Pioneer VSX-521-K Owner's Manual - Page 25

Listening to your system 05 Surround back speaker(s) Front height speakers English Français Español Chapter 5: Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose one according to your speaker environment or the source.  While listening to a source, press the listening mode button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want. AUTO/ ALC/ BD MENU DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR AUDIO PARAMETER TUNER EDIT MASTER TOOLS VOLUME DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE AUTO SURROUND/ ALC/ STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR ADVANCED SURROUND SOUND RETRIEVER AIR SOUND RETRIEVER Auto playback AUTO/ DIRECT AUTO SURROUND/ STREAM DIRECT The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO SURROUND feature. With this, the receiver automatically detects what kind of source you're playing and selects multichannel or stereo playback as necessary. • Press AUTO/DIRECT repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display (it will then show the decoding or playback format). Check the digital format indicators in the display to see how the source is being processed. Note • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound below for more on these decoding formats). • When listening to the ADAPTER input, the S.R AIR feature is selected automatically (see Using the Advanced surround on page 26 for more on this). Listening in surround sound ALC/ STANDARD ALC/ STANDARD SURR Type of surround modes Suitable sources Two channel sources STEREO ALC See above. DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE Movie DOLBY PLII MOVIE DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb DOLBY PLII MUSICb DOLBY PLIIx GAME Music Video games DOLBY PLII GAME DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHTc Movie/Music NEO:6 CINEMAd Movie NEO:6 MUSICd Music - - Yesa No No - Yesa No No - Yesa No No - No Yes - - - - Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround DOLBY PRO LOGIC Old movies - - • The listening mode is shown on the display on the front panel. Important • The listening modes and many features described in this section may not be available depending on the current source, settings and status of the receiver. sound. However, the options available will depend on your speaker setup and the type of source you're listening to. • If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display. When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in a portable audio player. When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through Straight Decodee STEREOf No additional effects See above. Multichannel sources STEREO ALC See above. DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE Movie DOLBY PLII MOVIE DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb Music No - - - - - Twoa No No - Twoa No 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 DOLBY PLII MUSICb DOLBY DIGITAL EX Movie/Music No - Yes No stereo. DTS-ES Movie/Music Yes No The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources. Explanatory notes No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are DTS NEO:6 DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT Straight Decodee Movie/Music Movie/Music No additional effects Yes No No Yes - - connected / -: Whether connected or no STEREOf See above. - - 25 En