Listening To Your System; Selecting Listening Mode; Auto Listening Mode; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer HTZ180DVD Operating Instructions Manual

05

Listening to your system

Chapter 5
Listening to your system
Important
• This unit's audio function may be restricted
depending on the sound source, HDMI
audio setting (page 39) or karaoke mode
with the microphone plugged in (page 31).
In this event, the menus may not appear, or
a message may be displayed instead
(page 50).

Selecting Listening mode

Various listening modes are available for
enjoyment of diverse sound effects and for
sound field correction according to your
preference. Depending on the speaker layout
you have chosen in the Home theater sound
setup on page 6, the listening mode you can
set differs. Read the following and proceed
with each setting.
• 5 spot speaker layout
When you have chosen 5 spot speaker layout,
select one listening mode from the surround
sound mode. See Listening in surround sound
below.
• 3 spot speaker layout
When you have chosen 3 spot speaker layout
which places the surround speakers in front of
you, select one listening mode from the front
surround mode. See Using Front Surround on
page 21.
Note
1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the corresponding indicator lights in the front panel display.
2 Note that the input source must be switched to DVD/CD or USB for multichannel playback.
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En

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 AUTO/STEREO to select the AUTO
1
listening mode.
The listening mode is automatically allotted
according to the source material as shown in
the table below.
source 5 SPOT
STEREO
two-ch
STANDARD
multi-ch

Listening in surround sound

When you set up the system for 5 spot speaker
layout, the surround sound mode is available.
You can listen to stereo or multichannel
sources in surround sound.
is generated from stereo sources using one of
the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.
• Press SURROUND repeatedly to select a
1
listening mode.
The choices that appear in the display will vary
according to the type of source that's playing.
• STANDARD – Standard decoding mode
(This mode can be selected only when the
source is multi channel)
• 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)
3 SPOT
STEREO
F.SURR
2
Surround sound