Pioneer VSX-01THX Listening in stereo, Using Front Stage Surround Advance, Tip

05Listening to your system

•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

•PHONES SURROUND – When listening through headphones, you can still get the effect of overall surround.

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 73.

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). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

In the Auto level control stereo mode (A.L.C.), this receiver equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in a portable audio player.

AUTO/	STEREO/	BD MENU
DIRECT	A.L.C. STANDARD	ADV SURR
HDD	DVD
THX	STATUS	PHASE
ANT	MPX	SIGNAL SEL

MEM

AUDIO DISPLAY	CH
TV CTRL	RECEIVER

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.

AUTO/	STEREO/	BD MENU
DIRECT	A.L.C. STANDARD	ADV SURR
HDD	DVD
THX	STATUS	PHASE
ANT	MPX	SIGNAL SEL

MEM

AUDIO DISPLAY	CH
TV CTRL	RECEIVER

•While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then press STEREO/A.L.C. to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.

•STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on this.

•A.L.C. – 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.1

FOCUS position		WIDE position
(Recommended)
Front left	Frontright	Front left	Front right
speaker	speaker	speaker	speaker

•While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then press STEREO/A.L.C. for stereo playback.

Press repeatedly to switch between:

•STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, and bass/treble controls.

•A.L.C. – Listening in Auto level control stereo mode.

•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.

Note

1When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. See Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 10 for more on this.

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