Home Theater Sound; About The Listening Modes; Auto Listening Mode; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer EV-5DVD Operation Instruction Manual

Home theater sound

Chapter 6
Home theater sound
EV7DVD/EV9DVD model only

About the listening modes

As explained in Home theater sound setup on
page 21, there are two basic surround speaker
setup options available. Of course you can
select any of the listening modes regardless of
how you place your speakers, but you will
achieve 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
on page 23) surround listening modes with
this setup.
• Front surround 3-spot setup – See Using
Front Surround on page 24 for the options
available with this speaker setup.
Make sure you have completed Setting the
channel levels on page 21.

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.
SOUND MODE
SFC SURROUND
• Press SURROUND to select the AUTO
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listening mode.
Note
1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the corresponding indicator lights in the front panel display.
2 When listening in DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS mode, two-channel material will automatically be played in surround sound using
Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.
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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.
SOUND MODE
SFC SURROUND
1 Switch to the DVD/CD or USB input
source.
2 Press SURROUND repeatedly to select a
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listening mode.
The choices that appear in the display will vary
according to the type of source that's playing.
• AUTO – Auto listening mode (see above)
• DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS – Dolby Digital or
DTS decoding (depending on the source).
For a multichannel source, this will be the
same as AUTO.
• DOLBY PL (Dolby Pro Logic) – 4.1 channel
surround sound for use with any two-
channel source
• MOVIE (Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) – Pro
Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound,
especially suited to movie sources (use
with any two-channel source)
• MUSIC (Dolby Pro Logic II Music) – Pro
Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound,
especially suited to music sources, for use
with any two-channel source
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo below
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