Listening to your system, Important, Auto playback – Pioneer VSX-1020 User Manual

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Listening to your system

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Chapter 6:

Listening to your system

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

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. The receiver automatically detects
what kind of source you’re playing and selects
multichannel or stereo playback as
necessary.

1

While listening to a source, press

, then press AUTO/ALC/DIRECT

2

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.

• 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 FM radio, the Neural

Surround feature is selected automatically
(see Using Neural Surround on page 48 for
more on this).

• When listening to the

ADAPTER input, the

SOUND RETRIEVER AIR feature is
selected automatically (see Listening in
stereo
on page 58 for more on this).

ALC – In the Auto level control (ALC) mode, this
receiver equalizes playback sound levels.

Tip

• When an

ALC is selected, the effect level

can be adjusted using the

EFFECT

parameter in Setting the Audio options on
page 67.

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.

Standard surround sound

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

3

While listening to a source, press

, then press STANDARD.

4

If necessary, press repeatedly to select a
listening mode.

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).

2 • For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 59.

• The AUTO SURROUND mode cannot be selected when the

HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in

Setting the Audio options on page 67.

RECEIVER

3 In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same signal is heard from both surround back speakers.
4 The STANDARD listening mode cannot be selected when the

HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in

Setting the Audio options on page 67.

RECEIVER

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