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Listening in stereo
When you select STEREO 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.
Above: VSX-517 (left) and VSX-817 (right)
• While listening to a source, press
STEREO /F.S.SURR 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.
• F.S.S.FOCUS – See Using Front Stage
Surround Advance below for more on this.
• F.S.S. WIDE – See Using Front Stage
Surround Advance below for more on this.
Using Front Stage Surround
Advance
The Front Stage Surround Advance function
allows you to create natural surround sound
effects using just the front speakers and the
subwoofer.
Above: VSX-517 (left) and VSX-817 (right)
• While listening to a source, press
STEREO/F.S.SURR to select Front Stage
Surround Advance modes.
• STEREO – See Listening in stereo above
for more on this.
• F.S.S.FOCUS – Use to provide a rich
surround sound effect directed to the
center of where the front left and right
speakers sound projection area
converges.
• F.S.S. WIDE – Use to provide a surround
sound effect to a wider area than FOCUS
mode.
1
Panorama a
Extends the front stereo image
to include surround speakers
for a ‘wraparound’ effect. OFF
ON
Center
Image
b
(Applicable
only when
using a cen-
ter speaker)
Adjusts the center image to
create a wider stereo effect with
vocals. 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).
0 to 10
Default: 3
Effect Sets the effect level for the
currently selected Advanced
Surround mode (each mode
can be set separately). 10 to 90
a Only available with 2 ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic IIx Mu-
sic
(VSX-817 model only) /Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode.
b VSX-817 model only – Only available with 2 ch sources in
Neo:6 Music mode.
Setting What it does Options
TOP MENU
CD-R AM FM CD
MENU
AUTO SURR STANDARD
S RETRIEVER
ADV.SURR
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
CD FM AM RECEIVER
CD-R/TAPE
STANDARD
PHASE DIALOG
ADV.SURR STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SOUND
RETRIEVER
ACOUSTIC
EQ
AUTO SURR
Note
1 • VSX-517 model – When using F.S.S. WIDE , a better effect can be obtained if Quick Setup is performed (see Using the Quick
Setup on page 9).
• VSX-817 model – When using F.S.S. WIDE , a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on
this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 10.
TOP MENU
CD-R AM FM CD
MENU
AUTO SURR STANDARD
S.RETRIEVER
ADV.SURR
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
CD FM AM RECEIVER
CD-R/TAPE
STANDARD
PHASE DIALOG
ADV.SURR STEREO/
F.S.SURR
SOUND
RETRIEVER
ACOUSTIC
EQ
AUTO SURR
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
FOCUS position (Recommend)
Front left
speaker
Front right
speaker
WIDE position
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