Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K manual Listening to your system Using Front Stage Surround Advance

05Listening to your system

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

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 96).

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

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 without any digital processing.2 No sound is output from the Second Zone in this mode.

Selecting MCACC presets

• Default setting: MEMORY 1

If you have calibrated your system for different listening

positions3, 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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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.

2There 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.

3Different 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.

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