Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Listening In Stereo - Pioneer VSX-1020-K Operating Insructions

Listening to your system

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.
• Press RECEIVER , then press ADV SURR
(ADV SURROUND) repeatedly to select a
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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
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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
Note
1 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, F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.S WIDE mode cannot be selected when the HDMI audio output parameter
is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 68.
• When headphones are plugged in, the F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.SURR WIDE are cannot be selected.
4 The SOUND RETRIEVER AIR listening mode can only selected when the ADAPTER PORT input.
• 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 68.

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).
Multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
• While listening to a source, press
RECEIVER
, then press STEREO for stereo
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playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your
sound settings and you can still use the
audio options.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage
Surround Advance on page 60 for more on
this.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage
Surround Advance on page 60 for more on
this.
• SOUND RETRIEVER AIR
listening to the sound from a Bluetooth
wireless technology device.
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