User manual PIONEER VSA-740

[. . . ] As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows : The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red. Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a three - pin plug. NOTE After replacing or changing a fuse, the fuse cover in the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which corresponds to the colour of the insert in the base of the plug or the word that is embossed on the base of the plug, and the appliance must not be used without a fuse cover. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. [. . . ] · A test tone will be output from the SURROUND BACK speakers but your external amplifier must be turned up at least a little in order to hear it. Be careful that it is not turned up too much because the test tone volume is quite loud. memo 35 En Initial Set Up 3 AUTO T. TONE MANUAL T. TONE 3 Using the remote control display, follow the instructions below to adjust the speaker levels so that you hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in your normal listening position. NOTE : The volume of the subwoofer tends to sound lower than it actually is. You may need to adjust the level after testing with an actual soundtrack. In AUTO mode 1 Use the +/­ (or 5~) buttons to adjust the level of the speaker outputting the test tone. The tone will automatically switch between speakers after sounding for 2-3 seconds. 2 Adjust the level of all speakers. DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR1 VCR2 In MANUAL mode STANDBY/ON ENTER BACK LIGHT on/off 5~ buttons 1 Use the +/­ (or 5~) buttons to adjust the level of the first (the front left) speaker. If you are using a Sound Pressure Level (SPL) meter Take the readings from your main listening position and adjust the level of each speaker to 75 dB SPL (Cweighted/slow model). memo You can use the 5~ buttons at the bottom of the remote control instead of the +/­ buttons. AUTO T. TONE MANUAL T. TONE 4 4 When all the speaker levels have been set, select SETUP OK to return to the SYSTEM SETUP MENU. The display on the amplifier will say RESUME and the MASTER VOLUME will return to its original position. SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG SP AUTO A STEREO VOLUME dB Next, proceed to CROSSOVER NETWORK below. memo Note that it is also possible to set channel levels temporarily. This function is designed to be used when you want to change the levels temporarily to hear one speaker louder. Using this method you can set speaker levels in different modes, such as 2/dts, STEREO, and each DSP mode, independently. Doing the set up procedures on this page will erase any temporary/ independent level settings that have been made. 36 En Initial Set Up CROSSOVER NETWORK The following steps show you how to adjust the crossover network. The crossover network is the frequency at which the system divides the signal and sends the different parts (high, mid, low) to different speakers. Dual mono software usually is used to put two different soundtracks on one DVD. With this setting you can choose which channel in the dual mono setting you want to listen to. Thus, it is useful for soundtracks that have one language on one channel and a different language on the other. Remember this setting is only applicable if you are using Dolbly Digital software with dual mono and want to isolate one of the channels therein. Otherwise, just ignore this function. 1 3 2 1 Put the amplifier in STANDBY mode. 2 While holding down the VIDEO SELECT button press the STANDBY/ON button on the front panel. During this time use the STEREO/DIRECT button to cycle through the different DUAL MONO settings to find the one you want. The different settings are: DUAL ch1, where you only hear channel 1; DUAL ch2, where you only hear channel 2; and DUAL ch1/ch2, where you hear both channels, but independently from different speakers. The default setting is DUAL ch1. SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG SP A STEREO VOLUME dB DUAL ch1 setting SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG SP A STEREO VOLUME dB DUAL ch2 setting SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG SP A STEREO VOLUME dB DUAL ch1/ch2 setting SIGNAL SELECT SP DIGITAL A VOLUME DIGITAL dB AC-3 L When DUAL MONO is playing with ch 1 selected the L will light. When playing with ch 1/2 selected the L and R will light. 40 En Basic Playback Sound Modes The five sound modes on the receiver are explained here. These can be turned on from the front panel or from the AMPLIFIER MAIN SCREEN on the remote control. There are three cinema modes: STANDARD, HOME THX CINEMA, and ADVANCED THEATER. [. . . ] 130 W + 130 W (DIN 1 kHz, THD 1 %, 6 ) Rated Power Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W + 100 W (20 Hz-20 kHz, THD 0. 09 %, 8 ) · Above specifications are applicable when the power supply is 230V. Input (Sensitivity/Impedance) PHONO MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 7 mV/47 k VCR 1/DVR, VCR 2, DVD/LD, TV/SAT, VIDEO, CD, LINE/ TUNER, MD/TAPE 1/CD-R, TAPE 2 . . . . . . . [. . . ]