User manual PIONEER VSX-55TXI

[. . . ] 1 2 3 Table of Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Checking the Supplied Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Preparing the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The TONE button can also be used to bypass the tone circuitry. 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the TONE button on the remote control or the front panel to put the receiver in tone adjust mode. Pressing the TONE button changes the mode to either on or off. When the mode is set to on, TONE appears in the display. 3 Press the BASS/TREBLE button repeatedly to select BASS or TREBLE. If TONE: BYPASS appears, press the TONE button to get TONE: on. 4 Use the +/­ buttons to adjust the low or high frequency levels. A few seconds after you finish adjusting the tone the receiver will revert to the sound mode it was in at the beginning of the process. 234 Memo: · The tone control can be adjusted in a range of ±6 dB. · The tone control cannot be set on in THX CINEMA, MULTI CH IN or SACD DIRECT modes. · If you set TONE control on in DIRECT mode the receiver will switch to STEREO mode. · When playing DVD-Audio (192, 176 kHz) discs over an i. LINK connection, this feature cannot be used. Listening with Sound Delay Some video displays have a slight delay in presentation of the video. Using sound delay you can slow the presentation of the sound to match the presentation of the video. BASIC 1 Press RECEIVER. 3 Use the +/­ buttons to add or subtract the amount of delay. Memo: · The amount of delay changes in 0. 1 frame steps from 0. 0 ­ 6. 0 frame. (The default setting value is 0. 0 frame. ) · When in DIRECT, MULTI CH IN or SACD DIRECT modes, sound delay cannot be used. 53 Basic Operation Listening in Audio Scaler mode Use to hear CD and DVD, as well as other digital soundtracks, at a wider dynamic range, allowing for finer audio reproduction. 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the HI-BIT button on the remote control or HI-BIT/HI-SAMPLING button on the front panel. Each press switches AUDIO SCALER mode on or off. HIBIT/SAMPLING lights in the display. Memo: · This mode cannot be used with MULTI CH IN mode. · If the receiver is in DIRECT mode and you press the HIBIT button the receiver will switch to STEREO mode. · This feature cannot be used with DVD-A, SACD or source signals greater than 88. 2 kHz over a digital connection (including i. LINK). 2 Multi Channel In Playback MULTI CH IN allows you to connect a DVD-Audio / SACD player or an external decoder to enjoy certain multichannel discs. To use MULTI CH IN playback follow the instructions below. 1 Press the MULTI CH INPUT button on the remote control or the MULTI CH IN button on the front panel. Each press switches the input between the previous mode and MULTI CH IN. ON: This is a true playback of the signal from the MULTI CH IN terminals, output without digital processing. You can only control each channel level. 1 OFF: Cancels the MULTI CH IN modes. Memo: · You can't use any kind of sound processing with MULTI CH IN. Selecting a listening mode, or switching these modes, cancels the MULTI CH IN. · If any speakers are set to NO the signal for that (those) channel(s) won't get output at all. · You cannot set sound features (page 51, 52, 53 and 54) on, in MULTI CH IN mode. · If you're listening to DVD-Audio / SACD but can only get stereo sound set your DVD player's 5. 1 channel analog playback to on. 54 Basic Operation Surround Back Channel Modes Surround Back Channel Mode The SB CH MODE makes available surround back channels through your surround back speakers. You must have chosen NORMAL SYSTEM in the SURRBACK SYSTEM setting (see page 39) and have SURROUND and SURROUND BACK speakers set to something other than NO (see page 41) to use this feature. To accomplish the same settings, you could have had the AUTO SURROUND SETUP automatically set the SURROUND and the SURROUND BACK speakers on (see page 13). 1 Press the SB CH MODE button on the remote control. Each press switches between ON, OFF and AUTO. 1 Virtual Surround Back Mode ON: surround back channels are available with all SURROUND modes. [. . . ] 100 W +100 W (20 Hz ­ 20 kHz, 0. 09%, 8 ) FM Tuner Section Frequency Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87. 5 MHz to 108 MHz Usable Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mono: 13. 2 dBf, IHF (1. 3 µV/75 ) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mono: 20. 2 dBf Stereo: 38. 6 dBf Signal-to-Noise Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mono: 73 dB (at 85 dBf) Stereo: 70 dB (at 85 dBf) Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stereo: 0. 5 % (1 kHz) Alternate Channel Selectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 dB (400 kHz) Stereo Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]