User manual PIONEER VSX-517-SK

[. . . ] AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-517-S/-K VSX-817-S/-K Operating Instructions 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 NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. [. . . ] Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. CD-R/TAPE · While listening to a source, press STEREO/F. S. SURR to select Front Stage Surround Advance modes. · F. S. S. FOCUS ­ Use to provide a rich surround sound effect directed to the center of where the front left and right speakers sound projection area converges. WIDE ­ Use to provide a surround sound effect to a wider area than FOCUS mode. 1 FOCUS position (Recommend) Front left speaker Front right speaker WIDE position Front left speaker Front right speaker Italiano Nederlands CD AUTO SURR CD-R FM AM CD FM STEREO/ AM RECEIVER STEREO/ F. S. SURR STANDARD ADV. SURR AUTO SURR F. S. SURR STANDARD ADV. SURR ACOUSTIC DIALOG EQ SOUND RETRIEVER Español TOP MENU S RETRIEVER MENU PHASE Above: VSX-517 (left) and VSX-817 (right) · While listening to a source, press STEREO/F. S. SURR 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. · F. S. S. FOCUS ­ See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this. WIDE ­ See Using Front Stage Surround Advance below for more on this. Note 1 · VSX-517 model ­ When using F. S. S. WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Quick Setup is performed (see Using the Quick Setup on page 9). WIDE, a better effect can be obtained if Auto MCACC Setup is performed. For more on this, refer to Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 10. 33 En 05 Listening to your system Using Stream Direct Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed. CD-R/TAPE CD AUTO SURR CD-R FM AM CD FM STEREO/ AM RECEIVER STEREO/ F. S. SURR STANDARD ADV. SURR AUTO SURR F. S. SURR STANDARD ADV. SURR ACOUSTIC DIALOG EQ SOUND RETRIEVER TOP MENU S. RETRIEVER MENU PHASE Above: VSX-517 (left) and VSX-817 (right) · While listening to a source, press AUTO SURR to select Stream Direct mode. · AUTOSURR. · DIRECT ­ Sources are heard according to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel level, speaker distance), as well as with dual mono, Center Width, Dimension and Panorama settings. You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal. All other digital processing can not be set. · While listening to a source, press (SHIFT +) ACOUSTIC EQ. Press repeatedly to select between: · ALL CH ­ No special weighting is given to any one channel. ALIGN ­ All speakers are heard in accordance with the front speaker settings. · CUSTOM 1/2 ­ Custom settings · EQ OFF ­ Switches Acoustic Calibration EQ off. The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active. 1 Choosing the input signal · Default setting: AUTO You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the rear of the receiver to select between input signals. 2 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ VSX-817 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 10 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 41. Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic Calibration Equalization. PHASE ACOUSTIC DIALOG EQ EFFECT SOUND RETRIEVER · Press SIGNAL SELECT (front panel) to select the input signal corresponding to the source component. Each press cycles through the following: · AUTO ­ This automatically switches to DIGITAL if a digital source is detected, otherwise it remains on ANALOG. When set to DIGITAL or AUTO, 2 DIGITAL lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights when a DTS signal is input. Note 1 You can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ with DVD 5. 1ch, WMA9 Pro and it has no effect with headphones. 2 · This receiver can only playback Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz), DTS and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. · You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. [. . . ] 200 mV/47 k · Frequency response dB Español CD, DVR/VCR, CD-R/TAPE/MD, DVD/LD, TV/SAT . 5 Hz to 100 000 Hz · Output (Level/Impedance) FM Tuner Section Frequency Range . +10 dB/+5 dB (100 Hz/10 kHz) (at volume level ­50 dB) · Signal-to-Noise Ratio DIN (Continuous rated power output/ 50 mW) CD, DVR/VCR, CD-R/TAPE/MD, DVD/LD, TV/SAT. . 88 dB/64 dB 61 En 11 Additional information AM Tuner Section Frequency Range 9 kHz step . [. . . ]