Pioneer VSX-21TXH - Elite AV Receiver, Operating Instructions Manual

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Listening to your system
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• While listening to a source, press , then
press STEREO to select Front Stage Surround Advance
modes.
•
STEREO
– See
Listening in stereo
above fo r mo r e on
this.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – Use to pr ovide a r ich su rr ound
sound effect di r ected to the cente r of whe r e the f r ont
left and r ight s p eake r s sound pr ojection a r ea
conve r ges.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – Use to pr ovide a su rr ound sound
effect to a wide r a r ea than
FOCUS
mode.
1
Using Stream Direct
Use the St r eam Di r ect modes when you want to hea r the
t r uest p ossible r e pr oduction of a sou r ce. All unnecessa r y
signal pr ocessing is by p assed, and you’ r e left with the
p u r e analog o r digital sound sou r ce.
• While listening to a source, press , then
press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM
DIRECT) to select the mode you want.
2
Check the digital fo r mat indicato r s in the f r ont p anel
dis p lay to see how the sou r ce is being pr ocessed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See
Auto playback
on p age 56.
• ALC – Listening in Auto level cont r ol mode ( p age 56).
• DIRECT – Sou r ces a r e hea r d acco r ding to the
settings made in the Su rr ound Setu p (s p eake r
setting, channel level, s p eake r distance, acoustic
calib r ation EQ, and X-cu r ve), as well as with dual
mono, the in p ut attenuato r , and any sound delay
settings. You will hea r sou r ces acco r ding to the
numbe r of channels in the signal.
•
PURE DIRECT
– Analog sou r ces a r e hea r d without
any digital pr ocessing. No sound is out p ut f r om the
S p eake r B in this mode.
Using surround back channel
processing
• Default setting: SBch ON
You can have the r eceive r automatically use 6.1 o r 7.1
decoding fo r 6.1 encoded sou r ces (fo r exam p le, Dolby
Digital EX o r DTS-ES), o r you can choose to always use
6.1 o r 7.1 decoding (fo r exam p le, with 5.1 encoded
mate r ial). With 5.1 encoded sou r ces, a su rr ound back
channel will be gene r ated, but the mate r ial may sound
bette r in the 5.1 fo r mat fo r which it was o r iginally
encoded (in which case, you can sim p ly switch su rr ound
back channel pr ocessing off).
• With a 7.1-channel su rr ound system, audio signals
that have unde r gone mat r ix decoding pr ocessing
th r ough su rr ound back channel pr ocessing to which
the U p Mix function is added a r e out p ut f r om the
su rr ound back s p eake r s.
• Press , then press SBch repeatedly to
cycle the surround back channel options.
Each pr ess cycles th r ough the o p tions as follows:
•
SBch ON
– Mat r ix decoding pr ocessing fo r
gene r ating the su rr ound back com p onent f r om the
su rr ound com p onent is tu r ned on.
•
SBch AUTO
– Mat r ix decoding pr ocessing fo r
gene r ating the su rr ound back com p onent f r om the
su rr ound com p onent is switched automatically.
Mat r ix decoding pr ocessing is only p e r fo r med when
su rr ound back channel signals a r e detected in the
in p ut signals.
• SBch OFF – Mat r ix decoding pr ocessing fo r
gene r ating the su rr ound back com p onent f r om the
su rr ound com p onent is tu r ned off.
Note
1 When using F.S.SURR WIDE , a bette r effect can be obtained if the Full Auto MCACC pr ocedu r e unde r Advanced MCACC is p e r fo r med. Fo r
mo r e on this, r efe r to Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 41.
2 When head p hones a r e p lugged in, the AUTO SURROUND and DIRECT a r e cannot be selected.
RECEIVER
FOCUS p osition
(Recommended)
WIDE p osition
F r ont left
s p eake r
F r ont r ight
s p eake r
F r ont left
s p eake r
F r ont r ight
s p eake r
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
PHASE CTRL THX STATUS
REMOTE
SETUP
HDD DVD
STANDARD STEREO
MENU
ADV SURR
ANT MEMORY
AUDIO INFO
DISP
MPX PQLS
CH
RECEIVER
TV CTRL
RECEIVER
INPUT
1 2 3
SLEEP
HDMI OUT
MCACC SIGNAL SEL
4 5 6
DIMMER A.ATT SBch
7 8 9
CLASS
MASTER
VOLUME
CH LEVEL D.ACCESS
0
ENTER
PHASE CTRL THX STATUS
REMOTE
SETUP
ANT MEMORY
AUDIO INFO
DISP
MPX PQLS
CH
RECEIVER TV CTRL
RECEIVER
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