Dual Mono Setting; Dynamic Range Control Setting - Pioneer VSX-C550 Operating Instructions Manual

Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound
Surround speakers distance setting
Set the distance from the surround speakers to the
listening position.
Follow steps 1&2 on page 27 (if necessary).
Use the
+/–
speakers from the main listening position
(within a range from 0.3 m to 9.0 m).
Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.
Press
ENTER
mode.
• The default setting is "1.8 m".
• One step equals about 0.3 m.
• When "
SURR.
setting, the Surround speakers distance cannot be set.
• If you do the Room Setup (see page 26) after the
settings here, those will take precedence.

Dynamic range control setting

Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and
softest sounds in any given signal. The dynamic range
control helps you playback sounds so the quieter sounds
are audible yet the louder sounds don't get distorted. It
does this by compressing the dynamic range. When
watching a movie at low volume, setting this function
enables low level sounds to be heard more easily but you
won't be jolted by louder sounds.
Follow steps 1&2 on page 27 (if necessary).
Use the
+/–
range control (OFF , MAX, or MID).
Dynamic range control is operative only when a
Dolby Digital soundtracks with this feature encoded
into it is being played back. For other sources use the
MIDNIGHT mode (see page 35) to achieve the same
effect.
Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.
Press
ENTER
mode.
• The default setting is "OFF".
• When listening at high volume, set to OFF .
• For best results at low volumes, set to "MAX" for
maximum dynamic range compression.
• Dynamic range control is expressed as DRC in the
display.
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En
buttons to choose the surround
if you want to exit the setting
–" is selected in Surround speakers
buttons to choose the dynamic
if you want to exit the setting

Dual mono setting

Dual mono has two different audio channels in it. You
can use it to listen to soundtracks that have one
language on one channel and a different language on
the other.
The dual mono setting can only be used when listening
to discs that have dual mono software encoded in them,
for example some Dolby Digital discs. As of now these
are not that widely used.
The setting plays channel 1 through your center
ch1
speaker. If you have selected no Center speaker in the
speakers setting (or are in a 2 ch listening mode) then
you will hear ch1 out of both front speakers. The
setting plays channel 2 through your center speaker. If
you have selected no Center speaker in the speakers
setting (or are in a 2 ch listening mode) then you will
hear channel 2 out of both front speakers. In the
setting the speakers will play the soundtrack
R. c2
independently of each other. The left front speaker will
play channel 1 and the right front speaker will play
channel 2.
Follow steps 1&2 on page 27 (if necessary).
Use the buttons to choose the Dual mono
+/–
setting (ch1, ch2 or L. c1 R. c2).
Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.
Press if you want to exit the setting
ENTER
mode.
• The default setting of this feature is "ch1".
ch2
L. c1