Pioneer VSX-924-S - Manual (Page 52)

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Listening to your system
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Enjoying various types of playback using the listening modes
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.
To play with surround sound, check “
Standard surround sound ” or “ Using the Advanced surround effects ” below
and select the desired mode.
To play with the optimum mode for the input signal, see “
Auto playback ” or “ Using Stream Direct ”. (The sound is
played in stereo when 2-channel signals are input, in surround when multi-channel signals are input.)
Important
! The listening modes and many features described in this section may not be available depending on the cur-
rent 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 AUTO (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 digi-
tal 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 BT AUDIO input, the SOUND RETRIEVER AIR feature is selected automatically.
ALC – In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this receiver equalizes playback sound levels.
Also, the low and high frequency sounds, dialogs, surround effects, etc., that are difficult to hear when the vol-
ume is low are adjusted to be optimal for the volume level. This mode is particularly optimum when listening at
night.
Note
When ALC is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the Audio options
on page 67 .
Standard surround sound
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo and multichannel sources.
% While listening to a source, press SURR (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.
! When only one surround back speaker is connected (set), even though a 5.1-channel signal is input,
Pro Logic IIx cannot be selected and Pro Logic II is used.
! Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT cannot be selected when no front height speaker is connected. Furthermore,
WIDE SURROUND MOVIE and WIDE SURROUND MUSIC cannot be selected when no front wide speaker is
connected.
With two channel sources, you can select from:
! Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound (surround back), especially suited to movie sources
! Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound (surround back), especially suited to music sources
! Pro Logic IIx GAME – Up to 7.1 channel sound (surround back), especially suited to video games
! PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround sound (sound from the surround speakers is mono)
! Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel sound (front height)
! WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – Up to 7.1 channel sound (front wide), especially suited to movie sources
! WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound (front wide), especially suited to music sources
! Neo:X CINEMA – Up to 7.1 channel sound (surround back, front height or front wide), especially suited to
movie sources
! Neo:X MUSIC – Up to 7.1 channel sound (surround back, front height or front wide), especially suited to music
sources
! Neo:X GAME – Up to 7.1 channel sound (surround back, front height or front wide), especially suited to video
games
! STEREO – The audio is heard with your sound settings and you can still use the audio options.
With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back, front height or front wide speakers, you can select
(according to format):
! Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above
! 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 Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS-ES encoded sources
! Neo:X CINEMA – See above
! Neo:X MUSIC – See above
! Neo:X GAME – See above
! Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT – See above
! WIDE SURROUND MOVIE – See above
! WIDE SURROUND MUSIC – See above
! STEREO – See above
! Straight Decode – Plays back without the effects above.
Notes
! When listening sources in Pro Logic IIz HEIGHT mode, you can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting
the Audio options on page 67 ).
! 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 67 to adjust
them.
! When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:X Cinema, Neo:X Music or Neo:X Game mode, you can also adjust
the C.GAIN effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 67 ).
! When listening through headphones, you can select STEREO mode only.