Listening to your system, Auto playback, Listening in surround sound – Pioneer Elite VSX-23TXH User Manual

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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.

1

While listening to a source, press

, then

press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM
DIRECT)

2

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 THX

feature is selected automatically (see Using Neural
THX
on page 51 for more on this).

ALC – 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 66.

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 59.

Standard surround sound

The following modes provide basic surround sound for
stereo and multichannel sources.

3

While listening to a source, press

, then

press STANDARD (STANDARD SURROUND).

4

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:

5

2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound,
especially suited to movie sources

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 59.

• The AUTO SURROUND mode cannot be selected in the following cases:
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 66.

AUTO/ALC/

DIRECT

PHASE CTRL

THX

STATUS

REMOTE

SETUP

HDD

DVD

STANDARD

STEREO

MENU

ADV SURR

ANT

MEMORY

AUDIO

INFO

DISP

MPX

PQLS

CH

RECEIVER

TV CTRL

RECEIVER

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 in the following cases:

– When headphones are plugged in.
– When MULTI CH IN input is selected.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 66.

5 If surround back channel processing (page 59) is switched OFF, or the surround back speakers are set to NO (this happens automatically if

the Surround back speaker setting on page 91 is set to anything but Normal), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel sound).

AUTO/ALC/

DIRECT

PHASE CTRL

THX

STATUS

REMOTE

SETUP

HDD

DVD

STANDARD

STEREO

MENU

ADV SURR

ANT

MEMORY

AUDIO

INFO

DISP

MPX

PQLS

CH

RECEIVER

TV CTRL

RECEIVER

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