Pioneer VSX-517-S/-K manual 05Listening to your system, Setting the effect options, What it does

05Listening to your system

•Neo:6 CINEMA – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited to movie sources

•Neo:6 MUSIC – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources

VSX-817 model only – 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

•ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.

•SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.

•ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or pop music.

•UNPLUGED – Suitable for acoustic music sources.

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

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

				CD-R/TAPE
CD	CD-R	FM	AM	CD	FM	AM	RECEIVER
AUTOSURR	STEREO/	STANDARD ADV.SURR		AUTO SURR	STEREO/	STANDARD ADV.SURR
	F.S.SURR				F.S.SURR
TOP MENU			MENU	PHASE	ACOUSTIC	DIALOG	SOUND
					EQ		RETRIEVER

Above: VSX-517 (left) and VSX-817 (right)

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

•ACTION – Designed for action movies with dynamic soundtracks.

•DRAMA – Designed for movies with lots of dialog.

•MONOFILM – Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks.

•ENT. SHOW – Suitable for musical sources.

•EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field.2

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

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).

Note

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

•VSX-817 model only – Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speaker in your setup. For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 35.

•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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