Surround Sound Settings; Using The Setup Menu; Channel Level Setting; Speaker Distance Setting - Pioneer HTS-GS1 - Surround Sound System Operating Instructions Manual

Surround sound settings

Chapter 7
Surround sound settings

Using the Setup menu

From the Setup menu you can access all the surround
sound settings of the system
speaker distances, dynamic range adjustment and dual
mono audio playback.
Use the following buttons to use the Setup menu.
SETUP /TUNE+
/ST– ENTER
/TUNE–
MCACC
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SURROUND
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INPUT CHANNEL
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Channel level setting

The Auto MCACC feature (see page 17) should give you
the best surround sound setup. However you may find
that by further adjustment of the channel levels you can
improve the surround sound in your listening room.
This method of setting the channel levels allows you to
listen to a source and adjust the levels of each playback
channel. Note that the channel level settings for stereo
playback are independent of the settings for surround
sound playback.
A further method of setting the channel levels is to use
the test tone method. See Adjusting the channel levels
using the test tone on page 26 for more on this.
1 Select stereo or multichannel playback for a source.
2 Press SETUP .
3 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select
CH LEVEL , then press ENTER .
4 Use (cursor left/right) to select a channel;
(cursor up/down) to adjust the level of that channel.
• You can adjust the level of each channel by ± 10 dB.
• If the system is in Stereo or Virtual mode, or a stereo
source is playing in Auto mode, you will not be able
to adjust the center or surround channels.
Note
1 There are other settings you can adjust from the Setup menu; these are explained in Listening to the radio on page 23 and Additional informa-
tion on page 30.
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, including channel levels,
TIMER REC REC MODE
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SR ONE TOUCH COPY
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/ST+ MENU
TEST TONE VIDEO IN
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SOUND TV/DVD
JUKE BOX
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VOLUME DISPLAY
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RDS DISP
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5 Press ENTER when you're finished.
• If you use the Auto MCACC feature again, it will
overwrite the settings you have made here.

Speaker distance setting

The Auto MCACC feature (see page 17) should give you
the best surround sound setup. However you may find
that by further adjustment of the speaker distance
settings you can improve the surround sound in your
listening room.
Set the distance of each speaker from your normal
listening position.
1 Press SETUP .
2 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select
DISTANCE, then press ENTER .
3 Use (cursor left/right) to select a speaker;
(cursor up/down) to adjust the distance.
Adjust the following speakers:
• L – Front left speaker
• C – Center speaker
• R – Front right speaker
• SR – Surround right speaker
• SL – Surround left speaker
• SW – Subwoofer
Each speaker can be adjusted (in feet) from 1 FT to 30 FT.
4 Press ENTER when you're finished.
• If you use the Auto MCACC feature again, it will
overwrite the settings you have made here.

Dynamic Range Control

When watching Dolby Digital or DTS material at low
volume, low level sounds—including some of the
dialog—can be difficult to hear properly. Using one of the
Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings can help by
bringing up the low level sounds, while controlling high
level peaks.
Dynamic Range Control works only with Dolby Digital
soundtracks and some DTS soundtracks.
1 Press SETUP .
2 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select
DRC, then press ENTER .
3 Use (cursor up/down) to select a setting.
Select one of the following:
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