Listening to your system, Listening to your system 02, Chapter 2 – Pioneer XV-DV250 Manuel d'utilisation

Page 11: About the listening modes, Auto listening mode, Listening in surround sound, Using front surround

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Chapter 2

Listening to your system

About the listening modes

As explained in

Home theater sound setup

on

page 6, there are two basic surround speaker
setup options available with any of the listening
modes:

Standard surround 5-spot setup

– Use

any of the surround listening modes with
this setup (except Front Surround).

Front surround 3-spot setup

– Make sure

the Front Surround mode is switched on
before selecting a surround listening mode
(see

Using Front Surround

on page 11).

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

SHIFT+SURROUND

to select the

AUTO listening mode.

1

Listening in surround sound

You can listen to stereo or multichannel

sources in surround sound.

2

Surround sound

is generated from stereo sources using one of
the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.

Press

SHIFT+SURROUND

repeatedly to

select a listening mode.

1

The choices that appear in the display will vary
according to the type of source that’s playing.

AUTO

– Auto listening mode (see above)

DOLBY DIGITAL

/

DTS

– Dolby Digital or

DTS decoding (depending on the source).

3

For a multichannel source, this will be the
same as

AUTO

.

PROLOGIC

– 4.1 channel surround sound

for use with any two-channel source

MOVIE

– Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround

sound, especially suited to movie sources
(use with any two-channel source)

MUSIC

– Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround

sound, especially suited to music sources,
for use with any two-channel source

STEREO

– See

Listening in stereo

below

Using Front Surround

The Front Surround mode is effective when you
are using the Front surround 3-spot speaker
setup as described in

Home theater sound

setup

on page 6. The surround speakers

should be placed on top of the front speakers
and oriented towards the walls (see the

Speaker

Setup Guide

) and

DVD/CD

must be selected as

the input source.

2

Note

1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the front panel

2

D

or

DTS

indicator lights.

2 • Note that the input source must be switched to

DVD/CD

for multichannel playback.

• If you’re planning on recording a multichannel source, refer to

Recording mode

on page 24.

SHIFT

CLEAR

SLEEP

DISPLAY

SURROUND

FRONT

SURROUND

SHIFT

CLEAR

SLEEP

DISPLAY

SURROUND

FRONT

SURROUND

3 When listening in

DOLBY DIGITAL

/

DTS

mode, two-channel material will automatically be played in surround sound using

Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.

SHIFT

CLEAR

SLEEP

DISPLAY

SURROUND

FRONT

SURROUND

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