Playback Modes

TV SURROUND

This mode produces surround sound even for mono or stereo TV sources. It is useful for old movies. A mono TV signal will be able to approximate the effect of overall surround sound.

GAME

Use this mode when playing a video game. It works especially well with sound moving from left to right in such software as racing games, shooting games, and those kind of games with movement in them.

VIRTUAL Surround Back (VIRTL SB)

This mode is especially designed to simulate surround back channels for sources that don’t have them. It emulates the effect of surround back speakers in your listening space.

EXPANDED

This mode is especially designed to give sound depth to Dolby Surround sources. The overall effect expands the sound, giving a dynamic and broad sound to these sources while allowing a faithful reproduction of five speaker sound.

5-CH STEREO (5 STEREO)

This mode is especially designed to give sound depth to Stereo sources. The overall effect builds a dynamic and broad sound space, allowing a reproduction with five speakers.

Selecting a Listening Mode

Choose a listening mode that suits the soundtrack you are listening to or achieves the effect you want, as explained on the previous page. It will probably be necessary for you to experiment with different modes until you find ones which suit your tastes.

RECEIVER

 

 

SOURCE

 

SIGNAL SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

DVD

TV/SAT

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

DIMMER

 

DVR/ VCR

FM / AM

 

 

 

AUTO

SURROUND ADVANCED

SOUND

 

MODE

 

SETUP

TEST TONE

CH_SELECT

ROOM

1-2

ENTER

SETUP

 

MUTE

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

TOP MENU

DISPLAY

T.EDIT MENU

 

1Press AUTO, SURROUND or ADVANCED.

2If you choose one of the latter two, cycle through the modes using the SURROUND or the ADVANCED button and select the one suits the soundtrack you’re listening to.

Refer to page 35 for more details about each listening mode.

DTV MENU

TUNE

 

 

 

 

 

ST

ENTER

ST

 

 

AUDIO

TUNE

 

SUBTITLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUIDE

CH RETURN

DTV ON /OFF

DTV INFO

 

CLASS

MPX

D.ACCESS

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

10

TV CONTROL

INPUT

CHANNEL SELECT CHANNEL VOLUME

RECEIVER

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The default setting is AUTO. With headphones the default setting is STEREO.

You can only select the STEREO or PHONES SUR- ROUND mode when headphones are plugged into the headphone jack.

The listening mode you choose with headphones is fully independent of the listening mode with speakers.

If you disconnect the headphones while in PHONES SURROUND mode the receiver will return to the listening mode it was in before you selected PHONES SURROUND.

When inputting a 96 kHz PCM signal you can only use STEREO listening modes.

If you are in a different mode than STEREO and then input a 96 kHz PCM signal the receiver will automati- cally switch to AUTO.

Each playback component can be set independently and retains its sound mode when another component is being used.

If you did not connect center and surround speakers you can only choose VIRTUAL or STEREO in SURROUND mode.

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Pioneer VSX-C100-S operating instructions Selecting a Listening Mode, Playback Modes, Virtual Surround Back Virtl SB