Pioneer VSX-516-K manual Listening in stereo, Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ, Acoustic EQ

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3Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings.

Setting	What it does	Options
Center	Spreads the center channel	0 to 7
Widtha	between the front right and left	Default: 3
(Applicable	speakers, making it sound
only when	wider (higher settings) or
using a cen-	narrower (lower settings).
ter speaker)
Dimensiona	Adjusts the surround sound	–3 to +3
	balance from front to back,	Default: 0
	making the sound more distant
	(minus settings), or more
	forward (positive settings).
Panoramaa	Extends the front stereo image	OFF
	to include surround speakers
		ON
	for a ‘wraparound’ effect.
Center	Adjusts the center image to	0 to 10
Imageb	create a wider stereo effect with	Default: 3
(Applicable	vocals. Adjust the effect from 0
only when	(all center channel sent to front
using a cen-	right and left speakers) to 10
ter speaker)	(center channel sent to the
	center speaker only).
Effect	Sets the effect level for the	10 to 90
	currently selected Advanced
	Surround mode (each mode
	can be set separately).

aOnly available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mu- sic mode.

bOnly available with 2ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.

Listening in stereo

When you select STEREO or DIRECT, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings).

Dolby Digital, DTS and WMA9 Pro multi- channel sources are downmixed to stereo.

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MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO LOUDNESS

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•While listening to a source, press STEREO for stereo playback.

Press repeatedly to switch between:

•STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, and Tone functions.

•DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround settings so that the audio remains as close to the source audio signal as possible.1

•AUTO SURR. – See Auto playback on page 25 for more on this.

Listening with Acoustic

Calibration EQ

VSX-516 model only

•Default setting: OFF / ALL CH (after the Auto MCACC Setup or EQ Auto Setting)

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 8 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 33. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

S.RETRIEVER	VOLUME		RETURN
EFFECT/CH SEL		LEVEL	ACOUSTIC EQ
			MUTE
DVD/DVR	HDD	DVD	SUBTITLE

CH CH

•While listening to a source, press (SHIFT +)

ACOUSTIC EQ.

Press repeatedly to select between:

•ALL CH – No special weighting is given to any one channel.

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Note

1If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement, the Sound Retriever or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.

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