Pioneer SC-LX85 - Manual (Page 46)

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06 Listening to your system
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 Set the remote control 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
! 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
! 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
! 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.
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
WIDE position
Front left
speaker Front right
speaker 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.
Note
! 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 57.
However, with F.S.SURR FOCUS,
F.S.SURR WIDE and SOUND RETRIEVER AIR,
the effect level cannot be adjusted.
! The Front Stage Surround Advance
(F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.SURR WIDE)
function allows you to create natural surround
sound effects using just the front speakers
and the subwoofer.
Using Stream Direct
Use the Stream Direct modes when you want
to hear the truest possible reproduction of a
source. All unnecessary signal processing is
bypassed, and you’re left with the pure analog
or digital sound source.
Note
! When listening sources in
2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode, you can also
adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 57).
! When listening to 2-channel sources in
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are
three further parameters you can adjust:
C.WIDTH,DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See
Setting the Audio options on page 57 to adjust
them.
! When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:X
Cinema, Neo:X Music or Neo:X Game mode,
you can also adjust the C.GAIN effect (see
Setting the Audio options on page 57).
! Neural Surround can be selected for
2-channel signals for which the input signal
is PCM (48 kHz or less), Dolby Digital, DTS or
analog 2-channel sources.
! The stereo mode can also be selected by
pressing the STEREO button.
! When listening through headphones, you can
select STEREO mode only.
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 depend-
ing on the source and the setting for surround
back channel processing (see THX Audio Setting
on page 89 for more on this).
1 Set the remote control to the receiver
operation mode.
2 Press THX (HOME THX) to select a
listening mode.
With two channel sources, press THX repeat-
edly to select a matrix-decoding process for the
THX CINEMA mode (see THX Audio Setting on
page 89 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 – Allows you to hear 6.1
or 7.1 channel playback with 5.1 channel
sources
! 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
Note
! When listening sources in 2
Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode, you can also
adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 57).