Pioneer VSX-S300 - Manual (Page 22)

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Chapter 5:
Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose
one according to your speaker environment or the source.
 While listening to a source, press the listening mode
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
• The listening mode is shown on the display on the front
panel.
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
The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO SURR
feature. With this, the receiver automatically detects what
kind of source you’re playing and selects multichannel or
stereo playback as necessary.
• Press AUTO/DIRECT 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.
Note
• Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded
accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or 2PLIIx MOVIE
(see Listening in surround sound below for more on these
decoding formats).
• When listening to the ADAPTER input, the S.R AIR
feature is selected automatically (see Using the Advanced
surround on page 23 for more on this).
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 the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround
encoded, the proper decoding format will automatically
be selected and shows in the display.
When you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each
sound level varies with the music source recorded in a
portable audio player.
When you select
STEREO, you will hear the source through
just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your
subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby
Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to
stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are
connected / –: Whether connected or no
iPod USB NETWORK AUTO / DIRECT
ALC /
STANDARD
ADV SURR
SOUND WING
ADAPTER
TUNER BD DVD
CD STB GAME
TV PORTABLE RECEIVER
AUTO /
DIRECT
ALC /
STANDARD
Type of surround
modes
Suitable sources
S
urround back
sp
eaker(s)
F ront height sp
eakers
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC See above. – –
2PRO LOGIC Old movies – –
2PLIIx MOVIE Movie Yes a No
2PLII MOVIE No –
2PLIIx MUSIC b Music Yes a No
2PLII MUSIC b No –
2PLIIx GAME Video games Yes a No
2PLII GAME No –
2PLIIz HEIGHT c Movie/Music No Yes
Straight Decode d No additional effects No –
NEO:6 CINEMA e Movie – –
NEO:6 MUSIC e Music – –
STEREO f See above. – –
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC See above. – –
2PLIIx MOVIE Movie Two a No
2PLII MOVIE No –
2PLIIx MUSIC b Music Two a No
2PLII MUSIC b No –
2DIGITAL EX Movie/Music Yes No
2PLIIz HEIGHT Movie/Music No Yes
Straight Decode d No additional effects – –
DTS-ES Movie/Music Yes No
DTS NEO:6 Movie/Music Yes No
STEREO f See above. – –
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