Listening to your system

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Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a number of settings you can adjust.

1Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the setting you want to adjust.

Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver, certain options may not appear. Check the table below for notes on this.

2Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as necessary. See the table below for the options available for each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.

3Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings.

Setting

What it does

Options

Center

Spreads the center channel between

0 to 7

Widtha

the front right and left speakers,

Default: 3

(Applicableonly

making it sound wider (higher

 

when using a

settings) or narrower (lower settings).

 

center speaker)

 

 

 

 

 

Dimensiona

Adjusts the surround sound balance

–3 to +3

 

from front to back, making the sound

Default: 0

 

more distant (minus settings), or

 

 

more forward (positive settings).

 

 

 

 

Panoramaa

Extends the front stereo image to

OFF

 

include surround speakers for a

 

 

ON

 

‘wraparound’ effect.

 

 

 

Center

Adjusts the center image to create a

0 to 10

Imageb

wider stereo effect with vocals.

Default: 3

(Applicable

Adjust the effect from 0 (all center

 

only when

channel sent to front right and left

 

using a center

speakers) to 10 (center channel sent

 

speaker)

to the center speaker only).

 

 

 

 

Effect

Sets the effect level for the currently

10 to 90

 

selected Advanced Surround mode

 

 

(each mode can be set separately).

 

 

 

 

Sound Delay

Some monitors have a slight delay

0.0 to 6.0

 

when showing video, so the

(frames)

 

soundtrack will be slightly out of sync

1 second =

 

with the picture. By adding a bit of

30 frames

 

delay, you can adjust the sound to

(NTSC)

 

match the presentation of the video.

 

 

 

 

a.Only available with 2 ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II Music / Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode.

b.Only available with 2 ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.

Listening in stereo

When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

 

PHOTO

STEREO/

THX

STANDARD ADV.SURR

F.S.SURR

MULTI OPE AUTOSURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL

SHIFT EFFECT/CHSEL

LEVEL

RECEIVER

While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR for stereo playback.

Press repeatedly to switch between:

STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, and Tone functions.

F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this.

F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this.

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.

 

 

PHOTO

STEREO/

THX

STANDARD ADV.SURR

F.S.SURR

 

 

 

 

MULTI OPE AUTOSURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL

SHIFT EFFECT/CHSEL

 

 

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEIVER

While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.

STEREO – 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 (Recommend)

WIDE position

Front left

Front right

Front left

Front right

speaker

speaker

speaker

speaker

 

 

 

 

Note

1When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 8.

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Pioneer VSX-90TXV Listening in stereo, Using Front Stage Surround Advance, Setting the effect options

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