Pioneer VSX-915-S/-K manual 13Other Settings, The Other setup menu, Dynamic Range Control Setup

13Other Settings

2Select the number of the component

video input to which you’ve connected your video component.

Use (cursor left/right) to do this.

•The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the back of the receiver.

3Select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input.

Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to select between DVD, TV, DVR or OFF.

•Make sure you have connected the audio from the component to the corresponding inputs on the rear of the receiver.

•If you connect any source component to the receiver using a component video input, you should also have your TV connected to this receiver's COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT jacks.

4 When you're finished, press RETURN.

•DUALMONO – Isolate one channel when listening to discs with dual mono encoding (see Dual Mono Setup below).

•LFE ATT – Set the attenuator level for the LFE channel (see LFE Attenuator Setup below).

•SR+ (VSX-815/915 model only) – Specify how you want to control your Pioneer plasma display (see SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays below)

3Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing RETURN to confirm after each menu.

Dynamic Range Control Setup

• Default setting: OFF

This setting specifies the amount of dynamic range adjustment to Dolby Digital and DTS movie soundtracks. You may want to use this when listening to surround sound at low volumes.

1 Select DRC from the OTHER setup menu.

The Other setup menu

The Other menu is where you can make customized settings to reflect how you are using the receiver.

1Select OTHER from the System Setup menu.

See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 46 for more on this.

2 Use (cursor left/right) to select the

setting you want to adjust then press ENTER. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adjust these settings in order:

•DRC – Specify the amount of dynamic range adjustment to Dolby Digital soundtracks (see Dynamic Range Control Setup below).

2 Use (cursor up/down) to choose the setting that you want.

•OFF – No dynamic range adjustment (use when listening at higher volume).

•MID – Mid setting.

•MAX – Dynamic range is reduced (loud sounds are reduced in volume while quieter sounds are increased).

3 When you're finished, press RETURN.

Dual Mono Setup

•Default setting: CH1

You can specify how dual mono encoded Dolby Digital soundtracks should be played. Dual mono is not widely used, but is sometimes necessary when two languages need to be sent

to separate channels.1

Note

1 This setting works only with dual mono encoded Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks.

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