Setting Up The Receiver; Choosing Your Receiver Setup - Pioneer VSX-D514 Operating Instructions Manual

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Setting up the receiver

Chapter 6:
Setting up the receiver

Choosing your receiver setup

To ensure the best possible surround sound,
be sure to complete the following set up
operations. This is particularly important
when using DTS and Dolby surround. You
only need to make these 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.
1 Press RECEIVER
on.
2 Press RECEIVER.
3 Use or
want to adjust.
It will be easiest to adjust each of the settings
in turn, following the order below (and on the
following pages). The current setting is shown
for each option as you cycle through the
display.
The VSX-D514 and VSXD714/D814 settings
are separated below for easy reference.
44
En
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
ENTER
to turn the power
to choose the option you
VSX-D514 only:
Speaker setting (page 46)
Specify the number and type of speakers
you have connected.
Subwoofer setting
Specify how the subwoofer is used.
Crossover frequency setting
Determine which frequencies will be sent
to the subwoofer (or large speakers).
LFE attenuator setting
Choose the attenuator level for the LFE
channel.
Front speaker distance setting
Specify the distance from your listening
position to your front left speaker.
Center speaker distance setting
Specify the distance from your listening
position to your center speaker.
Surround speaker distance setting
(page 48)
Specifies the distance from your listening
position to your surround back speakers.
Subwoofer distance setting
Specify the distance from your listening
position to your subwoofer.
Dynamic range control setting
Compress the dynamic range of the
sound track.
Dual mono setting
Isolate one channel when listening to
discs with dual mono encoding.
Digital input settings
Specify the components to be assigned to
the digital inputs (below).
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