Pioneer VSX-AX10Ai-G manual Using the Advanced surround effects, Using the Home THX modes

Listening to your system

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety of additional surround sound effects. The Advanced Cinema modes are designed to be used with movies, and the Advanced Concert modes are for music.

•Press ADVANCED CINEMA or ADVANCED CONCERT to select a listening mode.

RECEIVER 1/3

RECEIVER STREAM

DIRECT

SIGNAL ACOUSTIC

SELECTCAL.

LISTENING STEREO

MODE

STANDARD THX

ADVANCED ADVANCED

CINEMA CONCERT

Press ADVANCED CINEMA repeatedly to select from:

•ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks

•SCI-FI– Designed for science fiction with lots of special effects

•DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog

•MUSICAL – Creates a concert hall-type sound for musicals

•MONOFILM – Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks

•5/7-D THEATER – Creates an extra wide stereo field Press ADVANCED CONCERT repeatedly to select from:

•CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound

•CHAMBER – Creates a space with alot of reverb

•JAZZ – Creates the sound of a small jazz club

•ROCK – Creates a live concert sound for rock music

•DANCE – Designed for music with lots of bass

•5/7CH STEREO – Allows you to hear stereo sources from all the speakers in your setup

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Adjusting the Advanced Surround effect level

You can emphasize or reduce the effect of the Advanced Surround modes as you like. For each Advanced Surround mode you can set the effect level independently.

1With one of the Advanced surround modes active, press OPTION repeatedly until EFFECT shows in the front panel display.

The remote control menu for this step is shown below (see note at the start of this chapter if you need help).

	RECEIVER		2/3
	RECEIVER		TV
			CONT
MIDNIGHT		DIGITAL NR
	TONE	LOUDNESS
–	OPTION		+
–	CH LEVEL		+

ACOUSTIC										TUNER	SBCH
CAL.	MIDNIGHT	LOUDNESS	TONE	OPTION			DIGITALNR	INPUT ATT	CLASS	STATION	MODE
PHONES	SPSYSTEM	SIGNAL	VIDEO	TAPE2	STREAM	SETUP			VIDEOINPUT
	A/B	SELECT	SELECT	MONITOR	DIRECT	MIC	DIGITALIN
									S-VIDEO	VIDEO	L AUDIO R

2Use the (OPTION) +/– buttons to adjust the effect level.

The effect level can be adjusted from 10 (min) to 90 (max).

Using the Home THX modes

THX and Home THX are technical standards created by Lucasfilm Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound. Home THX is designed to make home theater audio sound more like what you hear in a cinema. See About THX® on page 107 for more on this.

Different THX options will be available depending on the source and the SB CH mode setting (see Using the surround back channel on page 48 for more on this).

•Press THX to select a THX listening mode.

RECEIVER 1/3

RECEIVER STREAM

DIRECT

SIGNAL ACOUSTIC

SELECTCAL.

LISTENING STEREO

MODE

STANDARD THX

ADVANCED ADVANCED

CINEMA CONCERT

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