Pioneer VSX-416-S/-K, 516-S/-K manual Using Midnight and Loudness, Enhancing dialog

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with no surround back channel information, or if the material sounds better in the format (for example, 5.1) for which it was originally encoded, you can have the receiver only apply this effect to 6.1 encoded sources like Dolby

Digital EX or DTS-ES.1

VSX-516 model only – The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel ( =Sound plays through surround speaker).

•Press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING)/ VSB MODE to select a virtual surround back channel option.

Each press cycles through the following:

•VSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material)

•VSB AUTO (VSX-516 model only) – Virtual Surround Back is automatically applied to 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)

•VSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off

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	SBch		Standard			Advanced
	Processing /
Type of source		Multichannel		Stereo sources
	Virtual SB					surround
	mode	sources	2 Pro Logic II x	2 Pro Logic	Neo:6
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES/	ON					a
WMA9 Pro encoded
multichannel sources with	AUTO					a
6.1ch surround
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro	ON					a
encoded multichannel
sources	AUTO					a
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro	ON			a,b		a
encoded stereo source; other
digital stereo source	AUTO		c			a
Analog 2-channel (stereo)	ON			b
sources
	AUTO		c

aExcluding WMA9 Pro format

bOnly applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.

cNot applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.

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Using Midnight and Loudness

These features give you good sound at low volume levels when listening to movie (Midnight) or music (Loudness) sources.

•Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.

Enhancing dialog

• Default setting: OFF

The Dialog Enhancement feature localizes dialog in the center channel to make it stand out from other background sounds in a TV or movie soundtrack.

•Press DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT to switch dialog enhancement on or off.

Note

1You can’t use virtual surround back with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, or if the surround speaker is set to NO in Speaker setting on page 35 (VSX-516 model only – however, the surround back speaker must be set to NO).

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