Pioneer SC-35 Owner's Manual - Page 61

Listening to your system 06 Using the Advanced surround effects The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety of additional surround sound effects. Most Advanced Surround modes are designed to be used with film soundtracks, but some modes are also suited for music sources. Try different settings with various soundtracks to see which you like. 1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation mode. 2 Press ADV SURR (ADVANCED SURROUND) repeatedly to select a listening mode. • ACTION - Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks • DRAMA - Designed for movies with lots of dialog • SCI-FI - Designed for science fiction with lots of special effects • MONO FILM - Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks • ENT.SHOW - Suitable for musical sources • EXPANDED - Creates an extra wide stereo field • TV SURROUND - Provides surround sound for both mono and stereo TV sources • 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 • UNPLUGGED - Suitable for acoustic music sources • EXT.STEREO - Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers • PHONES SURR - When listening through headphones, you can still get the effect of overall surround. Tip • When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options on page 76. 1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation mode. 2 While listening to a source, press STEREO for stereo playback. Press repeatedly to switch between: • STEREO - The audio is heard with your sound settings and you can still use the audio options. • F.S.SURR FOCUS - See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this. • F.S.SURR WIDE - See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this. • SOUND RETRIEVER AIR1 - Suitable for listening to the sound from a Bluetooth wireless technology device. Using Front Stage Surround Advance The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to create natural surround sound effects using just the front speakers and the subwoofer. 1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation mode. 2 While listening to a source, press STEREO to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes. • STEREO - See Listening in stereo above for more on this. • F.S.SURR FOCUS - Use to provide a rich surround sound effect directed to the center of where the front left and right speakers sound projection area converges. • F.S.SURR WIDE - Use to provide a surround sound effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode. FOCUS position (Recommended) Front left speaker Front right speaker WIDE position Front left speaker Front right speaker 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). Multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. Note 1 The SOUND RETRIEVER AIR listening mode can only selected when the ADAPTER PORT input. 61 En