Listening to your system

1With Neo:6 MUSIC mode active, press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select C.

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2Use the +/– buttons to adjust the setting.

Adjust the effect from 0 (all center channel sent to front right and left speakers) to 10 (center channel sent to the center speaker only).

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 and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.

ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS

CH CH

RECEIVER CONTROL

EFFECT

LEVEL

SLEEP

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

SLEEP

/CH SEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACOUSTIC

FL

MIDNIGHT/

DIALOGE

ACOUSTIC

INPUTATT

 

DIALOG E

LOUDNESS

EQ

 

EQ

DIMMER

 

 

 

 

MUTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

EFFECT

LEVEL

 

MASTER

 

/CHSEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

TOP MENU

RECEIVER CONTROL

MENU

 

 

 

 

Listening with Acoustic

Calibration EQ

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 11 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 49. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/

STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS

CH CH

RECEIVER CONTROL

EFFECT

LEVEL

SLEEP

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

SLEEP

/CH SEL

 

 

 

 

 

DIALOG E

ACOUSTIC

FL

MIDNIGHT/

DIALOGE

ACOUSTIC

INPUTATT

 

EQ

DIMMER

LOUDNESS

EQ

MUTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

EFFECT

LEVEL

 

MASTER

 

/CHSEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

TOP MENU

RECEIVER CONTROL

MENU

 

 

 

 

Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)

FL DIMMER

INPUT

SPEAKERS

EXTENDED

ACOUSTIC

 

 

ATT

MODE

EQ

 

 

 

TUNING

TUNER

 

QUICK

SYSTEM

RETURN

BAND

/STATION

EDIT

TONE

SETUP

SETUP

MULTI JOG

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Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)

While listening to a source, press

STEREO1 for stereo playback.

Press repeatedly to switch between:

STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround settings (such as channel level) and you can still use digital processing (such as the Midnight, Loudness, and Tone control functions).

DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround settings so that the audio remains as close to the source audio signal as possible.2

AUTO SURR. – See Auto playback on page 36 for more on this.

Illustration shows the VSX-815/915 front panel

While listening to a source, press

ACOUSTIC EQ.

Press repeatedly to select between:

ALL CH – No special weighting is given to any one channel.

F. ALIGN – All speakers are heard in accordance with the front speaker settings.

CUSTOM 1/2 – Custom settings

EQ OFF – Switches Acoustic Calibration EQ off.

The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.3

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Note

1This button is called ST/DIRECT/AUTO SURR on the front panel and (VSX-515 only) STEREO/DIRECT on the remote control.

2If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiv- er automatically switches to STEREO.

3• You can’t use Acoustic Calibration EQ when DVD 5.1ch is on, and it has no effect when headphones are connected.

• If you switch on Acoustic Calibration EQ when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.

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VSX-815-S/-K, VSX-915-S/-K specifications

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