Pioneer VSX-815-S Owner's Manual - Page 42

06 Listening to your system Playing other sources RECEIVER INPUT SELECT SOURCE DVD/LD TV/SAT DVR/VCR TVCONT MULTI CONTROL CD CD-R/TAPE TUNER RECEIVER 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Turn on the power of the receiver. 3 Select the source you want to playback. Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (or INPUT SELECT).1 4 Start playback of the component you selected in step 1. 1 Make sure you have set the playback source to the proper output setting. For example, you might need to set your DVD player to output multichannel analog audio. 2 Press DVD/LD. 3 Press SIGNAL SELECT to select the multichannel analog inputs. DVD 5.1ch will show in the display and the ANALOG SIGNAL SELECT indicator will light. Using the sleep timer The sleep timer switches the receiver into standby after a specified amount of time so you can fall asleep without worrying about the receiver being left on all night. Use the remote control to set the sleep timer. CH CH RECEIVER CONTROL STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO SLEEP MIDNIGHT/ ACOUSTIC LOUDNESS DIALOGE EQ INPUTATT SHIFT EFFECT /CH SEL LEVEL Selecting the multichannel analog inputs If you have connected a decoder or a DVD player with multichannel analog outputs to this receiver (page 18), you can select them for surround sound playback.2 ADVANCED ST/DIRECT SIGNAL STANDARD SURR /AUTO SURR SELECT LISTENING MODE • Press SLEEP repeatedly to set the sleep time. 30 min 60 min Off 90 min • You can check the remaining sleep time at any time by pressing SLEEP once. Pressing repeatedly will cycle through the sleep options again.3 Note 1 If your source is the TV's built-in tuner, switch to the channel you want to watch, otherwise make sure that the TV's video input is set to this receiver (For example, if you connected this receiver to the VIDEO 1 jacks on your TV, make sure that the VIDEO 1 input is selected). Turn down the volume of your TV so that all the sound is coming from the speakers connected to this receiver. 2 • When playback from the multichannel inputs is selected, you can't use ACOUSTIC CAL EQ, DIALOG E, INPUT ATT, TONE, VSB and MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS, as well as any of the listening modes (including STEREO/DIRECT and the Extended mode). • When playback from the multichannel inputs is selected, only the volume and channel levels can be set. • You can't listen to your speaker B (Second Zone) system during playback from the multichannel inputs. 3 You can also switch off the sleep timer simply by switching off the receiver. 42 En