06Listening to your system

Using Midnight and Loudness listening

The Midnight listening feature allows you to hear effective surround sound of movies at low volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts according to the volume at which you’re listening.

Using the tone controls

Depending on what you are listening to, you may want to adjust the bass or treble using the

front panel tone control.2

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-515

MULTI JOG

The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume levels.

RECEIVER SLEEP FL DIMMER INPUT ATT

INPUT SELECTOR

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

ENTER

CD-R/TAPE/MD

FM

AM

MASTER

VOLUME

MCACC

SETUP MIC

DOWNUP

CD-R/

AM

CD TAPE/MD FM

ADVANCED MIDNIGHT/ STANDARD SURROUND STEREO LOUDNESS

TOP MENU

MENU

Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.1

Enhancing dialog

VSX-515 model only

• 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.

ADVANCED

ST/DIRECT

SIGNAL

DVD/LD

DVD 5.1

TV/SAT

STANDARD SURR

/AUTO SURR

SELECT

LISTENING MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EON

PTY

SPEAKER

EXTENDED

ACOUSTIC

 

 

 

 

MODE

SEARCH

IMPEDANCE

MODE

EQ

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI JOG

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

 

TUNING

TUNER

 

QUICK

SYSTEM

 

 

 

CLASS

/STATION

EDIT

TONE

SETUP

SETUP

MULTI JOG

* Illustration shows the VSX-515 model

1Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust.

Press to switch between BASS and TREBLE.

RECEIVER CONTROL

VOLUME

EFFECT/CHSEL

LEVEL

 

MUTE

DIALOG E

SIGNAL

TUNER

CLASS

SELECT

EDIT

TUNER

Press DIALOG E to switch dialog enhancement on or off.

2Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the amount of bass or treble as necessary.

Wait about five seconds for your changes to be input automatically.

Note

1You can’t use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS when DVD 5.1 CH has been selected.

2You can only use the tone controls when STEREO/DIRECT is selected. DIRECT will switch to STEREO when the tone controls are used.

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Pioneer VSX-415-S/-K Using the tone controls, Enhancing dialog, Press Tone to select the frequency you want to adjust