Create your Home Cinema System - Pioneer

DIGITAL HOME CINEMA
GOING DIGITAL:
HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN SYSTEM
A digital home cinema set-up may seem like a huge change, but it is not. Take a look at the simple steps below, and discover how easy
it is to create your very own home cinema system.
Step 1: Add a DVD Player
Start out with what you have: your TV/VCR combination, stereo hi-fi speakers, CD player and amplifier. Then add a
DVD-Video player to your TV/VCR combination. In addition to outstanding image quality and superb sound, DVD-
Video allows you to view films in various languages, with a selection of soundtracks and subtitles. You can also
enjoy other features like viewing per chapter and, on some DVDs, camera angle selection.
Step 2: Add an A/V Receiver or Amplifier + Centre/Rear Speakers
Step 3: Add an Active Subwoofer
Add a Pioneer A/V surround amplifier or receiver as well as centre and rear speakers to experience
supreme surround sound. Choose carefully because the A/V amplifier or receiver is the central
component in any home cinema system, connecting all the units and amplifying sound from your TV, DVD,
CD, or MiniDisc. A Pioneer A/V amplifier or receiver not only provides powerful sound, but can accept a
variety of image sources, like a video camera or game console. This is especially easy if your A/V unit has
input terminals on its front panel.
The final touch. Add a quality subwoofer to create perfect 5.1-channel surround sound. With
6 speakers in total — 2 front, 2 rear, 1 centre and 1 subwoofer, you’ll be able to enjoy Dolby
Digital or DTS surround sound to its full extent. The front left and right, centre, rear left and
right speakers span a wide range of frequencies and there is a dedicated low frequency
speaker for extra sound impact. The subwoofer guarantees sonorous bass reproduction, just
like in the cinema. Pioneer’s A/V amplifiers and receivers offer built-in support for decoding
compressed 5.1-channel surround sound sources, which wraps you in sound. If your existing
speakers seem a bit tired, treat yourself to a completely new 5.1-channel A/V speaker set!
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Step 4: Add Surround Back Speaker(s) for 6.1/7.1 Surround Sound
DIGITAL HOME CINEMA
Be future proof. With THX Surround EX/Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES, surround sound has gone one step further by
adding an additional “Surround Back” channel. So adding one or two satellite speakers behind the listener means
an even more impressive soundscape.
One-stop Solution – buying a Digital Home Cinema System
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ALL-IN-ONE
Let Pioneer do the work for you. There’s no need to go through the steps of building your own system from different
components. Simply buy a complete Digital Home Cinema System with an all-in main unit plus speaker package.
Or go for one of our digital home cinema combinations, including a DVD-Video player and A/V amplifier/receiver,
with or without A/V speaker set. For stylish and space-saving home cinema choose from our slimline range.