User manual PIONEER VSX-55TXI

[. . . ] 1 2 3 Table of Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Checking the Supplied Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Preparing the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] · You cannot set sound features (page 51, 52, 53 and 54) on, in MULTI CH IN mode. · You cannot listen to the SECOND ZONE in MULTI CH IN mode. · If you're listening to DVD-Audio / SACD but can only get stereo sound set your DVD player's 5. 1 channel analog playback to on. 54 Basic Operation Surround Back Channel Modes Surround Back Channel Mode The SB CH MODE makes available surround back channels through your surround back speakers. You must have chosen NORMAL SYSTEM in the SURRBACK SYSTEM setting (see page 39) and have SURROUND and SURROUND BACK speakers set to something other than NO (see page 41) to use this feature. To accomplish the same settings, you could have had the AUTO SURROUND SETUP automatically set the SURROUND and the SURROUND BACK speakers on (see page 13). 1 Press the SB CH MODE button on the remote control. Each press switches between ON, OFF and AUTO. 1 Virtual Surround Back Mode 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. 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 39); have SURROUND speakers set to something other than NO, and have chosen NO for the SURROUND BACK speakers in SPEAKER SETTING (see page 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 page 13) to use this 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. 1 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 48 and 49). 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 Memo: · You can't use the SB CH MODE with MULTI CH IN or STEREO/DIRECT modes. · You can't use the virtual surround back mode with the THX CINEMA, MULTI CH IN, STEREO/DIRECT modes. · When playing DVD-A, SACD or source signals greater than 88. 2kHz over a digital connection (including i. LINK), this feature cannot be used. · When using the virtual surround back mode with the SURROUND modes, +VSB will show in the display. 55 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. 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. 1 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 encoding. Using Headphones 1 Plug headphones into the PHONES 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. 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. [. . . ] 30 Hz to 15 kHz (± 1) dB Antenna Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 unbalanced Audio Section Input (Sensitivity/Impedance) PHONO MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 7 mV/47 k LINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 mV/47 k 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]