Pioneer PDSP-1 manual Features, Beam control technology

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Features

This digital sound projector is a totally new product unlike conventional home theater systems. It produces multi- channel surround sound from a single speaker array, without the need for numerous speaker settings and wiring hassles.

The following section introduces the features that enable the PDSP-1 to produce its remarkable new sound.

1.Beam control technology

254 individually driven speaker units are arranged in an array on a single panel, and the directionally controlled audio from this array is radiated in a beam. The sound of each channel radiated in this beam utilizes the reflectivity of ceiling and walls to produce multi-channel sound.

Audio beam image

The accompanying illustration depicts the way in which the sound beam radiated from the PDSP-1 arrives at the listening position. In this way, surround sound is produced that totally envelops the listener.

Front left-right channel

Rear left-right channel

Center channel

PDSP-1

PDSP-1

PDSP-1

LISTENING	LISTENING	LISTENING
POSITION	POSITION	POSITION

Multi-channel sound field image

PDSP-1

LISTENING

POSITION

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Contents PDSP-1 Installation Preface For U.S. modelMaintenance of External Surfaces Regarding InstallationContents Features Beam control technologySound settings to match your room’s characteristics Confirm All Accessories These operating InstructionsSpecifications Audio SectionFront Panel Range of the Remote Control Unit Parts and their FunctionsAttaching the Front Grille Rear Panel Video outputs Monitor Output connectors About the Input/Output ConnectorsAudio output Output Optical connector SUB Woofer Output connectorsRemote Control Unit About the Remote Control Unit Buttons hard keysSetting the Basic Information on the Remote Control Unit Set the touch panel to the Home menuIllustration depicts U.S. model Using the Remote Control Unit Using Digital Sound ProjectorComponent Operation Menu Display About the Home Menu About the Pdsp digital sound projector menu Operating Menus for Other Components Using Watching TelevisionWatching a DVD Accompanying three menus are used to operate the DVD playerUsing a Pioneer DVD Recorder RecordingPerform recording operations on menu 1/2 at left Playback/Editing Following four menus are used to operate the DVD recorderDigital Sound Pr ojector Selecting the Audio ModeUsing Plii Movie Plii Music Pro Logic StereoMono Enhancing Monaural SourcesChanging Surround Sound Adjusting the SoundTest Signal Use the touch panel to select the Pdsp menuSurround L LeftRight Surround RLeft To edit Press Enter or Menu to exit Level 0dB Surround Setup LeftAux Center Mute Bass Management Noise Source Off Changing Each Channel’s Output LevelSub Woofer Menu No/LFE to panel Yes Same as steps 1 3 on P27, Test SignalBass Management Sub Woofer Yes LFE Level Sub Woofer / Bass ManagementTreble Level 0dB Adjusting the ToneAll Ch Tone Control Bass Level 0dB All Ch To edit Press Enter or Menu to exit 0dB Bass +Calling Up a Room Sound Setting Recall from MemoryVideo and Audio Timing Compensations Lipsync delay Lipsync delay To edit Press Enter or Menu to exit Delay 0msAdjusting Surround Effects Stereo Mode Menu Image width Image width value Plii ModePlii Mode Plii Off Movie Music Pro Logic Fine Tuning the Plii Music ModeStereo Mode Menu Image width Panorama Off Center width DimensionWidth Status Source Input 2 D Memory ModeDisplaying the Data Screen Press the Enter buttonTroubleshooting Additional Information Table of Remote Control Unit Menu Displays Dvdplayer Channel Menu Enter VOLUME,MUTE Index Terms displayed in menus Terms on front panel / rear panelSymbols and terms on remote control unit / touch panel Terminology in these operating instructions03F00001