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06Listening to your system

Chapter 6:

Listening to your system

Important

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

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. With this, the receiver automatically detects what kind of source you’re playing and selects multichannel or stereo playback as

necessary.1

ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS

CH CH

RECEIVER CONTROL

EFFECT	LEVEL		SLEEP	STANDARD	ADV.SURR	STEREO	SLEEP
/CH SEL
		ACOUSTIC	FL	MIDNIGHT/	DIALOGE	ACOUSTIC	INPUTATT
	DIALOG E			LOUDNESS		EQ
		EQ	DIMMER
MUTE
				SHIFT	EFFECT	LEVEL
	MASTER				/CHSEL
	VOLUME
TOP MENU	RECEIVER CONTROL		MENU

Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)

•While listening to a source, press

STEREO2 for auto playback of a source. Press repeatedly until AUTO SURR. 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

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 you connected surround back speakers, see also Using the surround back channel

(Extended mode) on page 41.3

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

ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS

CH CH

EFFECT					RECEIVER CONTROL		SLEEP
	LEVEL			STANDARD	ADV.SURR	STEREO
/CH SEL			SLEEP
	DIALOG E	ACOUSTIC	FL	MIDNIGHT/	DIALOGE	ACOUSTIC	INPUTATT
		EQ	DIMMER	LOUDNESS		EQ
MUTE
				SHIFT	EFFECT	LEVEL
	MASTER				/CHSEL
	VOLUME
TOP MENU	RECEIVER CONTROL		MENU

Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)

•While listening to a source, press

STANDARD.

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

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.

2This button is called ST/DIRECT/AUTO SURR on the front panel and (VSX-515 only) STEREO/DIRECT on the remote control.

3If the Extended mode (page 41) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (VSX-915 only – this happens automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 is set to anything but SB NORM.), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).

4If the Extended mode (page 41) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (page 46), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).

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