Main Features: Pioneer HTP-600
Total Output Power 600W
Speakers 4 surround satellite speakers with dual centre speaker and subwoofer receiver
System Receiver System
Deep Colour Yes
HDMI Yes
USB Yes
iPod Ready Yes
HD Audio Formats Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio
MCACC Yes
Power Consumption (in use / standby) 61W / 0,60W
Surround Sound
Dolby Pro Logic Surround Yes
Dolby Pro Logic Surround II Yes
Dolby Digital Yes
Dolby Digital Plus Yes
Dolby TrueHD Yes
DTS Yes
DTS 96/24 Yes
DTS-ES Yes
DTS Neo:6 Yes
DTS-HD Master Audio Yes
Surround Modes • 9 Advanced Surround Modes (Action, Unplugged, Sports, Advanced Game, Drama, Entertainment Show, Classical, Rock/Pop, Extended Stereo)
• 4 Surround Modes (Auto, Standard Decode, Stereo Downmix, Auto Level Control)
• 8 Stereo Surround Modes (Auto, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, Dolby Pro Logic II Music, Dolby Pro Logic II Game, Neo:6 Cinema/Music, Stereo Off, Auto Level Control)
Picture Quality
Video Signal D/A Converter 192MHz/24-bit
Audio
Auto Level Control Yes
Bass/Treble Tone Control Yes
Front Stage Surround Advance Yes
Loudness Yes
Midnight Listening Mode Yes
Advanced Sound Retriever Yes
Terminals
Main Unit Terminals 3 x HDMI in, 1 x HDMI out, 1 x RCA Audio in, 4 x AV in, 2 x Optical in, 1 x Coaxial in, 1 x USB/iPod in, 2 x Composite out, 2 x RCA Audio out, 2 x Surround Back Preout (L, R), 6 x Spring-type Terminals
Speakers
Front Speaker Type Satellite
Front Speaker Dimensions (W x H x D) 96 x 96 x 96 mm
Front Speaker Weight 0,50 kg
Centre Speaker Dimensions (W x H x D) 96 x 96 x 96 mm
Centre Speaker Weight 0,50 kg
Rear Speaker Type Satellite
Rear Speaker Dimensions (W x H x D) 96 x 96 x 96 mm
Rear Speaker Weight 0,50 kg
Subwoofer Dimensions (W x H x D) 230 x 360.5 x 422.5 mm
Subwoofer Weight 11,00 kg
Amplifier
Surround RMS Front 100W (1kHz, 10%THD, 4Ω)
Surround RMS Surround 100W (1kHz, 10%THD, 4Ω)
Surround RMS Centre 100W Dual (1kHz, 10%THD, 4Ω)
Surround RMS Subwoofer 100W (100Hz, 10%THD, 4Ω)
System
Remote Preset
Display Fluorescent display with 4-step dimmer
Power Requirements AC 220 - 240V, 50/60 Hz
Auto Level Control compensates for volume fluctuations between songs or sources, ensuring that what you hear is played back at a constant volume.
By simply placing your speakers directly beside your TV screen and activating the unique Front Stage Surround Advance feature, you can experience a virtual surround sound environment.
The benefit here is that you don’t have to worry about routing
speaker cables around your room; your speakers can be placed up front.
If others are sleeping or studying, trying to enjoy a programme quietly shouldn't compromise such sound qualities as surround effects or dialogue clarity.
Midnight Listening Mode is the solution. It adjusts subwoofer, rear and centre speaker levels, while enhancing delay and compressing dynamic range, for greater enjoyment of cinema-like sound at low volume.
Dolby Pro Logic Surround puts you in the ambience of a cinema without actually being there.
Operating on the same principle acoustic systems of most premium first-run cinemas, this feature decodes sound data acontained in Dolby surround video software and produces four distinct outputs [front left/right, rear (two speakers) and front centre].
Dolby Pro Logic Surround II is a matrix decoding system that extracts 5.1 channel surround sound from a variety of sound sources, including 2-channel sources such as Stereo TV broadcasts, video tapes and CDs.
Pro Logic II uses matrix decoding to put the surround rear channels in stereo and covers the full frequency range during playback.
