Pioneer VSX-817-S/-K - Manual (Page 34)

Listening to your system 05
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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.
Above: VSX-517 (left) and VSX-817 (right)
• While listening to a source, press AUTO
SURR to select Stream Direct mode.
• AUTOSURR. – See Auto playback on
page 31.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to
the settings made in the Surround Setup
(speaker setting, channel level, speaker
distance), as well as with dual mono, Center
Width, Dimension and Panorama settings.
You will hear sources according to the
number of channels in the signal. For analog
sources, only Channel Level can be set. All
other digital processing can not be set.
Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
VSX-817 model only
• Default setting: OFF / ALL CH (after the
Auto MCACC Setup or EQ Auto Setting)
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic
Calibration Equalization set in
Automatically
setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on
page 10 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 41.
Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic
Calibration Equalization.
• While listening to a source, press (SHIFT +)
ACOUSTIC EQ.
Press repeatedly to select between:
• ALL CH – No special weighting is given to
any one channel.
• F. ALIGN – All speakers are heard in
accordance with the front speaker settings.
• CUSTOM 1/2 – Custom settings
• EQ OFF – Switches Acoustic Calibration
EQ off.
The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights
when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.
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Choosing the input signal
• Default setting: AUTO
You need to hook up a component to both
analog and digital inputs on the rear of the
receiver to select between input signals.
2
• Press SIGNAL SELECT (front panel) to
select the input signal corresponding to the
source component.
Each press cycles through the following:
• AUTO – This automatically switches to
DIGITAL if a digital source is detected,
otherwise it remains on ANALOG .
• ANALOG – Selects the analog inputs.
• DIGITAL – Selects the digital input.
When set to DIGITAL or AUTO , 2 DIGITAL
lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input, and
DTS lights when a DTS signal is input.
TOP MENU
CD-R AM FM CD
MENU
AUTO SURR STANDARD
S.RETRIEVER
ADV.SURR
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
CD FM AM RECEIVER
CD-R/TAPE
STANDARD
PHASE DIALOG
ADV.SURR STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SOUND
RETRIEVER
ACOUSTIC
EQ
AUTO SURR
PHASE DIALOG
EFFECT
SOUND
RETRIEVER
ACOUSTIC
EQ
Note
1 You can’t use Acoustic Calibration EQ with DVD 5.1ch , WMA9 Pro and it has no effect with headphones.
2 • This receiver can only playback Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz), DTS and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. With other
digital signal formats, set to
ANALOG .
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make
the proper digital connections (page 13) and set the signal input to DIGITAL .
• Some DVD players don’t output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
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