Listening to your system

Adjusting the bass and treble

Use the bass and treble controls to adjust the overall tone.

 

SOUND

 

1

SELECTVIDEO

Press to open the sound menu.

 

ENTER

 

2

 

Select ‘Tone’ then press ENTER.

 

ENTER

 

3

 

Select ‘Bass/Treble’ then press

ENTER.

 

Selecting Bass/Treble cancels the Midnight and Quiet listening modes. These modes cannot be used at the same time.

 

ENTER

4

Use / to select ‘Bass’ or

‘Treble’; use / to adjust the sound then press ENTER to confirm.

Bass and Treble can be adjusted from –6dBto +6dB.

When the Bass or Treble is set to something other than 0dB, the TONE indicator lights.

Boosting the bass level

There are two bass modes you can use to enhance the bass in a source.1

SOUND

1 SELECTVIDEO Press to open the sound menu.

ENTER

 

2

Select ‘Bass Mode’ then press

ENTER.

 

 

ENTER

3

Select the desired Bass Mode

setting, then press ENTER to confirm.

Select between Off, Music, Cinema or Auto.

When Bass Mode is set to Auto, the setting (Music or Cinema) is selected automatically to optimally match the audio signal.

The BASS MODE indicator lights when Bass Mode is active.

Adjusting sound delay

Some monitors have a slight delay when showing video, so the soundtrack will be slightly out of sync with the picture. By adding a bit of delay, you can adjust the sound to match the presentation of the video.

There are a total of 60 steps (levels) that you can adjust, with a total range of 200 msec.

 

SOUND

 

1

SELECTVIDEO

Press to open the sound menu.

 

ENTER

 

2

 

Select ‘Sound Delay’ then press

ENTER.

 

 

ENTER

 

3

 

Select the length of the delay in

sound, then press ENTER to confirm.

This option is deactivated and not displayed if you have Auto Delay set to On in HDMI Setup (see Setting the Auto Delay on page 51).

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1 The Bass Mode is not available when headphones are connected.

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Pioneer SX-LX03 Listening to your system Adjusting the bass and treble, Boosting the bass level, Adjusting sound delay

SX-LX03 specifications

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