending on the content. For Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Digital, the setting has the same effect as Off.

•Audio DRC affects the audio signals output from the following audio output terminals:

–Analog audio signals output from the AUDIO OUT (2 ch) or AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals.

–Linear PCM audio signals output from the DIGITAL OUT terminals or HDMI OUT terminal.

•The effect may be weak for some discs.

BD PLAYER	Audio
TOOLS	Subtitle
	Audio DRC
	Video Adjust
	Output Video Resolution

3 Adjust the setting.

TOP MENU	TOOLS
	ENTER
HOME	RETURN
MENU	RETURN

Use / to switch between Off, Low, Medium, High and Auto.

Audio DRC

Off

Adjust the audio dynamic range. This setting is ineffective depending on the playing audio.

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