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Pioneer VSX-822-K User Manual

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Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to 
accommodate playback of various audio formats. Choose one 
according to your speaker environment or the source.
 
While listening to a source, press the listening mode 
button repeatedly to select a listening mode you want.
•
The listening mode is shown on the display on the front 
panel.
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 
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.
•
Press 
AUTO/DIRECT
 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.
Note
•
Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly 
using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE (see 
Listening in surround sound below
 for more on these 
decoding formats).
•
When listening to the ADAPTER input, the S.R AIR feature 
is selected automatically (see 
Using the Advanced surround 
on page 34
 for more on this).
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.
•
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 you select STEREO ALC (Auto Level Control stereo 
mode), this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound 
level varies with the music source recorded in a portable 
audio player.
When you select STEREO, you will hear the source through 
just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your 
subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital 
and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
The following modes provide basic surround sound for stereo 
and multichannel sources.
Explanatory notes
No: No connected / Yes: Connected / Two: Two speakers are 
connected / –: Whether connected or no
a.
If surround back channel processing (
page 35
) is switched off, 
or the surround back speakers are set to NO, DOLBY PLIIx 
becomes DOLBY PLII (5.1 channel sound).
AUDIO
PARAMETER
MENU
TOOLS
ADVANCED
SURROUND
SOUND
RETRIEVER AIR
iPod iPhone iPad
DIRECT CONTROL
DISPLAY
BAND
TUNER EDIT
TUNE
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
AUTO SURROUND/
STREAM DIRECT
AUTO/
DIRECT
AUTO SURROUND/
STREAM DIRECT
ALC/
STANDARD
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
Type of surround 
modes
Suitable sources
Surround ba
ck 
speaker(s)
Front heigh
t 
speakers
Two channel sources
STEREO ALC
See above.
–
–
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
Movie
Yes
a
No
DOLBY PLII MOVIE
No
–
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Yes
a
No
DOLBY PLII MUSIC
b
No
–
DOLBY PLIIx GAME
Video games
Yes
a
No
DOLBY PLII GAME
No
–
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT
c
Movie/Music
No
Yes
NEO:6 CINEMA
d
Movie
–
–
NEO:6 MUSIC
d
Music
–
–
DOLBY PRO LOGIC
Old movies
–
–
Straight Decode
e
No additional effects
No
–
STEREO
f
See above.
–
–
Multichannel sources
STEREO ALC
See above.
–
–
DOLBY PLIIx MOVIE
Movie
Two
No
DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC
b
Music
Yes
No
DOLBY DIGITAL EX
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DTS-ES
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DTS NEO:6
Movie/Music
Yes
No
DOLBY PLIIz HEIGHT
Movie/Music
No
Yes
Straight Decode
e
No additional effects
–
–
STEREO
f
See above.
–
–