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Listening in stereo, Listening with acoustic calibration eq, Listening to your system 06 – Pioneer VSX-515-S/-K User Manual

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Listening to your system

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1

With Neo:6 MUSIC mode active, press

EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select C.
IMAGE.

2

Use 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.

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

While listening to a source, press

STEREO

1

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.

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.

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

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

Note

1 This button is called

ST/DIRECT/AUTO SURR

on the front panel and (

VSX-515 only)

STEREO/DIRECT

on the remote control.

2 If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement, or the Tone controls when

DIRECT

is selected, the receiv-

er automatically switches to

STEREO

.

STEREO/

DIRECT

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

ADVANCED

SURROUND

LEVEL

DIALOG E

EFFECT

/CH SEL

STANDARD

RECEIVER CONTROL

MUTE

TOP MENU

MENU

SLEEP

FL

DIMMER

ACOUSTIC

EQ

MASTER

VOLUME

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

CH

CH

LEVEL

SLEEP

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

DIALOG E

INPUT ATT

STEREO

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

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

.

STEREO/

DIRECT

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

ADVANCED

SURROUND

LEVEL

DIALOG E

EFFECT

/CH SEL

STANDARD

RECEIVER CONTROL

MUTE

TOP MENU

MENU

SLEEP

FL

DIMMER

ACOUSTIC

EQ

MASTER

VOLUME

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

CH

CH

LEVEL

SLEEP

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

DIALOG E

INPUT ATT

STEREO

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

ACOUSTIC

EQ

QUICK
SETUP

SYSTEM

SETUP

RETURN

SPEAKERS

BAND

TONE

INPUT

ATT

EXTENDED

MODE

TUNING

/STATION

TUNER

EDIT

FL DIMMER

MULTI JOG

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