Pioneer VSX-1025-K: Using Front Stage Surround Using Stream Direct Advance

Listening to your system06

Using Front Stage Surround

Using Stream Direct

Use the Stream Direct modes when you want

Advance

to hear the truest possible reproduction of a

The Front Stage Surround Advance function

source. All unnecessary signal processing is

allows you to create natural surround sound

bypassed, and you’re left with the pure analog

effects using just the front speakers and the

or digital sound source.

subwoofer.

• While listening to a source, press

• While listening to a source, press

, then press

AUTO/ALC/DIRECT

to

, then press

STEREO

to select Front

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select the mode you want.

Stage Surround Advance modes.

Check the digital format indicators in the front

• STEREO – See Listening in stereo on

panel display to see how the source is being

page 59 for more on this.

processed.

• F.S.SURR FOCUS – Use to provide a rich

• AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on

surround sound effect directed to the

page 57.

center of where the front left and right

speakers sound projection area converges.

• ALC – Listening in Auto level control mode

(page 57).

• F.S.SURR WIDE – Use to provide a

surround sound effect to a wider area than

• DIRECT – Plays back sound from the

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FOCUS mode.

source with the least modification next to

PURE DIRECT. With DIRECT, the only

modifications added to PURE DIRECT

playback are calibration of the sound field

by the MCACC system and the Phase

Control effect.

• PURE DIRECT – Plays back unmodified

sound from source with only minimal

digital treatment. No sound is output from

the Speaker B in this mode.

Tip

• When an ALC mode is selected, the effect

level can be adjusted using the EFFECT

parameter in Setting the Audio options on

page 68.

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1 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 conducting optimum sound tuning (Auto MCACC) on

page 39.

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2 When headphones are plugged in, the AUTO SURROUND and DIRECT are cannot be selected.