Listening In Stereo; Using The Virtual Surround Back Mode (Vsb) - Pioneer VSX-D514 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system

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
STANDARD
TOP MENU
• While listening to a source, press
STEREO/DIRECT (STEREO on the remote
control) 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 control
functions.
• DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround
settings so that the audio remains as close to
the source audio signal as possible.
If you switch on Midnight listening, Loud-
ness, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is
selected, the receiver automatically switches
to STEREO.
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INPUT SELECTOR
DVD/LD DVD 5.1CH TV/SAT DVR/VCR
CD-R/
CD TAPE/MD FM AM
ADVANCED MIDNIGHT/
SURROUND STEREO LOUDNESS
SETUP MENU
TUNER
EDIT
ENTER
DVD RECEIVER
Using the Virtual Surround
Back mode (VSB)
Selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual
back channel through your surround speakers.
For example, you can choose to listen to
sources with no surround back channel
information (for example, 5.1 encoded material)
with emulated 6.1 encoding (VSB ON).
Sometimes the material may sound better in
the 5.1 format for which it was originally
encoded. In this case you can simply switch it
off (VSB OFF).
STEREO/ SIGNAL MIDNIGHT/ SPEAKER VSB
DIRECT SELECT LOUDNESS IMPEDANCE MODE TONE QUICK SETUP
E MULTI JOG
• Press VSB MODE (front panel) repeat-
edly to switch the virtual surround back
channel on or off.
Note that this is only possible when you're
listening in surround sound (STANDARD or
ADVANCED SURROUND should be selected).
VSX-D514
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
MULTI JOG
ENTER
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