User manual PIONEER VSX-45TX

[. . . ] AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-45TX 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. [. . . ] ON: surround back channels are available with all SURROUND modes. AUTO: same as above except whether SURROUND BACK channels are available with any of the PRO LOGIC II (or PRO LOGIC) modes depends on whether the source has an EX or ES flag or not. With the NEO:6 modes surround back channels will always be available. OFF: SURROUND BACK channels will not be heard. memo · You can't use the SB CH MODE with MULTI CH IN or STEREO/DIRECT modes. VIRTUAL SURROUND BACK Mode The VIRTUAL SURROUND BACK mode emulates surround back channels through your surround speakers. You must have chosen NORMAL SYSTEM in the SURRBACK SYSTEM setting (see page 37); have SURROUND speakers set to something other than NO, and have chosen NO for the SURROUND BACK speakers in SPEAKER SETTING (see page 40-41) to use this mode. To accomplish the same settings, you could have had the AUTO SURROUND SETUP automatically set the SURROUND speakers on and the SURROUND BACK speakers off (see pages 13-15) to use this mode. MOVIE MUSIC ACOUSTIC EQ MUTE MODE SURROUND REMOTE SETUP STEREO/ DIRECT 1 ENTER SB CH MODE 1 Press the SB CH MODE button on the remote control. Each press switches between VIRTL SB ON, VIRTL SB OFF and VIRTL SB AUTO. VIRTL SB ON VIRTL SB AUTO VIRTL SB OFF Î MULTI JOG CONTROL SET UP RETURN SIGNAL SELECT HI-BIT HI-SAMPLING SB CH MODE STATION TUNING BAND CLASS SELECT TUNER EDIT MULTI ROOM & SOURCE CONTROL ON/OFF PHONES SPEAKERS TONE TONE CONTROL BASS/TREBLE SETUP MIC MULTI JOG/ENTER DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO INPUT L AUDIO R 1 memo 54 · You can't use the VIRTUAL SURROUND BACK mode with the THX CINEMA, MULTI CH IN, STEREO/DIRECT modes. For each choice you can create VIRTUAL SURROUND BACK channels under the conditions listed below. VIRTL SB ON: virtual surround back sound is available with all SURROUND modes except THX CINEMA; for a stereo signal you must choose the NEO:6 MOVIE/MUSIC SURROUND mode or a Pioneer original sound mode (see pages 47­48). VIRTL SB AUTO: same as above except whether virtual surround back sound is available with any of the PRO LOGIC II (or PRO LOGIC) modes depends on whether the source has an EX or ES flag or not. With the NEO:6 modes virtual surround back sound will always be available. VIRTL SB OFF: virtual surround back sound will not be heard. Basic Operation DUAL MONO setting and playback The dual mono setting can only be used when listening to Dolby Digital or homemade discs that have dual mono software encoded in them. Dual mono software usually is used to put two different mono soundtracks, that you can listen to together or separately, on one DVD. With this setting you can choose which dual mono setting you want to listen to. Remember this setting is only applicable if you are using Dolby Digital software with dual mono and want to isolate one of the channels therein. MULTI JOG CONTROL SET UP RETURN SIGNAL SELECT HI-BIT HI-SAMPLING SB CH MODE STATION TUNING BAND CLASS SELECT TUNER EDIT MULTI ROOM & SOURCE CONTROL ON/OFF PHONES SPEAKERS TONE TONE CONTROL BASS/TREBLE SETUP MIC MULTI JOG/ENTER 1 Press the RETURN button for more than three seconds to put the receiver in DUAL MONO mode. Hold down the RETURN button to cycle through the different DUAL MONO settings. When you find the one you want release the button. The L (ch1) and R (ch2) indicators in the display light to indicate the playback channel. DUAL : ch1 DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO INPUT L AUDIO R 1 DUAL : ch2 DUAL: ch1/ch2 The different settings are: DUAL ch1, where you only hear channel 1; DUAL ch2, where you only hear channel 2; and DUAL ch1/ch2, where you hear both channels, but independently from different speakers. memo · The default setting is DUAL ch1. · You can only use this function with Dolby Digital sources that have this function Using Headphones MULTI JOG CONTROL SET UP RETURN SIGNAL SELECT HI-BIT HI-SAMPLING SB CH MODE STATION TUNING BAND CLASS SELECT TUNER EDIT MULTI ROOM & SOURCE CONTROL ON/OFF PHONES SPEAKERS TONE TONE CONTROL BASS/TREBLE SETUP MIC MULTI JOG/ENTER 1 Plug headphones into the headphone jack on the front of the receiver. No sound will be audible from the speakers when headphones are plugged in except in MULTI CH IN mode or when using the pre-outs. In MULTI CH IN mode the subwoofer will be audible even if the headphones are plugged in. DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO INPUT L AUDIO R BASIC 1 PHONES jack memo · All SURROUND modes will be downmixed to 2 channels. · If you're listening to a 2 channel source there will be no matrix decoding (i. e. you will not be able to get surround sound decoding). · For MULTI CH IN mode, only the signal input from the MULTI CH IN FRONT L and R channels can be heard. 55 Basic Operation Video Select This function allows you to listen to one sound source while you watch a different video source on your TV. The sound source is set in the normal fashion as explained on page 44 You then change the video input with the VIDEO SEL button. 1 Press RECEIVER. SETUP S0URCE TV SYSTEM RECEIVER OFF VCR1/ DVR 2 Press the VIDEO SEL button on the remote control to cycle through the different possible video inputs. DVD/LD TV/SAT TV CONT MULTI OPERATION MULTI CONTROL VCR2 CD-R/ TAPE1 VIDEO MD/ TAPE2 CD TUNER TONE RECEIVER EFFECT/CH SEL DIMMER LOUDNESS 1 SIGNAL SEL 2 DNR 3 BASS/TREBLE 4 1 The first press shows the video input you are currently using. After that pressing VIDEO SELECT cycles though the possibilities in the following order: DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR2 VIDEO VCR1/DVR + DISC 2 5 VIDEO SEL 6 HI-BIT 7 8 +10 ­ 9 SYSTEM SETUP MENU 0 ENTER DIRECT ACCESS SEARCH MODE GUIDE TOP MENU OFF TUNER EDIT ENTER TRACK EXIT AUDIO RETURN MPX DTV ON/OFF DISP MODE ¶ TUNING 8 BAND SUB TITLE TUNING ­ 1 3 DTV MENU CLASS + ¡ STATION ­ 4 7 STATION + ¢ The OFF setting means you are listening without a video signal. [. . . ] 0. 286 Vp-p/75 Output (Level/Impedance) VCR 1/DVR, VCR 2, MONITOR OUT Luminance signal (Y) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vp-p/75 Chrominance signal (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0. 286 Vp-p/75 Frequency Response VCR 1/DVR, VCR 2, VIDEO, DVD/LD, TV/SAT Luminance signal (Y) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hz to 10 MHz +0dB ­3 Signal-to-Noise Ratio Luminance signal (Y) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]