05Listening to your system

Using Loudness and Midnight listening

The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume levels.

The Midnight listening feature allows you to hear effective surround sound of movies at low volume levels.

Using the tone controls

Depending on what you are listening to, you may want to adjust the bass or treble using the front panel tone control.

LISTENING MODE

The effect automatically adjusts according to the volume at which you’re listening.

STANDBY/ON

SELECT

ENTER

MPX

CHRETURN

HDD

DVD

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

 

 

CH

CH

RECEIVER CONTROL

THX

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

 

ACOUSTIC

SIGNAL

MIDNIGHT/

AUTO SURR

EQ

SELECT

LOUDNESS

SHIFT

EFFECT

SLEEP

DIALOG E

/CHSEL

RECEIVER

Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.

Note

You can’t use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS with DTS 96kHz/24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources, or when MULTI CH IN, or one of the THX modes has been selected.

If you switch on Loudness or Midnight listening when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.

Enhancing dialog

• Default setting: DIALOG E OFF

The Dialog Enhancement feature localizes dialog in the center channel to make it stand out from other background sounds in a TV or movie soundtrack.

MPX

CHRETURN

HDD

DVD

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

 

 

CH

CH

RECEIVER CONTROL

THX

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

 

ACOUSTIC

SIGNAL

MIDNIGHT/

AUTO SURR

EQ

SELECT

LOUDNESS

SHIFT

EFFECT

SLEEP

DIALOG E

/CHSEL

RECEIVER

Press SHIFT+DIALOG E to switch dialog enhancement on or off.

If you’re using the front panel, press DIALOG ENHANCEMENT.

Note

You can’t use dialog enhancement with DTS 96kHz/ 24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources, or when one of the THX modes has been selected.

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MULTI JOG

TUNER

TUNING/

 

 

MIDNIGHT/

ACOUSTIC

DIALOG

MULTI CH

SIGNAL

EXTENDED

SPEAKERS

EDIT

STATION

BAND

MPX

LOUDNESS

TONE

EQ

ENHANCEMENT

IN

SELECT

MODE

TUNER

MULTI

 

 

 

MULTI

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOG

 

 

 

JOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI ROOM

 

 

 

 

VIDEO2 INPUT

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

MCACC

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETURN

CONTROL

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP

 

SETUP MIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO

R

1Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust.

Each press switches between BASS and TREBLE.

2Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the amount of bass or treble as necessary.

The bass and treble can be adjusted from –6to +6 (dB).

Wait about five seconds for your changes to be input automatically.

Note

You can only use the tone controls when STEREO/ DIRECT is selected. DIRECT will switch to STEREO when the tone controls are used.

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Pioneer VSX-52TX Using the tone controls, Enhancing dialog, Press SHIFT+DIALOG E to switch dialog enhancement on or off

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