Using Front Stage Surround Advance; Using Stream Direct; Selecting Mcacc Presets - Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system

Using Front Stage Surround Advance

The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to
create natural surround sound effects using just the front
speakers and the subwoofer.
• While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then
press STEREO/A.L.C. to select Front Stage Surround
Advance modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on
this.
• A.L.C. – See Listening in stereo above for more on
this.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – Use to provide a rich surround
sound effect directed to the center of where the front
left and right speakers sound projection area
converges.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – Use to provide a surround sound
effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode.
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
Front left
speaker
Note
1 When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. See Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto
MCACC) on page 10 for more on this.
2 There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this is a problem.
3 Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you're using your system. These presets
can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 10 or Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 38, either of which you should
have already completed.
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AUTO/ STEREO/ STEREO/ BD MENU
STANDARD
DIRECT A.L.C. A.L.C. ADV SURR
HDD DVD DVD
THX STATUS PHASE
ANT MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM
CH
AUDIO DISPLAY
TV CTRL RECEIVER RECEIVER
WIDE position
Front right Front left
speaker speaker

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, and you're left with the
pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct
with different input signal formats on page 96).
1 While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then
press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT) to
select the mode you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front panel
display to see how the source is being processed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 30.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic
calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual
mono, the input attenuator, any sound delay and hi-
1
bit settings. You will hear sources according to the
number of channels in the signal.
• PURE DIRECT – Analog and PCM sources are heard
without any digital processing.
Front right
speaker
from the Second Zone in this mode.

Selecting MCACC presets

• Default setting: MEMORY 1
If you have calibrated your system for different listening
3
positions , you can switch between settings to suit the
kind of source you're listening to and where you're sitting
(for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a
video game close to the TV).
AUTO/ AUTO/ STEREO/ BD MENU
STANDARD
DIRECT DIRECT A.L.C. ADV SURR
HDD HDD DVD
THX STATUS PHASE
ANT MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM
AUDIO DISPLAY CH
TV CTRL RECEIVER RECEIVER
2
No sound is output
ANT
INPUT
SELECT DIMMER
AUDIO DISPLAY
1 2 3
GENRE MCACC MCACC SLEEP
TV CTRL RECEIVER RECEIVER
4 5 5 6
SR+ SBch A.ATT
7 8 9
D.ACCESS CH LEVEL CLASS
MAIN
0
ENTER
MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM
CH
ZONE 2