Pioneer VSX-818V-K, VSX-918V-K manual Listening to your system, Listening in stereo

Listening to your system 05

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see which you like.1

AUTO/DIRECT	STEREO/	STANDARD	ADVSURR
	A.L.C.
ACOUSTIC		DIALOG	SOUND
PHASE	EQ		RETRIEVER

•Press ADV SURR repeatedly to select a listening mode.

•ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks.

•DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog.

•MONOFILM – Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks.

•ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources.

•EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field.2

•TV SURR. – Provides surround sound for both mono and stereo TV sources.

•ADV.GAME – Suitable for video games.

•SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.

•ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or pop music.

•UNPLUGED – Suitable for acoustic music sources.

•X-STEREO– Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers.

•PHONESUR. – Creates the effect of overall surround with headphones.

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.

In the Auto level control stereo mode (A.L.C.), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in a portable audio player.

AUTO/DIRECT	STEREO/	STANDARD	ADVSURR
	A.L.C.
ACOUSTIC		DIALOG	SOUND
PHASE	EQ		RETRIEVER

•While listening to a source, press STEREO/A.L.C. 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.

•A.L.C. – Listening in Auto level control stereo mode.

•F.S.S.FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance on page 32 for more on this.

•F.S.S. WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance on page 32 for more on this.

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Note

1• If you press ADV SURR with the headphones connected, PHONESUR. will automatically be selected.

• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the AV options on page 34.

2Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).

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