Pioneer VSX-415-S/-K Listening in stereo, Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ, Image

06Listening to your system

Neo:6 Music settings

VSX-515 model only

• Default setting: 3

When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6 Music mode, you can adjust the center image

to create a wider stereo effect with vocals.1

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

•DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround settings so that the audio remains as close to the source audio signal as possible.2

RECEIVER CONTROL

VOLUME

EFFECT/CHSEL	LEVEL		MUTE
DIALOG E	SIGNAL	TUNER	CLASS
	SELECT	EDIT

TUNER

•AUTO SURR. (VSX-515 model only) – See Auto playback on page 31 for more on this.

1With Neo:6 MUSIC mode active, press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select C.

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Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

VSX-515 model only

2Use the +/– buttons to adjust the setting.

Adjust the effect from 0 (all center channel sent to front right and left speakers) to 10 (center channel sent to center speaker only).

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 and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

RECEIVER SLEEP FL DIMMER INPUT ATT

INPUT SELECTOR

DVD/LD DVD 5.1CH TV/SAT DVR/VCR

CD-R/	AM
CD TAPE/MD FM

ADVANCED MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD SURROUND STEREO LOUDNESS

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

Press repeatedly to switch between:

•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 13 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 46. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

RECEIVER CONTROL

VOLUME

EFFECT/CHSEL	LEVEL		MUTE
ACOUSTIC		TUNER	CLASS
DIALOG E	EQ	EDIT

DVD TUNER MPX

•While listening to a source, press

ACOUSTIC EQ.

Press repeatedly to select between:

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

•F. ALIGN – All speakers are heard in accordance with the front speaker settings.

•CUSTOM 1/2 – Custom settings

•EQ OFF – Switches Acoustic Calibration EQ off.

Note

1Note that this is only available when using a center speaker.

2If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement (VSX-515 model only), or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.

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