Setting The Effect Options; Listening In Stereo; Using Front Stage Surround Advance - Pioneer VSX-1017AV-K Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a number of
settings you can adjust.
1 Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the
setting you want to adjust.
Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver,
certain options may not appear. Check the table below for
notes on this.
2 Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as necessary.
See the table below for the options available for each
setting. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.
3 Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings.
Setting What it does
Center
Spreads the center channel between
a
the front right and left speakers,
Width
making it sound wider (higher
(Applicable
settings) or narrower (lower settings).
only when
using a center
speaker)
a
Adjusts the surround sound balance
Dimension
from front to back, making the sound
more distant (minus settings), or
more forward (positive settings).
a
Extends the front stereo image to
Panorama
include surround speakers for a
'wraparound' effect.
Center Adjusts the center image to create a
b
wider stereo effect with vocals.
Image
Adjust the effect from 0 (all center
(Applicable
channel sent to front right and left
only when
using a center speakers) to 10 (center channel sent
speaker) to the center speaker only).
Effect Sets the effect level for the currently
selected Advanced Surround mode
(each mode can be set separately).
Sound Delay Some monitors have a slight delay
when showing video, so the
soundtrack will be slightly out of sync
with the picture. By adding a bit of
delay, you can adjust the sound to
match the presentation of the video.
a. Only available with 2 ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music/Dolby Pro
Logic II Music mode.
b.Only available with 2 ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.

Listening in stereo

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 Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro
multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
Note
1 When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for
surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 8.
• While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR
for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround
settings and you can still use the Midnight,
Loudness, and Tone functions.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround
Options
Advance below for more on this.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround
0 to 7
Default: 3
Advance below for more on this.

Using Front Stage Surround Advance

The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to
–3 to +3
create natural surround sound effects using just the front
Default: 0
speakers and the subwoofer.
OFF
ON
0 to 10
Default: 3
• While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR
to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on
10 to 90
this.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – Use to provide a rich surround
sound effect directed to the center of where the front
0.0 to 6.0
left and right speakers sound projection area
(frames)
converges.
1 second =
25 frames • F.S.SURR WIDE – Use to provide a surround sound
(PAL)
effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode.
FOCUS position (Recommend)
Front left
speaker
PHOTO
STEREO/
THX STANDARD ADV.SURR
F.S.SURR
MULTI OPE AUTO SURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL
SHIFT EFFECT/CH SEL LEVEL
RECEIVER
PHOTO
STEREO/
THX STANDARD ADV.SURR
F.S.SURR
MULTI OPE AUTO SURR ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL
SHIFT EFFECT/CH SEL LEVEL
RECEIVER
1
WIDE position
Front right Front left Front right
speaker speaker speaker
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