Pioneer VSX1017TXV manual Using Front Stage Surround Advance, Listening in stereo

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Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a number of settings you can adjust.

1Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the setting you want to adjust.

Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver, certain options may not appear. Check the table below for notes on this.

2Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as necessary. See the table below for the options available for each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.

3Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings.

Setting	What it does	Options
Center	Spreads the center channel between	0 to 7
Widtha	the front right and left speakers,	Default: 3
(Applicableonly	making it sound wider (higher
when using a	settings) or narrower (lower settings).
center speaker)
Dimensiona	Adjusts the surround sound balance	–3 to +3
	from front to back, making the sound	Default: 0
	more distant (minus settings), or
	more forward (positive settings).
Panoramaa	Extends the front stereo image to	OFF
	include surround speakers for a
		ON
	‘wraparound’ effect.

	PHOTO	STEREO/
THX	STANDARD ADV.SURR
		F.S.SURR

MULTI OPE AUTOSURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL

SHIFT EFFECT/CHSEL LEVEL

RECEIVER

•While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR 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.

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

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

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.

	PHOTO	STEREO/
THX	STANDARD ADV.SURR
		F.S.SURR

MULTI OPE AUTOSURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL

SHIFT EFFECT/CHSEL LEVEL

Center	Adjusts the center image to create a	0 to 10
Imageb	wider stereo effect with vocals.	Default: 3
(Applicable	Adjust the effect from 0 (all center
only when	channel sent to front right and left
using a center	speakers) to 10 (center channel sent
speaker)	to the center speaker only).
Effect	Sets the effect level for the currently	10 to 90
	selected Advanced Surround mode
	(each mode can be set separately).
Sound Delay	Some monitors have a slight delay	0.0 to 6.0
	when showing video, so the	(frames)
	soundtrack will be slightly out of sync	1 second =
	with the picture. By adding a bit of	30 frames
	delay, you can adjust the sound to	(NTSC)
	match the presentation of the video.

a.Only available with 2 ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II Music / Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode.

b.Only available with 2 ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.

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, DTS and WMA9 Pro multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

RECEIVER

•While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.

•STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on this.

•F.S.SURR 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.SURR 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

Note

1When using F.S.SURR 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 (Auto MCACC) on page 8.

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