Pioneer VSX-516 operating instructions 05Listening to your system Chapter, Auto playback

05Listening to your system

Chapter 5:

Listening to your system

Important

•Certain features explained in this section will not be possible depending on the source (for example, PCM 88.2 / 96 kHz, DTS 96 kHz (24 bit) or WMA 9 Pro sources).

Auto playback

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.1

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•While listening to a source, press STEREO for auto playback of a source. Press repeatedly until AUTOSURR. 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.

If you connected surround back speakers, see also Using surround back channel processing on page 24.

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•While listening to a source, press STAN- DARD.

If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display.2

With two channel sources, press STANDARD repeatedly to select from:

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

•2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC3 – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources

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

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.

•2 PRO LOGIC – 5.1 channel surround sound

•Neo:6 CINEMA – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources

•Neo:6 MUSIC4 – 6.1 channel sound, espe- cially suited to music 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 or select the multichannel analog inputs.

2If surround back channel processing (page 24) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (page 28), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).

3When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: Center Width, Dimension, and Panorama. See Setting the effect options below to adjust them.

4With 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Music mode, you can adjust the center image effect (see Setting the effect options below).

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