Listening To Your System; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound; Standard Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-LX60 Operating Instructions Manual

05

Listening to your system

Chapter 5:
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.
See Listening modes with different input signal
formats on page 92 for more on this.

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.
• While listening to a source, press S.DIRECT (AUTO
SURR/STREAM DIRECT)
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.
• VSX-LX70 only – When listening to the FM Radio, the
Neural THX feature is selected automatically (see
Using Neural THX on page 36 for more on this).

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
surround back channel processing on page 31.
Note
1 • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using Neo:6 CINEMA or 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE (see Listening in surround sound below
for more on these decoding formats).
• The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect headphones or select the multichannel analog inputs.
2 For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 30.
3 VSX-LX70 only – Neural THX is selected when Neural Music Direct is accessed with the HOME MEDIA GALLERY input. However, Stereo is selected when
a category other than Neural Music Direct is accessed.
4 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
5 If surround back channel processing (page 31) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if the Surround
back speaker setting on page 42 is set to anything but Normal (default)), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
6 When 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 Audio options on page 70 to adjust them.
7 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 70).
8 VSX-LX70 only – Neural THX can be selected with the FM input. Also, Neural THX can be selected with the HOME MEDIA GALLERY input.
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PHOTO T.DISP
STEREO/
STATUS STATUS SIGNAL SEL SBch F.S.SURR
MULTI OPE THX STANDARD ADV. SURR
SHIFT
PHASE MCACC S.DIRECT
RECEIVER
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for auto playback of a source.
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Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround sound for
stereo and multichannel sources.
O O
STATUS STATUS SIGNAL SEL
MULTI OPE THX
SHIFT
PHASE
RECEIVER
• While listening to a source, 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.
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 sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME– Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to video games
• 2 PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound
from the surround speakers is mono)
• Neo:6 CINEMA – 6.1 channel sound, especially
suited to movie sources
• Neo:6 MUSIC – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited
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to music sources
• Neural THX – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially
suited to music sources
With multichannel sources, if you have connected
surround back speaker(s) and have selected SBch ON, you
can select (according to format):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above (only available
when you're using two surround back speakers)
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
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.D S
STEREO/
SBch
F.S.SURR
STANDARD ADV. SURR
MCACC S.DIRECT
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