Using The Home Thx Modes - Pioneer sc-9540 Operating Instructions Manual

06 Listening to your system
With two channel sources, you can select from
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to movie sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to music sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to video games
• 2 Pro Logic – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound
from the surround speakers is mono)
• Neo:6 CINEMA – 7.1 channel sound, especially
suited to movie sources
• Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound, especially suited
to music sources
• Neural THX – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially
suited to music sources
• XM HD Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to music sources
With multichannel sources, if you have connected
surround back speaker(s) and have selected SBch ON, you
can select (according to format):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above (only available
when you're using two surround back speakers)
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
• Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel
sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure
decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital
Surround EX)
• DTS-ES – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback
with DTS-ES encoded sources
• DTS Neo:6 – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback
with DTS encoded sources
Note
1 If surround back channel processing (page 61) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if
the Surround back speaker setting on page 109 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
2 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH,
DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See Setting the Audio options on page 82 to adjust them.
3 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 82).
4 Neural THX can be selected for 2-channel signals for which the input signal is PCM (48 kHz or less), Dolby Digital, DTS or analog 2-channel
sources.
5 XM HD Surround can be selected only with the XM input.
6 • When the function is set to TUNER, iPod/USB, PHONO, HOME MEDIA GALLERY, XM or SIRIUS, it is not possible to select 2 Pro Logic
IIx GAME+THX GAMES or THX Select2 GAME.
• The THX mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When headphones are plugged in.
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 82.
• When playing an SACD, 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC+THX MUSIC, Neo:6 MUSIC+THX MUSIC and THX Select2 MUSIC can be selected.
• If the settings other than Front and SW (Subwoofer) are set to NO at Speaker Setting, only THX CINEMA, THX MUSIC and THX GAMES
can be selected.
7 Unavailable with only one surround back speaker connected.
8 THX CINEMA, THX MUSIC and THX GAMES can be selected when surround back processing is set to SBch OFF, when there is no surround
back speaker, or when playing 6.1- and 7.1-channel sources.
9 When playing DTS-encoded sources, Neo:6 CINEMA+THX CINEMA can be selected, not THX Surround EX.
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Using the Home THX modes

THX and Home THX are technical standards created by
THX Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound. Home THX
is designed to make home theater audio sound more like
what you hear in a cinema.
Different THX options will be available depending on the
source and the setting for surround back channel
processing (see Using surround back channel processing
on page 61 for more on this).
HDD DVD
PGM
THX THX PHASE CTRL
ANT MPX
AUDIO INFO
DISP
MULTI OPE TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP
RECEIVER
• Press , then press THX (HOME THX) to
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select a listening mode.
With two channel sources, press THX repeatedly to select
a matrix-decoding process for the THX CINEMA mode
(see Using surround back channel processing on page 61
for an explanation of each process):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE+THX CINEMA
• 2 Pro Logic+THX CINEMA
• Neo:6 CINEMA+THX CINEMA
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC+THX MUSIC
• Neo:6 MUSIC+THX MUSIC
• 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME+THX GAMES
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• THX Select2 GAMES
With multichannel sources, press THX (HOME THX)
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repeatedly to select from:
• THX Surround EX – Allows you to hear 6.1 or 7.1
channel playback with 5.1 channel sources
STATUS
PQLS MEMORY
CH
RECEIVER RECEIVER
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