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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.
Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Analog audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Video cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player or
DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital
set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 14
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 15
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Speaker placement diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting an IR receiver.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operating range of remote control unit. . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects. . . . . 29
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 30
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 34
Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
07 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature
MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 38
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 39
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 42
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