Pioneer VSX-01THX Listening to your system Using Stream Direct, Selecting Mcacc presets

Listening to your system

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 (see Stream direct with different input signal formats on page 101).

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

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Selecting MCACC presets

• Default setting: MEMORY 1

If you have calibrated your system for different listening

positions2, you can switch between settings to suit the kind of source you’re listening to and where you’re sitting (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game close to the TV).

			ANT	MPX SIGNAL SEL
INPUT		DIMMER		MEM
SELECT			AUDIO DISPLAY	CH
1	2	3
GENRE	MCACC	SLEEP	TV CTRL	RECEIVER
4	5	6
SR+	SBch	A.ATT
7	8	9
D.ACCESS	CH LEVEL	CLASS	MAIN	ZONE 2

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1While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/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 30.

•DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual mono, the input attenuator, any sound delay and hi- bit settings. You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal.

•PURE DIRECT – Analog and PCM sources are heard

•While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then press MCACC.

Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets3 or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on page 46 to check and manage your current settings.

Choosing the input signal

You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the receiver to select between input

signals.4

THX	STATUS	PHASE
ANT	MPX	SIGNAL SEL
		MEM

without any digital processing.1 No sound is output from the Second Zone in this mode.

AUDIO DISPLAY	CH
TV CTRL	RECEIVER

•Press RECEIVER, then press SIGNAL SEL to select the input signal corresponding to the source component.

Each press cycles through the options as follows:

•AUTO – This is the default setting. The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order:

HDMI; DIGITAL; ANALOG.

•ANALOG – Selects an analog signal.

•DIGITAL – Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal.

Note

1There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this is a problem.

2Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you’re using your system. These presets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 10 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 38, either of which you should have already completed.

3• These settings have no effect when headphones are connected.

•You can also press / to select the MCACC preset.

4• This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96 kHz/24 bit) and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA 9 Pro, PCM (32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sampling frequencies), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio, SACD and DVD Audio (including 192 kHz). With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN and FM/AM).

•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 19) 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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