Digital Input Settings; Setting Separate Channel Levels For Listening Modes - Pioneer VSX-415-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Setting up the receiver

Digital input settings

Here you tell the receiver what components
you have hooked up to the coaxial and optical
DIGITAL IN jacks on the back of the receiver.
After you assign a component to a digital jack,
whenever you select that component, (for
example, a DVD player) the receiver
automatically changes to the digital input
setting and DIGITAL shows in the display.
• Use (cursor up/down) to assign
components to the digital inputs.
For each input, select DVD, TV, CD, CDR, DVR
or OFF (default settings are listed below).
Remember to use
switch between the following inputs:
• Coaxial digital 1 – DVD
• Coaxial digital 2 – CD
• Optical digital 1 – TV
Setting separate channel levels
for listening modes
• Default setting: 0 dB
You can set relative channel levels from the
listening position using the method below.
Using CH SELECT (see tip below), it is also
possible to set separate channel levels for each
of the listening modes.
CD R/
CD TAPE/MD FM AM
ADVANCED MIDNIGHT/
STANDARD SURROUND STEREO LOUDNESS
TOP MENU SETUP MENU
TUNER
1 Press STANDARD or ADVANCED
2
SURROUND .
Note
1 Using test tones to set up your speaker system will overwrite any previous settings you had for the STANDARD or ADVANCED
SURROUND modes.
2 Test tone is only output in STANDARD or ADVANCED SURROUND mode.
3 Since the subwoofer transmits an ultra-low frequency its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.
(cursor left/right) to
1
VOLUME
CH SELECT MUTE
LEVEL EFFECT
CLASS
TEST TONE
TUNER
DVD MPX
2 Press TEST TONE to output the test tone.
The test tone is output in the following order
(depending on the speaker setting):
L
SW
• If you don't hear a test tone from one of
your speakers, please refer to Speaker
setting on page 41 to make sure you have
correctly specified your speaker setup.
3 Press VOLUME +/– to adjust the volume to
an appropriate level.
4 Use LEVEL +/– to adjust the speaker levels
in turn.
You should hear the test tone at the same
volume from each speaker when seated in the
main listening position. The channel level
3
range is ± 10 dB.
5 When you're done, press TEST TONE to
turn off the test tone.
Tip
• The speaker volume can be adjusted
without outputting the test tone by
pressing CH SELECT and then using LEVEL
+/–. However, you can only adjust the level
of the speakers currently active in the
mode you're listening to. You can set sepa-
rate levels for the STANDARD, STEREO
and DVD 5.1 ch modes, as well as for each
ADVANCED SURROUND mode.
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