Using Loudness And Midnight Listening; Enhancing Dialog; Using The Tone Controls - Pioneer PDK-1014 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
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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.
• Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between
MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.
Note
• You can't use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS with DTS
96kHz/24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources, or when
MULTI CH IN, or one of the THX modes has been
selected.
• If you switch on Loudness or Midnight listening when
DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically
switches to STEREO.
Tip
• VSX-1014 model only – You can also switch Midnight/
Loudness on or off using the front panel:
TUNER TUNING/
EDIT STATION
TUNER
MULTI
CONTROL
JOG
SYSTEM
SETUP RETURN SEARCH
MULTI JOG MULTI JOG
PHONES

Enhancing dialog

• Default setting: DIALOG E 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.
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En
MPX CH RETURN
HDD DVD
AUDIO SUBTITLE
CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
THX STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO
ACOUSTIC SIGNAL MIDNIGHT/
AUTO SURR EQ SELECT LOUDNESS
EFFECT
SLEEP DIALOG E
SHIFT
/CH SEL
RECEIVER
MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC DIALOG MULTI CH SIGNAL
BAND MPX LOUDNESS TONE EQ ENHANCEMENT IN SELECT
MULTI
JOG
VIDEO2 INPUT
PTY
MCACC
EON
SETUP MIC
DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO
MPX CH RETURN
HDD DVD
AUDIO SUBTITLE
CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
THX STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO
ACOUSTIC SIGNAL MIDNIGHT/
AUTO SURR EQ SELECT LOUDNESS
EFFECT
SLEEP DIALOG E
SHIFT
/CH SEL
RECEIVER
• Press SHIFT+DIALOG E to switch dialog
enhancement on or off.
If you're using the front panel, press DIALOG
ENHANCEMENT.
Note
• You can't use dialog enhancement with DTS 96kHz/
24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources, or when one of the
THX modes has been selected.
Tip
• VSX-1014 model only – You can also switch Dialog
Enhancement on or off using the front panel:
TUNER
EDIT
TUNER
CONTROL
SYSTEM
SETUP
MULTI JOG
PHONES

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.
EXTENDED
MODE SPEAKERS
L AUDIO R
TUNER
EDIT
TUNER
CONTROL
SYSTEM
SETUP
MULTI JOG
PHONES
The illustration above shows the VSX-2014i model.
1 Press TONE to select the frequency you want to
adjust.
Each press switches 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.
TUNING/ MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC
DIALOG
STATION BAND MPX LOUDNESS TONE EQ ENHANCEMENT
MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG
PTY
MCACC
RETURN SEARCH EON
SETUP MIC
MULTI JOG
DIGITAL IN
LISTENING MODE
SELECT
STANDBY/ON
ENTER
MULTI JOG
TUNING/ PTY ACOUSTIC i.LINK
STATION BAND SEARCH EON TONE EQ SELECT
MULTI MULTI MULTI MULTI
JOG JOG JOG JOG
MULTI ROOM
MCACC
RETURN CONTROL ON/OFF
SETUP MIC
MULTI JOG
DIGITAL IN
MULTI CH SIGNAL EXTENDED
IN SELECT MODE SPEAKERS
VIDEO2 INPUT
S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R
MULTI CH SIGNAL EXTENDED
IN SELECT MODE SPEAKERS
VIDEO2 INPUT
S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R