Listening To Your System; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound; Standard Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-1020-K Operating Insructions

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 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
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necessary.
• While listening to a source, press
, then press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT
RECEIVER
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.
• 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 listening to the FM radio, the Neural
Surround feature is selected automatically
(see Using Neural Surround on page 50 for
more on this).
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).
2 • For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 60.
• The AUTO SURROUND mode cannot be selected when the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in
Setting the Audio options on page 68.
3 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
4 The STANDARD listening mode cannot be selected when the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in
Setting the Audio options on page 68.
• When listening to the ADAPTER PORT
input, the SOUND RETRIEVER AIR feature
is selected automatically (see Listening in
stereo on page 59 for more on this).
ALC – In the Auto level control (ALC) mode,
this receiver equalizes playback sound levels.
Tip
• When ALC is selected, the effect level can
be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter
in Setting the Audio options on page 68.

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
2
setup and the type of source you're listening
to.

Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround
sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
• While listening to a source, press
RECEIVER
, then press STANDARD.
If necessary, press repeatedly to select a
listening mode.
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