The current surround sound quality decoding standard, Dolby Digital means movie theatre sound performance for a home cinema. The listener will be wrapped in surround sound by 5.1-channel audio sound compression technology.
Depending on the speakers, the front left and right, centre, rear left and right speakers can span frequencies from 20 Hz - 20 kHz and there is a dedicated subwoofer channel for additional low frequency sound effects. Extra features mean not only stunning soundtracks but also additional language tracks on one disc.
Dolby Digital Plus is a digital audio compression scheme developed specifically for Blu-ray Disc.
It is a development of the earlier Dolby Digital system. Compared to Dolby Digital, it supports a greater range of bitrates at higher quality and up to thirteen full range audio channels compared with Dolby Digital's original five.
Dolby TrueHD is an advanced lossless multi-channel audio codec from Dolby Laboratories.
DTS-HD Master Audio is also a lossless audio codec created by Digital Theater System (DTS).
Both codecs are intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment, such as Blu-ray Disc.
Put simply, the result is that you can now enjoy high resolution images accompanied by lush studio-quality HD sound.
DTS 5.1-channel playback decoding technology has rapidly gained popularity thanks to its dynamic sound impact that flies at the listener from left, right and centre surround speakers.
The multi-platform DTS 96/24, was first compressed surround format technology to support 96 kHz and 24-bit sound resolution and multi-channel capabilities - the best multi-channel audio format for DVD-Video.
With its super low audio compression rate compatibility, both DTS 96/24 and traditional DTS-encoded audio discs will sound rich and sophisticated, with sound quality almost as high as on 96 kHz, 24-bit master tapes in the studio.
Backwards compatible with existing DTS decoders, the listener is also able to enjoy DTS 96/24 discs with receivers incorporating a standard DTS decoder. DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
DTS 6.1 Extended Surround Matrix is where the additional Surround Back audio channel is 'matrixed' into the rear left and right surround channels in the DTS data stream. A DTS ES or compatible decoder then extract the Surround Back channel that is placed behind the listener and puts him/her right in the middle of the action.
DTS NEO:6 modes apply conventional 2-channel signals to the high-precision digital matrix decoder and achieves 6.1-channel surround playback. High-precision input signal detection and matrix processing enable a full band reproduction for all 6.1 channels.
It also improves the separation between the different channels to almost the same level as that of a digital discrete system.
Dolby TrueHD is an advanced lossless multi-channel audio codec from Dolby Laboratories.
DTS-HD Master Audio is also a lossless audio codec created by Digital Theater System (DTS).
Both codecs are intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment, such as Blu-ray Disc.
Put simply, the result is that you can now enjoy high resolution images accompanied by lush studio-quality HD sound.
Deep Colour ensures that all colour transitions and gradients are reproduced with the highest level of precision.
It enables increased contrast ratio, eliminates on-screen colour banding (for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colours) and can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.
So what you see is as natural and lifelike as possible.
HDMI - one connection for complete digital transfer of all signals.
HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface and its purpose is to provide a single digital connection between one compatible product and another.
For example, a single digital connection between a compatible DVD recorder and A/V Receiver. Or a single digital connection between an A/V Receiver and plasma screen.
The benefit of HDMI is that it supports standard, enhanced and high definition signals via a single cable - there is no need for the signal to be converted from digital to analogue and back again. This means that no quality is lost in the straight-through digital HDMI connection, so you can enjoy the full quality of high definition entertainment.
If you connect a USB memory stick to your home cinema system, you can either play music or look at JPEG images with the JPEG Picture Viewer.
MCACC stands for Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration System.
It's an automatic sound field adjustment system that enables you to precision-tune your system to your living room, just like a sound professional, but with minimum effort.
A microphone monitors the sound environment and an equaliser (either 5 or 9-band, depending on which model of amplifier you have) optimally adjusts the sound parameters.
The result sounds like a professional recording engineer has fine-tuned your amplifier or home cinema system.
MCACC was created as a joint effort between ourselves and professional sound engineers at AIR Studios; it's unique to Pioneer, so you won't find it on any other products.
See how MCACC works
