Pioneer HTZ-940DV Owner's Manual - Page 10

01 Before you start 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 system. 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 six 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 system 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 Home theater sound on page 31. General disc compatibility This system was designed and engineered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos: DVD-Audio DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW Audio CD Video CD CD-R CD-RW Super Audio CD Fujicolor CD • KODAK Picture CD • is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. Other formats, including but not limited to the following, are not playable in this system: DVD-RAM / DVD-ROM / CD-ROM* * Except those that contain MP3 or JPEG. See also Compressed audio compatibility and JPEG file compatibility below. DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs (Audio CDs and Video CDs) recorded using a DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal computer may not be playable on this system. This may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but not limited to: the type of disc used; the type of recording; damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the player's pick-up lens. See below for notes about particular software and formats. 10 En