Pioneer SSP-LX70ST manual Listening to your system Chapter, Effective Sound for optimum sound

05Listening to your system

Chapter 5

Listening to your system

Important

•RCV Press to set the remote control to receiver control mode in order to operate the receiver subwoofer (make sure that the LCD displays the RECEIVER screen, as shown below).

•Stereo Playback in Surround

Outputs audio from the surround speakers while directing vocal sound to the front channels. You can play back stereo sources like CDs in seamless, comfortable surround sound.

This effect is available when you play back stereo sources in the Auto listening mode (see below).

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Effective Sound (for optimum sound)

With the uniquely shaped high-quality speakers supplied with this unit, the Effective Sound mode enables the following Pioneer exclusive audio technologies designed to maximize the real experience of sound originally inherent in movies and music.

Turn on the Effective Sound mode under normal circumstances to maximize the capabilities of this unit.

•Dialogue Enhancement

Clarifies dialogue in movies to make it stand out from other background sounds.

•Dynamic Range Compression

Resuscitates detailed sound susceptible to ambient noise to create an acoustic environment where you feel as if you are right in the action.

The Effective sound mode can be turned off (activating Direct mode) by doing the following:

•DIRECT Press to switch to Direct Sound.

Press this button to switch between Effective Sound and Direct Sound.

•When Direct Sound is selected, the DIRECT indicator lights.

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.

If you set up the system for Front surround (page 6), the Front Stage Surround modes will give the best results (see page 26).

• SURR Press to select the Auto listening mode.

•Original Channel Balance & Channel Mix

Since the orientation of the supplied speaker units is uniquely designed, channels are mixed down and balanced in a special manner. Also, the optimum balance is automatically achieved according to the contents being played back.

•Frequency Characteristic Correction

Realizes the playback characteristic optimized for long hours of listening in addition to the added features of the supplied speaker units.

Listening in surround sound

You can listen to stereo or multichannel sources in surround sound. Surround sound is generated from stereo sources using one of the Dolby Pro Logic or DTS

Neo:6 decoding modes.1

If you set up the system for Front surround (page 6), the Front Stage Surround modes will give the best results (see page 26).

•SURR Press repeatedly to select a listening mode. The choices that appear in the display will vary according to the type of source that’s playing.2

Note

1 After the surround back signals of the 6.1/7.1-channel audio represented by DTS-ES are properly decoded, the original virtual surround back function outputs the surround back signals in combination with surround signals.

2 You cannot select a mode other than Auto and Stereo while playing back DTS-HD, DTS-Express, or Dolby TrueHD (176.4 kHz/192 kHz). Also, you cannot select DTS Neo:6 for Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby TrueHD (below 96 kHz).

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