Listening To Your System; About The Listening Modes; Auto Listening Mode; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer RCS-77H Operating Insructions

Listening to your system

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Chapter 3
Listening to your system

About the listening modes

As explained in Home theater sound setup on page 6,
there are two basic surround speaker setup options
available. You can select any of the listening modes
regardless of speaker placement, but you will get the best
surround effect by using the listening modes in
conjunction with your speaker setup:
• Standard surround 5-spot setup – Use the
Standard (Listening in surround sound below) and
Advanced (Using Advanced Surround on page 25)
surround listening modes with this setup.
• Front surround 3-spot setup – See Using Front
Surround on page 25 for the options available with
this speaker setup.

Auto listening mode

The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to listen to
any source as it was mastered: the output from the
speakers mirrors the channels in the source material.
• Press SHIFT+SURROUND to select the AUTO
listening mode.
If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the front panel 2 D
or DTS indicator lights.
• You can also use the SURROUND button on the
display unit to change the listening mode.
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ONE TOUCH
REC STOP REC
REC MODE
COPY
SURROUND ADVANCED SOUND TIMER REC
AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE PLAY MODE
TV INPUT
CHANNEL VOLUME
TV/DVD
TV DIRECT
SHIFT TV CONTROL
REC

Listening in surround sound

You can listen to stereo or multichannel sources in
surround sound. Surround sound is generated from
stereo sources using one of the Dolby Pro Logic
decoding modes.
REC STOP REC
SURROUND ADVANCED
AUDIO SUBTITLE
TV
CHANNEL
SHIFT TV CONTROL
• Press SHIFT+SURROUND repeatedly to select a
listening mode.
• You can also use the SURROUND button on the
display unit to change the listening mode.
The choices that appear in the display will vary according
to the type of source that's playing.
If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the front panel 2 D
or DTS indicator lights.
• AUTO – Auto listening mode (see above)
• PROLOGIC – (Dolby Pro Logic) 4.1 channel surround
sound for use with any two-channel source
• MOVIE – (Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) 5.1 channel
surround sound, especially suited to movie sources,
for use with any two-channel source
• MUSIC – (Dolby Pro Logic II Music) 5.1 channel
surround sound, especially suited to music sources,
for use with any two-channel source
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo on page 25
ONE TOUCH
REC MODE
COPY
SOUND TIMER REC
ANGLE PLAY MODE
INPUT
VOLUME
TV/DVD
TV DIRECT
REC