Using Front Stage Surround Advance; Using Stream Direct; Using The Sound Retriever - Pioneer VSX-420-S Operating Instructions Manual

04 Listening to your system
Using Front Stage Surround
Advance
The Front Stage Surround Advance function
allows you to create natural surround sound
effects using just the front speakers and the
subwoofer.
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUDIO
• While listening to a source, press
STEREO/A.L.C. to select Front Stage
Surround Advance modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo on
page 27 for more on this.
• A.L.C. – See Listening in stereo on page 27
for more on this.
• F.S.S.ADVANCE – Use to provide a rich
surround sound effect directed to the
center of where the front left and right
speakers sound projection area converges.
F.S.S.ADVANCE position.
Front left
speaker
Note
1 In the DIRECT mode, Phase Control, Sound Delay, LFE Attenuate and Auto Delay functions are available.
2 There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or
DIRECT if this is a problem.
3 The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources.
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STEREO/ STEREO/
A.L.C. A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR
TUNER EDIT MASTER
Front right
speaker

Using Stream Direct

Use the Stream Direct modes when you want
to hear the truest possible reproduction of a
source. All unnecessary signal processing is
bypassed.
AUTO/ AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT DIRECT A.L.C.
AUDIO
• While listening to a source, press AUTO/
DIRECT to select Stream Direct mode.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on
page 26.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to
the settings made in the Surround Setup
(speaker setting, channel level, speaker
distance), as well as with dual mono
1
settings. You will hear sources according
to the number of channels in the signal.
• PURE DIRECT – 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.
PORTABLE TUNER SIGNAL SEL
MIDNIGHT PHASE
• Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the sound
retriever on or off.
BD MENU
STANDARD ADV SURR
TUNER EDIT MASTER
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3
VOL
S.RETRIEVER