Listening To Your System; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

06

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

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. With this, the receiver automatically
detects what kind of source you're playing and
selects multichannel or stereo playback as
1
necessary.
ADVANCED STEREO/
STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT
EFFECT
/CH SEL LEVEL
ACOUSTIC
DIALOG E EQ
MUTE
MASTER
VOLUME
RECEIVER CONTROL
TOP MENU
Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)
• While listening to a source, press
2
STEREO for auto playback of a source.
Press repeatedly until AUTO SURR. 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.
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 or select the multichannel analog inputs.
2 This button is called ST/DIRECT/AUTO SURR on the front panel and (VSX-515 only) STEREO/DIRECT on the remote control.
3 If the Extended mode (page 41) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (VSX-915 only – this happens
automatically if the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 is set to anything but SB NORM.), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2
Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
4 If the Extended mode (page 41) is switched to OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (page 46), 2 Pro Logic IIx
becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).
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En
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP
SLEEP
MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC
FL
LOUDNESS DIALOG E EQ INPUT ATT
DIMMER
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL LEVEL
MENU

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 the surround back channel
(Extended mode) on page 41.
The following modes provide basic surround
sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/
STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS
EFFECT
/CH SEL LEVEL SLEEP
ACOUSTIC FL
DIALOG E EQ DIMMER
MUTE
MASTER
VOLUME
RECEIVER CONTROL
TOP MENU MENU
Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)
• While listening to a source, press
STANDARD.
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
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CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP
MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC
LOUDNESS DIALOG E EQ INPUT ATT
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL LEVEL
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