Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Setting The Effect Options - Pioneer VSX-817-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system
With multichannel sources, if you have
connected surround back speaker(s) and have
selected SB ON, you can select (according to
format):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
• Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back
channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and
provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel
sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)
• DTS-ES – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel
playback with DTS encoded sources

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround effects can be used for
a variety of additional surround sound effects.
Most Advanced Surround modes are designed
to be used with film soundtracks, but some
modes are also suited for music sources. Try
different settings with various soundtracks to
see which you like.
AUTO SURR
PHASE
• 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
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field.
• TV SURR. – Provides surround sound for
both mono and stereo TV sources.
• ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.
• SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.
Note
1 • If you press ADVANCED SURROUND when the headphones are connected, the PHONES SURROUND mode will automati-
cally be selected.
• Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speakers
in your setup. For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 30.
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in
Setting the effect options above.
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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STEREO/
STANDARD ADV.SURR
F.S.SURR
ACOUSTIC SOUND
DIALOG
EQ RETRIEVER
• 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.
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.
Check the table below for notes on this.
2 Use the +/– 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
a between the front right and left
Width
speakers, making it sound
(Applicable
wider (higher settings) or
only when
using a cen- narrower (lower settings).
ter speaker)
a 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
a
Panorama
to include surround speakers
for a 'wraparound' effect.
Options
0 to 7
Default: 3
–3 to +3
Default: 0
OFF
ON