Home Thx Modes - Pioneer VSA-AX10I-S Operating Instructions Manual

HOME THX modes

THX and Home THX are technical standards created by Lucasfilm, Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound. The
aim of Home THX is to improve the sound of straight decoding to make home theater audio more like the sound
you hear in a cinema. See also pages 100-101 for more information.
For all speaker playback of any source:
THX CINEMA
This mode will play any source through all the speakers in your system.
For 2 channel sources only:
After selecting one of the following modes the display shows the mode you selected, then, after a few
seconds, shows THX CINEMA.
2PRO LOGIC II MOVIE
See page 54 for more on this mode.
2PRO LOGIC
See page 54 for more on this mode.
NEO:6 CINEMA
See page 54 for more on this mode.
For 6.1 or 7.1 channel playback of 5.1 channel sources:
THX SURROUND EX
You can only choose this mode if you have set up this amplifier for use with surround back speaker(s) (see
pages 12, 26 & 41-43) and select 7.1 in LISTENING CH SELECT (see p.51).
For true 6.1 channel cinema sound, Dolby Digital Surround EX encoded discs should be played with THX
Surround EX processing. However, it will also generate surround back channel(s) from any Dolby Digital 5.1
or DTS 5.1 channel disc (when playing a DTS disc, the display shows DTS-ES +THX).
With 6.1 channel playback compatible sources, the THX SURROUND EX mode is automatically selected
when the LISTENING CH SELECT is set to AUTO.
For 7.1 channel playback of 5.1 channel sources:
THX ULTRA2 CINEMA
You can only choose this mode if you have set up this amplifier for use with two surround back speakers
(see pages 12, 26 & 41-43) and select 7.1 in LISTENING CH SELECT (see p.51).
When using THX SURROUND EX, the surround soundfield may actually sound narrower on some earlier
Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 channel sources. THX ULTRA2 CINEMA mode will provide 7.1 channel sound
and give a superior surround sound effect on earlier Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 channel sources.
With most 5.1 channel sources, the THX ULTRA2 CINEMA mode is automatically selected when the
LISTENING CH SELECT is set to AUTO.
THX MUSICMODE
You can only choose this mode if you have set up this amplifier for use with two surround back speakers
(see pages 12, 26 & 41-43) and select 7.1 in LISTENING CH SELECT (see p.51).
THX MUSICMODE is for multi channel digital sources that were not produced for a theatrical release—
typically music. This mode creates two extra channels of natural, ambient sound and plays them through
the surround back speakers.
Basic Operation
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