Pioneer VSX-815-S Owner's Manual - Page 37

Listening to your system 06 English Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Español 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. CH CH RECEIVER CONTROL STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC LOUDNESS DIALOGE EQ INPUTATT SHIFT EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL • While listening to a source, press 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.1 • AUTO SURR. - See Auto playback on page 34 for more on this. 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 12 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 46. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization. CH CH RECEIVER CONTROL STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC LOUDNESS DIALOGE EQ INPUTATT SHIFT EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL INPUT FL DIMMER ATT EXTENDED ACOUSTIC SPEAKERS MODE EQ BAND TUNING /STATION TUNER EDIT TONE QUICK SETUP SYSTEM SETUP RETURN MULTI JOG • 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.2 Note 1 If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, Dialog Enhancement, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO. 2 • 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. 37 En