Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K manual Before you start Chapter, Introduction to home theater, English

Models: VSX-815-S/-K VSX-915-S/-K

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Before you start

Before you start

Chapter 1:

Before you start

Introduction to home theater

Checking what’s in the box

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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 36.

Please check that you've received the following supplied accessories:

Setup microphone

AM loop antenna

FM wire antenna

Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2

Remote control

Power cords (make sure you use the correct cord for your country/region):

VSX-515/815/915-K (black models) Round 2-pin type and Australian type

VSX-515-S (silver models)

Round 2-pin type, flat blade 2-pin type and UK 3-pin type (Except Australian model)

VSX-815/915-S (silver model)

Round 2-pin type, flat blade 2-pin type, UK 3-pin type and Australian type

Power plug adaptor (VSX-515/815/915-K only) x1

J-shaped plug x1

These operating instructions

Loading the batteries

Illustration shows the VSX-515 model

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