Using Midnight And Loudness; Enhancing Dialog; Using The Tone Controls; Using The Sound Retriever - Pioneer VSX-516 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system

Using Midnight and Loudness

The Midnight listening feature allows you to
hear effective surround sound of movies at low
volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts
according to the volume at which you're
listening. The Loudness listening feature can
be used to get good bass and treble from
music sources at low volume levels.
• Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch
between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.

Enhancing dialog

• Default setting: OFF
The Dialog Enhancement feature localizes
dialog in the center channel to make it stand
out from other background sounds in a TV or
movie soundtrack.
• Press DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT to
switch dialog enhancement on or off.

Using the tone controls

Depending on what you are listening to, you
may want to adjust the bass or treble using the
front panel tone control.
1 Press TONE to select the frequency you
want to adjust.
Press to switch between BASS and TREBLE.
2 Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the
amount of bass or treble as necessary.
Wait about five seconds for your changes to be
input automatically.
Note
1 The Sound Retriever is only applicable to 2-channel sources.
2 During playback from the multichannel inputs, you can't use any of the sound features/modes and only the volume and chan-
nel levels can be set.
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Using the Sound Retriever

When audio data is removed during the
compression process, sound quality often
suffers from an uneven sound image. The
Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP
technology that helps bring CD quality sound
back to compressed 2-channel audio by
restoring sound pressure and smoothing
jagged artifacts left over after compression.
• Press S. RETRIEVER to switch the sound
retriever on or off.

Playing other sources

1 Turn on the power of the playback
component.
2 Turn on the power of the receiver.
3 Select the source you want to playback.
Use the input select buttons (INPUT
SELECTOR).
4 Start playback of the component you
selected in step 1.
Selecting the multichannel
analog inputs
If you have connected a decoder or a DVD
player with multichannel analog outputs to this
receiver (page 10), you must select the analog
multichannel inputs for surround sound.
• Press DVD 5.1 ( SHIFT + DVD ) on the
remote control or DVD 5.1 on the front panel.
To cancel playback from the multichannel
inputs, use the INPUT SELECTOR buttons to
select a different input signal.
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