Pioneer VSX-LX53 - Manual (Page 49)

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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 54.
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). 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 sound
settings and you can still use the audio options.
• 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.
• SOUND RETRIEVER AIR 1
– Suitable for listening to
the sound from a Bluetooth wireless technology
device.
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.
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. Processing differs
depending on the input signal and whether or not
surround back speakers are connected. For details, see
Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input
signal formats on page 96.
• While listening to a source, press , then
press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM
DIRECT) to select the mode you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front panel
display to see how the source is being processed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 47.
• ALC – Listening in Auto level control mode (page 47).
• DIRECT – Plays back sound from the source with the
least modification next to
PURE DIRECT. With
DIRECT, the only modifications added to PURE
DIRECT playback are calibration of the sound field by
the MCACC system and the Phase Control effect.
• PURE DIRECT – Plays back unmodified sound from
source with only minimal digital treatment. No sound
is output from the Speaker B in this mode.
Note
1 The SOUND RETRIEVER AIR listening mode can only selected when the ADAPTER PORT input.
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
WIDE position
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
RECEIVER