User manual PIONEER VSX-D2011-S

[. . . ] AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-D2011-S VSX-D2011-G Operating Instructions NOTE: THE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS COMPARTMENT WARNING IS LOCATED ON THE APPLIANCE BONNET 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. Installing the Receiver VENTILATION: When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 60 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and 30 cm at each side). WARNING: Slot and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, to prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be blocked and covered with items, such as newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc. [. . . ] The receiver lets you display three different kinds of RDS information: Radio Text, Program Service Name, and Program Type. Radio Text (RT) is messages sent by the radio station. These can be anything the broadcaster chooses--a talk radio station might give out it telephone number as RT, for example. Program Service Name (PS) is the name of the radio station. Program Type (PTY) indicates the kind of program currently being broadcast. The receiver can search for and display the following program types: NEWS News AFFAIRS INFO SPORT EDUCATE DRAMA CULTURE SCIENCE VARIED Current affairs General information Sports Educational material Radio drama Arts and culture Science and technology Usually talk-based material, such as quiz shows or interviews. POP M Pop music ROCK M Rock music EASY M "Middle of the road" music LIGHT M `Light' classical music CLASSICS `Serious' classical music OTHER M Other music not fitting any of the above categories WEATHER Weather reports FINANCE Finance and business CHILDREN Children's entertainment SOCIAL Social affairs RELIGION Religious programming PHONE IN Phone-in talk shows TRAVEL Travel LEISURE Leisure interests and hobbies JAZZ Jazz music COUNTRY Country music NATION M Popular music in a language other than English OLDIES Popular music from the '50s FOLK M Folk music DOCUMENT Documentaries In addition, there is a program type called ALARM, used for exceptional emergency announcements. You can't search for this, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. Using the RDS display To display the different types of RDS information available, press TUNER button on the remote control and use the DISPMODE button to cycle through the types of RDS information. Each press changes the display as follows: RT PS FREQ PTY memo · If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly. · If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is being transmitted from the broadcast station. If you have entered a name for the station, it is displayed instead of RT data. If you haven't, the display will automatically switch to the PS data display. If no PS data is transmitted from the station, the frequency will be displayed. · In the PTY display, there are cases where NO DATA or NO TYPE is shown. If this happens, the PS display is shown after a few seconds. · This unit converts lower case characters transmitted by broadcast station to upper case characters. 62 En Using the Tuner Searching for RDS programs (European model only) One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to search for a particular kind of radio program. You can search for any of the program types (listed on page 62). AUDIO/V 1 Tune into an FM station. Refer to "Automatic and Manual Tuning" or "Direct Access Tuning" on p. 57 and 58. STANDBY/ON STANDBY MULTI CHANNNEL ACOUSTIC CALIBRATION MOVIE MUSIC ENTER MULTI JOG MULTI JOG CONTROL SET UP RETURN SIGNAL SELECT HI-BIT HI-SAMPLING SB CH MODE STATION TUNING BAND CLASS SELECT TUNER EDIT CHARACTER/ SEARCH EON MODE PHONES SPEAKERS TONE TONE CONTROL BASS/TREBLE MULTI JOG/ENTER SETUP MIC DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO INPUT L AUDIO R 2 Use the BAND button to select the FM band. RDS is only broadcast on FM. 3 Press the SEARCH MODE button. 1, 4 5-6 24 3 SEARCH shows in the display. 4 Press the +/­buttons or use the MULTI JOG dial to select the program type you want to hear. 5 Press ENTER to search for the program type. The system starts searching through the station presets for a match. When it finds one, the search stops and the station plays for five seconds. 6 If you want to keep listening to the station, press ENTER within the 5 seconds. If you don't press ENTER, searching resumes. If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn't find that program type at the time of the search. memo BASIC · RDS searches memorized stations only. If no stations have been (see page 59 to do this), NO PTY is displayed. [. . . ] 531 kHz to 1, 602 kHz (9 kHz step) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 kHz to 1, 700 kHz (10 kHz step) Sensitivity (IHF, Loop antenna) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 µV/m Selectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]