Pioneer VSX-2021 - Manual (Page 89)

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13 Additional information
Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input
signal formats
The following charts show what you will hear with different input signal formats, depending on the
Stream Direct mode (see Using Stream Direct on page 37 ) you have selected.
Stereo (2 channel) signal formats
Input signal format
Auto Surround / ALC /
DIRECT
PURE DIRECT
Surround Back speaker(s): Connected
Dolby Digital Surround 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
DTS Surround Neo:6 CINEMA Neo:6 CINEMA
Other stereo sources Stereo playback Stereo playback
Analog sources As above ANALOG DIRECT (stereo)
PCM sources As above PCM DIRECT
DVD-A sources As above As above
SACD sources As above Stereo playback
Surround Back speaker(s): Not connected
Dolby Digital Surround 2 Pro Logic II MOVIE 2 Pro Logic II MOVIE
DTS Surround Neo:6 CINEMA Neo:6 CINEMA
Other stereo sources Stereo playback Stereo playback
Analog sources As above ANALOG DIRECT (stereo)
PCM sources As above PCM DIRECT
DVD-A sources As above As above
SACD sources As above Stereo playback
Multichannel signal formats
Input signal format Auto Surround / ALC PURE DIRECT / DIRECT
Surround Back speaker(s): Connected
Dolby Digital EX (6.1 channel flagged)
Dolby TrueHD EX (6.1 channel flagged)
Dolby Digital EX
2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
Dolby Digital EX
2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE
DTS-HD Master Audio ES
(6.1 channel flagged)
DTS-ES (Matrix) DTS-ES (Matrix)
DTS-ES
(6.1 channel sources/6.1 channel flagged)
DTS-ES (Matrix/Discrete) DTS-ES (Matrix/Discrete)
DTS sources (5.1 channel encoding) Straight decoding Straight decoding
DTS-HD sources As above As above
Other 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel sources As above As above
Surround Back speaker(s): Not connected
DVD-A sources/Multi-ch PCM Straight decoding Straight decoding
SACD sources (5.1 channel encoding) As above As above
Other 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel sources As above As above
a Unavailable with only one surround back speaker connected.