Enjoying Various Types Of Playback Using The Listening Modes - Pioneer Elite SC-99 Operating Instructions Manual

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Enjoying various types of playback using the listening modes

Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround sound. However, the options available will depend
on your speaker setup and the type of source you're listening to.
To play with surround sound, check "Standard surround
and select the desired mode.
To play with the optimum mode for the input signal, see
played in stereo when 2-channel signals are input, in surround when multi-channel signals are input.)
Important
! The listening modes and many features described in this section may not be available depending on the cur-
rent source, settings and status of the receiver.
Auto playback
There are many ways to listen back to sources using this receiver, but the simplest, most direct listening option
is the Auto Surround feature. The receiver automatically detects what kind of source you're playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.
% While listening to a source, press AUTO (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM DIRECT) for auto
playback of a source.
AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display before showing the decoding or playback format. Check the digi-
tal format indicators in the front panel display to see how the source is being processed.
! If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically
be selected and shows in the display.
! When listening to the BT AUDIO input, the SOUND RETRIEVER AIR feature is selected automatically.
ALC – In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this receiver equalizes playback sound levels.
Also, the low and high frequency sounds, dialogs, surround effects, etc., that are difficult to hear when the vol-
ume is low are adjusted to be optimal for the volume level. This mode is particularly optimum when listening at
night.
OPTIMUM SURR – In the Optimum Surround mode, this receiver automatically optimizes sound balance in each
scene based on actually set volume. The sound balancer controls three major theater sound elements dialogue,
bass and surround with original algorithm.
Note
When ALC is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in
on page 89 .
sound" or "Using the Advanced surround effects" below
"Auto playback" or "Using Stream Direct". (The sound is
Setting the Audio options
Standard surround sound
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
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While listening to a source, press SURR (STANDARD SURROUND).
If necessary, press repeatedly to select a listening mode.
! If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically
be selected and shows in the display.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
! EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers
! Dolby Surround – Dolby Surround is played with a maximum of 11.1 ch including surround back and top
forward + top backward channels using up-mix technology that can expand sound to speakers arranged in
three-dimensions, in lieu of the conventional Pro Logic II, Pro Logix IIx, and Pro Logic IIz.
! Neo:X CINEMA – Up to 11.1 channel sound (including surround back, front height, and front wide), especially
suited to movie sources
! Neo:X MUSIC – Up to 11.1 channel sound (including surround back, front height, and front wide), especially
suited to music sources
! Neo:X GAME – Up to 11.1 channel sound (including surround back, front height, and front wide), especially
suited to video games
! STEREO – The audio is heard with your sound settings and you can still use the audio options.
With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back, top forward, top middle, top backward, front height
or front wide speakers, you can select (according to format):
! EXT.STEREO – See above
! Dolby Surround – See above
! STEREO – See above
! DTS Neo:X – Allows you to hear 11.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources
! DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS-ES encoded sources
Notes
! When listening to 2-channel audio in Neo:X CINEMA, Neo:X MUSIC, or Neo:X GAME mode, C.GAIN can be
adjusted (page 89 ).
! When listening through headphones, you can select STEREO mode only.
! SC-99 only: When playing DSD sources via USB-DAC, the NATIVE DSD mode is set. Other modes cannot be
selected.
! When Dolby Surround is selected, C.SPREAD can be adjusted
! When Dolby Surround is selected, audio is not output from the front wide speaker and surround back speaker
when it is the only one connected (set).
! When Neo:X CINEMA, Neo:X MUSIC or Neo:X GAME is selected, audio is not output from the top middle
speaker, top forward speaker, and top backward speaker.
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