Pioneer AXM-P8000 Owner's Manual - Page 33

Adjusting 3-band parametric, equalizer, 100Hz, 125Hz, 315Hz, 630Hz

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Digital Signal Processor Section 07 English Display VOCAL FLAT CUSTOM1 CUSTOM2 Equalizer curve Vocal Flat Custom 1 Custom 2 ! CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 are adjusted equalizer curves. ! When FLAT is selected no supplement or correction is made to the sound. This is useful to check the effect of the equalizer curves by switching alternatively between FLAT and a set equalizer curve. % Press EQ to select the equalizer. Press EQ repeatedly to switch between the following equalizers: SUPER BASSPOWERFULNATURAL VOCALFLATCUSTOM1CUSTOM2 Adjusting 3-band parametric equalizer For CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 equalizer curves, you can adjust the front, rear and center equalizer curves separately by selecting a center frequency, an equalizer level and a Q factor for each band. ! A separate CUSTOM1 curve can be cre- ated for each source. ! A CUSTOM2 curve can be created com- mon to all sources. ! The center speaker largely determines the sound image and getting the balance right isnt easy. We recommend reproducing a 2ch. audio (a CD for example) and getting the balance right among the speakers except for the center, and then reproducing a 5.1-ch. audio (Dolby Digital or DTS) and adjusting the center speaker output to the balance you have already got among the other speakers. 1 Press p and hold until SP Set appears in the display, then press p to select PEQ. After SP Set is displayed, press p until PEQ appears in the display. 2 Press m or n to select the desired item. Each press of m or n selects the item in the following order: FRONT (speakers)Low (bands)Low (center frequency)L (equalizer level)Q.WIDE (Q factor) 3 Press q or r to select the speaker to be adjusted. Each press of q or r selects the speaker in the following order: FRONT (front speakers)CENTER (center speaker)REAR (rear speakers) # You cannot select speakers whose size is set at OFF. 4 Press n and then press q or r to select the equalizer band to be adjusted. Each press of q or r selects equalizer bands in the following order: Low (low)Mid (mid)High (high) 5 Press n and then press q or r to select the center frequency of selected band. Each press of q or r selects the frequency in the following order: 40Hz50Hz63Hz80Hz100Hz125Hz 160Hz200Hz250Hz315Hz400Hz 500Hz630Hz800Hz1kHz1.25kHz 1.6kHz2kHz2.5kHz3.15kHz4kHz 5kHz6.3kHz8kHz10kHz12.5kHz 6 Press n and then press q or r to adjust the equalizer level. Each press of q or r increases or decreases the equalizer level. +6  6 is displayed as the level is increased or decreased. En 33

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Display
Equalizer curve
VOCAL
Vocal
FLAT
Flat
CUSTOM1
Custom 1
CUSTOM2
Custom 2
!
CUSTOM1
and
CUSTOM2
are adjusted
equalizer curves.
!
When
FLAT
is selected no supplement or
correction is made to the sound. This is
useful to check the effect of the equalizer
curves by switching alternatively between
FLAT
and a set equalizer curve.
%
Press EQ to select the equalizer.
Press
EQ
repeatedly to switch between the fol-
lowing equalizers:
SUPER BASS
µ
POWERFUL
µ
NATURAL
µ
VOCAL
µ
FLAT
µ
CUSTOM1
µ
CUSTOM2
Adjusting 3-band parametric
equalizer
For
CUSTOM1
and
CUSTOM2
equalizer
curves, you can adjust the front, rear and cen-
ter equalizer curves separately by selecting a
center frequency, an equalizer level and a Q
factor for each band.
!
A separate
CUSTOM1
curve can be cre-
ated for each source.
!
A
CUSTOM2
curve can be created com-
mon to all sources.
!
The center speaker largely determines the
sound image and getting the balance right
isn
±
t easy. We recommend reproducing a 2-
ch. audio (a CD for example) and getting
the balance right among the speakers ex-
cept for the center, and then reproducing a
5.1-ch. audio (Dolby Digital or DTS) and ad-
justing the center speaker output to the
balance you have already got among the
other speakers.
1
Press
p
and hold until SP Set appears
in the display, then press
p
to select PEQ.
After
SP Set
is displayed, press
p
until
PEQ
appears in the display.
2
Press
m
or
n
to select the desired
item.
Each press of
m
or
n
selects the item in
the following order:
FRONT
(speakers)
µ
Low
(bands)
µ
Low
(cen-
ter frequency)
µ
L
(equalizer level)
µ
Q.WIDE
(Q factor)
3
Press
q
or
r
to select the speaker to
be adjusted.
Each press of
q
or
r
selects the speaker in
the following order:
FRONT
(front speakers)
µ
CENTER
(center
speaker)
µ
REAR
(rear speakers)
#
You cannot select speakers whose size is set
at
OFF
.
4
Press
n
and then press
q
or
r
to
select the equalizer band to be adjusted.
Each press of
q
or
r
selects equalizer
bands in the following order:
Low
(low)
µ
Mid
(mid)
µ
High
(high)
5
Press
n
and then press
q
or
r
to
select the center frequency of selected
band.
Each press of
q
or
r
selects the frequency
in the following order:
40Hz
µ
50Hz
µ
63Hz
µ
80Hz
µ
100Hz
µ
125Hz
µ
160Hz
µ
200Hz
µ
250Hz
µ
315Hz
µ
400Hz
µ
500Hz
µ
630Hz
µ
800Hz
µ
1kHz
µ
1.25kHz
µ
1.6kHz
µ
2kHz
µ
2.5kHz
µ
3.15kHz
µ
4kHz
µ
5kHz
µ
6.3kHz
µ
8kHz
µ
10kHz
µ
12.5kHz
6
Press
n
and then press
q
or
r
to
adjust the equalizer level.
Each press of
q
or
r
increases or de-
creases the equalizer level.
+6
²
±
6
is dis-
played as the level is increased or decreased.
Digital Signal Processor
En
33
English
Section
07