Pioneer DV-656A Owner's Manual - Page 63

The Initial Settings Menu, Channel Level

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The Initial Settings Menu 08 Use the Speaker Installation screen to tell the player what kinds of speakers you have connected. 1 Use the / (cursor up/down) buttons to select a speaker • The L and R, and RS and LS speakers are paired; you can't set them differently. Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Speakers L Large C Large R Large RS Large LS Large SW On 2 Press (cursor right) to modify the selected speaker. 3 Use the / (cursor up/down) buttons to change the current setting. • You can see the effect of your changes in the room graphic on the right of the screen. • Except for the subwoofer, you can set speaker size to Large or Small. If the main speaker cone in the speaker is 12cm or more, set to Large, otherwise set to Small (or Off if you don't have that speaker). • If you set the front L and R speakers to Small, the center and surround speakers are automatically set to Small and the subwoofer to On. • The subwoofer can only be set to On or Off. 4 Press (cursor left) to go back to the speaker list if you want to modify another speaker, or press ENTER to exit the Speaker Installation screen. • When listening to a DVD-Audio source, the C, LS, and RS speakers will automatically be set to the Large size setting. However, the sound will not be affected by the change. Listening to another source will return the speakers to their original settings. • For DVD-Audio only, if the C, LS, or RS speakers is set to Off, the audio is automatically downmixed to stereo. Channel Level • Default setting: Fix You only need to make this setting if you connected this player to your amplifier using the 5.1 channel analog outputs. This setting does not affect digital audio output. Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Audio Output Mode Speaker Installation Channel Level Fix Variable When set to Fix, the level of each of the 5.1 channel analog outputs is fixed. Choose Variable if you want to adjust the relative levels to balance the surround sound better for your listening room. 63 En

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The Initial Settings Menu
08
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En
Use the Speaker Installation screen to tell
the player what kinds of speakers you have
connected.
1
Use the
/
(cursor up/down)
buttons to select a speaker
• The
L
and
R
, and
RS
and
LS
speakers
are paired; you can’t set them differ-
ently.
Digital Audio Out
Video Output
Language
Display
Options
Speakers
L
C
R
RS
LS
SW
Large
Large
Large
Large
Large
On
Initial Settings
2
Press
(cursor right) to modify the
selected speaker.
3
Use the
/
(cursor up/down)
buttons to change the current setting.
You can see the effect of your changes
in the room graphic on the right of the
screen.
Except for the subwoofer, you can set
speaker size to
Large
or
Small
. If the
main speaker cone in the speaker is
12cm or more, set to
Large
, otherwise
set to
Small
(or
Off
if you don’t have
that speaker).
If you set the front
L
and
R
speakers to
Small
, the center and surround speak-
ers are automatically set to
Small
and
the subwoofer to
On
.
The subwoofer can only be set to
On
or
Off
.
4
Press
(cursor left) to go back to the
speaker list if you want to modify
another speaker, or press ENTER to exit
the Speaker Installation screen.
When listening to a DVD-Audio source,
the
C
,
LS
, and
RS
speakers will auto-
matically be set to the
Large
size
setting. However, the sound will not be
affected by the change. Listening to
another source will return the speakers
to their original settings.
For DVD-Audio only, if the
C
,
LS
, or
RS
speakers is set to
Off
, the audio is
automatically downmixed to stereo.
Channel Level
Default setting:
Fix
You only need to make this setting if you
connected this player to your amplifier using
the 5.1 channel analog outputs.
This setting does not affect digital audio
output.
Digital Audio Out
Video Output
Language
Display
Options
Speakers
Audio Output Mode
Speaker Installation
Channel Level
Fix
Variable
Initial Settings
When set to
Fix
, the level of each of the 5.1
channel analog outputs is fixed. Choose
Variable
if you want to adjust the relative
levels to balance the surround sound better
for your listening room.