Listening To Your System; About The Listening Modes; Auto Listening Mode - Pioneer XV-HTD640 Operating Instruction

Listening to your system

Chapter 5
Listening to your system

About the listening modes

As explained in Placing the speakers on
page 13, there are two basic surround speaker
setup options available. Of course you can
select any of the listening modes regardless of
how you place your speakers, but you will
achieve the best surround effect by using the
listening modes in conjunction with your
speaker setup:
• Standard surround 5-spot setup – Use
the Standard (Listening in surround sound
on page 44) and Advanced (Using the
Advanced Surround effects on page 45)
surround listening modes with this setup.
• Front surround 3-spot setup – See Using
Front Surround on page 45 for the options
available with this speaker setup.
HTD-641DV only – This setup requires
surround speakers.
Make sure you have completed Using the
Room Setup on page 31. For a more detailed
surround sound setup, see Using the System
Setup menu on page 64.
• Certain features explained in this section
may not be possible depending on the
source (for example, 88.2 / 96 kHz sources),
or a conflicting system setting. See Error
Messages on page 87 for more on this.
• Except for mute, the tone controls (bass/
treble) and Quiet and Midnight listening,
the features in this section can't be used
with DVD-Audio or Super Audio CD
sources.
• When using the wireless speaker system
for multichannel sound, it is
recommended that you do not use the 3-
spot setup (page 13). See Using the
wireless speaker system on page 41 for the
various options available with your wireless
speaker system.
• HTD-641DV only – If you choose not to
connect surround speakers, use the
Standard surround setup as explained in
Placing the speakers on page 13. Use the
Standard (Listening in surround sound on
page 44) and Advanced (Using the
Advanced Surround effects on page 45)
surround listening modes with this setup.

Auto listening mode

The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to
listen to any source as it was mastered: the
output from the speakers mirrors the channels
from the source material.
SURROUND
• Press SURROUND to select the 'Auto'
listening mode.
If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the
2 DIGITAL or DTS indicator on the front panel
lights.
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