Pioneer VSX-520-S: Auto playback Listening in surround sound

Listening to your system05

• While listening to a source, press

STANDARD

.

Auto playback

If the source is Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby

The simplest, most direct listening option is the

Surround encoded, the proper decoding

Auto Surround feature. With this, the receiver

format will automatically be selected and

automatically detects what kind of source

shows in the display.

you’re playing and selects multichannel or

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When the surround back and front height

stereo playback as necessary.

speaker are not connected.

With two channel sources, you can select from:

• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel

sound, especially suited to movie sources

• While listening to a source, press

AUTO/

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2

• DOLBY PLII MUSIC

– Up to 5.1 channel

DIRECT

for auto playback of a source.

sound, especially suited to music sources

Press repeatedly until AUTO SURROUND

• DOLBY PLII GAME – Up to 5.1 channel

shows briefly in the display (it will then show

sound, especially suited for video games

the decoding or playback format). Check the

digital format indicators in the display to see

• NEO:6 CINEMA – Up to 5.1 channel sound,

how the source is being processed.

especially suited to movie sources

• NEO:6 MUSIC – Up to 5.1 channel sound,

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especially suited to music sources

Listening in surround sound

• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel

surround sound

Using this receiver, you can listen to any source

in surround sound. However, the options

When the front height speaker is connected.

available will depend on your speaker setup and

With two channel sources, you can select from:

the type of source you’re listening to.

• DOLBY PLII MOVIE – See above

The following modes provide basic surround

• DOLBY PLII MUSIC – See above

sound for stereo and multichannel sources.

• DOLBY PLII GAME – See above

• DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel

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sound

• NEO:6 CINEMA – See above

• NEO:6 MUSIC – See above

• DOLBY PRO LOGIC – See above

• Straight Decode – Plays back without the

DOLBY PLII, DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT and

NEO:6 effects.

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En

AUTO/

STEREO/

BD MENU

DIRECT

A.L.C.

STANDARD

ADV SURR

1 Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx 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 33.

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3 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLII MUSIC mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust:

C.WIDTH, DIMEN., and PNRM.. See Setting the Audio options on page 35 to adjust them.

4 When listening to 2-channel sources in NEO:6 CINEMA or NEO:6 MUSIC mode, you can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see

Setting the Audio options on page 35).

5 When listening to 2-channel sources in DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT mode, you can also adjust the H.GAIN effect (see Setting the

Audio options on page 35).