06Listening to your system

Setting

What it does

Options

Effect

Sets the effect level for the

10 to 90

 

currently selected Advanced

 

 

Surround mode (each mode

 

 

can be set separately).

 

aOnly available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mu- sic mode.

bOnly available with 2ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.

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, DTS and WMA9 Pro multi- channel sources are downmixed to stereo.

STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO AUTO SURR

•While listening to a source, press STEREO 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.

•DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround settings so that the audio remains as close to the source audio signal as possible.1

•AUTO SURR. – See Auto playback on page 28 for more on this.

You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration Equalization set in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 9 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 39. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization.

MULTI OPE S.RETRIEVER ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL

SEFFECT/CHSEL

•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.2

Listening with Acoustic

Calibration EQ

•Default setting: OFF / ALL CH (after the Auto MCACC Setup or EQ Auto Setting)

Note

1If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement, the Sound Retriever, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.

2• You can’t use Acoustic Calibration EQ with DVD 5.1ch or WMA9 Pro, and it has no effect with headphones.

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

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Pioneer VSX-916-S, VSX-916-K operating instructions Listening in stereo, Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
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VSX-916-K, VSX-916-S specifications

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