Pioneer AVH-P3250BT, Operation Manual

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Using dynamic range control
The dynamic range refers to the difference be-
tween the smallest and largest sounds
emitted. Dynamic range control compresses
this difference so that the sounds can be
heard clearly even at low volume levels.
!
The dynamic range control is only effective
for Dolby Digital sound.
!
You can only switch to
Dynamic Range Control
when you are
playing DVD discs.
1 Display the DSP function menu.
Refer to Introduction of menu operations on
page 45.
2 Touch Dynamic Range Control on the
DSP function menu.
3 Touch
d
to turn dynamic range control
on.
#
To turn dynamic range control off, touch
c
.
Using the down-mix function
Multi-channel audio can be played back in 2
channels with the down-mix function.
1 Display the DSP function menu.
Refer to Introduction of menu operations on
page 45.
2 Touch Down Mix on the DSP function
menu.
3 Touch
c
or
d
to select the desired level.
!
Lo/Ro
–
Stereo mixing the original audio
data that does not contain channel modes
such as surround sound components.
!
Lt/Rt
–
Down mixing so that the surround
sound components can be restored (de-
coded).
Using direct control
You can override the audio settings to check
their effectiveness.
!
When direct control is on, all audio func-
tions except
VOLUME/VOL and
Dolby Pro Logic II are locked.
1 Display the DSP function menu.
Refer to Introduction of menu operations on
page 45.
2 Touch Digital Direct on the DSP func-
tion menu.
3 Touch
d
to turn the direct control on.
#
To turn direct control off, touch
c
.
Using Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II creates five full-bandwidth
output channels from two-channel sources to
achieve high-purity matrix surround sound.
!
Dolby Pro Logic II supports stereo sources
with a sampling rate of up to 48 kHz and
has no effect on other types of sources.
!
When the speaker setting for both the cen-
ter and rear speakers are set to OFF, you
cannot switch to
Dolby Pro Logic II .
1 Display the DSP function menu.
Refer to Introduction of menu operations on
page 45.
2 Touch Dolby Pro Logic II.
3 Touch any of the following touch panel
keys to select the desired mode.
!
Movie
–
Suitable for movie playback
!
Music
–
Suitable for music playback
!
Matrix
–
Suitable when FM radio reception
is weak
!
Music Adjust
–
Enables adjusting the
Music mode
!
Off
–
Turns Dolby Pro Logic II off
#
You can only operate Music Adjust when
Music
has been selected.
Adjusting the Music mode
You can adjust the Music mode with the fol-
lowing three controls.
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Section
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Menu
operations
Menu operations