Listening In Stereo; Using Stream Direct; Selecting Mcacc Presets - Pioneer Elite VSX-81TXV-S Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
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Tip
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is
selected (except ADV. VIR. SURR.), the effect level
can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in
Setting the AV 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.
• While listening to a source, press STEREO for stereo
playback.

Using 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, and you're left with the
pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct
with different input signal formats on page 81).
Note
1 Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you're using your system. These pre-
sets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 8 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 33, either of which you should
have already completed.
2 You can't use these settings when MULTI CH IN is selected, and they have no effect when headphones are connected.
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STATUS SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
MULTI OPE THX STANDARD
ADV.SURR
SHIFT
PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT
RECEIVER
STATUS SIGNAL SEL SBch STEREO
MULTI OPE THX STANDARD ADV.SURR
SHIFT PHASE MCACC
S.DIRECT
RECEIVER
1 While listening to a source, press S.DIRECT
( AUTO SURR / STREAM DIRECT ) to select the mode
you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front panel
display to see how the source is being processed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 26.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic
calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual
mono, the input attenuator, and any sound delay and
hi-bit/hi-sampling settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the signal.
• PURE DIRECT – Analog sources are heard without
any digital processing. No sound is output from the
Second Zone in this mode.

Selecting MCACC presets

• Default setting: MEMORY 1
If you have calibrated your system for different listening
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positions , you can switch between settings to suit the
kind of source you're listening to and where you're sitting
(for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a
video game close to the TV).
STATUS SIGNAL SEL
MULTI OPE THX
SHIFT
PHASE
RECEIVER
• While listening to a source, press MCACC .
Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets
or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on
page 41 to check and manage your current settings.
SBch STEREO
STANDARD ADV.SURR
MCACC S.DIRECT
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