Audio Adjustments - Pioneer DEH-P8300UB Owner's Manual

Section
Operating this unit
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Advanced operations using
special buttons
Pausing playback
Press 2/PAUSE to pause or resume.
Enhancing compressed audio and restoring rich
sound (sound retriever)
1 Press 1/S.Rtrv to cycle between:
OFF (off)—1—2
1 is effective for low compression rates, and 2
is effective for high compression rates.
Storing song information (Bookmark)
1 Press TAG to display the setting mode.
2 Push M.C. left or right to change the mode;
press to select.
! SONG – to add information for the song
currently playing to bookmarks
! ARTIST – to add artist information for the
song currently playing to bookmarks
Function settings
1 Press M.C. to display the main menu.
2 Turn M.C. to change the menu option
and press to select FUNCTION.
3 Turn M.C. to select the function.
After selecting, perform the following proce-
dures to set the function.
BOOK MARK (bookmark)
1 Push M.C. left or right to change the mode;
press to select.
For details, refer to Storing song information
(Bookmark) on this page.
Pause (pause)
1 Press M.C. to pause or resume.
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Sound Retriever (sound retriever)
1 Press M.C. to select the desired setting.
For details, refer to Enhancing compressed
audio and restoring rich sound (sound retriever)
on this page.

Audio Adjustments

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1 Audio display
Shows the audio adjustment status.
1 Press M.C. to display the main menu.
2 Turn M.C. to change the menu option
and press to select AUDIO.
3 Turn M.C. to select the audio function.
After selecting, perform the following proce-
dures to set the audio function.
Fader/Balance (fader/balance adjustment)
1 Push M.C. up or down to adjust the front/rear
speaker balance.
! The front/rear speaker balance cannot be
adjusted when the rear output setting is
Rear SP :S/W. Refer to S/W control (rear
output and subwoofer setting) on the next
page.
2 Push M.C. left or right to adjust the left/right
speaker balance.
Powerful (equalizer recall)
Operating this unit
1 Push M.C. left or right to select an equalizer
curve.
Powerful—Natural—Vocal—Custom1—Cus-
tom2—Flat—Super bass
100 Hz (equalizer adjustment)
You can adjust the currently selected equalizer
curve setting as desired. Adjusted equalizer curve
settings are stored in Custom1 or Custom2.
! A separate Custom1 curve can be created for
each source. If you make adjustments when a
curve other than Custom2 is selected, the
equalizer curve settings will be stored in Cus-
tom1.
! A Custom2 curve that is common for all sour-
ces can be created. If you make adjustments
when the Custom2 curve is selected, the Cus-
tom2 curve will be updated.
1 Recall the equalizer curve you want to adjust.
2 Push M.C. left or right to select the equalizer
band to adjust.
100Hz—315Hz—1.25kHz—3.15kHz—8kHz
3 Push M.C. up or down to adjust the equalizer
curve.
+6 to –6 is displayed as the equalizer curve is
increased or decreased.
LOUD (loudness)
Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the low-
and high-frequency ranges at low volume.
1 Press M.C. to turn loudness on or off.
2 Push M.C. left or right to select the desired set-
ting.
Low (low)—Mid (mid)—High (high)
Sub W.1 (subwoofer on/off setting)
This unit is equipped with a subwoofer output
which can be turned on or off.
1 Press M.C. to turn subwoofer output on or off.
2 Push M.C. left or right to select the phase of
subwoofer output.
Push M.C. left to select reverse phase and Re-
verse appears in the display. Push M.C. right
to select normal phase and Normal appears in
the display.
Sub W.2 (subwoofer adjustment)
The cut-off frequency and output level can be ad-
justed when the subwoofer output is on.
Only frequencies lower than those in the selected
range are outputted from the subwoofer.
1 Push M.C. left or right to select the cut-off fre-
quency.
50Hz—63Hz—80Hz—100Hz—125Hz
2 Push M.C. up or down to adjust the output
level of the subwoofer.
Each time M.C. is pushed up or down, sub-
woofer level increases or decreases. +6 to -24
is displayed as the level is increased or de-
creased.
Bass (bass boost)
1 Push M.C. up or down to select a desired level.
0 to +6 is displayed as the level is increased or
decreased.
HPF (high pass filter adjustment)
When you do not want low sounds from the sub-
woofer output frequency range to play from the
front or rear speakers, turn on the HPF (high pass
filter). Only frequencies higher than those in the
selected range are output from the front or rear
speakers.
1 Press M.C. to turn high pass filter on or off.
2 Push M.C. left or right to select the cut-off fre-
quency.
50Hz—63Hz—80Hz—100Hz—125Hz