Listening In Stereo; Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq - Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
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.
ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/
STANDARD
SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS
EFFECT
/CH SEL LEVEL SLEEP
ACOUSTIC FL
DIALOG E
EQ DIMMER
MUTE
MASTER
VOLUME
RECEIVER CONTROL
TOP MENU MENU
Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)
• While listening to a source, press
1
STEREO 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.
• AUTO SURR. – See Auto playback on
page 36 for more on this.
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.
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.
CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP
MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC
LOUDNESS DIALOG E EQ INPUT ATT
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL LEVEL
2
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.
ADVANCED STEREO/ MIDNIGHT/
STANDARD SURROUND DIRECT LOUDNESS
EFFECT
/CH SEL LEVEL
SLEEP
ACOUSTIC FL
DIALOG E EQ DIMMER
MUTE
MASTER
VOLUME
RECEIVER CONTROL
TOP MENU MENU
Above: VSX-515 (left) and VSX-815/915 (right)
INPUT
FL DIMMER ATT SPEAKERS
TUNING TUNER
BAND /STATION EDIT
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.
CH CH
RECEIVER CONTROL
STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP
MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC
LOUDNESS EQ
DIALOG E INPUT ATT
EFFECT
SHIFT
/CH SEL LEVEL
EXTENDED ACOUSTIC
MODE EQ
QUICK SYSTEM
TONE SETUP SETUP RETURN
MULTI JOG
3
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