Using Front Stage Surround Advance; Using Advanced Surround; Listening In Stereo; Using The Sound Retriever - Pioneer HTP-330 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Using Front Stage Surround Advance

The Front Stage Surround Advance modes are effective
when you are using the Front surround speaker setup as
described on page 4.
ST
SOUND
SOUND
RETRIEVER
SURROUND ADVANCED
CHANNEL
TV
TV CONTROL
• Press F.S.SURR to select a Front Stage Surround
Advance mode.
Press repeatedly to select FOCUS5.1, WIDE5.1 or
EXTRAPWR.
• FOCUS5.1 – Use to provide a rich surround sound
effect directed to the center area where the left and
right speakers' sound projection converges.
• WIDE5.1 – Use to provide a surround sound effect to
a wider area than FOCUS5.1 mode.
• EXTRAPWR – Outputs stereo sound (in the case of
multi-channel sources, down-mixed stereo sound)
from the surround speakers for powerful stereo
effect.

Using Advanced Surround

The Advanced Surround effects can be used with any
multichannel or stereo source for a variety of additional
surround sound effects. These modes are designed to
provide optimum listening effect when using the
Standard surround setup described on page 6.
ST
SOUND
TUNE
SOUND
RETRIEVER
SURROUND ADVANCED ADVANCED
CHANNEL
TV
• Press ADVANCED to select an Advanced Surround
mode.
Press repeatedly to select:
• ACTION – Suitable for action movies
• UNPLUGED – Suitable for acoustic musical sources
• EXPANDED – Wide sound field
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ENTER
TEST
TONE
TUNE
F.S.SURR F.S.SURR MCACC
VOLUME
INPUT
ST
ENTER
TEST
TONE
F.S.SURR MCACC
VOLUME
INPUT
• TV SURR. – Surround sound for mono or stereo TV
broadcasts
• SPORTS – Suitable for sports programming
• ADV.GAME – Suitable for TV game units
• VIRTUAL – A virtual surround effect using just the
subwoofer and front speakers.
• X-STEREO – Powerful surround sound for stereo
music sources

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source—stereo or multichannel—in
stereo. When playing a multichannel source, all
channels are downmixed to the front left/right speakers
and the subwoofer.
ST
SOUND
SOUND
RETRIEVER
SURROUND SURROUND ADVANCED
CHANNEL
TV
• Press SURROUND repeatedly until STEREO shows in
the display.
• You can also use the SURROUND button on the
display unit to change the listening mode.

Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the MP3 or WMA
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.
TUNE
ST
SOUND
SOUND SOUND
RETRIEVER RETRIEVER
SURROUND ADVANCED
• While listening to a stereo source, press SOUND
RETRIEVER .
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• RTRV ON — Switches the Sound Retriever on.
• RTRV OFF — Switches the Sound Retriever off.
ST
ENTER
TEST
TONE
TUNE
F.S.SURR MCACC
VOLUME
INPUT
ST
ENTER
TEST
TONE
TUNE
F.S.SURR MCACC
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