Pioneer VSX-521-K Owner's Manual - Page 26

05 Listening to your system a. If surround back channel processing (page 27) is switched off, or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound). b. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 28). c. You can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 28). d. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 28). e. Cannot be selected when the Pre Out is set to Surr. Back (see The Pre Out Setting on page 33). f. • You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button on the remote control. • The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound Retriever and Tone functions. Note • In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers. Using the Advanced surround BD MENU 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 ENT.SHOW Designed for movies with lots of dialog. Suitable for musical sources. ADVANCED GAME Suitable for video games. SPORTS CLASSICAL Suitable for sports programs. Gives a large concert hall-type 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 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 S.R AIR (Sound Retriever AIR) PHONES SURR Suitable for listening to the sound from a Bluetooth wireless technology device. The S.R AIR listening mode can only selected when the ADAPTER input. When listening through headphones, you can still get the effect of overall surround Using Stream Direct AUTO/ DIRECT AUTO SURROUND/ 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. AUTO SURROUND See Auto playback on page 25. DIRECT Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Manual SP Setup (speaker setting, 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, Acoustic Calibration EQ, Sound Delay, Auto Delay, LFE Attenuate and Center image functions are available. PURE DIRECT Analog and PCM sources are heard without any digital processing. Using the Sound Retriever When audio data is removed during the compression process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression. DVR/BDR CD CD-R CH ADAPTER TUNER PORTABLE VIDEO S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL VOL  Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound Retriever) ON or OFF. Note • The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources. Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 19. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization. RECEIVER SLEEP TV SOURCE CONTROL RECEIVER INPUT SELECT DTV/TV INPUT HDD 1 DVD 2 VCR 3 DISP SB CH CH SELECT EQ 4 5 6 CH MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS LEV 7 8 9 PHASE CH S  While listening to a source, press RECEIVER , then press EQ to switch the EQ (Acoustic Calibration EQ) ON or OFF. The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active. • You can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ with Stream Direct mode and it has no effect with headphones. 26 En