Pioneer VSX-1023-K Owner's Manual - Page 35
Press, then press, to switch the, S.RTV Sound Retriever ON or OFF. - bluetooth
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5 Listening to your system a. If surround back channel processing (page 36) 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 37). c. In case of VSX-1023: You can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 37). d. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 37). e. In case of VSX-1023: Cannot be selected when the Speaker System is set to Surr. Back (see The Speaker System setting (VSX-1023 only) on page 52). f. The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound Retriever and Tone functions. g. VSX-1023 only Note • In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers (VSX-1023 only). ADVANCED Using the Advanced surround ADV SURR 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 Designed for movies with lots of dialog. 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. EXT.STEREO Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers. ECO MODE 1 Cut back on power consumption. Suitable for contents that are mainly high level (mainly music). ECO MODE 2 Cut back on even more power consumption than ECO MODE 1. Suitable for contents with wider dynamic range (mainly movies). Note • During ECO mode, the brightness switches between 2 levels. If the dimmest level is selected, DIMMER will be shown on the display. (Mode other than ECO: 4 levels, ECO mode: 2 levels) • ECO MODE will switch OFF automatically when switched to other listening modes (Advanced surround mode and Auto surround mode). 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 34. DIRECT PURE 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. Analog and PCM sources are heard without any digital processing. 4 7 62 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. RECEIVER SLEEP SOURCE RECEIVER INPUT 1 2 3 DISP 4 5 6 CH 7 8 9 CH SHIFT CLR 0 ENTER Press RECEIVER , then press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound Retriever) ON or OFF. Note • The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources. 35