Using Midnight And Loudness Listening; Using The Tone Controls; Playing Other Sources - Pioneer VSX-D812 Operating Instructions Manual

Playing sources
Using Midnight and Loudness
listening
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.
The Loudness listening feature can be used to
get good bass and treble from music sources
at low volume levels.
• Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS.
Each press cycles through the effects as
follows:
MIDNIGHT
Off
LOUDNESS
• You can't use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS
when DVD 5.1 ch/DVD 7.1 ch has been
selected, or when listening to a DTS
96kHz/24 bit source.

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.
SIGNAL MIDNIGHT/ SB CH QUICK
SELECT LOUDNESS SPEAKERS MODE TONE SETUP
MULTI JOG
VIDEO INPUT
SETUP
MIC DIGITAL IN
S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R
MULTI JOG
ENTER
MASTER VOLUME
UP
DOWN
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

RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT
MULTI CONTROL
DVD/LD TV / SAT
C D CD-R/TAPE
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-
back.
Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (or INPUT
SELECT).
VCR/DVR TV CONT
TUNER
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