Pioneer SC-LX73 - Manual (Page 57)

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• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(front height)
1
• WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(front wide), especially suited to movie sources
2
• WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(front wide), especially suited to music sources
2
• Neo:6 CINEMA – 7.1 channel sound (surround
back), especially suited to movie sources
3
• Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound (surround back),
especially suited to music sources
3
• Neural Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(surround back), especially suited to music sources
4
With multichannel sources, if you have connected
surround back, front height or front wide speakers, you can
select (according to format):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
• Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel
sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure
decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital
Surround EX)
• DTS-ES – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback
with DTS-ES encoded sources
• DTS Neo:6 – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback
with DTS encoded sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – See above 1
• WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – See above
2
• WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – See above
2
• Straight Decode – Plays back without the effects
above.
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
processing (see THX Audio Setting on page 113 for more
on this).
1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation
mode.
• 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 113 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:6 CINEMA+THX CINEMA
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC+THX MUSIC
• Neo:6 MUSIC+THX MUSIC
• 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME+THX GAMES
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX CINEMA 1
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX MUSIC 1
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX GAMES 1
• THX ULTRA2/SELECT2 GAMES
5
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:6 CINEMA+THX CINEMA
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE+THX CINEMA
• THX ULTRA2/SELECT2 CINEMA
5
– Allows you to
hear 7.1 channel playback with 5.1 channel sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC+THX MUSIC
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX CINEMA 1
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX MUSIC 1
• 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT+THX GAMES 1
• THX ULTRA2/SELECT2 MUSIC
5
– This mode is suited
not only for sources recorded in Dolby Digital and DTS,
but also to all multi-channel music sources (DVD-
Audio, etc.).
• THX ULTRA2/SELECT2 GAMES
5
– This mode is
suited to playing the sound of games.
Note
1 • This mode can only be selected when Speaker System is set to Normal(SB/FH) .
• 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 72).
2 This mode can only be selected when Speaker System is set to Normal(SB/FW) .
3 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 72).
4 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.
5 • ULTRA2 for the SC-LX83, SELECT2 for the SC-LX73.
• Unavailable with only one surround back speaker connected or not connected.