Pioneer VSX-823-K Owner's Manual - Page 34

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. Note • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC (VSX-1023 only) (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 35 for more on this). AUDIO PARAMETER TUNE TOOLS MENU • 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. 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. Listening in surround sound ALC/ STANDARD ALC/ STANDARD SURR Using this receiver, 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. • 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 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. The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources. Explanatory notes No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are connected / -: Whether connected or no Type of surround modes Suitable sources Two channel sources STEREO ALC See above. DOLBY PLIIx MOVIEg Movie DOLBY PLII MOVIE DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb, g Music DOLBY PLII MUSICb DOLBY PLIIx GAMEg Video games DOLBY PLII GAME DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHTc, g Movie/Music NEO:6 CINEMAd Movie NEO:6 MUSICd Music DOLBY PRO LOGIC Old movies Straight Decodee No additional effects STEREOf See above. Multichannel sources STEREO ALC See above. DOLBY PLIIx MOVIEg Movie DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb, g Music DOLBY DIGITAL EXg DTS-ESg DTS NEO:6g Movie/Music Movie/Music Movie/Music DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHTg Movie/Music Straight Decodee No additional effects STEREOf See above. Surround back speaker(s) (VSX-1023 only) Front height speakers (VSX-1023 only) - - Yesa No No - Yesa No No - Yesa No No - No Yes - - - - - - No - - - - - Two No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes - - - - 4 7 62 34