Listening to your system

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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.

CD CD-R FM AM

MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO LOUDNESS

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MENU

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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Pioneer VSX-516-K Listening in stereo, Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ, While listening to a source, press Shift +

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