Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-820-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

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.
AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C.
• While listening to a source, press
2
AUTO/DIRECT for auto playback of a
source.
Press 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

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.
The following modes provide basic surround
sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
AUTO/ STEREO/
DIRECT A.L.C.
Note
1 Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE (see Listening in
surround sound above for more on these decoding formats).
2 For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 36.
3 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLII MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 38 to adjust them.
4 When listening to 2-channel sources in NEO:6 CINEMA or NEO:6 MUSIC mode, you can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see
Setting the Audio options on page 38).
5 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT mode, you can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the
Audio options on page 38).
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BD MENU
STANDARD ADV SURR
• While listening to a source, press
STANDARD.
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 the surround back and front height
speaker are not connected.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• DOLBY PLII MUSIC
sound, especially suited to music sources
• DOLBY PLII GAME – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited for video games
• NEO:6 CINEMA – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• NEO:6 MUSIC – Up to 5.1 channel sound,
especially suited to music sources
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel
surround sound
When the front height speaker is connected.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – See above
• DOLBY PLII MUSIC – See above
• DOLBY PLII GAME – See above
• DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel
5
sound
• NEO:6 CINEMA – See above
• NEO:6 MUSIC – See above
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – See above
• Straight Decode – Plays back without the
DOLBY PLII, DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT and
NEO:6 effects.
3
– Up to 5.1 channel
4
05
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