Pioneer sc-9540 Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
Listening to your system
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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.
While listening to a source, Press
, then
press
STEREO
to select Front Stage Surround Advance
modes.
1
STEREO – 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.
2
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.
While listening to a source, Press
, then
press
AUTO/ALC/DIRECT
(
AUTO SURR
/
ALC
/
STREAM
DIRECT
) to select the mode you want.
3
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 57.
ALC – Listening in Auto level control mode (page 57).
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 settings. You will hear sources
according to the number of channels in the signal.
PURE DIRECT – Analog sources are heard without
any digital processing.
4
No sound is output from the
Speaker B in this mode.
OPTIMUM SURR – Listening in Optimum Surround
mode (page 57).
Note
1 The Front Stage Surround Advance mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When headphones are plugged in.
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 82.
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 (Auto MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 42.
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
PHASE CTRL STATUS
REMOTE
SETUP
HDD
PGM
DVD
STANDARDSTEREO
MENU
ADV SURR
ANT
THX
AUDIO
MULTI OPE
INFO
DISP
MPX PQLS
MEMORY
CH
RECEIVER
TV CTRL
RECEIVER
DVD
STEREO
RECEIVER
FOCUS position
(Recommended)
WIDE position
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
3 The Stream Direct mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When headphones are plugged in (excep t PURE DIRECT).
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 82.
4There 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.
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
PHASE CTRL STATUS
REMOTE
SETUP
HDD
PGM
DVD
STANDARDSTEREO
MENU
ADV SURR
ANT
THX
AUDIO
MULTI OPE
INFO
DISP
MPX PQLS
MEMORY
CH
RECEIVER
TV CTRL
AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT
HDD
RECEIVER
RECEIVER
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