Pioneer VSX-322-K - Manual (Page 21)

Listening to your system
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Chapter 4:
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
SURROUND
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 SURROUND
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 DOLBY PLIIx
MOVIE
(see Listening in surround sound below for more
on these decoding formats).
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
a. If surround back channel processing (page 23) is switched off,
or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx
becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
b. You can also adjust the C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM. effect
(see Setting the Audio options on page 23).
c. You can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio
options on page 23).
d. This mode can only be selected when surround back channel
processing (page 23) is switched off.
e. • You can choose the STEREO mode by using STEREO button.
• The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can
still use the Midnight, Loudness, Phase Control, Sound
Retriever and Tone functions.
Note
• In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is
heard from both surround back speakers.
ADV SURR
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUDIO
PARAMETER
TUNER EDIT
TOOLS
MASTER
VOLUME
BD MENU ALC/
STANDARD STEREO
SOUND
RETRIEVER STEREO
ADVANCED
SURROUND
DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
AUTO SURROUND/
STREAM DIRECT
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUTO SURROUND/
STREAM DIRECT
Type of surround
modes
Suitable sources
Surround
back
speaker(s)
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC See above. –
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE Movie Yes a
DOLBY PLII MOVIE No
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC b Music Yes a
DOLBY PLII MUSIC b No
DOLBY PLIIx GAME Video games Yes a
DOLBY PLII GAME No
ALC/
STANDARD
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
NEO:6 CINEMA c Movie –
NEO:6 MUSIC c Music –
DOLBY PRO LOGIC Old movies –
Straight Decode d No additional effects –
STEREO e See above. –
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC See above. –
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE Movie Two a
DOLBY PLII MOVIE No
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC b Music Yes
DOLBY PLII MUSIC b No
DOLBY DIGITAL EX Movie/Music Yes
DTS-ES Movie/Music Yes
DTS NEO:6 Movie/Music Yes
Straight Decode d No additional effects –
STEREO e See above. –
Type of surround
modes
Suitable sources
Surround
back
speaker(s)