Listening in stereo, Listening to your system 06 – Pioneer VSX-D914 User Manual

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Listening to your system

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ADV. MUSIC

– Simulates the acoustic

environment of a large concert hall and is
suitable for music or musical sources.

TV SURR.

– This mode produces surround

sound for both mono and stereo TV
sources. It is useful for older movies
recorded with mono soundtracks.

SPORTS

– This is designed for sports

programs with alot of action, adding to
the excitement by bringing background
action to the forefront.

GAME

– Useful when playing video

games. It works especially well with
sound moving from left to right in game
software with alot of movement.

EXPANDED

– This mode is especially

designed to give sound depth to stereo
sources, and lets you hear two-channel
(stereo) signals as simulated multi-
channel surround sound. Use with Dolby
Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect. You
can also use with Dolby Digital sources
for a wider stereo field than the Standard
modes.

6-STEREO

– This can be selected to give

multi-channel sound to a stereo source,
using all of the speakers in your setup.

PHONES SURROUND

– When listening

through headphones, you can still get the
effect of overall surround.

• Depending on the source and the sound

mode you have selected, you may not get
sound from the surround back speakers
in your setup. For more on this, refer to

Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH)

on page 38.

• If you press

ADV. SURR.

when the head-

phones are connected, the

PHONES

SURROUND

mode will automatically be

selected.

• You can’t use the Advanced Surround

listening modes with 96kHz PCM or DTS
96kHz/24 bit sources.

• The Advanced Surround effects can be

adjusted in the range of 10 to 90 by
pressing

EFFECT +

/

. The effect level can

be set for each Advanced Surround mode.
The Standard mode cannot be changed.

Listening in stereo

When you select

STEREO

or

DIRECT

, you will

hear the source through just the front left and
right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer
depending on your speaker settings). Dolby
Digital and DTS multichannel sources are
downmixed to stereo.

While listening to a source, 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 control
functions.

DIRECT

– Bypass all effects and surround

settings so that the audio remains as
close to the source audio signal as
possible.

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

STANDRAD

LEVEL

EFFECT

TEST TONE

CH SELECT

ADV. SURR

STEREO

SLEEP

MPX

AUDIO

CH RETURN

SUBTITLE

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

HDD

CH

CH

DVD

RECEIVER

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