Pioneer VSX-520 User Guide

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Listening to your system
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EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound 
to a stereo source, using all of your 
speakers.
Listening in stereo
When you select 
STEREO 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.
In the Auto level control stereo mode (ALC), 
this unit equalizes playback sound levels if 
each sound level varies with the music source 
recorded in a portable audio player.
While listening to a source, press 
STEREO/A.L.C. 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, Phase Control, Sound 
Retriever and Tone functions.
ALC – Listening in Auto level control stereo 
mode.
F.S.S.ADVANCE – See Using Front Stage 
Surround Advance
 below for more on this.
Using Front Stage Surround 
Advance
The Front Stage Surround Advance function 
allows you to create natural surround sound 
effects using just the front speakers and the 
subwoofer.
While listening to a source, press STEREO/
A.L.C. to select Front Stage Surround Advance 
modes.
STEREO – See Listening in stereo above for 
more on this.
ALC – See Listening in stereo above for 
more on this.
F.S.S.ADVANCE – Use to provide a rich 
surround sound effect directed to the 
center of where the front left and right 
speakers sound projection area converges.
AUTO/
DIRECT
BD MENU
STANDARD ADV  SURR
STEREO/
A.L.C.
AUTO/
DIRECT
BD MENU
STANDARD ADV  SURR
STEREO/
A.L.C.
Front left 
speaker
Front right 
speaker
F.S.S.ADVANCE position.
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