Pioneer XV-DV370, DCS-370 manual Getting started Chapter, Home theater sound setup

02Getting started

Chapter 2

Getting started

Home theater sound setup

Place your speakers as shown below for optimal surround sound (see the Speaker Setup Guide for more placement tips).

•Standard surround setup – This is a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound.

Front left	Center	Front right
	Subwoofer
Listening position
Surround		Surround
left		right

After placing your speakers, complete Setting the channel levels below then refer to Speakers settings on page 29 to complete your surround sound setup.

•SL – Left surround speaker

•SW – Subwoofer2

2Use the VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

3Use / to adjust the speaker levels in turn.

You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position. The channel level range is ±10 dB.

4When you’re done, press ENTER to exit test tone setup.

Using the on-screen displays

For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs).

All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using , , ,  to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select

Setting the channel levels

Set the relative channel levels from your main listening position.1

1 Press TEST TONE.

The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current listening mode):

•L – Front left speaker

•C – Center speaker

•R – Front right speaker

•SR – Right surround speaker

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Important

•Throughout this manual, ‘Select’ means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER.

Button What it does

HOME Displays/exits the on-screen display

MENU

 Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER Selects the highlighted menu item

Note

1• This is only available when DVD/CD is selected and playback is stopped. Also make sure headphones are unplugged.

•To adjust the overall balance while listening to any sound source you want, press SETUP, use / to select CH LEVEL then press ENTER. Use / to move channel to channel, and / to adjust the channel levels. Press ENTER when you’re finished.

2Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.

3The screen saver will appear after five minutes of inactivity.

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