Pioneer VSX-LX50

Before you start

Chapter 1:

Before you start

Features

• Advanced Direct Energy design

This receiver offers a new advancement in discrete

design unique to Pioneer for high-power drivability, low

distortion and stable imaging. Through symmetrical

placement of power amplification units, this receiver

generates equal amplifier power to all channels,

eliminating the possibility of one channel dominating a

particular sound field.

• Easy setup using Advanced MCACC

The Auto MCACC Setup provides a quick but accurate

surround sound setup, which includes the advanced

features of Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ. This

innovative technology measures the reverb

characteristics of your listening area, allowing you to

customize your system calibration with the help of a

graphical output that can be displayed on-screen. With

the additional benefits of numerous MCACC preset

memories, standing wave control and microphone

measurements from a series of reference points, your

home theater experience can be truly customized for

optimal surround sound.

• THX Select2 certified design

This receiver bears the THX Select2 logo, which means it

has passed a rigorous series of quality and performance

tests covering every aspect of the product. This includes

testing of pre-amplifier and power amplifier performance

and operation, and hundreds of other parameters in both

the digital and analog domain, making your home

theater experience as faithful as possible to what the

director intended.

• Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, including Dolby

Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES,

Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-EXPRESS and

DTS-HD Master Audio

Dolby Digital and DTS decoding brings theater sound

right into your home with up to six channels of surround

sound, including a special LFE (Low Frequency Effects)

channel for deep, realistic sound effects.

The built-in Dolby Pro Logic IIx and DTS Neo:6 decoders

not only provide full surround sound decoding for Dolby

Surround sources, but will also generate convincing

surround sound for any stereo source.

Also, with the addition of a surround back speaker, you

can take advantage of the built-in Dolby Digital EX and

DTS-ES decoders for six-channel surround sound.

Furthermore, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD,

which are designed for the next-generation high-

definition media such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD,

support up to 7.1 channels and 8 channels respectively.

DTS-EXPRESS is a low-bitrate encoding technology

supporting up to 5.1 channels, with fixed data transfer

rates ranging from 24 kbps to 256 kbps (this encoding is

available only when signals are delivered to this receiver

as primary audio).

DTS-HD Master Audio delivers audio signals to listeners

without any loss of data with its high transfer rates.

• Phase correction

The Phase Control technology incorporated into this

receiver’s design provides coherent sound reproduction

through the use of phase matching for an optimal sound

image at your listening position.

• Sound Retriever

The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP

technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to

WMA, MP3 and MPEG-4 AAC audio files by restoring

sound pressure and smoothing jagged artifacts left over

after compression.

• Front Stage Surround Advance

With the Front Stage Surround Advance feature, you can

enjoy seamless, natural surround sound effects using

only the front speakers, without deteriorating the quality

of the original sound.

• HDMI compatibility

This receiver is compatible with the HDMI digital video

format, providing you high-definition digital video and

digital audio via a single cable. High-quality sound

formats such as DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD are also

supported.

• Built-in video converter

The built-in video converter provides output of all analog

video signals to your TV or monitor (regardless of the type

of connection), allowing you to connect components

using component, S-video, and composite video

connections as you like.

• iPod Ready

With the new iPod terminal, you’ll be up and running in no

time, now that this receiver’s enhanced compatibility

makes on-screen control of your iPod an added possibility.

• USB interface

The USB allows you to listen to two-channel audio from a

USB mass storage device connected to this receiver.

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