Listening In Stereo; Using Front Stage Surround Advance - Pioneer SC-LX81 Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
• ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources
• EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field
• TV SURROUND – Provides surround sound for both
mono and stereo TV sources
• ADVANCED GAME – Suitable for video games
• SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs
• CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound
• ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock
and/or pop music
• UNPLUGGED – Suitable for acoustic music sources
• EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a stereo
source, using all of your speakers
• PHONES SURR. – When listening through
headphones, you can still get the effect of overall
surround
Tip
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is
selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the
EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options on
page 93.

Listening in stereo

When you select STEREO, you will hear the source
through just the front left and right speakers (and
possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker
settings). Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro
multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
In the Auto level control stereo mode (A.L.C.), this
receiver equalizes playback sound levels if each sound
level varies with the music source recorded in a portable
audio player.
SOURCE SOURCE
TV TV RCV RCV
CH VOL
VOL
1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV.
Note
1 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).
2 When using F.S.SURR WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if the Full Auto MCACC procedure under Advanced MCACC is performed. For
more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 9.
1
iPod CTRL
STATUS PHASE CTRL CH LEVEL
THX MPX EON
AUTO/ STEREO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C. A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR
PGM
BD MENU
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO
SR+ SBch MCACC
2 While listening to a source, press STEREO/A.L.C. for
stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround
settings and you can still use the Midnight,
Loudness, and Tone functions.
• A.L.C. – Listening in Auto level control stereo mode.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround
Advance below for more on this.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround
Advance below for more on this.

Using Front Stage Surround Advance

The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to
create natural surround sound effects using just the front
speakers and the subwoofer.
SOURCE SOURCE
TV TV RCV RCV
CH VOL
VOL
1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV.
2 While listening to a source, press STEREO/A.L.C. to
select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on
this.
• A.L.C. – See Listening in stereo above for more on
this.
• F.S.SURR FOCUS – Use to provide a rich surround
sound effect directed to the center of where the front
left and right speakers sound projection area
converges.
• F.S.SURR WIDE – Use to provide a surround sound
effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode.
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
Front left Front right
speaker speaker
iPod CTRL
STATUS PHASE CTRL CH LEVEL
THX MPX EON
AUTO/ STEREO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C. A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR
PGM
BD MENU
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO
SR+ SBch MCACC
2
WIDE position
Front left Front right
speaker speaker
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