Using Stream Direct; Selecting Mcacc Presets; Choosing The Input Signal - Pioneer SC-LX81 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system

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, and you're left with the
pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct
with different input signal formats on page 129).
TV TV
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1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV.
2 While listening to a source, press AUTO/DIRECT
(AUTO SURROUND/STREAM DIRECT) to select the
mode you want.
Check the digital format indicators in the front panel
display to see how the source is being processed.
• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 35.
• DIRECT – Sources are heard according to the
settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker
setting, channel level, speaker distance, acoustic
calibration EQ, and X-curve), as well as with dual
mono, the input attenuator, and any sound delay and
hi-bit/hi-sampling (SC-LX71 only) settings. You will
hear sources according to the number of channels in
the signal.
• PURE DIRECT – Analog and 2 channel PCM sources
are heard without any digital processing.
is output from the Speaker B in this mode.
Note
1 There are cases where a brief noise is heard before playback of sources other than PCM. Please select AUTO SURROUND or DIRECT if this
is a problem.
2 Different presets might also have separate calibration settings for the same listening position, depending on how you're using your system.
These presets can be set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 9 or Automatic MCACC
(Expert) on page 44, either of which you should have already completed.
3 • These settings have no effect when headphones are connected.
• You can also press / to select the MCACC preset.
4 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96 kHz / 24 bit) and WMA9 Pro digital signal
formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA 9 Pro, PCM (32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz
sampling frequencies), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio, SACD and DVD Audio (including 192 kHz).
With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN, TUNER and PHONO).
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital
connections (page 23) and set the signal input to DIGITAL.
• Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
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STATUS PHASE CTRL CH LEVEL
THX MPX EON
AUTO/ AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT DIRECT A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR
SOURCE SOURCE
RCV RCV
PGM PGM
BD MENU
VOL
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER AUDIO
VOL
SR+ SBch MCACC

Selecting MCACC presets

• Default setting: MEMORY 1
If you have calibrated your system for different listening
2
positions , you can switch between settings to suit the
kind of source you're listening to and where you're sitting
(for example, watching movies from a sofa, or playing a
video game close to the TV).
1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV.
2 While listening to a source, press MCACC.
Press repeatedly to select one of the six MCACC presets
or to switch calibration off. See Data Management on
page 53 to check and manage your current settings.

Choosing the input signal

On this receiver, it is possible to switch the input signals
for the different inputs as described below.
1
No sound
1 Set the operation selector switch to RCV.
2 Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT) to select the
input signal corresponding to the source component.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• AUTO – This is the default setting. The receiver
selects the first available signal in the following order:
HDMI; DIGITAL; ANALOG.
• ANALOG – Selects an analog signal.
• DIGITAL – Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal.
PGM
BD MENU
SIGNAL SEL SLEEP DIMMER
SOURCE SOURCE
TV TV RCV RCV
SR+ SBch MCACC MCACC
CH VOL A.ATT GENRE HDMI OUT
VOL
D.ACCESS CLASS
ENTER
CO O
AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C. STANDARD ADV SURR
PGM
BD MENU
SOURCE SOURCE
TV TV RCV RCV SIGNAL SEL SLEEP SIGNAL SEL DIMMER
SR+ SBch MCACC
CH VOL
VOL
A.ATT GENRE HDMI OUT
AUDIO
DISP
CH
3
4
AUDIO
DISP