Pioneer VSX-820 User Manual

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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.

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source.
Press 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.

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.

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

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.

When the surround back and front height 
speaker are not connected.

With two channel sources, you can select from:

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DOLBY PLII MOVIE – Up to 5.1 channel 
sound, especially suited to movie sources

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 – Up to 5.1 channel 

sound, especially suited to music sources

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DOLBY PLII GAME – Up to 5.1 channel 
sound, especially suited for video games

•

NEO:6 CINEMA – Up to 5.1 channel 
sound, especially suited to movie sources

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NEO:6 MUSIC – Up to 5.1 channel sound, 
especially suited to music sources

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•

DOLBY PRO LOGIC – 4.1 channel 
surround sound

When the front height speaker is connected.

With two channel sources, you can select from:

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DOLBY PLII MOVIE – See above

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DOLBY PLII MUSIC – See above

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DOLBY PLII GAME – See above

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DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT – Up to 7.1 channel 
sound

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•

NEO:6 CINEMA – See above

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NEO:6 MUSIC – See above

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DOLBY PRO LOGIC – See above

• Straight Decode – Plays back without the 

DOLBY PLII, DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT and 
NEO:6 effects.

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 36.

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 38 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 38).

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 38).

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