Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Setting The Effect Options - Pioneer XRE3138-A Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a
variety of surround effects. Try different modes
with various soundtracks to see which you like.
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STEREO/
AUTO SURR F.S.SURR
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S.RETRIEVER
• Press 'ADV.SURR' repeatedly to select a
listening mode.
• ACTION – Designed for action movies with
dynamic soundtracks.
• DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of
dialog.
• MONOFILM – Creates surround sound
from mono soundtracks.
• ENT. SHOW – Suitable for musical sources.
• EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo
2
field.
• TV SURR. – Provides surround sound for
both mono and stereo TV sources.
• ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.
• SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.
• ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound
for rock and/or pop music.
• UNPLUGED – Suitable for acoustic music
sources.
• X-STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a
stereo source, using all of your speakers.
• PHONESUR. – Creates the effect of overall
surround with headphones.

Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a
number of settings you can adjust.
Note
1 • If you press ADV.SURR with the headphones connected, PHONES SURROUND will automatically be selected.
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in
Setting the effect options below.
2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).
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STANDARD ADV.SURR
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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.
1
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
*
Width
between the front right and left
(Applicable
speakers, making it sound
only when
wider (higher settings) or
using a cen-
narrower (lower settings).
ter speaker)
* Adjusts the surround sound
Dimension
balance from front to back,
making the sound more distant
(minus settings), or more
forward (positive settings).
* Extends the front stereo image
Panorama
to include surround speakers
for a 'wraparound' effect.
Effect Sets the effect level for the
currently selected Advanced
Surround mode (each mode
can be set separately).
* Only available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II
Music mode.
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Options
0 to 7
Default: 3
–3 to +3
Default: 0
OFF
ON
10 to 90
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