Listening To Your System; Selecting Listening Mode; Auto Listening Mode; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer DCS-585 Mode D'emploi

05

Listening to your system

Chapter 5
Listening to your system
Important
• This unit's audio function may be restricted
depending on the sound source, Line
Output setting (page 43), and HDMI audio
setting (page 44). In this event, the menus
may not appear, or a message may be
displayed instead (page 59).

Selecting Listening mode

Various listening modes are available for
enjoyment of diverse sound effects and for
sound field correction according to your
preference. Depending on the speaker layout
you have chosen in the Home theater sound
setup on page 6, the listening mode you can
set differs. Read the following and proceed
with each setting.
• 5 spot/4 spot speaker layout
When you have chosen 5 spot/4 spot speaker
layout, select one listening mode from the
surround sound mode. See Listening in
surround sound below.
• 3 spot/2spot speaker layout
When you have chosen 3 spot/2 spot speaker
layout, select one listening mode from the
Front Stage Surround Advance mode. See
Using Front Stage Surround Advance on
page 23.

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.
Note
1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the corresponding indicator lights in the front panel display.
2 DCS-FS30 only: Two-channel is set to STEREO, and multichannel and Dolby Surround are set to FOCUS.
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En
• Press AUTO/STEREO to select the AUTO
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listening mode.
The mode is automatically selected according
to the speaker layout setting.
5 SPOT
Source
4 SPOT
STEREO
two-ch
STANDARD
multi-ch
MOVIE
Dolby
surround

Listening in surround sound

For DCS-585/590:
When you set up the system for 5 spot/4 spot
speaker layout, the surround sound mode is
available.
You can listen to stereo or multichannel source
in surround sound. Surround sound is
generated from stereo sources using one of
the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.
• Press SURROUND repeatedly to select a
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listening mode.
The choices that appear in the display will vary
according to the type of source that's playing.
• STANDARD – Standard decoding mode
(This mode can be selected only when the
source is multi channel)
• MOVIE (Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) – Pro
Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound,
especially suited to movie sources (use
with any Two-channel source)
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3 SPOT
2 SPOT
STEREO
FOCUS5.1
FOCUS5.1