Listening to your system
Using Midnight and Loudness
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. The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume levels.
•Press MIDNIGHT (MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS) to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.
Enhancing dialog
• 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.
•Press DIALOG (DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT) to switch dialog enhancement on or off.
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.1
1Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust.
Press to switch between BASS and TREBLE.
Using the Sound Retriever
When audio data is removed during the compression process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that helps bring CD quality sound back to compressed
VSX-517 model –
• Press S.RETRIEVER (SHIFT+ ) (SOUND RETRIEVER) to switch the sound retriever on or off.
VSX-817 model –
•Press SOUND RETRIEVER to switch the sound retriever on or off.
Playing other sources
1Turn on the power of the playback component.
2Turn on the power of the receiver.
3Select the source you want to playback. Use the input select buttons (INPUT SELECTOR).
4Start playback of the component you selected in step 1.
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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
1The tone controls are only available when Stereo or Front Stage Surround Advance mode are selected (except when STEREO is selected using AUTO SURROUND).
2The Sound Retriever is only applicable to
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