04Home theater sound

•Stereo – See Listening in stereo below

•See also Using the Advanced Surround effects below, for further stereo and surround playback options.

•You can’t use the Surround modes with high sampling rate 88.2 / 96 kHz sources.

•When listening in Dolby Digital / DTS mode, two-channel material will automatically be played in surround sound using Dolby Pro Logic decoding.

•Dolby Digital / DTS sources that use only the center channel cannot be played back in surround sound.

Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings

When listening in Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode, there are three further parameters you can adjust: Center Width, Dimension, and Panorama.

1With Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode active, press SOUND.

2 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select ‘C Width’, ‘Dimen.’ or ‘Pnrm.’

•C Width (Center Width): Makes the center channel wider (higher settings) or narrower (lower settings)

•Dimen. (Dimension): Makes the sound more distant (minus settings), or more forward (positive settings)

•Pnrm. (Panorama): Creates more spacious surround sound

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3 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to adjust the setting.

Center Width is adjustable between 0 and 7; Dimension between –3and +3. Panorama is On or Off.

4 Press ENTER to confirm.

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source—stereo or multichannel, analog or digital—in stereo. When playing a multichannel source, stereo sound is created by downmixing all channels to the front left/right speakers and the subwooofer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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•Press SURROUND repeatedly until ‘Stereo’ shows in the display.

Any active Advanced Surround mode is cancelled.

•See also Using the Advanced Surround effects below, for further stereo and surround playback options.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the Stereo (default) and Phones Surround (virtual surround sound for headphones) modes are available.

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Pioneer S-DV515 Home theater sound, Listening in stereo, Listening with headphones, Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings
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XV-DV515, XW-DV515, S-DV515 specifications

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