User manual PIONEER SX-315 (HTP-2500)

[. . . ] Receive free tips, updates and service bulletins on your new product · improve product development Your input helps us continue to design products that meet your needs. Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. [. . . ] 2 MUTE Press to mute the sound (press again, or adjust the volume, to restore the sound). 4 SLEEP Use to put the receiver in sleep mode and select the amount of time before the receiver turns off (page 22). 8 CLASS Switches between the three banks (classes) of radio station presets (page 23). 14 TEST TONE Sounds the test tone when setting up the surround sound of the receiver (page 17). 15 Listening mode buttons AUTO Press for automatic decoding based on the source material (page 19). SURROUND Press to switch between the various Pro Logic II and other listening mode options (page 20). STEREO Switches to stereo playback using only the front left and right speakers (page 20). TONE Use in conjuction with the BASS and TREBLE buttons below (page 21). mPX Switches between stereo and mono reception of FM broadcasts. If the signal is weak then switching to mono will improve the sound quality (page 23). BASS +/­ Use with the TONE button above to adjust the bass (page 21). TREBLE +/­ Use with the TONE button above to adjust the treble (page 21). You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater systems that give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening to soundtracks. Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you're in the middle of the action or concert. The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on the speakers you have set up in your room, but also on the source and the sound settings of the receiver. DVD-Video has become the basic source material for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use. Depending on the DVD, you can have up to seven different audio tracks coming from one disc, all of them being sent to different speakers in your system. This is what creates a surround sound effect and gives you the feeling of `being there'. This receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your speaker setup. In most cases, you won't have to make changes for realistic surround sound, but other possibilities (like listening to a CD with multichannel surround sound) are explained in Listening to your system on page 19. Quick setup using the Room Setup The Room Setup feature gives you a very simple way to set up your receiver for good surround sound by setting the room size and your seating position in the room. You can make more detailed settings for surround sound later if you want, setting individual channel levels and speaker distances. [. . . ] The Dolby Digital or DTS source you are listening to does not have an LFE channel. Move the cassette deck further from your receiver, until the noise disappears. When a search is performed · This is not a malfunction, but be sure to turn the volume down to prevent the output of by a DTS compatible CD loud noise from your speakers. Player during playback, noise is output. [. . . ]