Pioneer VSX-516-S Operating Instructions - Page 30

06 Listening to your system 3 Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust other settings. Setting What it does Options Center Widtha (Applicable only when using a center speaker) Spreads the center channel between the front right and left speakers, making it sound wider (higher settings) or narrower (lower settings). 0 to 7 Default: 3 Dimensiona Adjusts the surround sound balance from front to back, making the sound more distant (minus settings), or more forward (positive settings). -3 to +3 Default: 0 Panoramaa Extends the front stereo OFF image to include surround speakers for a 'wraparound' ON effect. Center Imageb (Applicable only when using a center speaker) Adjusts the center image to create a wider stereo effect with vocals. 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). 0 to 10 Default: 3 Effect Sets the effect level for the currently selected Advanced Surround mode (each mode can be set separately). 10 to 90 Default: 7-STEREO - 90 / Others - 70 a Only available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II(x) Music mode. b Only available with 2ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode. 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, DTS and WMA9 Pro multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. CD CD-R FM AM MIDNIGHT/ STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO LOUDNESS CD-R/TAPE CD FM AM RECEIVER MIDNIGHT/ STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO LOUDNESS TOP MENU MENU EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL SLEEP Above: VSX-416 (left) and VSX-516 (right) • While listening to a source, press STEREO 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 functions. • DIRECT - Bypass all effects and surround settings so that the audio remains as close to the source audio signal as possible.1 • AUTO SURR. - See Auto playback on page 28 for more on this. Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ VSX-516 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 9 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 36. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization. EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL SLEEP ACOUSTIC S.RETRIEVER DIALOG E EQ DIMMER MUTE MASTER Note 1 If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement, the Sound Retriever or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO. 30 En