Using The Advanced Surround; Using Stream Direct; Using The Sound Retriever; Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq - Pioneer VSX-422-K Operating Instructions Manual

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You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect
b.
(see Setting the Audio options on page 26).
You can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see
c.
options on page 26).
You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see
d.
options on page 26).
Cannot be selected when the Pre Out is set to Surr. Back (see
e.
The Pre Out Setting on page 31).
• You can choose the STEREO mode by using
f.
• The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can
still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound
Retriever and Tone functions.
Note
• In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is
heard from both surround back speakers.

Using the Advanced surround

ADV SURR
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
F.S.S.ADVANCE
(Front Stage
Setting the Audio
Surround
ADVANCE)
Setting the Audio
button.
STEREO
ADVANCED
PHONES SURR
SURROUND

Using Stream Direct

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
DIRECT
PURE DIRECT
Allows you to create natural surround
sound effects using just the front speakers
and the subwoofer.
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 Front right
speaker speaker
When listening through headphones, you
can still get the effect of overall surround
AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
Auto playback on page 23.
Sources are heard according to the settings
made in the Manual SP 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, Acoustic Calibration EQ,
Sound Delay, Auto Delay, LFE Attenuate
and Center image functions are available.
Analog and PCM sources are heard without
any digital processing.
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Listening to your system

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.

Press S.RETRIEVER to switch the S.RTV (Sound
Retriever) ON or OFF.
Note
• The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel
sources.

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration
Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC) on page 17. Refer to these pages for more on
Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

While listening to a source, press Acous.EQ
the EQ (Acoustic Calibration EQ) ON or OFF.
The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when
Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.
• You can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ with Stream
Direct mode and it has no effect with headphones.
to switch