Pioneer S-DV434ST 05Surround sound and other settings, Setting the channel levels, DTS CD setting

05Surround sound and other settings

• LFE Off – LFE channel is not played

DTS CD setting

If you play a DTS-encoded CD, you will need to change this setting to hear the decoded signal.

When CD Type? appears, press ENTER, then

use to select the setting:

•NormalCD – Regular CD playback, DTS- encoded CDs output a noisy signal

•DTS-CD– Proper decoding of DTS- encoded CDs, but regular CD playback may lose quality

Setting the channel levels

You can set the relative channel levels from your main listening position for all of the

listening modes independently.1

If you have completed Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on page 6, the channel levels will already be set. You can still fine-tune the levels here if you need to.

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PROGRAM

REPEAT

RANDOM

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

ANGLE

STANDBY/ON

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DVD MENU

RETURN

ZOOM

TOP MENU

DISPLAY

CD

FM/AM

L1/L2

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2

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DVD

TUNER

TV

LINE

TIMER/

DIMMER

SR+

CLOCK

FRONT

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SURROUND

OPEN CLOSE

ENTER

SYSTEM

TEST TONE

CH LEVEL

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0

SETUP

MUTE

BASS

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MODE

QUIET/

SURROUND

ADVANCED

MIDNIGHT

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3

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CLR

0

ENTER

MAIN

SUB

DIALOGUE

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SOUND

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MASTER

VOLUME

•L – Front left speaker

•C – Center speaker

•R – Front right speaker

•RS – Right surround speaker

•LS – Left surround speaker

•SW – Subwoofer3

3Use the MASTER VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level. Turn down the volume to 40 or less to ensure you have adequate headroom.

4 Use	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.

5When you’re done, press ENTER to exit the test tone setup.

1 Select a listening mode.

Press SURROUND, ADVANCED or FRONT SURROUND repeatedly to select the listening

mode you want.2

2Press TEST TONE to hear the test tone. The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current mode):

Note

1• The SURROUND modes are divided into two independent groups: multichannel listening modes and stereo modes.

• The speaker volume can be adjusted while listening to any sound source you want by pressing CH LEVEL and then using

	to adjust the channel levels. After finishing a channel, use		to move to the next.
2	When the Auto listening mode is selected, using the test tone method will adjust levels for multichannel sources only. Use
CH LEVEL and		(see footnote above) to set levels for the Auto listening mode with two channel sources.
3	Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.

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