Pioneer SC-09TX - Elite AV Network Receiver, Operating Instructions Manual

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Listening to your system
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• UNPLUGGED – Suitable for acoustic music sources
• EXTENDED STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a
stereo source, using all of your speakers
•
PHONES SURROUND
– When listening through
headphones, you can still get the effect of overall
surround.
Tip
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is
selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the
EFFECT parameter in
Setting the Audio options
on
page 106.
Listening in stereo
When you select
STEREO
, you will hear the source
through just the front left and right speakers (and
possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker
settings). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro
multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
• While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR
for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
•
STEREO
– The audio is heard with your surround
settings and you can still use the Midnight,
Loudness, and Tone functions.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – See
Using Front Stage Surround
Advance
below for more on this.
•
F.S.SURR WIDE
– See
Using Front Stage Surround
Advance below for more on this.
Using Front Stage Surround Advance
The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to
create natural surround sound effects using just the front
speakers and the subwoofer.
• While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR
to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on
this.
•
F.S.SURR FOCUS
– Use to provide a rich surround
sound effect directed to the center of where the front
left and right speakers sound projection area
converges.
•
F.S.SURR WIDE
– Use to provide a surround sound
effect to a wider area than
FOCUS
mode.
1
Using Stream Direct
Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the
truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary
signal processing is bypassed, and you’re left with the
pure analog or digital sound source (see
Stream direct
with different input signal formats
on page 153).
1 While listening to a source, press AUTO/DIRECT
(AUTO SURROUND/STREAM DIRECT) to select the
mode you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front LCD
display to see how the source is being processed.
•
AUTO SURROUND
– See
Auto playback
on page 36.
THX MPX MEMORY
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT
STANDARD ADV SURR
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
Note
1 When using F.S.SURR WIDE , a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on this, refer to
Automatically setting up for
surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control)
on page 12.
THX MPX MEMORY
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT
STANDARD ADV SURR
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
FOCUS
position
(Recommended)
WIDE
position
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
THX MPX MEMORY
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT
STANDARD ADV SURR
AUTO/
DIRECT
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