Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K 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
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other problems when using the
Auto MCACC Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . 11
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About the video converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a DVD player and TV
. . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital
set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 16
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . 17
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel audio mini
jack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hints on speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
04 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . 28
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . . 30
Setting the effect options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Front Stage Surround Advance
. . . . . . 31
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 32
Using surround back channel processing
. . . 32
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
. . . . . . 32
Using Midnight and Loudness
. . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the tone controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playing other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . 34
Selecting the front audio inputs
. . . . . . . . . . 35
06 USB playback
Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Compressed audio compatibility. . . . . . . . . 37
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual speaker setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Saving station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Changing the frequency step . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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