User manual PIONEER PDM-426A REV A1

[. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: ­ ­ ­ ­ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ] · DRAMA ­ Designed for movies with lots of dialog. · MONOFILM ­ Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks. SHOW ­ Suitable for musical sources. · EXPANDED ­ Creates an extra wide stereo field. 2 · TV SURR. ­ Provides surround sound for both mono and stereo TV sources. Note What it does Options Spreads the center channel 0 to 7 between the front right and left Default: 3 speakers, making it sound wider (higher settings) or narrower (lower settings). ­3 to +3 Dimensiona Adjusts the surround sound Default: 0 balance from front to back, making the sound more distant (minus settings), or more forward (positive settings). 1 · If you press ADV. SURR with the headphones connected, PHONES SURROUND will automatically be selected. · VSX-817 model only ­ Depending on the source and the sound mode you have selected, you may not get sound from the surround back speaker in your setup. For more on this, refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 35. · When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected, the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the effect options below. 2 Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect (stereo field is wider than Standard modes with Dolby Digital sources). 32 En Listening to your system 05 Setting Panorama a What it does Extends the front stereo image to include surround speakers for a `wraparound' effect. Options OFF ON English 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. CD-R/TAPE Center Imageb (Applicable only when using a center speaker) 0 to 10 Adjusts the center image to create a wider stereo effect with Default: 3 vocals. Adjust the effect from 0 (all center channel sent to front right and left speakers) to 10 (center channel sent to the center speaker only). Sets the effect level for the currently selected Advanced Surround mode (each mode can be set separately). 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. · ANALOG ­ Selects the analog inputs. · DIGITAL ­ Selects the digital input. 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. With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG. · You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 13) and set the signal input to DIGITAL. · Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player. 34 En Listening to your system 05 English Using surround back channel processing VSX-817 model only · Default setting: SB ON You can have the receiver automatically use 6. 1 decoding for 6. 1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use 6. 1 decoding (for example, with 5. 1 encoded material). [. . . ] 530 kHz to 1700 kHz Sensitivity (IHF, Loop antenna) . Loop antenna Note · Specifications and the design are subject to possible modifications without notice, due to improvements. Cleaning the unit · Use a polishing cloth or dry cloth to wipe off dust and dirt. · When the surface is dirty, wipe with a soft cloth dipped in some neutral cleanser diluted five or six times with water, and wrung out well, and then wipe again with a dry cloth. · Never use thinners, benzine, insecticide sprays or other chemicals on or near this unit, since these will corrode the surface. Miscellaneous Power requirements Black model . [. . . ]