Pioneer 917V-K Owner's Manual - Page 33

Listening to your system 05 English Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Español Using the Sound Retriever When audio data is removed during the compression process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression.1 • Press SOUND RETRIEVER to switch the sound retriever on or off. Enhancing dialog • Default setting: OFF The Dialog Enhancement feature localizes dialog in the center channel to make it stand out from other background sounds in a TV or movie soundtrack. • Press DIALOG (DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT) to switch dialog enhancement on or off. Using the tone controls Depending on what you are listening to, you may want to adjust the bass or treble using the front panel tone control.2 1 Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust. Press to switch between BASS and TREBLE. 2 Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the amount of bass or treble as necessary. Wait about five seconds for your changes to be input automatically. Playing other sources 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Turn on the power of the receiver. 3 Select the source you want to playback. Use the input select buttons.3 4 Start playback of the component you selected in step 1. Choosing the input signal • Default setting: AUTO You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the rear of the receiver to select between input signals.4 • Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT) to select the input signal corresponding to the source component. Each press cycles through the options as follows: • AUTO - This is the default setting. The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order: DIGITAL; ANALOG. • ANALOG - Selects an analog signal. Note 1 The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources. 2 The tone controls are only available when Stereo or Front Stage Surround Advance mode are selected (except when STEREO is selected using AUTO SURROUND). 3 If your source is the TV's built-in tuner, switch to the channel you want to watch, otherwise make sure that the TV's video input is set to this receiver (For example, if you connected this receiver to the VIDEO jacks on your TV, make sure that the VIDEO input is selected). Turn down the volume of your TV so that all the sound is coming from the speakers connected to this receiver. 4 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz), DTS and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG. • You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (Connecting other audio components on page 15) and set the signal input to DIGITAL. • Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player. 33 En