Listening to your system

Using Loudness and Midnight listening

The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume levels.

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.2

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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.

 

ADVANCED

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STANDARD SURROUND

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EFFECT

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VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

TOP MENU

RECEIVER CONTROL

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI JOG

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

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CD-R/TAPE/MD

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

1Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.1

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.

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

 

 

 

 

FL DIMMER

INPUT

SPEAKERS

EXTENDED

ACOUSTIC

 

 

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MODE

EQ

 

 

 

TUNING

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QUICK

SYSTEM

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SETUP

SETUP

MULTI JOG

Illustrations show the VSX-815/915 front panel

1Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust.

Press to switch between BASS and TREBLE.

2Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the amount of bass or treble as necessary.

The bass and treble can be adjusted from –6to +6 (dB).

Wait about five seconds for your changes to be input automatically.

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

Press DIALOG E to switch dialog enhancement on or off.

Note

1• You can’t use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS when DVD 5.1ch has been selected.

If you switch on Loudness or Midnight listening when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.

2You can only use the tone controls when STEREO/DIRECT is selected. DIRECT will switch to STEREO when the tone controls are used.

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Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K manual Using the tone controls, Enhancing dialog, Illustrations show the VSX-815/915 front panel

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