Dynamic Range Control; Dual Mono Setting; Virtual Surround Back - Pioneer LX03BD Operating Instructions Manual

08 Surround sound settings

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.
SETUP
ENTER
1
TOOLS
menu.
ENTER
2 Select 'D.R.C.', then press ENTER.
3 Select a setting.
Select one of the following:
• D.R.C. High – Dynamic range is reduced
(loud sounds are reduced in volume while
quieter sounds are increased)
• D.R.C. Mid – Mid setting
• D.R.C. Off – No dynamic range adjustment
(use when listening at higher volume)
ENTER
4 Press to exit.
Note
1 • Depending on the input signal and the listening mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
•
The Virtual Surround Back mode is not effective when the headphones are connected or when using the Front surround setup.
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En
Open the 'Sound Setup'

Dual mono setting

Specifies how dual mono encoded Dolby
Digital soundtracks should be played. This
setting can also be used to change the audio
channels for DVD-RW discs recorded in
bilingual audio, and external inputs with
bilingual audio (HDMI and optical/coaxial
digital inputs).
SETUP
ENTER
1 Open the 'Sound Setup'
TOOLS
menu.
ENTER
2 Select 'Dual Mono', then press
ENTER.
3 Select a setting.
Select one of the following:
• CH1 Mono – Only channel 1 is played
• CH2 Mono – Only channel 2 is played
• CH1/CH2 – Both channels are played
through the front speakers

Virtual Surround Back

This mode allows you to use your surround
speakers with standard surround setup to
listen to a virtual surround back channel. You
can choose to listen to sources with no
surround back channel information, or if the
material sounds better in the format (for
example, 5.1) for which it was originally
encoded, you can have the unit only apply this
effect to 6.1 encoded sources like Dolby Digital
1
EX or DTS-ES.
SETUP
ENTER
1 Open the 'Sound Setup'
TOOLS
menu.