Setting Up The Receiver; Choosing Your Receiver Setup - Pioneer VSX-415-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

07

Setting up the receiver

Chapter 7:
Setting up the receiver
VSX-415 model only

Choosing your receiver setup

For the best possible surround sound,
complete the following set up operations. This
is important when using DTS and Dolby
surround. You only need to make the settings
once (unless you change the placement of
your current speaker system or add new
speakers, etc.). Refer to the following pages for
details on each of the settings.
STANDARD
TOP MENU
TUNER
CHSELECT
1 Press RECEIVER on the remote control.
2 Use (cursor left/right) to choose the
option you want to adjust.
It will be easiest to adjust each of the settings
in turn, following the order below. The current
setting is shown for each option as you cycle
through the display.
• Speaker setting – Specify the number and
type of speakers you have connected
(page 41).
• Subwoofer setting – Specify how the
subwoofer is used (page 41).
• Crossover frequency setting –
Determine which frequencies will be sent
to the subwoofer or large speakers
(page 41).
Note
1 The setting display is automatically exited after 3 minutes of inactivity.
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CD-R/
CD TAPE/MD FM AM
ADVANCED MIDNIGHT/
SURROUND STEREO LOUDNESS
SETUP MENU
EXIT
ENTER
DVD
RECEIVER
VOLUME
MUTE
1
• LFE attenuator setting – Choose the
attenuator level for the LFE channel
(page 41).
• Front speaker distance setting – Specify
the distance from your listening position to
your front speakers (page 42).
• Center speaker distance setting –
Specify the distance from your listening
position to your center speaker (page 42).
• Surround speaker distance setting –
Specifies the distance from your listening
position to your surround speakers
(page 42).
• Subwoofer distance setting – Specify the
distance from your listening position to
your subwoofer (page 42).
• Dynamic range control setting –
Compress the dynamic range of the
soundtrack (page 42).
• Dual mono setting – Isolate one channel
when listening to discs with dual mono
encoding (page 42).
• Digital input settings – Specify the
components to be assigned to the
following digital inputs (page 43):
• Coaxial digital input 1 setting
• Coaxial digital input 2 setting
• Optical digital input 1 setting
3 Use (cursor up/down) to adjust the
setting.
The setting is entered automatically.
4 Repeat step 2 and 3 to adjust other setup
options.
5 When you're done, press ENTER to exit.