Listening To Your System; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound; Standard Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-LX52 Operating Instructions Manual

06

Listening to your system

Chapter 6:
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.

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
press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM
2
DIRECT) for auto playback of a source.
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.
• When listening to the FM radio, the Neural THX
feature is selected automatically (see Using Neural
THX on page 48 for more on this).
In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this receiver
equalizes playback sound levels.
Tip
• When an ALC is selected, the effect level can be
adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the
Audio options on page 60.
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.
2 For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 53.
3 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
4 If surround back channel processing (page 53) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if
the Surround back speaker setting on page 85 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: C.WIDTH,
DIMENSION and PANORAMA. See Setting the Audio options on page 60 to adjust them.
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En
AUTO/ALC/ MENU
STEREO STANDARD
DIRECT ADV SURR
HDD DVD
THX PHASE CTRL STATUS
TV/DTV MPX PQLS
CH
AUDIO INFO
DISP
TV CTRL RECEIVER
REMOTE
SETUP
RECEIVER

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 53.

Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround sound for
stereo and multichannel sources.
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• While listening to a source, press
, then
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 – 7.1 channel sound, especially
suited to movie sources
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AUTO/ALC/ MENU
DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR
HDD DVD
THX PHASE CTRL STATUS
TV/DTV MPX PQLS
AUDIO INFO CH
DISP
RECEIVER
TV CTRL
REMOTE
SETUP
RECEIVER
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, then
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