Listening to your system, Auto playback, Listening in surround sound – Pioneer VSX-1325-K User Manual

Page 52: Standard surround sound, 06 listening to your system, Auto playback listening in surround sound, Listening to your system 06, Chapter 6

Advertising
background image

Listening to your system

06

52

En

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 necessary.

While listening to a source, press

, then

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

• 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 45 for more on this).

• When listening to the ADAPTER PORT input, the

SOUND RETRIEVER AIR feature is selected
automatically (see Listening in stereo on page 54 for
more on this).

VSX-1325 only: When listening to XM Radio, the XM

HD Surround feature is selected automatically (see
Using XM HD Surround on page 48 for more on this).

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 59.

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.

Standard surround sound

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

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.

1

With two channel sources, you can select from:

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

2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(surround back), especially suited to music sources

2

2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(surround back), especially suited to video games

2 PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound
from the surround speakers is mono)

2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel sound
(front height)

3

WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound

(front wide), especially suited to movie sources

4

WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound

(front wide), especially suited to music sources

4

Neo:6 CINEMA – 7.1 channel sound (surround

back), especially suited to movie sources

5

Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound (surround back),

especially suited to music sources

5

Neural Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound

(surround back), especially suited to music sources

6

RECEIVER

Note

1 If the surround back speakers are not connected or V.SB is switched OFF (page 59), 2 Pro Logic IIx becomes 2 Pro Logic II (5.1 channel

sound).

2 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 59 to adjust them.

3 •

This mode can only be selected when Speaker System is set to Normal(SB/FH)

.

• When listening sources in

2 Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode, you can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 59).

4

This mode can only be selected when Speaker System is set to Normal(SB/FW)

.

5 When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Cinema or Neo:6 Music mode, you can also adjust the center image effect (see Setting the Audio

options on page 59).

6 Neural Surround can be selected for 2-channel signals for which the input signal is PCM (48 kHz or less), Dolby Digital, DTS or analog 2-

channel sources.

RECEIVER

VSX-1325_UXJCB.book 52 ページ 2010年3月9日 火曜日 午後3時4分

Advertising
This manual is related to the following products: