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Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust
other settings
.
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 multi-
channel sources are downmixed to stereo.
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.
Setting
What it does
Options
Center
Width
a
(Applicable
only when
using a cen-
ter speaker)
a Only available with 2ch sources in Dolby Pro Logic II(x) Mu-
sic mode.
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
Dimension
a
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
Panorama
a
Extends the front stereo
image to include surround
speakers for a ‘wraparound’
effect.
OFF
ON
Center
Image
b
(Applicable
only when
using a cen-
ter speaker)
b Only available with 2ch sources in Neo:6 Music mode.
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
/ Oth-
ers
–
70
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
.
STANDARD
ADV.SURR
STEREO
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
TOP MENU
CD-R
AMFMCD
MENU
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
LEVEL
EFFECT
/CH SEL
STANDARD
SLEEP
ADV.SURR STEREO
CD
FM AM
RECEIVER
CD-R/TAPE
LEVEL
DIALOG E
EFFECT
/CH SEL
MUTE
SLEEP
DIMMER
ACOUSTIC
EQ
MASTER
S.RETRIEVER
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