Pioneer SC-75 Owner's Manual - Page 75

09 Using other functions Setting Loud Mgmt (Loudness Management) LFE (LFE Attenuate) INPUT ATT (Input attenuate) HDMI (HDMI Audio) A.DELAY (Auto delay) C.WIDTH (Center Width) (Applicable only when using a center speaker) DIMENSION PANORAMA C.GAIN (Center Gain) (Applicable only when using a center speaker) EFFECT H.GAIN (Height Gain) V.SPs (Virtual Speakers) V.SB (Virtual Surround Back) What it does Option(s) Adjusts the level of dynamic range for movie soundtracks optimized ON for Dolby TrueHD (you may need to use this feature when listening to surround sound at low volumes). This can only be set when DRC is set to OFF and the input signal is a OFF Dolby TrueHD signal. Some audio sources include ultra-low bass tones. Set the LFE attenuator as necessary to prevent the ultra-low bass tones from distorting the sound from the speakers. When set to the recommended value of 0 dB, the LFE is not restricted. When set to a value other than 0 dB, the LFE is restricted to the set value. When OFF is selected, the sound is not output from the LFE channel. c OFF/ -20dB/ -15dB/ -10dB/ -5dB/ -4dB/ -3dB/ -2dB/ -1dB/ 0dB d Default: 0dB If the sound is distorted, this can be used to lower the input signal OFF level and reduce the distortion. ON Specifies the routing of the HDMI audio signal out of this receiver (amp) or through to a TV. When THROUGH is selected, no sound is output from this receiver. This feature automatically corrects the audio-to-video delay between components connected with an HDMI cable. The audio delay time is set depending on the operational status of the display connected with an HDMI cable. The video delay time is automatically adjusted according to the audio delay time. AMP THROUGH OFF ON Provides a better blend of the front speakers by spreading the center channel between the front right and left speakers, making it sound wider (higher settings) or narrower (lower settings). c 0 to 7 d Default: 3 Adjusts the depth of the surround sound balance from front to back, making the sound more distant (minus settings), or more forward (positive settings). c -3 to +3 d Default: 0 Extends the front stereo image to include the surround speakers for a OFF 'wraparound' effect. ON Adjusts the center gain to create a wider stereo effect with vocals. Adjust the effect from 0 (all center channel sent to front right and left speakers) to 1.0 (center channel sent to the center speaker only). c 0 to 1.0 d Defaults: Neo:X CINEMA: 1.0 Neo:X MUSIC: 0.3 Neo:X GAME: 1.0 Sets the effect level for the ALC mode. c 10 to 90 d Defaults: 50 Adjusts the output from the front height speaker when listening in 2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode. If set to HIGH, the sound from the top will be more emphasized. LOW MID HIGH When AUTO is selected, the sound field is created with the surround back, front height and front wide channels whose Speaker Setting is set to NO automatically complemented. To set the respective channels individually, select MANUAL. AUTO MANUAL When you're not using surround back speakers, selecting this mode OFF allows you to hear a virtual surround back channel through your surround speakers. You can choose to listen to sources with no surround ON back channel information. Setting V.HEIGHT (Virtual Height) V.WIDE (Virtual Wide) V.DEPTH (Virtual Depth) AMP What it does When you're not using front height speakers, selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual front height channel through your front speakers. When you're not using front wide speakers, selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual front wide channel through your front speakers. This improves the continuity of the sound from the front channel to the surround channels. When this mode is selected, the sound field expands virtually to behind the display, resulting in a sound field with the same depth as the 3D picture to achieve a better sense of presence. This is set to turn power amplifier sections off and use channels exclusively in the pre-amp mode. Select ON to use the power amplifiers for all channels. Select Front OFF to turn off the front channel's power amplifier and use the front channel exclusively in the pre-amp mode, F&C OFF to turn off the front and center channels' power amplifiers and use the front and center channels exclusively in the pre-amp mode. To turn the power amplifiers for all channels off and use them exclusively in the pre-amp mode, select OFF. Option(s) OFF ON OFF ON OFF MIN MID MAX ON Front OFF F&C OFF OFF a The adjustment can be made only when TONE is set to ON. b ! When ON is selected, the Sound Retriever effect is optimized based on the bitrate information of the contents input to the USB memory audio and INTERNET RADIO, PANDORA, MEDIA SERVER, FAVORITES (digital audio input only) to achieve high sound quality. ! With the iPod/USB, INTERNET RADIO, PANDORA, MEDIA SERVER, FAVORITES or ADAPTER PORT input function, by default S.RTRV is set to ON. ! When ON is selected, optimum correction of the audio signals input via the HDMI OUT terminal is conducted with the HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) function, and the sound of digital TV broadcasts is produced with HD quality. This is valid when the input is set to TV and ARC in HDMI Setup is set to ON. (See HDMI Setup on page 70.) c UP1 to UP4 can be selected only when the front height speaker is connected. The presence or absence of effects depends on the listening mode. d ! This can be set when MANUAL is selected for AScale. ! This function does not work when the sampling frequency is 32 kHz. e This setting only affects 2-channel audio sources. f The initially set AUTO is only available for Dolby TrueHD signals. Select MAX or MID for signals other than Dolby TrueHD. g ! The attenuator isn't available when using the Stream Direct (ANALOG DIRECT) modes. ! The attenuator does not function when the listening mode is set to PURE DIRECT with AirPlay. h ! The HDMI Audio setting cannot be switched while performing synchronized amp mode operations. ! The synchronized amp mode must be turned on in order to play the receiver's HDMI audio and video input signals from the TV with the receiver's power in the standby mode. See About synchronized operations on page 71. i This feature is only available when the connected display supports the automatic audio/video synchronizing capability ('lipsync') for HDMI. If you find the automatically set delay time unsuitable, set A.DELAY to OFF and adjust the delay time manually. For more details about the lipsync feature of your display, contact the manufacturer directly. j Only when listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music/Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode. k Only when listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:X CINEMA/MUSIC/GAME mode. l ! This can be set when MANUAL is selected for V.SPs. ! You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of the stereo, Front Stage Surround Advance, Sound Retriever Air or Stream Direct modes is selected. ! You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the SB setting is set to NO or if 7.1ch Front Bi-Amp or 7.1ch + ZONE 2 is selected at Speaker System. It can also be used when 7.1ch + Speaker B is selected at Speaker System and SP:dA+B ON is selected with the SPEAKERS button. ! This mode is effective for contents with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz or less. 75