Listening In Stereo; Listening With Headphones; Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq; Enhancing Dialog - Pioneer XV-DV333 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source—stereo or
multichannel, analog or digital—in stereo.
When playing a multichannel source, all
channels are downmixed to the front left/right
speakers and the subwoofer.
SURROUND ADVANCED
CLR
MAIN
• Press SURROUND repeatedly until
'Stereo' shows in the display.
Any Advanced or Front Surround mode is
canceled.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the
Stereo (default) and Phones Surround (virtual
surround sound for headphones) modes are
available.
• With headphones connected, press
ADVANCED to select 'Phones Surround' or
SURROUND to select 'Stereo'.
Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic
Calibration Equalization set in Using the Auto
MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on
page 6. Refer to these pages for more on
Acoustic Calibration Equalization.
• Press MCACC EQ to switch Acoustic
Calibration EQ on or off.
The MCACC indicator in the front panel display
lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.
Note
1 Acoustic Calibration EQ has no effect when headphones are connected.
2 Bass and treble adjustment is not possible with the Quiet or Midnight modes.
QUIET/
MIDNIGHT
0
ENTER
DIALOGUE
SUB SUB SOUND

Enhancing dialog

• Default setting: Off
The Dialog Enhancement feature is designed
to make the dialog stand out from other
background sounds in a TV or movie
soundtrack.
• Press DIALOGUE to select the amount
dialog enhancement.
Press repeatedly to select Off, Mid or Max.
Using Quiet and Midnight
listening modes
• Default setting: Off
The Quiet listening feature reduces excessive
bass or treble in a sound source.
The Midnight listening feature allows you to
hear effective surround sound of movies at low
volume levels.
• Press QUIET/MIDNIGHT repeatedly to
switch between 'Quiet', 'Midnight' and 'Off'.

Adjusting the bass and treble

Use the bass and treble controls to adjust the
2
overall tone.
1 Press SOUND then use
'Bass' or 'Treble'.
2 Use to adjust the sound then press
ENTER to confirm .

Boosting the bass level

There are two bass modes you can use to
enhance the bass in a source.
1
• Press BASS MODE repeatedly to choose
' Music' , ' Cinema' or ' Off' .
02
to select
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