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01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 10
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Analog audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Video cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About the video converter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 15
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks. . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AC outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 27
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects. . . . . 29
Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Front Stage Surround Advance. . . . . . 30
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 31
Using surround back channel processing. . . 31
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB). . . . . . . 32
Using Midnight and Loudness. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the tone controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . 34
Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 34
06 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manual speaker setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Saving station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 46
Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.
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