Listening In Stereo; Using Front Stage Surround Advance - Pioneer VSX-9130TXH-K Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system
• ADVANCED GAME – Suitable for video games
• SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs
• CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound
• ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock
and/or pop music
• UNPLUGGED – Suitable for acoustic music sources
• EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
source, using all of your speakers
• PHONES SURROUND – When listening through
headphones, you can still get the effect of overall
surround.
Tip
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is
selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the
EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options on
page 73.

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.
In the Auto level control stereo mode (A.L.C.), this
receiver equalizes playback sound levels if each sound
level varies with the music source recorded in a portable
audio player.
• While listening to a source, press RECEIVER, then
press STEREO/A.L.C. 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 bass/treble controls.
• A.L.C. – Listening in Auto level control stereo mode.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround
Advance below for more on this.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround
Advance below for more on this.
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.
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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

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/ STEREO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C. A.L.C.
HDD DVD DVD
THX
ANT
AUDIO DISPLAY
TV CTRL
• 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 Front right
speaker speaker
BD MENU
STANDARD
ADV SURR
STATUS PHASE
MPX SIGNAL SEL
MEM
CH
RECEIVER RECEIVER
1
WIDE position
Front left Front right
speaker speaker