Using The Advanced Surround; Using Stream Direct; Using The Sound Retriever; Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq - Pioneer VSX-821-k Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system
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a. If surround back channel processing (page 35) is switched off,
or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx
becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
b. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect
(see Setting the Audio options on page 36).
c. You can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 36).
d. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 36).
e. • In case of VSX-826: Cannot be selected when the Speaker
System is set to Surr. Back (see The Speaker System setting
(VSX-826 only) on page 41).
• In case of VSX-821: Cannot be selected when the Pre Out is
set to Surr. Back (see The Pre Out Setting (VSX-821 only) on
page 42).
f. • You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button
on the remote control.
• The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can
still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound
Retriever and Tone functions.
Note
• In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is
heard from both surround back speakers.

Using the Advanced surround

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround
effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see
which you like.
ACTION Designed for action movies with dynamic
soundtracks.
DRAMA
Designed for movies with lots of dialog.
ENT.SHOW
Suitable for musical 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
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En
F.S.S.ADVANCE
(Front Stage
Surround
ADVANCE)
S.R AIR
(Sound Retriever
AIR)
PHONES SURR
ADVANCED
BD MENU
SURROUND

Using Stream Direct

ADV SURR
Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the
truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary
signal processing is bypassed.
AUTO
SURROUND
DIRECT
PURE DIRECT
Allows you to create natural surround
sound effects using just the front speakers
and the subwoofer.
Use to provide a rich surround sound
effect directed to the center of where the
front left and right speakers sound
projection area converges.
Front left Front right
speaker speaker
Suitable for listening to the sound from a
Bluetooth wireless technology device.
The S.R AIR listening mode can only
selected when the ADAPTER input.
When listening through headphones, you
can still get the effect of overall surround.
AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
See Auto playback on page 33.
Sources are heard according to the settings
made in the Manual SP Setup (speaker setting,
channel level, speaker distance), as well as
with dual mono settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the
signal.
Phase Control, Acoustic Calibration EQ, Sound
Delay, Auto Delay, LFE Attenuate and Center
image functions are available.
Analog and PCM sources are heard without
any digital processing.

Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the compression
process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound
image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP
technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to
compressed 2-channel audio by restoring sound pressure
and smoothing jagged artifacts left over after compression.
HDD
1
TV
RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
S.RETRIEVER
4
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT MIDNIGHT
7
INPUT
 Press
, then press S.RETRIEVER to switch the
RECEIVER
S.RTV (Sound Retriever) ON or OFF.
Note
• The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel
sources.

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration
Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC) on page 24. Refer to these pages for more on
Acoustic Calibration Equalization.
HDD
1
TV
RECEIVER
SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL
S.RETRIEVER
4
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT MIDNIGHT
INPUT 7
 While listening to a source, press
RECEIVER
EQ to switch the EQ (Acoustic Calibration EQ) ON or OFF.
The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when Acoustic
Calibration EQ is active.
• You can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ with Stream Direct
mode and it has no effect with headphones.
DVD VCR
2 3 DISP
SB CH CH SELECT EQ
5 6 CH
SPEAKERS LEV PHASE
8 9
CH
DVD VCR
2 3
DISP
SB CH CH SELECT EQ
5 6
CH
SPEAKERS LEV PHASE
8 9 CH
, then press