Using Front Stage Surround Advance; Using Stream Direct; Using The Sound Retriever - Pioneer VSX-818V 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.
AUTO/DIRECT
PHASE
• While listening to a source, press STEREO/
A.L.C. to select Front Stage Surround Advance
modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo on
page 31 for more on this.
• A.L.C. – See Listening in stereo on page 31
for more on this.
• F.S.S.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.S. WIDE – Use to provide a surround
sound effect to a wider area than FOCUS
1
mode.
FOCUS position (Recommend)
Front left Front right
speaker speaker
Note
1 When using F.S.S. 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 (MCACC) on page 8.
2 The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources.
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STEREO/
STANDARD ADV SURR
A.L.C.
ACOUSTIC SOUND
EQ DIALOG RETRIEVER
WIDE position
Front left Front right
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.
STEREO/
AUTO/DIRECT
A.L.C.
ACOUSTIC
PHASE
EQ
• While listening to a source, press AUTO/
DIRECT to select Stream Direct mode.
• AUTOSURR. – 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), as well as with dual mono
settings. You will hear sources according
to the number of channels in the signal.
For analog sources, only Channel Level can
be set. All other digital processing can not
be set.

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.
STEREO/
AUTO/DIRECT
A.L.C.
ACOUSTIC
PHASE EQ
• Press SOUND RETRIEVER to switch the
sound retriever on or off.
STANDARD ADV SURR
SOUND
DIALOG RETRIEVER
2
STANDARD ADV SURR
SOUND
DIALOG RETRIEVER