Using The Dynamic Range Control; Using The Down-Mix Function - Pioneer SUPERTUNERIIID+ AVH-P7850DVD Operation Manual

Audio Adjustments
3 is the default and it's recommended for
most recordings. 0 places all center sound in
the center speaker. 7 places all center sound
equally in the left/right speakers.
Using the DTS Neo:6
DTS Neo:6 can generate 6.1 channel surround
sound from any matrixed stereo source (such
as video or TV) and from 5.1 channel sources.
1 Touch Dolby/DTS on the audio function
menu to select DTS Neo:6.
Refer to Recalling surround sound settings on
the previous page.
2 Touch ADJ. next to Dolby/DTS.
3 Touch either of the following touch
panel keys to select the desired mode.
! CINEMA – The Cinema mode suitable for
movie playback
! MUSIC – The Music mode suitable for
music playback
# You can operate MUSIC ADJUSTMENT only
when MUSIC has been selected.
# With the DTS Neo:6, audio and voice from TV
or radio may be breaking up. In such case, we re-
commend you to turn the DTS Neo:6 off.
Adjusting the Music mode
In music mode, you can adjust the center
image to create a wider stereo effect with vo-
cals. Adjust the effect from 0 (all center chan-
nel sent to front right and left speakers) to 10
(center channel sent to the center speaker
only).
1 Touch MUSIC to adjust music mode.
Refer to Using the DTS Neo:6 on this page.
2 Touch or to adjust CENTER IMAGE
(center image).
Each time you touch
spreads the center channel sound into the
front left and right speakers over a range 10 to
0.
Using the dynamic range
control
The dynamic range refers to the difference be-
tween the largest and softest sounds. The dy-
namic range control compresses this
difference so that you can clearly hear sounds
even at low volume levels.
! The dynamic range control is effective only
on Dolby Digital sounds.
! The dynamic range control may produce lit-
tle effect on certain discs.
% Touch DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL on
the audio function menu to turn the dy-
namic range control on.
# To turn dynamic range control off, touch
DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL again.

Using the down-mix function

The down-mix function allows you to play back
multi-channel audio in 2 channels.
% Touch DOWN MIX on the audio func-
tion menu to switch the setting.
! Lt/Rt – Down mix so that the surround
components can be restored (decoded).
! Lo/Ro – Stereo mix the original audio that
do not contain channel modes such as sur-
round components.
or it gradually
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