05 listening to your system, Auto playback listening in surround sound, Standard surround sound – Pioneer VSX-52TX User Manual

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Listening to your system

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Chapter 5:

Listening to your system

Tip

• The listening modes described below can also be

selected using the front panel controls. Simply press

LISTENING MODE SELECT

repeatedly to access the

modes you want, then use the

MULTI JOG

to select a

particular listening mode (after five seconds the
mode is automatically set).

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
necessary.

While listening to a source, press AUTO SURR 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.

Note

• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded

accordingly using

Neo:6 CINEMA

or

2

Pro Logic

IIx MOVIE

(see

Listening in surround sound

below for

more on these decoding formats).

• The Auto Surround feature is canceled if you connect

headphones or select the multichannel analog
inputs.

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 34.

Standard surround sound

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

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

2

Pro Logic IIx MUSIC

– Up to 7.1 channel sound,

especially suited to music sources

2

PRO LOGIC

– 4.1 channel surround sound (sound

from the surround speakers is mono)

Neo:6 CINEMA

– 6.1 channel sound, especially

suited to movie sources

Neo:6 MUSIC

– 6.1 channel sound, especially suited

to music sources

With multichannel sources, if you have connected
surround back speaker(s) and have selected

Extended

ON

, you can select (according to format):

2

Pro Logic IIx MOVIE

– See above (only available

when you’re using two surround back speakers)

2

Pro Logic IIx MUSIC

– See above

Dolby Digital EX

– Creates surround back channel

sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure
decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital
Surround EX)

DTS-ES

– Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback

with DTS encoded sources

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

THX

SLEEP

DIALOG E

AUTO SURR

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

MPX

AUDIO

CH RETURN

SUBTITLE

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

SIGNAL

SELECT

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

HDD

CH

CH

DVD

RECEIVER

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

THX

SLEEP

DIALOG E

AUTO SURR

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

MPX

AUDIO

CH RETURN

SUBTITLE

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

SIGNAL

SELECT

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

HDD

CH

CH

DVD

RECEIVER

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