Listening To Your System; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer 516-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Listening 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 kHz / 96
kHz, DTS 96 kHz (24 bit) or WMA 9 Pro
sources).

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.
CD-R
CD
STANDARD ADV.SURR
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• While listening to a source, press
STEREO for auto playback of a source.
Press repeatedly until AUTOSURR. 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.
Note
1 • VSX-516 model only – 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.
2 VSX-516 model only – If surround back channel processing (page 27) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speaker is set
to NO (page 35), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
3 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic II(x) Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
Center Width, Dimension, and Panorama. See Setting the effect options below to adjust them.
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FM AM
MIDNIGHT/
STEREO LOUDNESS
MENU
VSX-516 only – If you connected surround back
speaker, see also Using surround back channel
processing on page 28.
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STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO
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• While listening to a source, press STAN-
DARD.
If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround encoded, the proper decoding
format will automatically be selected and
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shows in the display.
With two channel sources, press STANDARD
repeatedly to select from
• 2 Pro Logic II MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• 2 Pro Logic II MUSIC – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to music sources
• 2 PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround
sound
VSX-516 model only:
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 6.1
channel sound, especially suited to movie
sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 6.1
channel sound, especially suited to music
sources
• 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 6.1
channel sound, especially suited for video
games
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MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
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