Using Front Stage Surround Advance; Using Advanced Surround; Listening In Stereo; Listening With Headphones - Pioneer HTZ363DVD Operating Instructions Manual

03 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
1
page 10.
TOP MENU
SETUP
HOME
MENU
• 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 10.
F.S.SURR
Note
1 Note that when the tuner is selected, multichannel playback is not possible.
2 Acoustic Calibration EQ is not available when headphones are connected.
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En
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TUNE MENU
SR
ENTER
ST ST
RETURN
MCACC TUNE TEST TONE
F.S.SURR SURROUND ADVANCED SOUND
MCACC TUNE TEST TONE
SURROUND ADVANCED SOUND
• Press ADVANCED to select an Advanced
Surround mode.
Press repeatedly to select ACTION,
UNPLUGED, EXPANDED, TV SURR., SPORTS,
ADV.GAME, VIRTUAL or X-STEREO
(Extended Stereo).

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.
• Press SURROUND repeatedly until
STEREO shows in the display.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the
STEREO (default) and PHONES SURROUND
(virtual surround sound for headphones)
modes are available.
• With headphones connected, press
ADVANCED to select PHONES SURROUND
or SURROUND to select STEREO.
Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic
Calibration Equalization set in Using the Auto
MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on
1
2
page 10.
1 Press SOUND and use
MCACC EQ then press ENTER .
MCACC TUNE TEST TONE
F.S.SURR SURROUND ADVANCED SOUND
to select