Pioneer VSX-21TXH User Guide

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The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety of 
additional surround sound effects. Most Advanced Surround 
modes are designed to be used with film soundtracks, but 
some modes are also suited for music sources. Try different 
settings with various soundtracks to see which you like.

• ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic 

soundtracks

• DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog

• SCI-FI – Designed for science fiction with lots of 

special effects

• MONO FILM – Creates surround sound from mono 

soundtracks

• ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources

• EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field

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• TV SURROUND – Provides surround sound for both 

mono and stereo TV 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

• PHONES SURR – When listening through 

headphones, you can still get the effect of overall 
surround.

• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is 

selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the 
EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options on 
page 66.

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, DTS and WMA9 Pro 
multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

Press repeatedly to switch between:

• STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround 

settings and you can still use the Midnight, 
Loudness, and Tone functions.

• F.S.SURR FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround 

Advance below for more on this.

• F.S.SURR WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround 

Advance below for more on this.

The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to 
create natural surround sound effects using just the front 
speakers and the subwoofer.

1 •  Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speakers in your setup. 

For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 59.
• If you press ADV SURR when the headphones are connected, the PHONES SURR mode will automatically be selected.

2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).

3 • The STEREO, F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.S WIDE mode cannot be selected in the following cases:

– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 66.
• When headphones are plugged in, the F.S.SURR FOCUS and F.S.SURR WIDE are cannot be selected.

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