Pioneer P5900DVD Owner's Manual - Page 81

Adjusting the speaker output, levels

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Available accessories Section 04 Available accessories ! Set the front or rear speaker to LARGE if the speaker is capable of reproducing bass content, or if no subwoofer is installed. 1 Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu. 2 Touch SPEAKER SETTING. 3 Touch a or b to select the speaker to be adjusted. Each time you touch a or b selects the speaker in the following order: FRONT (front speakers)-CENTER (center speaker)-REAR (rear speakers)- SUB WOOFER (subwoofer)-PHASE (subwoofer setting) # You can switch to PHASE only when the subwoofer has been set to ON. 4 Touch c or d to select the correct size for the selected speaker. Each time you touch c or d selects the size in the following order: OFF (off)-SMALL (small)-LARGE (large) # You cannot select OFF, when FRONT (front speakers) have been selected. # You can select ON or OFF, when SUB WOOFER (subwoofer) has been selected. # You can switch REVERSE (reverse phase) or NORMAL (normal phase), when PHASE (subwoofer setting) has been selected. Correcting the subwoofer's phase If trying to boost the bass output of the subwoofer doesn't do much or rather makes you feel that the bass gets more murky, this may indicate that the subwoofer's output and bass content you hear over other speakers cancel each other out. To remove this problem, try changing the phase setting for the subwoofer. 1 Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu. 2 Touch SPEAKER SETTING. 3 Touch a or b to select SUB WOOFER (subwoofer). Each time you touch a or b selects the speaker in the following order: FRONT (front speakers)-CENTER (center speaker)-REAR (rear speakers)- SUB WOOFER (subwoofer)-PHASE (subwoofer setting) 4 Touch d to turn subwoofer output on. # To turn subwoofer output off, touch c. 5 Touch b and then touch c or d to select the phase of subwoofer output. Touch d to select normal phase and NORMAL appears in the display. Touch c to select reverse phase and REVERSE appears in the display. Note When playing a 2-channel mono source with Pro Logic turned on, there may be occasions when the following will occur: ! No audio is outputted if the center speaker setting is SMALL or LARGE and no center speaker is installed. ! Audio is heard only over the center speaker if installed and the center speaker setting is SMALL or LARGE. Adjusting the speaker output levels Speaker level can be adjusted finely by listening to an audio output. First, use test tone to adjust the approximate speaker level, and then use this function to adjust finely. 1 Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu. 2 Touch SPEAKER LEVEL. En 81

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!
Set the front or rear speaker to
LARGE
if
the speaker is capable of reproducing bass
content, or if no subwoofer is installed.
1
Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu.
2
Touch SPEAKER SETTING.
3
Touch
a
or
b
to select the speaker to
be adjusted.
Each time you touch
a
or
b
selects the speak-
er in the following order:
FRONT
(front speakers)
CENTER
(center
speaker)
REAR
(rear speakers)
SUB WOOFER
(subwoofer)
PHASE
(subwoo-
fer setting)
#
You can switch to
PHASE
only when the sub-
woofer has been set to
ON
.
4
Touch
c
or
d
to select the correct size
for the selected speaker.
Each time you touch
c
or
d
selects the size in
the following order:
OFF
(off)
SMALL
(small)
LARGE
(large)
#
You cannot select
OFF
, when
FRONT
(front
speakers) have been selected.
#
You can select
ON
or
OFF
, when
SUB WOOFER
(subwoofer) has been selected.
#
You can switch
REVERSE
(reverse phase) or
NORMAL
(normal phase), when
PHASE
(subwoo-
fer setting) has been selected.
Correcting the subwoofer
s phase
If trying to boost the bass output of the sub-
woofer doesn
t do much or rather makes you
feel that the bass gets more murky, this may
indicate that the subwoofer
s output and bass
content you hear over other speakers cancel
each other out. To remove this problem, try
changing the phase setting for the subwoofer.
1
Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu.
2
Touch SPEAKER SETTING.
3
Touch
a
or
b
to select SUB WOOFER
(subwoofer).
Each time you touch
a
or
b
selects the speak-
er in the following order:
FRONT
(front speakers)
CENTER
(center
speaker)
REAR
(rear speakers)
SUB WOOFER
(subwoofer)
PHASE
(subwoo-
fer setting)
4
Touch
d
to turn subwoofer output on.
#
To turn subwoofer output off, touch
c
.
5
Touch
b
and then touch
c
or
d
to se-
lect the phase of subwoofer output.
Touch
d
to select normal phase and
NORMAL
appears in the display. Touch
c
to
select reverse phase and
REVERSE
appears in
the display.
Note
When playing a 2-channel mono source with Pro
Logic turned on, there may be occasions when
the following will occur:
!
No audio is outputted if the center speaker
setting is
SMALL
or
LARGE
and no center
speaker is installed.
!
Audio is heard only over the center speaker if
installed and the center speaker setting is
SMALL
or
LARGE
.
Adjusting the speaker output
levels
Speaker level can be adjusted finely by listen-
ing to an audio output. First, use test tone to
adjust the approximate speaker level, and then
use this function to adjust finely.
1
Touch NEXT on the DSP function menu.
2
Touch SPEAKER LEVEL.
Available accessories
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Section
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Available accessories