User manual PIONEER S-DV313

[. . . ] 5W of electricity when power is switched to standby. WARNING: This product contains checmicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. this product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as longterm use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period. [. . . ] The surround mode options (below) can add surround sound to stereo sources (except SACD and DVD-Audio). Choose one of the following to add depth to a 2 channel source: Simulates the acoustic environment of a large concert hall and is suitable for music or musical sources marked 1 ( ) or Simulates the relaxed environment of a movie theater, and is suitable for watching movies on sources marked 1 ( ) or This mode gives 4. It is less sensitive to the quality of the source material, so may be useful when Dolby Pro Logic II Movie/ Music modes do not give good results. 1 surround channel listening, giving the impression that there is a surround back speaker in your system when listening to a 5. It is suitable for movies, especially those recorded in Dolby Surround. This mode is especially designed to give sound depth to stereo sources. The overall effect builds a dynamic and broad sound space, allowing two-channel (stereo) signals to imitate a five speaker sound. use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect. You can also use with Dolby Digital sources for a wider stereo field than the Surround modes. In Auto mode, stereo sources are played in stereo (through the front left/right speakers), and surround sound sources (Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Surround) are played in surround sound. You can use this mode to give surround sound to mono or stereo TV audio sources. Quiet / Midnight listening The Quiet and Midnight listening modes allow you to hear effective surround sound of movies at low volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts according to the volume at which you're listening. You can't use Quiet/Midnight with 96kHz PCM, DVD-Audio or SACD sources. The bass and treble can be adjusted from ­3 to +3. Muting the sound Boosting the bass level If you want to bring up the low end for certain kinds of music or sound sources, switch on P . Use the MUTE button if you need to momentarily turn off any sound coming out of the speakers. Bass together with the Midnight or Quiet modes (see below), or when headphones are connected. Use the wake-up timer to set the system to switch on at any time and start playing whatever source you want. For example, tune in the radio station you want to wake up to. If you've selected a CD, make sure that it's stopped. The clock must be set to the correct time for the wake-up timer to work properly (see page 23). [. . . ] MLP / Packed PCM (DVD-Audio only) A lossless compression system that enables more PCM audio to be stored on a DVD-Audio disc than would otherwise be possible. MPEG audio An audio format used on Video CDs and some DVD discs. mPEG video The video format used for Video CDs/Super VCDs and DVDs. Video CD/Super VCD uses the older MPEG-1 standard, while DVD uses the newer and much better quality MPEG-2 standard. [. . . ]