Pioneer 1020 manual Setting, DIMENSIONj, PANORAMAj, IMAGEk

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Setting

C.WIDTHj (Center Width) (Applicable only when using a center speaker)

What it does

Provides a better blend of the front speakers by spreading the center channel between the front right and left speakers, making it sound wider (higher settings) or narrower (lower settings).

Option(s)

0 to 7

Default: 3

English

DIMENSIONj	Adjusts the depth of the surround sound balance from front to	–3 to +3
	back, making the sound more distant (minus settings), or more	Default: 0
	forward (positive settings).
PANORAMAj	Extends the front stereo image to include the surround speakers	OFF
	for a ‘wraparound’ effect.
		ON
C. IMAGEk	Adjusts the center image to create a wider stereo effect with	0 to 10
(Center Image)	vocals. Adjust the effect from 0 (all center channel sent to front	Defaults:
(Applicable only	right and left speakers) to 10 (center channel sent to the center	Neo:6 MUSIC: 3
when using a center	speaker only).	Neo:6 CINEMA: 10
speaker)
EFFECT	Sets the effect level for the currently selected Advanced Surround	10 to 90
	or ALC mode (each mode can be set separately).	Defaults: 50
		(90 for EXT.STEREO
		only)
H.GAIN	Adjusts the output from the front height speaker when listening in	LOW
(Height Gain)	DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT mode. If set to HIGH, the sound from the
		MID
	top will be more emphasized.
		HIGH
V.SB	When you’re not using surround back speakers, selecting this	OFF
(Virtual Surround	mode allows you to hear a virtual surround back channel through
		ON
Back)	your surround speakers. You can choose to listen to sources with
	no surround back channel information, or if the material sounds
	better in the format (for example, 5.1) for which it was originally
	encoded, you can have the receiver only apply this effect to 6.1
	encoded sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES.l
V.HEIGHT	When you’re not using front height speakers, selecting this mode	OFF
(Virtual Front	allows you to hear a virtual front height channel through your front
		ON
Height)	speakers.

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a.When EQ OFF is selected, the MCACC indicator does not light.

b.This setting is only displayed when the listening mode is Stereo, Auto surround (STEREO) or SOUND RETRIEVER AIR. c.The adjustment can be made only when TONE is set to ON.

d.With the iPod/USB, INTERNET RADIO or ADAPTER PORT input function, by default S.RTRV is set to ON.

e.UP1 to UP4 can be selected only when the front height speaker is connected. The presence or absence of effects depends on the listening mode.

f. The initially set AUTO is only available for Dolby TrueHD signals. Select MAX or MID for signals other than Dolby TrueHD.

g.You shouldn’t have any problems using this with most SACD discs, but if the sound distorts, it is best to switch the gain setting back to 0 dB.

h.• HDMI Audio setting cannot be switched while performing synchronized amp mode operations.

•The synchronized amp mode must be turned on in order to play the receiver’s HDMI audio and video input signals from the TV with the receiver’s power in the standby mode. See About synchronized operations on page 64.

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