Pioneer VSX-919AH-K - Manual (Page 55)

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• UNPLUGGED – Suitable for acoustic
music sources
• EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to
a stereo source, using all of your speakers
• PHONES SURR. – 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 64.
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
, then press STEREO 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
, then press STEREO 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
RECEIVER
Note
1 When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if the Full Auto MCACC procedure under Advanced
MCACC is performed. For more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on
page 37.
RECEIVER
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
WIDE position
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
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