Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq; Choosing The Input Signal - Pioneer PDK-1014 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
Listening with Acoustic Calibration
EQ
• Default setting: OFF / ALL CH ADJ (after the Auto
MCACC Setup or EQ Auto Setting)
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration
Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC) on page 11 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on
page 41. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic
Calibration Equalization.
MPX CH RETURN
AUDIO SUBTITLE
RECEIVER CONTROL
THX STANDARD
ACOUSTIC
AUTO SURR EQ
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL
RECEIVER
TUNER PTY
EDIT BAND SEARCH EON
TUNER
MULTI MULTI
CONTROL
JOG JOG
MULTI ROOM
SYSTEM
SETUP RETURN CONTROL ON/OFF
MULTI JOG MULTI JOG
PHONES
The illustration above shows the VSX-2014i model.
• While listening to a source, press ACOUSTIC EQ.
Press repeatedly to select between:
• ALL CH ADJ – No special weighting is given to any
one channel.
• FRONT ALIGN – All speakers are heard in
accordance with the front speaker settings.
• CUSTOM 1/2 – Custom settings
• OFF – Switches Acoustic Calibration EQ off.
The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when
Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.
Note
• You can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ when MULTI
CH IN is switched on, and it has no effect when
headphones are connected.
• If you switch on Acoustic Calibration EQ when
DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically
switches to STEREO.
HDD DVD
CH CH
ADV.SURR STEREO
SIGNAL MIDNIGHT/
SELECT LOUDNESS
SLEEP DIALOG E
ACOUSTIC i.LINK MULTI CH SIGNAL EXTENDED
TONE EQ SELECT IN SELECT MODE SPEAKERS
MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
VIDEO2 INPUT
MCACC
SETUP MIC
DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R

Choosing the input signal

You need to hook up a component to both analog and
digital inputs on the rear of the receiver to select between
input signals.
MPX CH RETURN
AUDIO SUBTITLE
RECEIVER CONTROL
THX STANDARD
ACOUSTIC
AUTO SURR EQ
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL
RECEIVER
TUNER TUNING/ PTY
EDIT STATION BAND SEARCH EON
TUNER
CONTROL MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
MULTI ROOM
SYSTEM
RETURN CONTROL ON/OFF
SETUP
MULTI JOG MULTI JOG
PHONES
The illustration above shows the VSX-2014i model.
• Press SIGNAL SELECT to select the input signal
corresponding to the source component.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• AUTO – The receiver selects the first available signal
in the following order:
(VSX-2014i only); DIGITAL; ANALOG.
• ANALOG – Selects the analog inputs.
• DIGITAL – Selects the digital input.
• (VSX-2014i only) – Selects the i.LINK input.
When set to DIGITAL or AUTO, 2 DIGITAL lights when
a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights when a DTS
signal is input.
Note
• This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM
(32kHz–96 kHz) and DTS digital signal formats
(including DTS 96kHz/24 bit). With other digital
signal formats, set to ANALOG.
VSX-2014i only – If you are using the i.LINK
connectors, DVD-A (including 192 kHz) and SACD
are also supported.
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player
compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To
prevent noise, make the proper digital connections
(page 16) and set the signal input to DIGITAL.
• Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For
more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied
with your DVD player.
HDD DVD
CH CH
ADV.SURR STEREO
SIGNAL MIDNIGHT/
SELECT LOUDNESS
SLEEP DIALOG E
ACOUSTIC i.LINK MULTI CH SIGNAL EXTENDED
TONE EQ SELECT IN SELECT MODE SPEAKERS
MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
VIDEO2 INPUT
MCACC
SETUP MIC
DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R
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