Listening In Surround Sound; Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Listening In Stereo - Pioneer HTP-SB300 Mode D'emploi

04 Listening to your system

Listening in surround sound

Using this system, you can listen to any source
in surround sound. However, the options
available will depend on your speaker setup
and the type of source you're listening to.
The following modes provide basic surround
sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
STANDARD
AUTO/
DIRECT
LISTENING MODE
• While listening to a source, press
STANDARD.
If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround encoded, the proper decoding
format will automatically be selected and
shows in the display.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Suitable for movie
sources
• DOLBY PLII MUSIC
sources
• DOLBY PLII GAME – Suitable for video
games
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – Effective for stereo
audio sources encoded with Dolby
Surround.
Note
1 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLII MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 24 to adjust them.
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TV CODE
ADV SURR
STEREO/
VOL
DIMMER
A.L.C.
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1
– Suitable for music

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a
variety of surround effects. Try different modes
with various soundtracks to see which you like.
STANDARD ADV SURR
AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C.
LISTENING MODE
• Press ADV SURR repeatedly to select a
listening mode.
• ACTION – Designed for action movies with
dynamic soundtracks.
• DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of
dialog.
• ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical 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.

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 and DTS multichannel sources are
downmixed to stereo.
TV CODE
VOL
DIMMER
BD MENU