Pioneer VSX-516 Listening to your system, Using the Advanced surround effects, Setting

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With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back speaker(s) and have selected SB ON, you can select (according to format):

•2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above

•2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above

•Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)

•DTS-ES– Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS encoded sources

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a variety of surround effects. Try different modes

with various soundtracks to see which you like.1

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•Press ‘ADV.SURR’ repeatedly to select a listening mode.

•ADV. MOVIE – Suitable for movie sources.

•ADV. MUSIC – Suitable for music sources.

•TV SURR. – Provides surround sound for both mono and stereo TV sources.

•SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.

•ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.

•EXPANDED – Simulates multichannel surround sound for two-channel sources.2

•7-STEREO– Gives multichannel sound to a stereo source, using all of your speakers.

•VIR. SURR – A virtual surround effect using just the subwoofer and front speakers.

•PHONESUR. – Creates the effect of overall surround with headphones.

Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a number of settings you can adjust.

1Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the setting you want to adjust.

Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver, certain options may not appear. Check the table below for notes on this.

2Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as necessary.

See the table below for the options available for each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold.

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).

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Note

1• If you press ADV.SURR with the headphones connected, PHONES SURROUND will automatically be selected.

•Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speakers in your setup. For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 24.

•When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the effect options below.

2Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).

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