Pioneer HTP-074 Operating Instructions - Page 24

4 Listening to your system Multichannel sources STEREO ALC Straight Decode STEREOc See above. No additional effects See above. a. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 25). b. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 25). c. You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button. The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound Retriever and Tone functions. Using the Advanced surround ADV SURR ADVANCED SURROUND The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see which you like. ACTION Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks. DRAMA Designed for movies with lots of dialog. ADVANCED GAME Suitable for video games. SPORTS Suitable for sports programs. CLASSICAL Gives a large concert hall-type sound. ROCK/POP Creates a live concert sound for rock and/ or pop music. EXT.STEREO Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers. F.S.S.ADVANCE (Front Stage Surround ADVANCE) Allows you to create natural surround sound effects using just the front speakers and the subwoofer. Use to provide a rich surround sound effect directed to the center of where the front left and right speakers sound projection area converges. Front left speaker Front right speaker Note • During ECO mode, the brightness switches between 2 levels. If the dimmest level is selected, DIMMER will be shown on the display. (Mode other than ECO: 4 levels, ECO mode: 2 levels) • ECO MODE will switch OFF automatically when switched to other listening modes (Advanced surround mode and Auto surround mode). Using Stream Direct AUTO/ DIRECT AUTO SURROUND/ STREAM DIRECT 2 4 34 Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed. AUTO SURROUND See Auto playback on page 23. DIRECT Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Manual SP Setup (speaker setting, X.Over, channel level, speaker distance), as well as with dual mono settings. You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal. Phase Control, Sound Delay, Fixed PCM, SACD Gain, HDMI Audio, Auto Delay and LFE Attenuate functions are available. PURE DIRECT Analog and PCM sources are heard without any digital processing. PHONES SURR ECO 1 ECO 2 When listening through headphones, you can still get the effect of overall surround. Cut back on power consumption. Suitable for contents that are mainly high level (mainly music). Cut back on even more power consumption than ECO 1. Suitable for contents with wider dynamic range (mainly movies). 24