Pioneer VSX-41 Owner's Manual - Page 40

Dynamic range control setting, Dual mono setting, Component video input settings, Surround back

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06 Setting up the receiver Dynamic range control setting • Default setting: OFF Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in any given signal. With this setting, you can compress the dynamic range, so that low level sounds can be heard more easily (sounding relatively louder) yet louder sounds won't be too overbearing. • Press ' or ' to set the dynamic range control (OFF, MAX, or MID). • Use ' or ' to cycle through the possible dual mono settings. L ch 1.R ch 2 ch2 ch1 Component video input settings Here you tell the receiver what components you have hooked up to the component video jacks on the back of the receiver. • When the volume level is increased, set to OFF. • When listening at low volumes, set to MAX for maximum dynamic range compression. • Dynamic range control is effective only when a Dolby Digital signal is being played back. Dual mono setting • Default setting: ch1 The dual mono setting can only be used when listening to Dolby Digital discs with dual mono encoding. These discs are not widely used, but are sometimes used when it is necessary to have one language on one channel and a different language on the other. With this setting you can choose which channel in the dual mono setting you want to listen to. You will hear the channel you have selected (either ch1 or ch2) through your center speaker. If you don't have a center speaker, you will hear the channel you have selected through both front speakers. In the L ch 1. R ch 2 setting, the left front speaker will play channel 1 and the right front speaker will play channel 2. Component video 1: • Default settings: DVD 1 Use ' or ' to assign the component video 1 input (DVD, TV, VCR or OFF). Component video 2: • Default setting: TV 2 Use ' or ' to assign the component video 2 input (DVD, TV, VCR or OFF). Surround back channel input setting • Default setting: SB 2ch IN You only have to make this setting if you are using a separate component for decoding DVDs, and the component has only one surround back channel output. If this is the case, select SB 1ch IN, otherwise leave it set to SB 2ch IN. • Use ' or ' to select SB 2ch IN or SB 1ch IN. 40 En

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Setting up the receiver
06
40
En
Dynamic range control setting
•
Default setting:
OFF
Dynamic range is the difference between the
loudest and softest sounds in any given signal.
With this setting, you can compress the
dynamic range, so that low level sounds can be
heard more easily (sounding relatively louder)
yet louder sounds won’t be too overbearing.
•
Press
’
or
‘
to set the dynamic range
control (OFF, MAX, or MID).
•
When the volume level is increased, set
to
OFF
.
•
When listening at low volumes, set to
MAX
for maximum dynamic range
compression.
•
Dynamic range control is effective only
when a Dolby Digital signal is being played
back.
Dual mono setting
•
Default setting:
ch1
The dual mono setting can only be used when
listening to Dolby Digital discs with dual mono
encoding. These discs are not widely used, but
are sometimes used when it is necessary to
have one language on one channel and a
different language on the other. With this
setting you can choose which channel in the
dual mono setting you want to listen to.
You will hear the channel you have selected
(either
ch1
or
ch2
) through your center speaker.
If you don’t have a center speaker, you will hear
the channel you have selected through both
front speakers. In the
L ch 1. R ch 2
setting, the
left front speaker will play channel 1 and the
right front speaker will play channel 2.
•
Use
’
or
‘
to cycle through the
possible dual mono settings.
ch2
L ch 1.R ch 2
ch1
Component video input settings
Here you tell the receiver what components you
have hooked up to the component video jacks
on the back of the receiver.
Component video 1:
•
Default settings:
DVD
1
Use
’
or
‘
to assign the component
video 1 input (DVD, TV, VCR or OFF).
Component video 2:
•
Default setting:
TV
2
Use
’
or
‘
to assign the component
video 2 input (DVD, TV, VCR or OFF).
Surround back channel input
setting
•
Default setting:
SB 2ch IN
You only have to make this setting if you are
using a separate component for decoding
DVDs, and the component has only one
surround back channel output. If this is the
case, select
SB 1ch IN
, otherwise leave it set to
SB 2ch IN
.
•
Use
’
or
‘
to select SB 2ch IN or
SB 1ch IN.