Listening In Stereo; Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq - Pioneer VSX-415-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

06 Listening to your system
Neo:6 Music settings
VSX-515 model only
• Default setting: 3
When listening to 2-channel sources in Neo:6
Music mode, you can adjust the center image
to create a wider stereo effect with vocals.
EFFECT/CH SEL
DIALOG E
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 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.
RECEIVER
DVD/LD
STANDARD
• While listening to a source, press STEREO
for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
Note
1 Note that this is only available when using a center speaker.
2 If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement (VSX-515 model only), or the Tone controls when DIRECT
is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.
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RECEIVER CONTROL
VOLUME
MUTE
LEVEL
SIGNAL TUNER
CLASS
SELECT EDIT
TUNER
SLEEP FL DIMMER INPUT ATT
INPUT SELECTOR
DVD 5.1CH TV/SAT DVR/VCR
CD-R/
CD TAPE/MD FM AM
ADVANCED MIDNIGHT/
SURROUND STEREO LOUDNESS
• STEREO – The audio is heard with your
surround settings and you can still use the
Midnight, Loudness, and Tone control
functions.
• DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround
settings so that the audio remains as close
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to the source audio signal as possible.
• AUTO SURR. (VSX-515 model only) – See
Auto playback on page 31 for more on this.
Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
VSX-515 model only
• 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 13 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 46.
Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic
Calibration Equalization.
• 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.
RECEIVER CONTROL
VOLUME
MUTE
EFFECT/CH SEL LEVEL
ACOUSTIC TUNER
CLASS
DIALOG E EQ EDIT
TUNER
DVD MPX
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