User manual PIONEER SX-315

[. . . ] SX-315. book Page 1 Friday, February 3, 2006 12:18 PM SX-315 Audio Multi-Channel Receiver Discover the benefits of registering your product online at www. pioneer. co. uk (www. pioneer-eur. com). SX-315. book Page 2 Friday, February 3, 2006 12:18 PM IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. D3-4-2-1-1_En-A Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel. IMPORTANT: THE MOULDED PLUG This appliance is supplied with a moulded three pin mains plug for your safety and convenience. Shall the fuse need to be replaced, please ensure that the replacement fuse has a rating of 5 amps and that it is approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362. [. . . ] BASS +/­ Use with the TONE button above to adjust the bass (page 20). TREBLE +/­ Use with the TONE button above to adjust the treble (page 20). 14 En SX-315. book Page 15 Friday, February 3, 2006 12:18 PM Surround sound setup 04 Chapter 04: Surround sound setup Introduction to home theater You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater systems that give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening to soundtracks. Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you're in the middle of the action or concert. The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on the speakers you have set up in your room, but also on the source and the sound settings of the receiver. DVD-Video has become the basic source material for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use. Depending on the DVD, you can have up to seven different audio tracks coming from one disc, all of them being sent to different speakers in your system. This is what creates a surround sound effect and gives you the feeling of `being there'. This receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your speaker setup. In most cases, you won't have to make changes for realistic surround sound, but other possibilities (like listening to a CD with multichannel surround sound) are explained in Listening to your system on page 18. ENTER ROOM SETUP English Quick setup using the Room Setup The Room Setup feature gives you a very simple way to set up your receiver for good surround sound by setting the room size and your seating position in the room. You can make more detailed settings for surround sound later if you want, setting individual channel levels and speaker distances. See below for more details. STANDBY/ON Switching on Use the STANDBY/ON button on the front panel or the remote control to switch the receiver on or into standby. Remember that when the receiver is in standby it still uses a small amount of power (0. 5 W). The receiver will retain its settings for about four weeks when unplugged. RECEIVER 1 If the receiver isn't already on, press STANDBY/ON (remote or front panel) to switch on. · If any of the speaker distance settings have been changed (see Setting speaker distances below) then the display blinks ROOM SET. 3 Use the ROOM SETUP button to select a room size setting, then press ENTER. 5. 5 m x 6. 0 m) 15 En SX-315. book Page 16 Friday, February 3, 2006 12:18 PM 04 Surround sound setup · Room L ­ Larger than average room (approx. 7. 5 m x 9. 0 m) 4 Use the ROOM SETUP button to select a seating position setting, then press ENTER. Select from: · Seat Fwd ­ If you are nearer to the front speakers than the surround speakers · Seat Mid ­ If you are equal distance from the front and surround speakers · Seat Back ­ If you are nearer to the surround speakers than the front speakers After selecting the seating position, the display shows the new settings for a couple of seconds. 4 Press SYSTEM SETUP again to select the suround speaker distance setting, then set using the / (cursor left/right) buttons. 5 Press SYSTEM SETUP again to select the subwoofer speaker distance setting, then set using the / (cursor left/right) buttons. 6 Press ENTER to exit the System Setup menu. Setting individual channel levels Setting speaker distances For more accurate surround sound settings you can set the distance from your listening position to each of the speakers. See also Setting individual channel levels below for setting the relative levels of individual speakers. In order to balance the sound from all the speakers in your system you can adjust the relative level of each speaker. [. . . ] · Move antennas farther away from equipment causing the noise. Broadcast stations cannot be · Connect an outdoor antenna (refer to page 8). · If the subwoofer has a volume knob, make sure it's turned up. · The Dolby Digital or DTS source you are listening to does not have an LFE channel. · Move the cassette deck further from your receiver, until the noise disappears. Noise during playback of a cassette deck. When a search is performed · This is not a malfunction, but be sure to turn the volume down to prevent the output of by a DTS compatible CD loud noise from your speakers. [. . . ]