Audio Adjustments

Front speaker left—Front speaker right—Rear speaker right—Rear speaker left—Subwoofer left—Subwoofer right

#You cannot select subwoofer left and subwoo- fer right when the subwoofer output is off.

5Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to adjust the distance between the selected speaker and the listening position.

Each time MULTI-CONTROL is pushed up or down, the distance increases or decreases. 160.0inch to 0.0inch is displayed as the dis- tance is increased or decreased, if you have selected inches (inch).

400.00cm to 0.00cm is displayed as the dis- tance is increased or decreased, if you have

selected centimeters (cm).

# You can adjust the distance for the other speakers in the same way.

6Press BAND to cancel the time align- ment mode.

Using subwoofer output

This unit is equipped with a subwoofer output which can be turned on or off. When a sub- woofer is connected to this unit, turn the sub- woofer output on.

The subwoofer output phase can be switched between normal and reverse.

1Use MULTI-CONTROL to select Subwoofer1.

Subwoofer1 appears in the display.

2Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn subwoo- fer output on.

ON appears in the display. Subwoofer output

is now on.

# To turn subwoofer output off, press MULTI-CONTROL again.

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3 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to

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select stereo or monaural.

 

Push MULTI-CONTROL left to select monaural

 

and MONO appears in the display. Push

 

MULTI-CONTROL right to select stereo and

 

STEREO appears in the display.

 

Adjusting subwoofer settings

When the subwoofer output is on, you can ad- just the cut-off frequency and the output level of the subwoofer.

1Use MULTI-CONTROL to select Subwoofer2.

Subwoofer2 appears in the display.

# When the subwoofer output is on, you can se- lect Subwoofer2.

2Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to select cut-off frequency.

Each time MULTI-CONTROL is pushed left or right, cut-off frequencies are selected in the following order:

50—63—80—100—125—160—200 (Hz) Only frequencies lower than those in the se- lected range are outputted from the subwoo- fer.

3Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to adjust the output level of the subwoofer. Each time MULTI-CONTROL is pushed up or down, subwoofer level increases or decreases. +6 to –24 is displayed as the level is increased or decreased.

Adjusting low pass filter attenuation slope

When the subwoofer output is on, you can ad- just the continuity of sound between speaker units.

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Pioneer DEH-P980BT Using subwoofer output, Adjusting subwoofer settings, Adjusting low pass filter attenuation slope

DEH-P980BT specifications

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