Adjusting The Advanced And Front Surround Effect Level; Listening In Stereo; Listening With Headphones - Pioneer S-DV9 Operating Instructions Manual

Press FRONT SURROUND to select an
ont Surround mode (or press FRONT
URROUND then use the
ess repeatedly to select from:
• Frt. Movie – The Front Surround Movie
mode emphasizes directionality, giving you
a realistic movie theater-type sound.
• Frt. Music – The Front Surround Music
mode provides greater breadth and depth
to music sources, enveloping you with a
concert hall-type sound.
• ExtraPower – The Extra Power mode gives
additional energy and depth to a stereo
source by using the surround speakers in
addition to the front speakers.
you have selected Frt. Movie or Frt. Music,
u will achieve best results by turning each
rround speaker about 60º towards the
osest wall. With ExtraPower, orient the
rround speakers in the same direction as the
nt speakers (towards the listening position).
Front left
speaker
Surround
left speaker
º
Frt. Movie / Frt. Music
djusting the Advanced and Front
urround effect level
u can emphasize or reduce the effect of the
vanced and Front Surround modes as you
e. You can set the effect level for all modes
dependently.
buttons).
Front left
speaker
Surround
left speaker
Extra Power
1 With one of the Advanced or Front
Surround modes active, press SOUND
MODE.
2 Use the
to select 'Effect'.
3 Use the
to adjust the effect level.
The effect level can be adjusted from 10 (min
to 90 (max).
4 Press ENTER to confirm.

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source—stereo or
multichannel, analog or digital—in stereo.
When playing a multichannel source, stereo
sound is created by downmixing all channels
to the front left/right speakers and the
subwoofer.
• Press SURROUND repeatedly until
'Stereo' shows in the display.
Any active Advanced Surround or Front
Surround mode is canceled.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the
Stereo (default) and Phones Surround (virtua
surround sound for headphones) modes are
available.
When you disconnect them it reverts to the
previous mode.
• With headphones connected, press
ADVANCED or FRONT SURROUND to selec
'Phones Surround' or SURROUND to selec
(cursor left/right) button
(cursor up/down) button
SURROUND