Pioneer VSX-917V 05Listening to your system, Listening in stereo, Using Stream Direct, Setting

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05Listening to your system

05Listening to your system

Setting

What it does

Options

Center

Adjusts the center image to

0 to 10

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create a wider stereo effect with

Default: 3

(Applicable

vocals. Adjust the effect from 0

 

only when

(all center channel sent to front

 

using a cen-

right and left speakers) to 10

 

ter speaker)

(center channel sent to the

 

 

center speaker only).

 

 

 

 

Effect

Sets the effect level for the

10 to 90

 

currently selected Advanced

 

 

Surround mode (each mode

 

 

can be set separately).

 

aOnly available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mu- sic mode (also available with 2 Pro Logic II 5.1sound).

b Only available with 2ch 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 and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

AUTO SURR F.S.SURRSTEREO/ STANDARD ADV.SURR

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

F.S.S. 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.

AUTO SURR F.S.SURRSTEREO/ STANDARD ADV.SURR

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.S.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.S. 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

AUTO SURR F.S.SURRSTEREO/ STANDARD ADV.SURR

Listening in stereo Note

1When using F.S.S. 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 (MCACC) on page 8.

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