Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Listening In Stereo; Using Front Stage Surround Advance - Pioneer VSX-LX52 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

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.
AUTO/ALC/
STEREO
DIRECT
HDD DVD
THX PHASE CTRL
TV/DTV MPX
AUDIO INFO
DISP
TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP
• Press RECEIVER , then press ADV SURR
(ADVANCED SURROUND) repeatedly to select a
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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.
Note
1 • Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speakers in your setup.
For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 54.
• If you press ADV SURR when the headphones are connected, the PHONES SURR mode will automatically be selected.
2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).
3 • The STEREO, F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.S WIDE mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 61.
• When headphones are plugged in, the F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.SURR WIDE are cannot be selected.
MENU
STANDARD
ADV SURR
STATUS
PQLS
CH
RECEIVER
2
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 61.

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). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro
multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT STEREO
HDD DVD
THX PHASE CTRL
TV/DTV MPX
AUDIO INFO
DISP
TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP
• While listening to a source, press
press STEREO for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround
settings and you can still use the Midnight,
Loudness, and Tone functions.
• 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.

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.
AUTO/ALC/
STEREO
DIRECT
HDD DVD
THX PHASE CTRL
TV/DTV MPX
AUDIO INFO
DISP
TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP
MENU
STANDARD ADV SURR
STATUS
PQLS
CH
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
, then
3
MENU
STANDARD
ADV SURR
STATUS
PQLS
CH
RECEIVER
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