User manual PIONEER VSX-D514

[. . . ] AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-D514 VSX-D714 VSX-D814 Operating Instructions IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. D3-4-2-1-1_En NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] When set to DIGITAL or AUTO, 2 DIGITAL lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights when a DTS signal is input. · If you switch on Midnight listening, Loudness, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO. · This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32kHz­96 kHz) and DTS digital signal formats (however, only the VSX-D714/D814 can decode DTS 96kHz/ 24 bit signal formats). With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG. · You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 15) and set the signal input to DIGITAL. · Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player. Choosing the input signal · Default setting: AUTO You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the rear of the receiver to select between input signals. 38 En Listening to your system 05 Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH) (VSX-D714/D814 only) · Default setting: SB ON (VSX-D814), SB OFF (VSX-D714) You can use automatic 6. 1 decoding for 6. 1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use 6. 1 decoding with other sources (for example, 5. 1 encoded material). With 5. 1 encoded sources, a surround back channel will be generated, but the material may sound better in the 5. 1 format for which it was originally encoded, in which case you can simply switch the surround back channel off. The table below indicates when you will hear the surround back channel. · Press SB CH MODE (front panel) to select a surround back channel option. Each press cycles through the options as follows: · SB CH AUTO ­ Automatically switches to 6. 1 decoding for 6. 1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES) · SB CH ON ­ 6. 1 encoding is always used (for example, on 5. 1 encoded material) · SB CH OFF ­ Surround back channel is switched off English Italiano Français Deutsch · You can't use the surround back channel with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, or if the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 is set to SB or (VSXD814 only) SB SW. · You can't hear the surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources. STANDARD ADVANCED SURROUND NEO:6 CINEMA/ NEO:6 MUSIC All modes Type of source SB CH MODE ON STANDARD decoding PRO LOGIC IIx MOVIE/MUSIC 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 Nederlands AUTO ON AUTO (Dolby Digital) Español ON AUTO ON AUTO 39 En 05 Listening to your system 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 simply switch it off (VSB OFF) or (VSX-D714/ D814 only) have the receiver only apply this effect to 6. 1 encoded sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES (VSB AUTO). The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel. · Press SB CH MODE / VSB MODE (front panel) to select a virtual surround back channel option. Each press cycles through the options as follows: · VSB AUTO (VSX-D714/D814 only) · VSB ON · VSB OFF · You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, or if the Speaker setting on page 46 is set to S . VSX-D714/D814 only · 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 (VSX-D814 only) 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 Virtual Surround Back mode ON AUTO ON AUTO STANDARD decoding PRO LOGIC IIx MOVIE/MUSIC 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 Listening to your system 05 Using Midnight and Loudness listening 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. The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume levels. 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. English MULTI JOG Italiano ENTER MASTER VOLUME SIGNAL SELECT MIDNIGHT/ LOUDNESS SPEAKERS SB CH MODE TONE MULTI JOG QUICK SETUP DOWN UP DIGITAL IN VIDEO INPUT S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R Français MIDNIGHT/ LOUDNESS * Illustration shows the VSX-D814 model 1 Press TONE to select the frequency you want to adjust. Press to switch 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. · Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF. Deutsch · You can't use MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS when DVD 5. 1 ch has been selected, or when listening to a DTS 96kHz/24 bit source and 96 kHz PCM. Nederlands Español 41 En · You can only use the tone controls when STEREO/DIRECT is selected. [. . . ] . Mono: 73 dB (at 85 dBf) Stereo: 70 dB (at 85 dBf) Distortion. Stereo: 0. 5 % (1 kHz) Alternate Channel Selectivity . . 30 Hz to 15 kHz (±1 dB) Antenna Input (DIN) . 75 unbalanced Furnished Parts AM loop antenna . [. . . ]