Pioneer VSX-916-S Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
Contents
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
Using the Quick Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hints on speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
05 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . 27
06 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
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 30
Using surround back channel processing
. . . 31
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
. . . . . . . 31
Using Midnight and Loudness
. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the tone controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Playing other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . 33
07 USB playback
Using the USB interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . . . 35
08 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
09 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 49
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