User manual PIONEER VSX-D912K

[. . . ] AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-D912 Operating Instructions 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. IMPORTANT NOTICE H006AEn The serial number for this equipment is located in the rear panel. Please write this serial number on your enclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area. [. . . ] Each press cycles through the options as follows: SB ON SB OFF SB AUTO · You can't use the surround back channel if the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 is set to SB SW or SB . · You can't hear the surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources. STANDARD Type of source SB CH MODE ON AUTO ON AUTO STANDARD decoding MOVIE/MUSIC/ PROLOGIC NEO:6 CINEMA/ NEO:6 MUSIC ADVANCED SURROUND All modes DTS-ES/Dolby Digital Matrix encoded multi-channel sources with 6. 1 surround Dolby Digital/DTS encoded multi-channel sources Dolby Digital/DTS encoded stereo sources, Stereo sources Analog 2-channel (stereo) source ON AUTO ON AUTO 40 En Playing sources 06 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) Selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual back channel through your surround speakers. For example, you can choose to listen to sources with no surround back channel information (for example, 5. 1 encoded material) with emulated 6. 1 encoding (VSB ON). Sometimes the material may sound better in the 5. 1 format for which it was originally encoded. In this case you can have the receiver only apply this effect to 6. 1 encoded sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTSES (VSB AUTO), or you can simply switch it off (VSB OFF). The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel. · Press SB CH MODE (front panel) repeatedly to cycle the virtual surround back channel options. Virtual Surround Back mode ON AUTO ON AUTO Each press cycles through the options as follows: VSB ON VSB OFF VSB AUTO · You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the Speaker setting on page 45 is set to S . · You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 is set to SB or SB SW. · You can't adjust the surround back channel level when you're listening to the virtual surround back channel. STANDARD ADVANCED SURROUND NEO:6 CINEMA/ NEO:6 MUSIC All modes Type of source STANDARD decoding MOVIE/MUSIC/ PROLOGIC DTS-ES/Dolby Digital Matrix encoded multi-channel sources with 6. 1 surround Dolby Digital/DTS encoded multi-channel sources Dolby Digital/DTS encoded stereo sources, Stereo sources Analog 2-channel (stereo) source ON AUTO ON AUTO 41 En 06 Playing sources Using Loudness and Midnight listening The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume levels. The Midnight listening feature allows 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. Each press cycles through the effects as follows: 1 Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust. Each press switches between BASS and TREBLE. 2 Use the MULTI JOG dial to change the amount of bass or treble as necessary. Wait about five seconds for your changes to be input automatically. MIDNIGHT Off LOUDNESS · You can only use the tone controls when STEREO/DIRECT is selected. DIRECT will switch to STEREO when the tone controls are used. · The tone controls affect SPEAKER A only. They can't be used when SPEAKER A is switched off. Playing other sources · You can't use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS when DVD 7. 1 ch has been selected, or when listening to a DTS 96kHz/24 bit source. DVD TV RECEIVER VCR CD-R MULTI CONTROL Using the tone controls Depending on what you are listening to, you may want to adjust the bass or treble using the front panel tone control. RCV CD TUN TVC MULTI JOG ENTER INPUT SEL RECEIVER CONTROL MASTER VOLUME GNAL ELECT MIDNIGHT/ LOUDNESS SPEAKERS SB CH MODE TONE QUICK SETUP DOWN MULTI JOG UP VIDEO INPUT P DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Turn on the power of the receiver. 42 En Playing sources 06 3 Select the source you want to playback. Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (or INPUT SEL). 4 Start playback of the component you selected in step 1. Selecting the multi-channel analog inputs If you have connected a decoder or a DVD player with multi-channel analog outputs to this receiver (page 19), you must select the analog multi-channel inputs for surround sound playback. · When playback from the multi-channel inputs is selected, you can't use the INPUT ATT, TONE, and MIDNIGHT/ LOUDNESS buttons, as well as the STANDARD, ADVANCED SURROUND, and STEREO/DIRECT sound modes. · When playback from the multi-channel inputs is selected, only the volume and channel levels can be set. Using the sleep timer The sleep timer switches the receiver into standby after a specified amount of time so you can fall asleep without worrying about the receiver being left on all night. [. . . ] +6. 5 dB/+3 dB (100 Hz/10 kHz) (at volume level -50 dB) FM Tuner Section Frequency Range . . 87. 5 MHz to 108 MHz Usable Sensitivity . Mono:13. 2 dBf, IHF (1. 3 µV/ 75 ) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity . Stereo: 38. 6 dBf Signal-to-Noise Ratio . [. . . ]