06 listening to your system, Auto playback, Listening in surround sound – Pioneer VSX-515-S/-K User Manual

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Listening to your system

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Chapter 6:

Listening to your system

Important

• Certain features explained in this section

will not be possible depending on the
source (for example, PCM 88.2 / 96kHz,
DTS 96kHz (24 bit) or WMA 9 Pro sources).

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.

1

Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)

While listening to a source, press

STEREO

2

for auto playback of a source.

Press repeatedly until

AUTO SURR.

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.

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 41.

3

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

Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)

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.

4

With two channel sources

, you can select from:

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 or select the multichannel analog inputs.

2 This button is called

ST/DIRECT/AUTO SURR

on the front panel and (

VSX-515 only)

STEREO/DIRECT

on the remote control.

STEREO/

DIRECT

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

ADVANCED

SURROUND

LEVEL

DIALOG E

EFFECT

/CH SEL

STANDARD

RECEIVER CONTROL

MUTE

TOP MENU

MENU

SLEEP

FL

DIMMER

ACOUSTIC

EQ

MASTER

VOLUME

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

CH

CH

LEVEL

SLEEP

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

DIALOG E

INPUT ATT

STEREO

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

3 If the Extended mode (page 41) is switched to

OFF

, or the surround back speakers are set to

NO

(

VSX-915 only –

this happens

automatically if the

Surround back speaker setting

on page 46 is set to anything but

SB NORM.

),

2

Pro Logic IIx

becomes

2

Pro Logic II

(5.1 channel sound).

4 If the Extended mode (page 41) is switched to

OFF

, or the surround back speakers are set to

NO

(page 46),

2

Pro Logic IIx

becomes

2

Pro Logic II

(5.1 channel sound).

STEREO/

DIRECT

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

ADVANCED

SURROUND

LEVEL

DIALOG E

EFFECT

/CH SEL

STANDARD

RECEIVER CONTROL

MUTE

TOP MENU

MENU

SLEEP

FL

DIMMER

ACOUSTIC

EQ

MASTER

VOLUME

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

CH

CH

LEVEL

SLEEP

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

DIALOG E

INPUT ATT

STEREO

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

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