Pioneer VSX-918V Listening to your system Using Front Stage Surround Advance, Using Stream Direct

Models: VSX-818V VSX-918V

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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/DIRECT

STEREO/

STANDARD

ADVSURR

A.L.C.

ACOUSTIC

DIALOG

SOUND

PHASE

EQ

RETRIEVER

While listening to a source, press STEREO/ A.L.C. to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.

STEREO – See Listening in stereo on page 31 for more on this.

A.L.C. – See Listening in stereo on page 31 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/DIRECT

STEREO/

STANDARD

ADVSURR

A.L.C.

ACOUSTIC

DIALOG

SOUND

PHASE

EQ

RETRIEVER

While listening to a source, press AUTO/ DIRECT to select Stream Direct mode.

AUTOSURR. – 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), as well as with dual mono settings. You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal. For analog sources, only Channel Level can be set. All other digital processing can not be set.

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.2

AUTO/DIRECT

STEREO/

STANDARD

ADVSURR

A.L.C.

ACOUSTIC

DIALOG

SOUND

PHASE

EQ

RETRIEVER

• Press SOUND RETRIEVER to switch the sound retriever on or off.

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.

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

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Pioneer VSX-918V, VSX-818V Listening to your system Using Front Stage Surround Advance, Using Stream Direct