Switching the speaker terminals – Pioneer SC-LX76-K User Manual

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Using other functions

Setting

What it does

Option(s)

ASP
(Aspect)

Specifies the aspect ratio when input signals are output at the HDMI
output. Make your desired settings while checking each setting on
your display (if the image doesn’t match your monitor type, cropping
or black bands appear).

THROUGH

NORMAL

! If the video picture deteriorates when this settings is switched ON, switch it OFF.

! When connected to a video device using the component video input, set this setting to ON and watch with the HDMI output.

! When set to a resolution with which the TV (monitor) is not compatible, no picture is output. Also, in some cases no picture
will be output due to copyright protection signals. In this case, change the setting.

! When AUTO is selected, the resolution is selected automatically according to the capacity of the TV (monitor) connected by
HDMI. When PURE is selected, the signals are output with the same resolution as when input (see

About the video converter

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! This setting is valid for HDMI output.

! P.MOTION is disabled when PCINEMA is set to ON.

! This setting have the effect only for pictures recorded in the interlaced scan format (480i/576i or 1080i signals).

d Adjustment is not possible unless V.ADJ (Advanced Video Adjust) is set to MEMORY.
e

! This setting is only displayed when the video signals below are being input:

— 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i analog video signals
— 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1080p24 HDMI video signals

f This adjustment is only possible when 480i signals are being input from the composite video jacks.
g

! If the image doesn’t match your monitor type, adjust the aspect ratio on the source component or on the monitor.

! This setting is only displayed when 480i/p or 576i/p video signals are being input.

Switching the speaker terminals

If you selected 9.1ch FH/FW, 7.1ch + Speaker B, 7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2 or 5.1ch + SP-B Bi-Amp at

Speaker

system setting

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, you can switch between speakers using the SPEAKERS button.

If you selected 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp, 7.1ch + ZONE 2, 5.1ch Bi-Amp + ZONE 2, 5.1ch + ZONE 2+3,
5.1ch F+Surr Bi-Amp or 5.1ch F+C Bi-Amp, the button will simply switch your main speaker terminals on or off.

1 Press

to the receiver operation mode.

2 Use SPEAKERS to select a speaker system setting.

As mentioned above, if you have selected 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp, 7.1ch + ZONE 2, 5.1ch Bi-Amp + ZONE 2,
5.1ch + ZONE 2+3, 5.1ch F+Surr Bi-Amp or 5.1ch F+C Bi-Amp, the button will simply switch your main speaker
terminal (A) on or off (Pre-AMP mode).
The pre-amp mode is a mode for reducing power consumption when power amplifiers are connected to the
receiver’s PRE OUT terminals by individually turning off the power of the amplifiers for those channels.
Press repeatedly to choose a speaker terminal option:
When you select 9.1ch FH/FW, you can select from:

! SP: FH/FW ON – Front height or front wide channels are added to the front, center, surround and surround

back channels (maximum 7 channels) and a maximum of 9 channels are output. The front height and front
wide channels are switched automatically according to the audio input signal.

! SP: FH ON – Front height channels are added to the front, center, surround and surround back channels

(maximum 7 channels) and a maximum of 9 channels are output.

! SP: FW ON – Front wide channels are added to the front, center, surround and surround back channels

(maximum 7 channels) and a maximum of 9 channels are output.

! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.

When you select 7.1ch + Speaker B, you can select from:

! SP: A ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (up to 9 channels (including front height channels),

depending on the source).

! SP: B ON – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals. Multichannel

sources will not be heard.

! SP: A+B ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (up to 7 channels, depending on the source), the

two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals, and the subwoofer. The sound from the B-speaker termi-
nals will be the same as the sound from the A-speaker terminals (multichannel sources will be downmixed to
2 channels).

! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.

When you select 7.1ch FH/FW + ZONE 2, you can select from:

! SP: FH/FW ON – Front height or front wide channels are added to the front, center and surround channels

(maximum 5 channels) and a maximum of 7 channels are output. The front height and front wide channels
are switched automatically according to the audio input signal.

! SP: FH ON – Front height channels are added to the front, center and surround channels (maximum 5 chan-

nels) and a maximum of 7 channels are output.

! SP: FW ON – Front wide channels are added to the front, center and surround channels (maximum 5 chan-

nels) and a maximum of 7 channels are output.

! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.

When you select 5.1ch + SP-B Bi-Amp, you can select from:

! SP: A ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (maximum 5 channels).
! SP: B ON – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to the B-speaker terminals. Multichannel

sources will not be heard.

! SP: A+B ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker terminals (up to 5 channels, depending on the source), the

! SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.

This manual is related to the following products:

SC-LX76-S SC-LX86-S SC-LX86-K