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Other settings and features

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05 Other settings and features Chapter 5 Other settings and features Listening to Pure Audio This unit has been specially designed to provide you the truest possible reproduction of recorded audio. When the Pure Audio feature is selected, the front panel display is switched off and the digital outputs are disabled, leaving you with the pure sound source. • Press PURE AUDIO to switch Pure Audio listening on or off. The PURE AUDIO indicator on the front panel lights to indicate Pure Audio listening is on. Using the SACD/CD Hybrid SACD discs include a conventional CD layer along with the high-resolution SACD layer, so it is necessary to indicate to the player which layer you want to listen to. Use the SACD/CD to do this.1 • When the disc is stopped, press SACD/CD to switch between the CD area and the SACD area of a hybrid disc. Using Legato Link Pro For as great as CDs sound, the digital recording process clips off important musical shadings and nuances above 20 kHz. These signals contain important clues about musical texture and shape that define a live musical event. Pioneer's Legato Link Pro Conversion system uses psychoacoustic processing to restore missing high frequency dynamics to fully recapture all the shading and detail of the original performance. • Press LEGATO LINK to switch Legato Link Pro Conversion on or off. The LEGATO lights in the display to indicate Legato Link Pro Conversion is on. Dimming the display You can choose one of three brightness settings for the front panel display. • Press DIMMER to switch between brightness settings for the display. Select between light, dark or backlight off. Displaying disc information Various track information, such as the elapsed and remaining playing time can be displayed while a disc is playing.2 • To switch the information displayed, press TIME repeatedly. Note 1 Note that this player is not compatible with multichannel SACD discs. 2 With data discs, MP3/WMA filenames are displayed (up to eight characters). Note that some characters may not display correctly. 16 En

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Other settings and features
05
16
En
Chapter 5
Other settings and features
Listening to Pure Audio
This unit has been s
p
ecially designed to
pr
ovide you the t
r
uest
p
ossible
r
e
pr
oduction of
r
eco
r
ded audio. When the Pu
r
e Audio featu
r
e
is selected, the f
r
ont
p
anel dis
p
lay is switched
off and the digital out
p
uts a
r
e disabled, leaving
you with the
p
u
r
e sound sou
r
ce.
Press
PURE AUDIO
to switch Pure Audio
listening on or off.
The
PURE AUDIO
indicato
r
on the f
r
ont
p
anel
lights to indicate Pu
r
e Audio listening is on.
Using the SACD/CD
Hyb
r
id SACD discs include a conventional CD
laye
r
along with the high-
r
esolution SACD
laye
r
, so it is necessa
r
y to indicate to the
p
laye
r
which laye
r
you want to listen to. Use the
SACD/CD to do this.
1
When the disc is stopped, press
SACD/CD
to switch between the CD area and the SACD
area of a hybrid disc.
Using Legato Link Pro
Fo
r
as g
r
eat as CDs sound, the digital
r
eco
r
ding
pr
ocess cli
p
s off im
p
o
r
tant musical
shadings and nuances above 20 kHz. These
signals contain im
p
o
r
tant clues about musical
textu
r
e and sha
p
e that define a live musical
event. Pionee
r
’s Legato Link P
r
o Conve
r
sion
system uses
p
sychoacoustic
pr
ocessing to
r
esto
r
e missing high f
r
equency dynamics to
fully
r
eca
p
tu
r
e all the shading and detail of the
o
r
iginal
p
e
r
fo
r
mance.
Press
LEGATO LINK
to switch Legato Link
Pro Conversion on or off.
The
LEGATO
lights in the dis
p
lay to indicate
Legato Link P
r
o Conve
r
sion is on.
Dimming the display
You can choose one of th
r
ee b
r
ightness
settings fo
r
the f
r
ont
p
anel dis
p
lay.
Press
DIMMER
to switch between
brightness settings for the display.
Select between light, da
r
k o
r
backlight off.
Displaying disc information
Va
r
ious t
r
ack info
r
mation, such as the ela
p
sed
and
r
emaining
p
laying time can be dis
p
layed
while a disc is
p
laying.
2
To switch the information displayed,
press
TIME
repeatedly.
Note
1 Note that this
p
laye
r
is not com
p
atible with multichannel SACD discs.
2
With data discs, MP3/WMA filenames a
r
e dis
p
layed (u
p
to eight cha
r
acte
r
s). Note that some cha
r
acte
r
s may not dis
p
lay
co
rr
ectly.