Pioneer VSX-AX5Ai-S Reducing noise during playback, Listening to dual mono soundtracks, Stereo

Listening to your system

Note

•You can’t use the tone control with THX CINEMA, MULTI CH IN or SACD DIRECT.

•You can’t use the tone control with sources over 96kHz (including SACD in some cases) when using one of the digital inputs (including i.LINK).

•If you switch on the tone control when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to

STEREO.

Reducing noise during playback

• Default setting: Off

If you have a noisy source (for example, cassette or video tape with lots of background noise), you may be able to improve the quality of the sound by switching on digital noise reduction (DNR).

SETUP

RECEIVER

DNR

1Press RECEIVER.

2Press the DNR button to switch digital noise reduction on or off.

DNR shows in the display when digital noise reduction is switched on.

Note

•Depending on the source, there may not be a noticeable improvement in the quality of the sound.

•You can’t use digital noise reduction with THX CINEMA or MULTI CH IN.

•You can’t use digital noise reduction with DVD-A, SACD or sources over 48kHz when using one of the digital inputs (including i.LINK).

•If you switch on digital noise reduction when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to

STEREO.

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Listening to dual mono soundtracks

• Default setting: DUAL 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.

1Press and hold the RETURN button for more than three seconds to select a DUAL MONO setting.

You will see the following settings cycle in the display:

•DUAL ch1 – Only channel 1 is played

•DUAL ch2 – Only channel 2 is played

•DUAL ch1/ch2 – Both channels are played through the front speakers

2Release the button when you see the setting you want.

Note

•This setting works only with dual mono encoded Dolby Digital soundtracks.

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