Surround Sound Setup; Introduction To Home Theater; Switching On; Quick Setup Using The Room Setup - Pioneer SX-315 Operating Instructions Manual

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Surround sound setup

Chapter 04:
Surround sound setup

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 19.

Switching on

Use the STANDBY/ON button on the front panel or the
remote control to switch the receiver on or into standby.
Remember that when the receiver is in standby it still
uses a small amount of power (0.45 W). Unplug from the
wall outlet to completely disconnect the power. The
receiver will retain its settings for about four weeks when
unplugged.
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Quick setup using the Room Setup

The Room Setup feature gives you a very simple way to
set up your receiver for good surround sound by setting
the room size and your seating position in the room.
You can make more detailed settings for surround sound
later if you want, setting individual channel levels and
speaker distances. See below for more details.
STANDBY/ON
ROOM
SETUP
RECEIVER
1 If the receiver isn't already on, press
STANDBY/ON (remote or front panel) to switch on.
2 Press ROOM SETUP then ENTER.
The display shows the current Room Setup setting.
• If any of the speaker distance settings have been
changed (see Setting speaker distances below) then
the display blinks ROOM SET.
3 Use the ROOM SETUP button to select a room
size setting, then press ENTER.
Select from:
• Room S – Smaller than average room (approx. 3.5 x
4.5m)
• Room M – Average room (approx. 5.5 x 6.0m)
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