Using Loudness And Midnight Listening; Enhancing Dialog; Using The Tone Controls - Pioneer 915 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
Using Loudness and Midnight
listening
The Loudness listening feature can be used to
get good bass and treble from music sources
at low volume levels.
The Midnight listening feature allows you to
hear effective surround sound of movies at low
volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts
according to the volume at which you're
listening.
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDARD ADV.SURR
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS DIALOG E
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL
1 Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch
between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.

Enhancing dialog

• Default setting: OFF
The Dialog Enhancement feature localizes
dialog in the center channel to make it stand
out from other background sounds in a TV or
movie soundtrack.
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDARD ADV.SURR
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS DIALOG E
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL
• Press DIALOG E to switch dialog
enhancement on or off.
Note
1 • You can't use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS when DVD 5.1ch has been selected.
• If you switch on Loudness or Midnight listening when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.
2 You can only use the tone controls when STEREO/DIRECT is selected. DIRECT will switch to STEREO when the tone controls
are used.
CH CH
STEREO SLEEP
ACOUSTIC
EQ INPUT ATT
LEVEL
1
CH CH
SLEEP
STEREO
ACOUSTIC
EQ INPUT ATT
LEVEL

Using the tone controls

Depending on what you are listening to, you
may want to adjust the bass or treble using the
front panel tone control.
CD CD-R/TAPE/MD TUNER AUX
VIDEO INPUT
SETUP MIC
S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R DIGITAL IN
INPUT
FL DIMMER ATT SPEAKERS
TUNING TUNER
BAND /STATION EDIT
1 Press TONE to select the frequency you
want to adjust.
Press to switch between BASS and TREBLE.
2 Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the
amount of bass or treble as necessary.
The bass and treble can be adjusted from –6 to
+6 (dB).
• Wait about five seconds for your changes
to be input automatically.
2
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
MULTI JOG
ENTER
MASTER
VOLUME
MCACC
DOWN UP
EXTENDED ACOUSTIC
MODE EQ
QUICK SYSTEM
RETURN
TONE SETUP SETUP
MULTI JOG
06
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