Pioneer AVH-P4000DVD Setting the speaker setting, Correcting the subwoofer’s phase

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6Touch b to select DIMENSION and then touch c or d to adjust front/surround speaker balance.

Each time you touch c or d it moves the sound towards the front or the surrounds.

+3 to –3 is displayed as the front/surround speaker balance moves from front to sur- rounds.

7Touch b to select CENTER WIDTH and then touch c or d to adjust the center image.

Each time you touch c or d it gradually spreads the center channel sound into the front left and right speakers over a range 0 to

3is the default and it’s recommended for most recordings. 0 places all center sound in the center speaker. 7 places all center sound equally in the left/right speakers.

Setting the speaker setting

You need to make with/without (or yes/no) and size (bass reproducing capacity) selection/ad- justments depending on the installed speak- ers. The size needs to be set to LARGE (large) if the speaker is capable of reproducing sounds of about 100 Hz or below. Otherwise select SMALL (small).

!Low frequency range is not output if the subwoofer is set to OFF and the front and rear speakers set to SMALL or OFF.

!It is imperative that non-installed speakers 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.

1Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu.

2Touch SPEAKER SETTING.

3Touch a or b to select the speaker to be adjusted.

Each time you touch a or b selects the speak- er in the following order:

FRONT (front speakers)—CENTER (center speaker)—REAR (rear speakers)—

SUB WOOFER (subwoofer)—PHASE (subwoo- fer setting)

#You can switch to PHASE only when the sub- woofer has been set to ON.

4Touch c or d to select the correct size for the selected speaker.

Each time you touch c or d selects the size in the following order:

OFF (off)—SMALL (small)—LARGE (large)

# You cannot select OFF, when FRONT (front

speakers) have been selected.

# You can select ON or OFF, when

SUB WOOFER (subwoofer) has been selected.

# You can switch REVERSE (reverse phase) or NORMAL (normal phase), when PHASE (subwoo- fer setting) has been selected.

Correcting the subwoofer’s phase

If trying to boost the bass output of the sub- woofer doesn’t do much or rather makes you feel that the bass gets more murky, this may indicate that the subwoofer’s output and bass content you hear over other speakers cancel each other out. To remove this problem, try changing the phase setting for the subwoofer.

1Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu.

2Touch SPEAKER SETTING.

3Touch a or b to select SUB WOOFER (subwoofer).

Each time you touch a or b selects the speak- er in the following order:

FRONT (front speakers)—CENTER (center speaker)—REAR (rear speakers)—

SUB WOOFER (subwoofer)—PHASE (subwoo- fer setting)

4Touch d to turn subwoofer output on.

# To turn subwoofer output off, touch c.

5Touch b and then touch c or d to se- lect the phase of subwoofer output. Touch d to select normal phase and NORMAL appears in the display. Touch c to select reverse phase and REVERSE appears in the display.

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