Pioneer DEQ-P8000 Owner's Manual - Page 16

Section 03 Digital Signal Processor ! 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. 1 Press EQ and hold to switch to equalizer function. Press EQ and hold until an equalizer curve name appears in the display. # To switch to SFC function, press EQ and hold again. 2 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 Touch A.MENU and DSP and then touch NEXT twice. 2 Touch PRESET EQ. 3 Touch or to select the desired item. Each time you touch or selects the item in the following order: FRONT (speakers)LOW (bands)Low (center frequency)L (equalizer level)WIDE (Q factor) 4 Touch or to select the speaker to be adjusted. Touch or until the desired speaker appears in the display. REAR (rear speakers)CENTER (center speaker)FRONT (front speakers) # You cannot select speakers whose size is set at OFF. 5 Touch and then touch or to select the equalizer band to be adjusted. Each time you touch or selects equalizer bands in the following order: LOW (low)MID (mid)HIGH (high) 6 Touch and then touch or to select the center frequency of selected band. Touch or until the desired frequency appears in the display. 40Hz50Hz63Hz80Hz100Hz125Hz 160Hz200Hz250Hz315Hz400Hz 500Hz630Hz800Hz1kHz1.25kHz 1.6kHz2kHz2.5kHz3.15kHz4kHz 5kHz6.3kHz8kHz10kHz12.5kHz 7 Touch and then touch or to adjust the equalizer level. Each time you touch or increases or decreases the equalizer level. +06  06 is displayed as the level is increased or decreased. 16 En