Pioneer VSX-LX52 Listening to your system Chapter, Listening in surround sound, Auto playback

06Listening to your system

Chapter 6:

Listening to your system

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.

Listening in surround sound

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.

Auto playback

There are many ways to listen back to sources using this receiver, but for the simplest, most direct listening option is the Auto Surround feature. The receiver automatically detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects multichannel or stereo playback as necessary.1

AUTO/ALC/	STEREO	STANDARD	MENU
DIRECT			ADV SURR
HDD	DVD
THX	PHASE CTRL		STATUS
TV/DTV	MPX	PQLS
AUDIO	INFO	CH
	DISP
	TV CTRL	RECEIVER

REMOTE

SETUP

•While listening to a source, press RECEIVER , then

press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM DIRECT)2 for auto playback of a source.

AUTO SURROUND shows briefly in the display before showing the decoding or playback format. Check the digital format indicators in the front panel display to see how the source is being processed.

•When listening to the FM radio, the Neural THX feature is selected automatically (see Using Neural THX on page 48 for more on this).

In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this receiver equalizes playback sound levels.

Tip

•When an ALC is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options on page 60.

If you connected surround back speakers, see also Using surround back channel processing on page 53.

Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.3

AUTO/ALC/	STEREO	STANDARD	MENU
DIRECT			ADV SURR
HDD	DVD
THX	PHASE CTRL		STATUS
TV/DTV	MPX	PQLS
AUDIO	INFO	CH
	DISP
	TV CTRL	RECEIVER

REMOTE

SETUP

•While listening to a source, press RECEIVER , then press STANDARD (STANDARD SURROUND).

If necessary, press repeatedly to select a listening mode.

•If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround

encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display.4

With two channel sources, you can select from:

•2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources

•2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources5

•2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to video games

•2PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound from the surround speakers is mono)

•Neo:6 CINEMA – 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources

Note

1• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using Neo:6 CINEMA or 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound above for more on these decoding formats).

• The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect headphones.

2For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 53.

3In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.

4If surround back channel processing (page 53) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 85 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).

5When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH, DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See Setting the Audio options on page 60 to adjust them.

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