Listening to your system 06, Listening in stereo, Using front stage surround advance – Pioneer VSX-LX52 User Manual

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Listening to your system

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DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog

SCI-FI – Designed for science fiction with lots of

special effects

MONO FILM – Creates surround sound from mono

soundtracks

ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources

EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field

1

TV SURROUND – Provides surround sound for both

mono and stereo TV sources

ADVANCED GAME – Suitable for video games

SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs

CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound

ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock

and/or pop music

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 60.

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.

2

Note

1 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).

AUTO/ALC/

DIRECT

PHASE CTRL

THX

STATUS

REMOTE

SETUP

HDD

DVD

STANDARD

STEREO

MENU

ADV SURR

TV/DTV

AUDIO

INFO

DISP

MPX

PQLS

CH

RECEIVER

TV CTRL

RECEIVER

2 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 39.

AUTO/ALC/

DIRECT

PHASE CTRL

THX

STATUS

REMOTE

SETUP

HDD

DVD

STANDARD

STEREO

MENU

ADV SURR

TV/DTV

AUDIO

INFO

DISP

MPX

PQLS

CH

RECEIVER

TV CTRL

RECEIVER

FOCUS position

(Recommended)

WIDE position

Front left

speaker

Front right

speaker

Front left

speaker

Front right

speaker

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