Using Stream Direct; Using The Sound Retriever; Better Sound Using Phase Control - Pioneer HTP-072 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system
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Allows you to create natural surround
F.S.S.ADVANCE
(Front Stage sound effects using just the front speakers
Surround and the subwoofer.
ADVANCE) Use to provide a rich surround sound effect
directed to the center of where the front left
and right speakers sound projection area
converges.
Front left
speaker
When listening through headphones, you
PHONES SURR
can still get the effect of overall surround.
Cut back on power consumption. Suitable
ECO MODE 1
for contents that are mainly high level
(mainly music).
Cut back on even more power consumption
ECO MODE 2
than ECO MODE 1. Suitable for contents
with wider dynamic range (mainly movies).
Note
• During ECO mode, the brightness switches between 2
levels. If the dimmest level is selected, DIMMER will be
shown on the display. (Mode other than ECO: 4 levels,
ECO mode: 2 levels)
• ECO MODE will switch OFF automatically when switched
to other listening modes (Advanced surround mode and
Auto surround mode).
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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.
AUTO SURROUND See Auto playback on page 25.
Front right
DIRECT
speaker
PURE DIRECT

Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the compression
process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound
image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP
technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to
compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure
and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression.
1 Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound Retriever)
ON or OFF.
Note
• The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel
sources.
AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
Sources are heard according to the settings
made in the Manual SP Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance), as
well as with dual mono settings. You will
hear sources according to the number of
channels in the signal.
Phase Control, Sound Delay, Auto Delay,
LFE Attenuate and Center image functions
are available.
Analog and PCM sources are heard without
any digital processing.
GAME TV SIGNAL SEL
VOL
Acous.EQ S.RETRIEVER PHASE

Better sound using Phase Control

This receiver's Phase Control feature uses phase correction
measures to make sure your sound source arrives at the
listening position in phase, preventing unwanted distortion
and/or coloring of the sound.
Phase Control technology provides coherent sound
reproduction through the use of phase matching for an
optimal sound image at your listening position. The default
setting is on and we recommend leaving Phase Control
switched on for all sound sources.
GAME TV SIGNAL SEL
VOL
Acous.EQ S.RETRIEVER PHASE
1 Press PHASE to switch the P.CTL (Phase Control) ON or
OFF.
Note
• Phase matching is a very important factor in achieving
proper sound reproduction. If two waveforms are 'in
phase', they crest and trough together, resulting in
increased amplitude, clarity and presence of the sound
signal. If a crest of a wave meets a trough, then the sound
will be 'out of phase' and an unreliable sound image will
be produced.
• If your subwoofer has a phase control switch, set it to the
plus (+) sign (or 0º). However, the effect you can actually
feel when Phase Control is set to ON on this receiver
depends on the type of your subwoofer. Set your
subwoofer to maximize the effect. It is also recommended
you try changing the orientation or the place of your
subwoofer.
• Set the built-in lowpass filter switch of your subwoofer to
OFF. If this cannot be done on your subwoofer, set the
cutoff frequency to a higher value.
• If the speaker distance is not properly set, you may not
have a maximized Phase Control effect.
• The Phase Control mode cannot be set to ON in the
following cases:
When the PURE DIRECT mode is switched on.
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When the headphones are connected.
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