Pioneer SC-05 Owner's Manual - Page 38

05 Listening to your system Using 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, and you're left with the pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct with different input signal formats on page 133). STATUS PHASE CTRL CH LEVEL THX MPX MEMORY SOURCE TV RCV CH VOL VOL AUTO/ DIRECT PGM STEREO/ A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR BD MENU SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO SR+ SBch MCACC 1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV. 2 While listening to a source, press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURROUND/STREAM DIRECT) to select the mode you want. Check the digital format indicators in the front panel display to see how the source is being processed. • AUTO SURROUND - See Auto playback on page 35. • DIRECT - Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual mono, the input attenuator, and any sound delay and hi-bit/hi-sampling (SC-05 only) settings. You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal. • PURE DIRECT - Analog and 2 channel PCM sources are heard without any digital processing.1 No sound is output from the Speaker B in this mode. Selecting MCACC presets • Default setting: MEMORY 1 If you have calibrated your system for different listening positions2, you can switch between settings to suit the kind of source you're listening to and where you're sitting (for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a video game close to the TV). PGM BD MENU SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO TV SOURCE RCV SR+ SBch MCACC DISP CH VOL VOL A.ATT GENRE HDMI OUT D.ACCESS CLASS CH ENTER TV CONTROL 1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV. 2 While listening to a source, press MCACC. Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets3 or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on page 53 to check and manage your current settings. Choosing the input signal On this receiver, it is possible to switch the input signals for the different inputs as described below.4 TV SOURCE RCV AUTO/ DIRECT PGM STEREO/ A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR BD MENU SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO CH VOL VOL SR+ SBch MCACC DISP A.ATT GENRE HDMI OUT 1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV. 2 Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT) to select the input signal corresponding to the source component. Each press cycles through the options as follows: • AUTO - This is the default setting. The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order: HDMI; DIGITAL; ANALOG. • ANALOG - Selects an analog signal. • DIGITAL - Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal. Note 1 There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this is a problem. 2 Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you're using your system. These presets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 10 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 44, either of which you should have already completed. 3 • These settings have no effect when headphones are connected. • You can also press / to select the MCACC preset. 4 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96 kHz / 24 bit) and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA 9 Pro, PCM (32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sampling frequencies), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio, SACD and DVD Audio (including 192 kHz). With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN, TUNER and PHONO). • You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 24) and set the signal input to DIGITAL. • Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player. 38 En