Listening In Stereo; Listening With Headphones; Using The Sound Retriever; Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq - Pioneer LX03 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source — stereo or
multichannel — in stereo. When playing a
multichannel source, all channels are
downmixed to the front left/right speakers and
the subwoofer.
In the Auto level control stereo mode (A.L.C.),
this unit equalizes playback sound levels if
each sound level varies with the music source
recorded in a portable audio player.
SURROUND
• Press repeatedly to select Stereo or
A.L.C. mode.
• Stereo – The STEREO indicator will light
and ordinary stereo sound will be
produced.
• A.L.C. – Listening in Auto level control
stereo mode. The STEREO and ALC
indicators will light.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the
Stereo, A.L.C. and PhonesSurround modes
are available.
• With headphones connected, press
SURROUND to select Stereo or A.L.C., or
press ADV SURR to select PhonesSurround.
• Stereo – See Listening in stereo above
• A.L.C. – See Listening in stereo above
• PhonesSurround – Virtual surround
sound for headphones.

Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the MP3 or
WMA compression process, sound quality
often suffers from an uneven sound image. The
Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP
Note
1 This setting cannot be used with multichannel or 88.2 kHz/96 kHz sources.
2 Acoustic Calibration EQ is not available when headphones are connected.
technology that helps bring CD quality sound
back to compressed two channel audio by
restoring sound pressure and smoothing
jagged artifacts left over after compression.
SOUND
RETRIEVER
• Press while listening to a stereo
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source.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• Retriever On — Switches the Sound
Retriever on. The S.RTRV indicator lights.
• Retriever Off — Switches the Sound
Retriever off.
Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic
Calibration Equalization set in Using the Auto
MCACC setup for optimal surround sound on
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SOUND
1 Press to open the sound menu.
ENTER
2 Select 'MCACC EQ' then press
ENTER.
ENTER
3 Switch 'EQ On' or 'EQ Off' then
press ENTER to confirm.
• The MCACC indicator lights when Acoustic
Calibration EQ is active.
• On the EQ Off setting, equalization is set to
off and speaker settings (channel delay
and channel level) remains as it is set.
• EQ On is selected automatically after the
Auto MCACC setup is completed.
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