Using other functions

Checking your system settings

Use the status display screen to check the various settings you’ve made for features such as sound delay, digital noise reduction, and high-sampling.

1From the remote control amplifier menu, press STATUS to check the system settings.

You may need to press AMPLIFIER on the Home menu () first before reaching the amplifier menu screen shown

below (use the (cursor left/right) soft keys to go to the previous/next menu screen).

AMPLIFIER 3/3

TV

AMPLIFIER CONT

INPUT

SB CH

MODE

SPEAKER

INPUT

A/B

ATT

VIDEO

DISPLAY

SELECT

DIMMER

TAPE2

STATUS

MONITOR

These appear on both the OSD and the front panel display.

SB CH MODE : OFF

ACOUS. CAL EQ : ALL ADJ

DIGITAL NR : OFF

MIDNIGHT : ON

LOUDNESS : OFF

TONE CONTROL : OFF

VIDEO SELECT : DVD/LD

DUAL MONO : CH1

SOUND DELAY : 0.0frame

HI-BIT : OFF

HI-SAMPLING : OFF

REAL PHANTOM : OFF

The front panel display shows each of the following settings for two seconds each:

Surround back speaker/

Video select

Virtual back speaker

 

 

 

Acoustic calibration EQ

Dual mono

 

 

Digital noise reduction

Sound delay

 

 

Midnight

Hi-bit

 

 

Loudness

High-sampling

 

 

Tone

Real phantom

 

 

Note

If the Stream Direct mode is switched on, some settings above will show OFF, even though they are switched on.

2When you’re finished, press STATUS again to switch off the display.

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Resetting the system

Use this feature to reset the system to its factory default settings (see Default amplifier settings below).

1Switch the amplifier into standby.

2While holding down the front panel DIGITAL NR

button, press and hold STANDBY/ON for about three seconds.

The display shows RESET?.

3Press the front panel OPTION + button. The display shows OK?.

4Within 5 seconds, press OPTION –.

The amplifier should now be reset.

Note

This doesn’t affect the presets that you have programmed into the remote control (see Using the remote control with other components on page 61). See Resetting the remote control on page 10 to do this.

Default amplifier settings

The table below shows the factory default settings. When you reset the system, the amplifier reverts to these defaults:

Setting type

Default setting

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Input

DVD/LD

 

 

 

 

Master volume

– – – dB (no sound)

 

 

 

 

Listening mode

STANDARD (video inputs,

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multichannel inputs, USB)

 

 

STEREO (audio inputs)

 

 

 

 

Advanced surround

90 (5/7CH STEREO)

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effect level

50 (all other modes)

 

 

 

 

Listening mode (w/

STEREO

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headphones)

 

 

 

 

 

Stream Direct mode

SD:1 NORMAL (ON)

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Acoustic Calibration

OFF (switches to ALL CH ADJ

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EQ

after the Auto Surround Setup)

 

 

 

 

Input signal select

AUTO except multichannel

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inputs (ANALOG) and USB

 

 

(DIGITAL)

 

 

 

 

USB / multichannel

8 channels

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input channel setting

 

 

 

 

 

Surround Back

ON (with surround back

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Channel mode

speaker(s) connected)

 

 

 

 

Virtual Surround Back

OFF

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mode

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-bit/Hi-sampling

OFF

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Pioneer VSA-AX10Ai Using other functions Checking your system settings, Resetting the system, Default amplifier settings

VSA-AX10Ai specifications

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