Pioneer SC-27 Owner's Manual - Page 62

06 Listening to your system Listening in surround sound Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround sound. However, the options available will depend on your speaker setup and the type of source you're listening to. If you connected surround back speakers, see also Using surround back channel processing on page 66. Standard surround sound The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.1 SC-27: iPod CTRL STATUS TUNE PHASE CTRL CH LEVEL SOURCE TV RECEIVER CH VOL VOL THX MPX PQLS MEMORY AUTO/ALC/ DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR PGM MENU SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO SC-25: TV CONTROL A.ATT SBch MCACC INFO DISP AUTO/ALC/ MENU DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR PGM HDD DVD THX PHASE CTRL STATUS ANT MPX PQLS MEMORY AUDIO INFO CH DISP MULTI OPE TV CTRL RECEIVER REMOTE SETUP 1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation mode. 2 While listening to a source, press STANDARD (STANDARD SURROUND).2 If necessary, press repeatedly to select a listening mode. With two channel sources, you can select from3: • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE - Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC - Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources4 • 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME - Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to video games • 2 Pro Logic - 4.1 channel surround sound (sound from the surround speakers is mono) • Neo:6 CINEMA - 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources • Neo:6 MUSIC - 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources5 • Neural THX - Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources6 • XM HD Surround - Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources7 With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back speaker(s) and have selected SBch ON, you can select (according to format): • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE - See above (only available when you're using two surround back speakers) • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC - See above • Dolby Digital EX - Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX) • DTS-ES - Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS-ES encoded sources • DTS Neo:6 - Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources Note 1 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers. 2 The STANDARD listening mode cannot be selected in the following cases: - When headphones are plugged in. - When MULTI CH IN input is selected. - When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 88. 3 If surround back channel processing (page 66) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 124 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound). 4 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH, DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See Setting the Audio options on page 88 to adjust them. 5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 88). 6 Neural THX can be selected for 2-channel signals for which the input signal is PCM (48 kHz or less), Dolby Digital, DTS or analog 2-channel sources. 7 XM HD Surround can be selected only with the XM input. 62 en