Pioneer VSX-516-S/-K Listening in stereo, Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings

06Listening to your system

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	Default: 3
(Applicable	left speakers, making it
only when	sound wider (higher settings)
using a cen-	or 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	OFF
	image to include surround
		ON
	speakers for a ‘wraparound’
	effect.

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.

CD	CD-R	FM	AM	CD-R/TAPE
				CD	FM	AM	RECEIVER
STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO			MIDNIGHT/				MIDNIGHT/
			LOUDNESS	STANDARD	ADV.SURR	STEREO
							LOUDNESS
TOP MENU			MENU	EFFECT	LEVEL		SLEEP
				/CH SEL

Above: VSX-416 (left) and VSX-516 (right)

• 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

Center

Imageb

(Applicable only when using a cen- ter speaker)

Adjusts the center image to	0 to 10
create a wider stereo effect	Default: 3
with vocals. Adjust the effect
from 0 (all center channel
sent to front right and left
speakers) to 10 (center
channel sent to the center
speaker only).

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 28 for more on this.

Effect	Sets the effect level for the	10 to 90
	currently selected Advanced	Default:
	Surround mode (each mode	7-STEREO
	can be set separately).	– 90 / Oth-
		ers – 70

aOnly available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II(x) Mu- sic mode.

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

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 9 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 36. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

EFFECT	LEVEL		SLEEP
/CH SEL
	DIALOG E	ACOUSTIC	DIMMER
S.RETRIEVER		EQ

MUTE

MASTER

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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