Listening To Your System; Choosing The Listening Mode; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-422-K Operating Instructions Manual

Chapter
5
5

Listening to your system

Choosing the listening mode

This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose one
according to your speaker environment or the source.

While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT
AUTO SURROUND/ ALC/ ADVANCED
STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR SURROUND STEREO
• The listening mode is shown on the display on the front
panel.
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

AUTO SURROUND/
AUTO/
STREAM DIRECT
DIRECT
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.
• Press repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND
AUTO/DIRECT
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
• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly
using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE (see
Listening in surround sound below
decoding formats).

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 the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround
encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically be
selected and shows in the display.
When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound
level varies with the music source recorded in a portable
TUNE
audio player.
SOUND
When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through
RETRIEVER
just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your
subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital
and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are
connected / –: Whether connected or no
Type of surround
for more on these modes
ALC/
ALC/ Two channel sources
STANDARD SURR
STANDARD
STEREO ALC
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
DOLBY PLIIx GAME
DOLBY PLII GAME
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT
NEO:6 CINEMA
NEO:6 MUSIC
DOLBY PRO LOGIC
Straight Decode
STEREO
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
DOLBY DIGITAL EX
DTS-ES
DTS NEO:6
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT
Straight Decode
STEREO
a.
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Suitable sources
See above.
Movie
Music
b
b
Video games
Movie/Music
c
Movie
d
Music
d
Old movies
No additional effects
e
See above.
f
See above.
Movie
Music
b
Movie/Music
Movie/Music
Movie/Music
Movie/Music
No additional effects
e
See above.
f
If surround back channel processing (page
or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx
becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
– –
No
Yes a
No –
No
Yes a
No –
No
a
Yes
No –
No Yes
– –
– –
– –
No –
– –
– –
Two No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
No Yes
– –
– –
25) is switched off,