Listening to your system

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source—stereo or multichannel, analog or digital—in stereo. When playing a multichannel source, all channels are downmixed to the front left/right speakers and the subwoofer.

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SUB

SOUND

•Press SURROUND repeatedly until ‘Stereo’ shows in the display.

Any Advanced or Front Surround mode is canceled.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the Stereo (default) and Phones Surround (virtual surround sound for headphones) modes are available.

•With headphones connected, press ADVANCED to select ‘Phones Surround’ or SURROUND to select ‘Stereo’.

Listening with Acoustic

Calibration EQ

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration Equalization set in Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on page 6. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

•Press MCACC EQ to switch Acoustic Calibration EQ on or off.

The MCACC indicator in the front panel display lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.1

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Enhancing dialog

 

 

 

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• Default setting: Mid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dialog Enhancement feature is designed

 

to make the dialog stand out from other

 

 

background sounds in a TV or movie

 

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soundtrack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press DIALOGUE to select the amount

 

 

dialog enhancement.

 

 

 

 

Press repeatedly to select Off, Mid or Max.

 

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Using Quiet and Midnight

 

 

 

listening modes

 

 

 

 

 

• Default setting: Off

 

 

 

 

The Quiet listening feature reduces excessive

 

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bass or treble in a sound source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Midnight listening feature allows you to

 

 

hear effective surround sound of movies at low

 

 

volume levels.

 

 

 

 

• Press QUIET/MIDNIGHT repeatedly to

 

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Adjusting the bass and treble

 

switch between ‘Quiet’, ‘Midnight’ and ‘Off’.

 

 

 

Use the bass and treble controls to adjust the

 

 

overall tone.2

 

 

 

 

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Press SOUND then use

to select

 

 

 

‘Bass’ or ‘Treble’.

 

 

 

 

2

Use

to adjust the sound then press

 

 

ENTER to confirm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boosting the bass level

There are two bass modes you can use to enhance the bass in a source.

•Press BASS MODE repeatedly to choose ‘Music’, ‘Cinema’ or ‘Off’.

Note

1Acoustic Calibration EQ has no effect when headphones are connected.

2Bass and treble adjustment is not possible with the Quiet or Midnight modes.

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Pioneer S-DV434SW, XV-DV434 manual Listening to your system Listening in stereo, Listening with headphones, Enhancing dialog
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