Using The Advanced Surround; Using Stream Direct; Using The Sound Retriever; Better Sound Using Phase Control - Pioneer HTP-071 Operating Instructions Manual

04 Listening to your system
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Using the Advanced surround

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround
effects. Try different modes with various soundtracks to see
which you like.
Designed for action movies with dynamic
ACTION
soundtracks.
Designed for movies with lots of dialog.
DRAMA
Suitable for musical sources.
ENT.SHOW
ADVANCED GAME Suitable for video games.
Suitable for sports programs.
SPORTS
Gives a large concert hall-type sound
CLASSICAL
Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or
ROCK/POP
pop music.
Suitable for acoustic music sources.
UNPLUGGED
Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
EXT.STEREO
source, using all of your speakers
Allows you to create natural surround
F.S.S.ADVANCE
(Front Stage sound effects using just the front speakers
Surround and the subwoofer.
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.
Front left
speaker
When listening through headphones, you
PHONES SURR
can still get the effect of overall surround.
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Using Stream Direct

ADVANCED
BD MENU
SURROUND
ADV SURR
Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the
truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary
signal processing is bypassed.
AUTO SURROUND See Auto playback on page 21.
DIRECT
PURE DIRECT

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.
Front right
speaker
 Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound Retriever)
ON or OFF.
Note
• The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel
sources.
AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
Sources are heard according to the settings
made in the Speaker Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance), as
well as with dual mono settings. You will
hear sources according to the number of
channels in the signal.
Phase Control, Sound Delay, Auto Delay,
LFE Attenuate and Center image functions
are available.
Analog and PCM sources are heard without
any digital processing.
ADAPTER TUNER PORTABLE
VOL
PHASE S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL

Better sound using Phase Control

This receiver's Phase Control feature uses phase correction
measures to make sure your sound source arrives at the
listening position in phase, preventing unwanted distortion
and/or coloring of the sound.
Phase Control technology provides coherent sound
reproduction through the use of phase matching for an
optimal sound image at your listening position. The default
setting is on and we recommend leaving Phase Control
switched on for all sound sources.
ADAPTER TUNER PORTABLE
VOL
PHASE S.RETRIEVER SIGNAL SEL
 Press PHASE to switch the P.CTL (Phase Control) ON or
OFF.
Note
• Phase matching is a very important factor in achieving
proper sound reproduction. If two waveforms are 'in
phase', they crest and trough together, resulting in
increased amplitude, clarity and presence of the sound
signal. If a crest of a wave meets a trough, then the sound
will be 'out of phase' and an unreliable sound image will
be produced.
• If the speaker distance is not properly set, you may not
have a maximized Phase Control effect.
• The Phase Control mode cannot be set to ON in the
following cases:
When the PURE DIRECT mode is switched on.
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When the headphones are connected.
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