Pioneer SC-LX90 - Manual (Page 36)

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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.
• 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.
• 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
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, and you’re left with the
pure analog or digital sound source (see
Stream direct
with different input signal formats on page 145).
1 While listening to a source, press AUTO/DIRECT
(AUTO SURROUND/STREAM DIRECT) to select the
mode you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front LCD
display to see how the source is being processed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 34.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic
calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual
mono, the input attenuator, and any sound delay and
hi-bit/hi-sampling settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the signal.
• PURE DIRECT – Analog and PCM sources are heard
without any digital processing. 2 When the speaker
output setting is set to 7.2ch + Speaker B, no sound
is output from the Speaker B in this mode.
Note
1 When 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 (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 11.
THX
STEREO/ F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT STANDARD ADV SURR STEREO/ F.S.SURR
THX
STEREO/ F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/ DIRECT STANDARD ADV SURR STEREO/ F.S.SURR
2 There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this is a problem.
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
WIDE position
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
THX
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO DIMMER
AUTO/
DIRECT STANDARD ADV SURR AUTO/
DIRECT
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