Pioneer VSX-517-S/-K manual Listening to your system, Listening in stereo, Setting, What it does

Listening to your system

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Setting	What it does	Options
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 2 ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mu- sic (VSX-817 model only)/Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode.

bVSX-817 model only – Only available with 2 ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.

Listening in stereo

When you select STEREO 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.

				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
				PHASE	ACOUSTIC	DIALOG	SOUND
TOP MENU	S RETRIEVER		MENU		EQ		RETRIEVER

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

•While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR 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.

•F.S.S.FOCUS – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this.

•F.S.S. WIDE – See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this.

Using Front Stage Surround Advance

The Front Stage Surround Advance function allows you to create natural surround sound effects using just the front speakers and the subwoofer.

				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
	S.RETRIEVER				EQ		RETRIEVER

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

•While listening to a source, press STEREO/F.S.SURR to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes.

•STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for more on this.

•F.S.S.FOCUS – Use to provide a rich surround sound effect directed to the center of where the front left and right speakers sound projection area converges.

•F.S.S. WIDE – Use to provide a surround

sound effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode.1

FOCUS position (Recommend)		WIDE position
Front left	Front right	Front left	Front right
speaker	speaker	speaker	speaker

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Note

1• VSX-517 model – When using F.S.S. WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Quick Setup is performed (see Using the Quick Setup on page 9).

•VSX-817 model – When using F.S.S. WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 10.

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