Pioneer VSX 517-K Owner's Manual - Page 27

Listening to your system, Using the Sound Retriever, Playing other sources, Selecting

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Listening to your system 05 English Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Español 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.1 • Press S.RETRIEVER (SHIFT+) (SOUND 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.2 • 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. 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 channel levels can be set. 27 En

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Listening to your system
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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.
1
Press
S.RETRIEVER (SHIFT+
) (SOUND
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.
2
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.
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.