Contents
01 Before you start
Introduction to home theater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries
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Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ventilation
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02 5 minute guide
Listening to Surround Sound
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Using the Quick Setup
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03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
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Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the video converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a DVD player and TV
. . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 19
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . 20
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
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Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FM wire antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AM loop antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using external antennas
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Connecting the speakers
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Hints on speaker placement
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AC outlet
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Operating other Pioneer components
. . . . . . 26
05 Controls and displays
Front panel
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Display
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Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operating range of remote control unit
. . . 33
06 Listening to your system
Auto playback
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Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . . 35
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings
. . . . . . . 36
Neo:6 Music settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 37
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VirtualSB)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using Loudness and Midnight listening
. . . . 41
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the tone controls
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Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 42
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fine Channel Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 54
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