Personalizing Your Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-C300 Operating Instructions Manual

Personalizing Your Surround
Sound
This receiver will make the necessary speakers settings
automatically so you can use it to get enjoyable sur-
round sound without doing anything, but making more
exact settings here will give you finer surround sound.
For better surround sound complete the instructions
that follow the speaker settings. Use the first three steps
on this page and continue on page 26. In this way you
can get maximum performance out of the receiver.
You only need to do these settings once (unless you
change the placement of your current speaker system or
add new speakers, etc.). The following pages offer a
more detailed description of the settings available for
each mode. The default setting is also shown on each
page.
RECEIVER
DVD
1
TV/SAT VCR
TUNER FRONT DISPLAY
2
TV
RECEIVER
CHANNEL
INPUT SELECT
TV
SOURCE BAND
7
4
S
ROOM SETUP
DISPLAY
TUNE
CH.
6 ST
SELECT
ENTER
AUDIO
TUNE
TEST TONE
SEARCH RF ATT
1 ¡
DIMMER FLAT
1 2
VIRTUAL 5-D
5 6
MUSICAL DRAMA ACTION
PHONES
SURR.
9
0
STEREO STANDARD
2ch MULTI
AUDIO/VIDEO PRE-PROGRAMMED
REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
1 Press RECEIVER to turn the power on.
The STANDBY indicator goes out.
2 Press .
RECEIVER
This button switches the remote to the receiver
control mode.
INPUT
SELECT
MASTER
REMOTE
VOLUME
SETUP
MUTING
TV CONTROL
VOLUME
CLASS EDIT
8 3
M L
TOP MENU
ST
CH.
LEVEL
MENU
3
MPX D.ACCESS
4 ¢
QUIET S.BASS
3 4
GAME TV SURR.
7 8
+10 ENTER
AUTO MIDNGHT
2/MULTI
Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound
3 Press @ or # to select the mode you want to
set.
For best results, start with "SPEAKERS setting mode"
and make your initial adjustments in the order
described below.
The current settings are displayed automatically.
• SPEAKERS (Front, Center, Surround) setting
mode (page 26)
Use to specify the size and configuration of the
speakers you have connected.
• SUBWOOFER ON/PLUS/OFF setting mode (page 26)
Use to specify if the subwoofer is set to on, plus or off.
• Crossover frequency setting mode (page 26)
Use to determine at which frequency the bass tones
will be sent to the subwoofer (or "Large" speakers).
• LFE (Low Frequency Effects) attenuator setting
mode (page 27)
Use to lower the level for the LFE channel (a special
bass channel) when the LFE level is so high as to
distort.
• FRONT speakers distance setting mode (page 27)
Use to specify the distance from your listening
position to your front speaker.
• CENTER speakers distance setting mode (page 27)
Use to specify the distance from your listening
position to your center speaker.
• SURROUND speakers distance setting mode
(page 28)
Use to specify the distance from your listening
position to your surround speakers.
• Dynamic range control setting mode (page 28)
Use to compress the dynamic range of a Dolby Digital
soundtrack with this feature (for non-Dolby Digital
soundtracks use the Midnight mode for the same
effect).
• Dual mono setting (page 28)
Use with soundtracks that have dual mono encoding
if you want to isolate one channel to a particular
speaker.
• Input Attenuator setting (page 28)
Use to reduce the analog input level coming into the
receiver when it is so loud as to make it distort.
4 Press % or fi to select the setting you want.
The setting is entered automatically.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set other surround
setting modes.
6 Press to exit the setting mode.
ENTER
MEMO:
The setting mode is automatically exited if no operation
is performed within 20 seconds.
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