Pioneer VSX-C550 User Manual

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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

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

independently of each other. The left front speaker will
play channel 1 and the right front speaker will play
channel 2.

Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.

• The default setting of this feature is “ch1”.

Set the distance from the surround speakers to the
listening position.

Press SETUP to advance to the next receiver setting mode.

• The default setting is “1.8 m”.
• One step equals about 0.3 m.
• When “

–” is selected in Surround speakers

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 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.

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.

• 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.