Using Midnight And Loudness Listening; Using The Tone Control; Switching The Tone Control On Or Off; Adjusting The Bass And Treble - Pioneer VSX-9300TX Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
Using Midnight and Loudness
listening
• Default setting: Off
The Midnight listening feature makes quieter sounds
more audible, allowing you to hear effective surround
sound at low volume levels.
The Loudness feature boosts the bass and treble in audio
sources, useful for listening at low volumes.
RECEIVER
LOUDNESS
1 Press RECEIVER.
This step is only necessary if you want to use Loudness.
2 Press MIDNIGHT or LOUDNESS to switch the
effect on or off.
The mode you've selected lights in the display.
Note
• You can't use the Midnight and Loudness modes at
the same time.
• You can't use these modes with THX CINEMA or
MULTI CH IN.
• These modes automatically adjust according to the
volume at which you're listening. However, the
volume must be under -20dB for these features to
take effect.
• You can't use these modes with sources over 96kHz
when using one of the digital inputs.
• If you switch on either of these modes when DIRECT
is selected, the receiver automatically switches to
STEREO.

Using the tone control

You can use the tone control to make customized
settings for the bass and treble.
MIDNIGHT

Switching the tone control on or off

• Default setting: Off
You'll need to switch the tone control on to adjust the
bass and treble below.
1 If you're using the remote, press RECEIVER.
2 Press TONE to switch the tone control on or off.
TONE shows in the display when the tone control is
switched on.

Adjusting the bass and treble

• Default setting: Bass: 0, Treble: 0
You can adjust the bass and treble controls separately to
adjust the overall tone.
1 Press BASS/TREBLE repeatedly to select BASS or
TREBLE.
If you see TONE:BYPASS in the display, the tone control
needs to be switched on (see above).
2 Use the +/– buttons to adjust the sound.
The bass and treble can be adjusted from –6 to +6.
• You can't use the tone control with THX CINEMA or
MULTI CH IN.
• You can't use the tone control with sources over
96kHz when using one of the digital inputs.
RECEIVER
TONE
+
BASS/TREBLE
Note
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