Listening To Your System; Auto Playback; Listening In Surround Sound - Pioneer VSX-518 Mode D'emploi

05

Listening to your system

Chapter 5:
Listening to your system
Important
• Certain features explained in this section
will not be possible depending on the
source (for example, PCM 88.2 kHz/96 kHz,
DTS 96 kHz (24 bit) or WMA9 Pro sources).

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.
AUTO/DIRECT
PHASE
• While listening to a source, press
2
AUTO/DIRECT
source.
Press repeatedly until AUTOSURR. 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
1 • Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using 2 Pro Logic II 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 For more options using this button, see Using Stream Direct on page 26.
3 When listening to 2-channel sources in Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:
Center Width, Dimension, and Panorama. See Setting the AV options on page 28 to adjust them.
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STEREO/
STANDARD ADV SURR
A.L.C.
QUICK SOUND
SETUP DIALOG RETRIEVER
for auto playback of a

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.
STEREO/
AUTO/DIRECT
A.L.C.
QUICK
PHASE
SETUP
• While listening to a source, press
STANDARD .
If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround encoded, the proper decoding
format will automatically be selected and
shows in the display.
With two channel sources, press STANDARD
repeatedly to select from:
• 2 Pro Logic II MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited to movie sources
• 2 Pro Logic II MUSIC
channel sound, especially suited to music
sources
• 2 Pro Logic II GAME – Up to 5.1 channel
sound, especially suited for video games
• 2 PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel surround
sound
STANDARD ADV SURR
SOUND
DIALOG RETRIEVER
3
– Up to 5.1