Pioneer VSX-521-K Using the Sound Retriever, Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

05Listening to your system

a.If surround back channel processing (page 27) is switched off, or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).

b.You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 28).

c.You can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 28).

d.You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 28).

e.Cannot be selected when the Pre Out is set to Surr. Back (see The Pre Out Setting on page 33).

f.• You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button on the remote control.

• The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound Retriever and Tone functions.

Note

•In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.

BD MENU ADVANCED
Using the Advanced surround ADV SURR	SURROUND

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see which you like.

ACTION	Designed for action movies with dynamic
	soundtracks.
DRAMA	Designed for movies with lots of dialog.
ENT.SHOW	Suitable for musical sources.
ADVANCED GAME	Suitable for video games.
SPORTS	Suitable for sports programs.
CLASSICAL	Gives a large concert hall-type sound
ROCK/POP	Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or
	pop music.
UNPLUGGED	Suitable for acoustic music sources.
EXT.STEREO	Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
	source, using all of your speakers

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F.S.S.ADVANCE	Allows you to create natural surround
(Front Stage	sound effects using just the front speakers
Surround	and the subwoofer.
ADVANCE)	Use to provide a rich surround sound effect
	directed to the center of where the front left
	and right speakers sound projection area
	converges.
		Front left	Front right
		speaker	speaker

S.R AIR	Suitable for listening to the sound from a
(Sound Retriever	Bluetooth wireless technology device.
AIR)	The S.R AIR listening mode can only
	selected when the ADAPTER input.
PHONES SURR	When listening through headphones, you
	can still get the effect of overall surround

Using Stream Direct AUTO/ AUTO SURROUND/

DIRECT

STREAM D RECT

Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed.

AUTO SURROUND See Auto playback on page 25.

DIRECT	Sources are heard according to the settings
	made in the Manual SP Setup (speaker
	setting, channel level, speaker distance), as
	well as with dual mono settings. You will
	hear sources according to the number of
	channels in the signal.
	Phase Control, Acoustic Calibration EQ,
	Sound Delay, Auto Delay, LFE Attenuate
	and Center image functions are available.
PURE DIRECT	Analog and PCM sources are heard without
	any digital processing.

Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the compression process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression.

DVR/BDR	CD	CD R	CH
ADAPTER	TUNER	PORTABLE
V DEO	S RETR EVER	SIGNAL SEL	VOL

Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound Retriever) ON or OFF.

Note

•The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources.

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 19. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

		HDD	DVD	VCR
RECEIVER SLEEP SOURCE	TV	1	2	3	D SP
	CONTROL		SB CH	CH SELECT	EQ
		4	5	6	CH
RECEIVER INPUT SELECT	DTV/TV	MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS		LEV	PHASE
	INPUT	7	8	9	CH

While listening to a source, press RECEIVER , then press EQ to switch the EQ (Acoustic Calibration EQ) ON or OFF. The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.

•You can’t use Acoustic Calibration EQ with Stream Direct mode and it has no effect with headphones.

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