Pioneer VSX-520-K Operating Instructions Manual page 29

Listening to your system
• 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
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sound
• NEO:6 CINEMA – See above
• NEO:6 MUSIC – See above
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – See above
Note
1 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 33 to adjust them.
2 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 33).
3 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 33).
4 • If surround back channel processing (page 32) is switched off, or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx
becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
• In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
5 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 33 to adjust them.
6 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 33).
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– Up to 5.1 channel
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• Straight Decode – Plays back without the
DOLBY PLII, DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT and
NEO:6 effects.
With multichannel sources, you can select
from:
• DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel
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sound
• Straight Decode – Plays back without the
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT effects.
When the surround back speaker is connected.
If you connected surround back speakers, see
also Using surround back channel processing
on page 32.
With two channel sources, you can select
from:
• DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel
sound, especially suited to music sources
• DOLBY PLIIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel
sound, especially suited to video games
• NEO:6 CINEMA – Up to 6.1 channel sound,
especially suited to movie sources
• NEO:6 MUSIC – Up to 6.1 channel sound,
especially suited to music sources
• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel
surround sound (sound from the surround
speakers is mono)
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