Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Listening In Stereo - Pioneer VSX-420-S Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
With two channel sources, press STANDARD
repeatedly to select from:
• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• DOLBY PLII MUSIC
sound, especially suited to music sources
• DOLBY PLII GAME – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited for video games
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel
surround sound

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a
variety of surround effects. Try different modes
with various soundtracks to see which you like.
AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C.
AUDIO
• 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.
• 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.
Note
1 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLII MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 30 to adjust them.
1
– Up to 5.1 channel
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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 or DTS multichannel sources are
downmixed to stereo.
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.
AUTO/ STEREO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C. A.L.C.
AUDIO
• While listening to a source, press
STEREO/A.L.C. for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your
surround settings and you can still use the
Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control,
Sound Retriever and Tone functions.
• A.L.C. – Listening in Auto level control
stereo mode.
• F.S.S.ADVANCE – See Using Front Stage
Surround Advance below for more on this.
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