07Surround sound settings

Dynamic Range Control

When watching Dolby Digital or DTS material at low volume, low level sounds — including some of the dialog

can be difficult to hear properly. Using one of the Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings can help by bringing up the low level sounds, while controlling high level peaks.

Dynamic Range Control works only with Dolby Digital soundtracks and some DTS soundtracks.

 

 

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SETUP

Open the ‘Sound Setup’ menu.

 

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Select ‘D.R.C.’, then press ENTER.

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Select a setting.

Select one of the following:

D.R.C. Auto – Only available for Dolby TrueHD signals. Select D.R.C. High or D.R.C. Mid for signals other than Dolby TrueHD.

D.R.C. High – Dynamic range is reduced (loud sounds are reduced in volume while quieter sounds are increased)

D.R.C. Mid – Mid setting

D.R.C. Off – No dynamic range adjustment (use when listening at higher volume)

4 ENTER Press to exit.

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Dual mono setting

Specifies how dual mono encoded Dolby Digital soundtracks should be played. You can also use this setting to switch the audio channel on DVD-RW discs recorded with bilingual audio.

 

 

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SETUP

Open the ‘Sound Setup’ menu.

 

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Select ‘Dual Mono’, then press ENTER.

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Select a setting.

Select one of the following:

CH1 Mono – Only channel 1 is played

CH2 Mono – Only channel 2 is played

CH1/CH2 – Both channels are played through the front speakers

4 ENTER Press to exit.

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Pioneer SX-LX70SW operating instructions Surround sound settings, Dynamic Range Control, Dual mono setting

SX-LX70SW specifications

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