Pioneer SC-LX77-K - Manual (Page 61)

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Listening to your system
Using the Home THX modes
THX and Home THX are technical standards created by THX Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound. Home THX
is designed to make home theater audio sound more like what you hear in a cinema.
Different THX options will be available depending on the source and the setting for surround back channel pro-
cessing (see
THX Audio Setting on page 102 for more on this).
1 Press to the receiver operation mode.
2 Press THX (HOME THX) to select a listening mode.
With two channel sources, press THX repeatedly to select a matrix-decoding process for the THX CINEMA mode
(see
THX Audio Setting on page 102 for an explanation of each process):
! THX CINEMA
! THX MUSIC
! THX GAMES
! 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE+THX CINEMA
! 2 PRO LOGIC+THX CINEMA
! Neo:X CINEMA+THX CINEMA
! 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC+THX MUSIC
! Neo:X MUSIC+THX MUSIC
! 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME+THX GAMES
! Neo:X GAME+THX GAMES
! 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX CINEMA
! 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX MUSIC
! 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX GAMES
With multichannel sources, press THX (HOME THX) repeatedly to select from:
! THX CINEMA
! THX MUSIC
! THX GAMES
! THX Surround EX – THX Surround EX can only operate when THX Cinema mode is ON and Surround Back
speakers are selected in the system set-up.
! Neo:X CINEMA+THX CINEMA
! Neo:X MUSIC+THX MUSIC
! Neo:X GAME+THX GAMES
! 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE+THX CINEMA
! 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC+THX MUSIC
! 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX CINEMA
! 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX MUSIC
! 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX GAMES
Using the Advanced surround effects
The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety of additional surround sound effects. Most Advanced
Surround modes are designed to be used with film soundtracks, but some modes are also suited for music
sources. Try different settings with various soundtracks to see which you like.
1 Press to the receiver operation mode.
2 Press ADV SURR (ADVANCED SURROUND) repeatedly to select a listening mode.
! ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks
! DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog
! 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
! EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers
! F.S.SURROUND – Use to provide a rich surround sound effect directed to the center of where the front left
and right speakers sound projection area converges.
Front left
speaker Front right
speaker
! SOUND RETRIEVER AIR – Suitable for listening to the sound from a Bluetooth wireless technology device.
The SOUND RETRIEVER AIR listening mode can only be selected when the ADAPTER PORT input.
! PHONES SURR – When listening through headphones, you can still get the effect of overall surround.
! ECO MODE 1 – Select this to play for example music that has a high audio level with a lower power consump-
tion than usual.
! ECO MODE 2 – Select this to play movies, etc., with a high ratio of low volume scenes and high volume
scenes (a large dynamic ratio) with a lower power consumption than usual. This mode provides greater power
savings than ECO MODE 1.
Notes
! The Front Stage Surround Advance (F.S.SURROUND) function allows you to create natural surround sound
effects using just the front speakers and the subwoofer.
! When ECO MODE 1 or ECO MODE 2 is selected, the front panel’s display lights with the dimmest brightness.
! Since ECO MODE 1 and ECO MODE 2 reduce the power consumption, the speakers are switched in function
of the number of input channels. Because of this, a speaker switching sound (clicking sound) may be pro-
duced when the number of input channels is switched. If this bothers you, switch to a different listening mode.
! When using headphones, SOUND RETRIEVER AIR (only with the ADAPTER PORT input), PHONES SURR,
ECO MODE 1 and ECO MODE 2 can be selected.