Using Loudness And Midnight Listening; Using The Tone Controls; Playing Other Sources - Pioneer VSX-D814 Operating Instructions Manual

06 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.
• Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch
between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.
• You can't use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS
when DVD 5.1 ch has been selected, or
with DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources.

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.
GNAL MIDNIGHT/
ELECT LOUDNESS SPEAKERS
CACC
UP MIC DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO
40
En
MPX CH RETURN
HDD DVD
AUDIO SUBTITLE
CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDRAD ADV. SURR STEREO SLEEP
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
TEST TONE
LEVEL EFFECT
SHIFT
CH SELECT
RECEIVER
ENTER
MASTER VOLUME
MULTI JOG
SB CH
TONE
MODE QUICK SETUP
DOWN
VIDEO INPUT
VIDEO L AUDIO R
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.
Wait about five seconds for your changes to
be input automatically.
• You can only use the tone controls when
STEREO/DIRECT is selected. DIRECT will
switch to STEREO when the tone controls
are used.
• The tone controls affect SPEAKER A only.
They can't be used when SPEAKER A is
switched off.

Playing other sources

1 Turn on the power of the playback
component.
2 Turn on the power of the receiver.
3 Select the source you want to play-
MULTI JOG
back.
Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (or INPUT
SELECT).
UP
4 Start playback of the component you
selected in step 1.
INPUT
RECEIVER SOURCE
SELECT
DVD/LD TV/SAT DVR/VCR TV CONT
MULTI CONTROL
CD CD-R/TAPE TUNER RECEIVER