Dynamic Range Control Setting; Dual Mono Setting; Component Video Input Settings; Digital Input Settings - Pioneer VSX-D514 Operating Instructions Manual

06 Setting up the receiver

Dynamic range control setting

• Default setting: OFF
Dynamic range is the difference between the
loudest and softest sounds in any given
signal. With this setting, you can compress
the dynamic range, so that low level sounds
can be heard more easily (sounding relatively
louder) yet louder sounds won't be too over-
bearing.
• Use or
control (OFF, MAX, or MID).
• When listening at low volumes, set to
MAX for maximum dynamic range
compression.
• Dynamic range control is effective only
when a Dolby Digital or DTS signal is
being played back.

Dual mono setting

• Default setting: ch1
The dual mono setting can only be used when
listening to Dolby Digital and DTS signals
with dual mono encoding. It is sometimes
used when it is necessary to have one
language on one channel and a different
language on the other. With this setting you
can choose which channel in the dual mono
setting you want to listen to.
If Dolby Digital mode is switched on, you will
hear the channel you have selected (either
ch1 or ch2) through your center speaker. With
Dolby Digital mode off, or if you don't have a
center speaker, you will hear the channel you
have selected through both front speakers. In
the Lch1.Rch2 setting, the left front speaker
will play channel 1 and the right front speaker
will play channel 2.
50
En
to set the dynamic range
• Use or to cycle through the
possible dual mono settings.
Lch1.Rch2
ch2

Component video input settings

VSX-D714/D814 only
Here you tell the receiver what components
you have hooked up to the component video
jacks on the back of the receiver.
Component video 1:
• Default setting: DVD
1 Use or to assign the component
video 1 input (DVD, TV, DVR or OFF).
Component video 2:
• Default setting: TV
2 Use or to assign the component
video 2 input (DVD, TV, DVR or OFF).

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.
Coaxial digital 1:
• Default setting: DVD
• Use or to assign the coaxial
digital 1 input (DVD, TV, CD, CDR, DVR or
OFF).
ch1