02 5 Minute Guide; Introduction To Home Theater; Listening To Surround Sound - Pioneer PDK-1014 Operating Instructions Manual

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Chapter 2:
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Introduction to home theater

You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater systems that
give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening to soundtracks.
Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you're
in the middle of the action or concert. The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on
the speakers you have set up in your room, but also on the source and the sound settings of the receiver.
DVD-Video has become the basic source material for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use. Depending
on the DVD, you can have up to seven different audio tracks coming from one disc, all of them being sent to different
speakers in your system. This is what creates a surround sound effect and gives you the feeling of 'being there'.
This receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your
speaker setup. In most cases, you won't have to make changes for realistic surround sound, but other possibilities (like
listening to a CD with multichannel surround sound) are explained in Listening to your system on page 30.

Listening to Surround Sound

This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quick setup guide, you should
have your system hooked up for surround sound in no time at all. In most cases, you can simply leave the receiver in
the default settings. Note that the illustrations below show the VSX-2014i however, connections for the VSX-1014 are the
same.
Important
• Before making or changing any connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.
1
Hook up your DVD player.
For surround sound, you'll want to hook up using a digital connection from the DVD player to the receiver. You can do
this with either a coaxial (recommended), or an optical connection (you don't need to connect both). If you hook up
using an optical cable, you should refer to The Input Assign menu on page 67 to assign the optical input to DVD.
Use a video cord to connect the video output on your DVD player to the receiver using the jacks shown below.
2
Hook up your TV.
Use a video cord to connect your receiver to the TV using the jacks as shown below.
Optical cable
DIGITAL OUT
DVD player
VIDEO OUT
S
8
En
IN
2
R/ TAPE/MD )
Coaxial
cable
OUT
IN
3
REC
( DVD/
LD )
TV/
SAT
IN
4
IN
( CD )
DVD/
LD
ASSIGNABLE
Video cord
Video
cord
IN
1
OUT
( TV/SAT )
AM LOOP
MONITOR OUT
Y
(CD-R/
ANTENNA
IN
2
IN
1
OUT
TAPE/MD)
(TV/SAT)
CD
12V
IN
P
TRIGGER
B
OOM & SOURCE
MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE
S400
R
(DC OUT12V/
100mA MAX)
PLAY
MONITOR
IN
P
OUT
R
PRE
CD-R/
TER
SUBW.
TAPE/MD
OUT
MONITOR
OUT
OUT
S400
FRONT
Y
CEN-
REC
R
L
MULTI-
ROOM &
TER
VIDEO1
SOURCE
SUR-
VIDEO1
IN
P
IN
ROUND
IN
B
R
L
I R
IN
1
SUR-
PLAY
ROUND
OUT
IN
BACK
IN
P
R
L
FRONT
DVR /
R
(Single)
DVR /
RS - 232C
VCR
VCR
OUT
CEN-
OUT
TER
Y
IN
3
REC
(DVD/
SUBW.
LD)
TV/
T V /
SAT
SAT
FRONT
P
IN
B
IN
R
L
SUR-
4
2
IN
IN
(CD)
ROUND
DVD/
SUR-
DVD/
LD
P
ROUND
LD
R
VCR
ASSIGNABLE
ASSIGNABLE
IN
IN
R
L
1
2
R
L
COMPONENT
MULTI CH IN
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
DIGITAL
AUDIO
VIDEO
OUT
T V /
SAT
FRONT
IN
L
DVD/
SUR-
LD
ROUND
IN
L
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
VIDEO
VIDEO IN
TV
AC IN
AC OUTLET
SWITCHED 100W MAX
MONITOR
OUT
SPEAKERS
FRONT
CENTER
SURROUND
SURROUND BACK /
MONITOR
A
B
R
L
R
L
R
L
(Single)
OUT
SELECTABLE
VIDEO1
SELECTABLE
IN

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