Denon DVD-9000/3800 user manual

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DVD-9000/3800 Audio Setup Tips


The following setup guidelines are recommended for the DVD-9000/3800 players to work to its fullest
potential in the playback of DVD-Audio as well as DVD-Video material (if you are using the internal DD and
dts decoders). These settings do not affect signals going to the digital outputs.

Setup of the players is relatively straight forward, except for DVD-Audio, where you must setup the Bass
Management, adjust Delay Time and calibrate Channel levels.

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• For these adjustments we highly recommend you use an SPL (Sound Pressure Level) meter, Radio Shack makes a excellent analog one for about $35. This exercise is similar to setting up the surround processor, with a twist. Since you are using test tones generated inside the players, and not the processor, it is crucial that you first have your Receiver/Pre-pro calibrated. This is because the better processors automatically raise their volume controls when doing test tone calibration, and