Pioneer VSX-824-K Owner's Manual

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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.

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The listening mode is shown on the display on the front 

panel.

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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.

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 

 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.

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Stereo surround (matrix) formats are decoded accordingly 

using NEO:6 CINEMA or DOLBY PLIIx MUSIC (VSX-1029 

only) (see 

Listening in surround sound below

 for more on 

these decoding formats).

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When listening to the ADAPTER input, the S.R AIR feature 

is selected automatically (see 

Using the Advanced surround 

on page 38

 for more on this).

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.

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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 

See above.

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Movie

Yes

No

No

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Music

Yes

No

No

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Video games

Yes

No

No

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Movie/Music

No

Yes

Movie

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Music

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Old movies

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Straight Decode

No additional effects

No

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See above.

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See above.

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Movie

Two

No

Music

Yes

No

Movie/Music

Yes

No

Movie/Music

Yes

No

Movie/Music

Yes

No

Movie/Music

No

Yes

Straight Decode

No additional effects

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See above.

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