Pioneer VSX-521-K Listening to your system, 0505, Choosing the listening mode, Auto playback

Listening to your system 0505

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			TUNER EDIT		MASTER
	PARAMETER				TOOLS	VOLUME
DISPLAY		BAND		TUNER EDIT			TUNE
AUTO SURROUND/			ALC/		ADVANCED		SOUND	SOUND
STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR					SURROUND		RETRIEVER AIR	RETRIEVER

•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/ STREAM D RECT
	AUTO SURROUND/
	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 STANDARDALC/	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	Suitable sources	Surroundback speaker(s)	heightFront speakers
modes
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC	See above.	–	–
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE	Movie	Yesa	No
DOLBY PLII MOVIE		No	–
DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb	Music	Yesa	No
DOLBY PLII MUSICb		No	–
DOLBY PLIIx GAME	Video games	Yesa	No
DOLBY PLII GAME		No	–
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHTc	Movie/Music	No	Yes
NEO:6 CINEMAd	Movie	–	–
NEO:6 MUSICd	Music	–	–
DOLBY PRO LOGIC	Old movies	–	–
Straight Decodee	No additional effects	No	–
STEREOf	See above.	–	–
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC	See above.	–	–
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE	Movie	Twoa	No
DOLBY PLII MOVIE		No	–
DOLBY PLIIx MUSICb	Music	Twoa	No
DOLBY PLII MUSICb		No	–
DOLBY DIGITAL EX	Movie/Music	Yes	No
DTS-ES	Movie/Music	Yes	No
DTS NEO:6	Movie/Music	Yes	No
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT	Movie/Music	No	Yes
Straight Decodee	No additional effects	–	–
STEREOf	See above.	–	–

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