Pioneer XV-DV250 operating instructions Listening to your system

Listening to your system

Chapter 2

Listening to your system

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About the listening modes

As explained in Home theater sound setup on page 6, there are two basic surround speaker setup options available with any of the listening modes:

•Standard surround 5-spot setup – Use any of the surround listening modes with this setup (except Front Surround).

•Front surround 3-spot setup – Make sure the Front Surround mode is switched on before selecting a surround listening mode (see Using Front Surround on page 11).

Auto listening mode

The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the speakers mirrors the channels in the source material.

CLEAR	SLEEP	DISPLAY
SHIFT	SURROUND	FRONT
		SURROUND

•Press SHIFT+SURROUND to select the AUTO listening mode.1

Listening in surround sound

You can listen to stereo or multichannel

sources in surround sound.2 Surround sound is generated from stereo sources using one of the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.

CLEAR	SLEEP	DISPLAY
SHIFT	SURROUND	FRONT
		SURROUND

•Press SHIFT+SURROUND repeatedly to

select a listening mode.1

The choices that appear in the display will vary according to the type of source that’s playing.

•AUTO – Auto listening mode (see above)

•DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS – Dolby Digital or DTS decoding (depending on the source).3 For a multichannel source, this will be the same as AUTO.

•PROLOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound for use with any two-channel source

•MOVIE – Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to movie sources (use with any two-channel source)

•MUSIC – Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to music sources, for use with any two-channel source

•STEREO – See Listening in stereo below

Using Front Surround

The Front Surround mode is effective when you are using the Front surround 3-spot speaker setup as described in Home theater sound setup on page 6. The surround speakers should be placed on top of the front speakers and oriented towards the walls (see the Speaker Setup Guide) and DVD/CD must be selected as

the input source.2

CLEAR	SLEEP	DISPLAY
SHIFT	SURROUND	FRONT
		SURROUND

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Note

1If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the front panel 2 D or DTS indicator lights.

2• Note that the input source must be switched to DVD/CD for multichannel playback.

•If you’re planning on recording a multichannel source, refer to Recording mode on page 24.

3When listening in DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS mode, two-channel material will automatically be played in surround sound using Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.

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