Pioneer VSX-520-S: Setting the Audio options Setting the Up Mix function

Listening to your system 05

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• SB AUTO – Matrix decoding processing for

2 While holding down the

PRESET 

on

generating the surround back component

the front panel, and hold the

 STANDBY/

from the surround component is switched

ON

for about two seconds.

automatically. Matrix decoding processing

UP MIX: OFF appears and the Up Mix function

is only performed when surround back

turns off. If you want to turn this function on,

channel signals are detected in the input

perform steps 1 and 2 again.

signals.

• When set to ON, the (Up Mix) indicator

• SB OFF – Matrix decoding processing for

on the front panel lights.

generating the surround back component

from the surround component is turned

off.

Setting the Audio options

There are a number of additional sound

settings you can make using the AUDIO

Setting the Up Mix function

PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if not

In a 7.1-channel surround system with

stated, are listed in bold.

surround speakers placed directly at the sides

of the listening position, the surround sound of

Important

5.1-channel sources is heard from the side. The

Up Mix function mixes the sound of the

• Note that if a setting doesn’t appear in the

surround speakers with the surround back

AUDIO PARAMETER menu, it is

speakers so that the surround sound is heard

unavailable due to the current source,

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from diagonally to the rear as it should be.

settings and status of the receiver.

• Using the Up Mix function is effective when

the speakers in the 7.1-channel surround

system are set up as recommended in the

example on page 26.

• Depending on the positions of the speakers

and the sound source, in some cases it

may not be possible to achieve good

results. In this case, set the setting to OFF.

1 Press on the remote control,

then press

AUDIO PARAMETER

button.

2Use

/

to select the setting you want to

adjust.

Depending on the current status/mode of the

receiver, certain options may not be able to be

selected. Check the table below for notes on this.

3Use

/

to set it as necessary.

See the table below for the options available for

each setting.

1 Switch the receiver into standby.

4 Press RETURN to confirm and exit the

menu.

1• Set to ON regardless of this setting when playing DTS-HD signals.

• May automatically be set to OFF even when set to ON, depending on the input signal and listening mode.

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