The Video/Audio Adjust menu

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Black Level – Adjusts the intensity of black.

Black Setup – Corrects the standard reference black level (NTSC video playback only).

Gamma Correction – Adjusts the brightness of darker images.

Hue – Adjusts overall balance between red and green.

Chroma Level – Adjusts how rich the colours appear.

4 Use the buttons to adjust the currently selected picture quality setting.

5When you have all the settings as you want them, press HOME MENU to exit.

Tip

To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings, press ENTER after selecting the setting you want to adjust.

Audio DRC

• Default setting: Off

When watching Dolby Digital material at low volume, it’s easy to lose low level sounds completely—including some of the dialog. Switching on Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) can help by bringing up the low level sounds, while controlling high level peaks.

1During playback or when paused, press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

2Select ‘Audio Adjust’.

3 Use the

buttons to adjust DRC from ‘Off‘ to

‘Max’.

 

Audio DRC

 

Audio DRC

Off

Max

Exactly how much difference you can hear between the settings will depend on the material.

Tip

Audio DRC is not effective when listening to a disc via the digital output when Dolby Digital Out is set to Dolby Digital. In this case adjust the dynamic range from your AV amplifier/receiver.

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Pioneer DVR-330-S, DVR-310, DVR-7000 manual Audio DRC, ‘Max’

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