Pioneer VSX-815-S Owner's Manual - Page 6

01 Before you start Chapter 1: 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 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 34. RECEIVER LEVEL EFFECT /CH SEL SHIFT LOUDNESS DIALOGE EQ INPUTATT ACOUSTIC MIDNIGHT/ DVD CH SLEEP RECEIVER CONTROL STANDARD ADV.SURR STEREO CH HDD MPX CHRETURN AUDIO SUBTITLE REC STOP TUNER DISPLAY DTVON/OFF REC DTVINFO MUTE VOL TV CH INPUT SELECT TV VOL RETURN SYSTEM TUNE GUIDE SETUP TV CONTROL ST BAND ENTER DTVMENU ST T.EDIT Checking what's in the box Please check that you've received the following supplied accessories: • Setup microphone • Remote control unit • Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2 • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna SR DISC ENTER CLASS MENU FL DIMMER +10 D.ACCESS TOP MENU TUNE DVD/LD TV/SAT DVR/VCR TVCONT MULTI CONTROL CD CD-R/TAPE TUNER RECEIVER SOURCE INPUT SELECT RECEIVER • Warranty card • These operating instructions 6 En