User manual PIONEER VSA-303

[. . . ] Also do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed, sofa, or fabric having a thick pile. H040 En Operating Environment H045 En 2 En This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term 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 K041_En period. Operating environment temperature and humidity: +5°C ­ +35°C (+41°F ­ +95°F); less than 85%RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install in the following locations · Location exposed to direct sunlight or strong artificial light · Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly ventilated location Features Advanced Multichannel Stereophonic Concept The VSA-303 amplifier is constructed with Pioneer's industry-leading advanced multichannel stereophonic concept. This means it is designed to reproduce music and movie soundtracks as close as possible to the intentions of the producer during mastering. [. . . ] ACOUSTIC CAL. 1 memo · If you haven't set your system up with surround back speakers you won't be able to choose 7. 1 channel or AUTO with this button. · LISTENING CH SELECT options may change if the SPEAKER SYSTEM settings are changed. · LISTENING CH SELECT affects which listening modes will be available. · You can't select LISTENING CH SELECT in stereo mode. BASIC 1 47 En Basic Operation Switching ANALOG/DIGITAL Signal Input This button selects the type of input signal, ANALOG, DIGITAL or 2 RF, sent to the amplifier. You need to take special care to switch to the appropriate input when necessary. For example, the switch would have to be on DIGITAL to hear DOLBY DIGITAL, MPEG or DTS surround sound material but it would have to be on analog to record from the ANALOG out jacks on the amplifier. The default setting is AUTO which chooses digital over analog when both are available but goes with whatever is available if it is the only choice. Amplifier TONE BASS/ TREBLE VIDEO SELECT SPEAKER A/B EFFECT/ CH SEL. SIGNAL SELECT MAIN SUB SUB 1 Press the SIGNAL SELECT button on the SUB screen. Each press switches the signal in the order below: AUTO ANALOG DIGITAL 2RF DISPLAY DIMMER STATUS SYSTEM SETUP 1 1 memo · In the AUTO setting, amplifier chooses the signal, based on availability, in the following order of priority: 2 RF, DIGITAL, ANALOG. · When DIGITAL signal is selected, 2 DIGITAL lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input; DTS lights when a DTS signal is input. · If no digital inputs (see p. 80) are assigned, the SIGNAL SELECT will default to ANALOG. · Because the audio signal from a karaoke microphone and LDs are recorded with analog audio only, they are not output from the digital outputs. The playback available to you with these modes will differ depending on the source, speaker configuration the LISTENING CH SELECT setting. Basically the ADVANCED CINEMA mode is for movie sources and the ADVANCED CONCERT mode is for music sources. The STANDARD, HOME THX and STEREO modes can be used with any source though the latter won't offer surround sound. Try different settings with various soundtracks to see which you like. You must choose one of the surround modes in order to get surround sound. Depending on your setup, in STEREO mode only the front two speakers, and sometimes the subwoofer (if you have one), are used. STEREO modes When a source is played in this mode, it plays through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital, MPEG and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. STEREO In STEREO mode the audio plays according to the surround setup settings and you can still use Acoustic Calibration EQ, Digital NR, Midnight mode, Loudness mode and Tone Control functions. DIRECT In DIRECT mode, the audio passes through the shortest signal path possible to remain as close to the source audio quality as possible. Note: If you switch on Acoustic Calibration EQ, Digital NR, Midnight mode, Loudness mode or Tone Control when DIRECT is selected, the amplifier automatically switches to STEREO. STANDARD modes This mode is for pure decoding of Dolby Digital, MPEG, Dolby Surround and DTS sources as well as surround matrix decoding of 2 channel sources. It is good for enjoying regular movies/videos that have been recorded in Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround. DTS, STANDARD TX/SX is also the basic mode for enjoying sources with surround and surround back channels. For more detailed information see p. 12, 26, 38-40. [. . . ] 382 mV/47 k Phono Overload level (T. H. D. 0. 1 %, 1kHz) PHONO MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 mV Frequency Response PHONO MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hz to 20, 000 Hz ± 0. 3 dB LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hz to 100, 000 Hz +0 dB ­3 Output (Level/Impedance) LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]