Listening In Stereo - Pioneer Elite SC-25 Operating Instructions Manual

06 Listening to your system
SC-25:
1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation
mode.
2 Press ADV SURR (ADVANCED SURROUND)
repeatedly to select a listening mode.
• ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic
soundtracks
• DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog
• SCI-FI – Designed for science fiction with lots of
special effects
• MONO FILM – Creates surround sound from mono
soundtracks
• ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources
• EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field
• TV SURROUND – Provides surround sound for both
mono and stereo TV sources
• 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 SURR – 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 88.
Note
1 • 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 66.
• If you press ADV SURR when the headphones are connected, the PHONES SURR mode will automatically be selected.
2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).
3 The STEREO mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 88.
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AUTO/ALC/ MENU
STEREO STANDARD
DIRECT ADV SURR ADV SURR
HDD DVD
PGM
THX PHASE CTRL STATUS
ANT MPX PQLS MEMORY
AUDIO INFO CH
DISP
RECEIVER RECEIVER
MULTI OPE TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP
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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.
SC-27:
SOURCE
TV
CH VOL
TVCONTROL
SC-25:
2
1 Set the remote control to the receiver operation
mode.
2 While listening to a source, press STEREO for stereo
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playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround
settings and you can still use the Midnight,
Loudness, and Tone functions.
• 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.
MENU
TUNE
iPod CTRL
STATUS PHASE CTRL CH LEVEL
THX MPX PQLS MEMORY
AUTO/ALC/
RECEIVER RECEIVER DIRECT STEREO STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR
PGM MENU MENU
VOL
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO
A.ATT SBch MCACC INFO
AUTO/ALC/ MENU
STEREO STEREO STANDARD
DIRECT ADV SURR
HDD DVD DVD
PGM
THX PHASE CTRL STATUS
ANT MPX PQLS MEMORY
CH
AUDIO INFO
DISP
RECEIVER RECEIVER
MULTI OPE TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP