Listening to your system

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 9. The surround speakers should be placed beside the front speakers and oriented either towards the walls, or straight ahead, depending on which mode you are using (see below).

TUNE

TEST TONE

SOUND

RETRIEVER SURROUND ADVANCED SOUND

Press ADVANCED to select a Front Surround mode.

Press repeatedly to select FRTMOVIE, FRTMUSIC or EXTPOWER.1

If you have selected FRTMOVIE (Front Surround Movie) or FRTMUSIC (Front Surround Music), turn each surround speaker so that the guide markers on the stand base are lined up horizontally in the direction the listening position (see below). With EXTPOWER (Extra Power), the surround speakers should be oriented in the same direction as the front speakers.

Front Music / Front Movie

Extra Power

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• See Using Front Surround above to get the

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best results from a Front surround 3-spot

 

setup (page 9).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNE

TEST TONE

 

 

SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETRIEVER SURROUND ADVANCED

SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press ADVANCED to select an Advanced

 

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ADVMUSIC, EXPANDED, TV SURR., SPORTS,

 

Surround mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press repeatedly to select ADVMOVIE,

 

 

GAME, VIRTUAL or 5 STEREO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Listening in stereo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can listen to any source—stereo or

 

multichannel—in stereo. When playing a

 

multichannel source, all channels are

 

downmixed to the front left/right speakers and

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the subwoofer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNE

TEST TONE

 

 

SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETRIEVER SURROUND ADVANCED

SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press SURROUND repeatedly until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STEREO shows in the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening with headphones

 

 

 

 

When headphones are connected, only the

 

 

STEREO (default) and PHONES SURROUND

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(virtual surround sound for headphones)

 

modes are available.

• With headphones connected, press ADVANCED to select PHONES SURROUND or SURROUND to select STEREO.

Using Advanced Surround

The Advanced Surround effects can be used with any multichannel or stereo source for a

variety of additional surround sound effects.1

Listening with Acoustic

Calibration EQ

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration Equalization set in Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on

page 9.2

Note

1Note that when the tuner is selected, multichannel playback is not possible.

2Acoustic Calibration EQ is not available when headphones are connected.

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Pioneer HTZ353DVD manual Listening to your system Using Front Surround, Listening with headphones, Using Advanced Surround

HTZ353DVD, S-DV353, S-DV1SW, S-DV555T specifications

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