Using The Advanced Surround Effects; Setting The Effect Options - Pioneer VSX-516 Mode D'emploi

Listening to your system
With multichannel sources, if you have
connected surround back speaker(s) and have
selected SB ON, you can select (according to
format):
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above
• 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above
• Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back
channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and
provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel
sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX)
• DTS-ES – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel
playback with DTS encoded sources

Using the Advanced surround effects

The Advanced surround feature creates a
variety of surround effects. Try different modes
with various soundtracks to see which you like.
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STANDARD ADV.SURR
TOP MENU
• Press ' ADV.SURR ' repeatedly to select a
listening mode.
• ADV. MOVIE – Suitable for movie sources.
• ADV. MUSIC – Suitable for music sources.
• TV SURR. – Provides surround sound for
both mono and stereo TV sources.
• SPORTS – Suitable for sports programs.
• ADV. GAME – Suitable for video games.
• EXPANDED – Simulates multichannel
surround sound for two-channel sources.
• 7-STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a
stereo source, using all of your speakers.
• VIR. SURR – A virtual surround effect using
just the subwoofer and front speakers.
• PHONESUR. – Creates the effect of overall
surround with headphones.
Note
1 • If you press ADV.SURR with the headphones connected, PHONES SURROUND will automatically be selected.
• Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speakers
in your setup. For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 24.
• When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in
Setting the effect options below.
2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources).
FM AM
MIDNIGHT/
STEREO LOUDNESS
MENU
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Setting the effect options

When using surround effects, there are a
number of settings you can adjust.
1 Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select
the setting you want to adjust.
Depending on the current status / mode of the
receiver, certain options may not appear.
Check the table below for notes on this.
2 Use the LEVEL +/– buttons to set it as
necessary.
See the table below for the options available for
each setting. The defaults, if not stated, are
listed in bold.
3 Press EFFECT/CH SEL again to adjust
other settings .
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Setting What it does
Center Spreads the center channel
a
between the front right and left
Width
speakers, making it sound
(Applicable
wider (higher settings) or
only when
narrower (lower settings).
using a cen-
ter speaker)
a Adjusts the surround sound
Dimension
balance from front to back,
making the sound more distant
(minus settings), or more
forward (positive settings).
a Extends the front stereo image
Panorama
to include surround speakers
for a 'wraparound' effect.
Center Adjusts the center image to
b
create a wider stereo effect with
Image
vocals. Adjust the effect from 0
(Applicable
(all center channel sent to front
only when
right and left speakers) to 10
using a cen-
ter speaker) (center channel sent to the
center speaker only).
05
Options
0 to 7
Default: 3
–3 to +3
Default: 0
OFF
ON
0 to 10
Default: 3
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