Pioneer HTP-710 Operating Instructions - Page 64

07 Listening to your system • While listening to a source, press STANDARD. If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display. With two channel sources, you can select from: • DOLBY PLII MOVIE - Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources • DOLBY PLII MUSIC1 - Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources • DOLBY PLII GAME - Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited for video games • NEO:6 CINEMA - Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources • NEO:6 MUSIC - Up to 5.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources2 • DOLBY PRO LOGIC - 4.1 channel surround sound Using the Advanced surround effects The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see which you like. • Press ADV SURR repeatedly to select a listening mode. • ACTION - Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks. • DRAMA - Designed for movies with lots of dialog. • ENT.SHOW - Suitable for musical sources. • ADVANCED GAME - Suitable for video games. • SPORTS - Suitable for sports programs. • CLASSICAL - Gives a large concert halltype sound. • ROCK/POP - Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or pop music. • UNPLUGGED - Suitable for acoustic music sources. • EXT.STEREO - Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers. 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 and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. In the Auto level control stereo mode (A.L.C.), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in a portable audio player. • While listening to a source, press STEREO/A.L.C. for stereo playback. Press repeatedly to switch between: • STEREO - The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Phase Control, Sound Retriever and Tone functions. • A.L.C. - Listening in Auto level control stereo mode. • F.S.S.ADVANCE - See Using Front Stage Surround Advance on page 65 for more on this. Note 1 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLII MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 69 to adjust them. 2 When listening to 2-channel sources in NEO:6 CINEMA or NEO:6 MUSIC mode, you can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 69). 64 En