Listening To Your System; Choosing The Listening Mode; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer HTP-072 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Chapter 5:
Listening to your system

Choosing the listening mode

This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose
one according to your speaker environment or the source.
1 While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
ALC/
AUTO/
STANDARD
DIRECT STEREO ADV SURR
ECO
AUDIO
TOOLS
PARAMETER
MENU VOLUME
DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE
AUTO SURROUND/ ALC/ ADVANCED
STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR SURROUND
• The listening mode is shown on the display on the front
panel.
Important
• The listening modes and many features described in this
section may not be available depending on the current
source, settings and status of the receiver.

Auto playback

AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO
SURROUND feature. With this, the receiver automatically
detects what kind of source you're playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
• Press AUTO/DIRECT repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND
shows briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding
or playback format). Check the digital format indicators in
the display to see how the source is being processed.
Note
• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded
accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA (see Listening in
surround sound below for more on these decoding
formats).

Listening in surround sound

Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround
sound. However, the options available will depend on your
speaker setup and the type of source you're listening to.
• If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround
encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically
be selected and shows in the display.
When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each
sound level varies with the music source recorded in a
portable audio player.
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
iPod iPhone
ECO DIRECT CONTROL
Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to
stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are
connected / –: Whether connected or no
Type of surround modes
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
DOLBY PLII GAME
b
NEO:6 CINEMA
b
NEO:6 MUSIC
DOLBY PRO LOGIC
Straight Decode
c
STEREO
ALC/
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
STANDARD
Suitable sources
See above.
Movie
Music
a
Video games
Movie
Music
Old movies
No additional effects
See above.
Type of surround modes Suitable sources
Multichannel sources
See above.
STEREO ALC
Straight Decode No additional effects
See above.
c
STEREO
a. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect
(see Setting the Audio options on page 27).
b. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 27).
c. • You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button.
• The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can
still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound
Retriever and Tone functions.

Using the Advanced surround

ADV SURR
ECO
The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround
effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see
which you like.
Designed for action movies with dynamic
ACTION
soundtracks.
Designed for movies with lots of dialog.
DRAMA
ADVANCED GAME Suitable for video games.
Suitable for sports programs.
SPORTS
Gives a large concert hall-type sound.
CLASSICAL
Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or
ROCK/POP
pop music.
Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
EXT.STEREO
source, using all of your speakers.
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ADVANCED
SURROUND
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