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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference.
Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Putting the batteries in the remote control. . 7 Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Disc / content format playback
compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 Connecting up
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting using the
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using this unit with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer
plasma display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting the supplied antennas. . . . . . . 18 Assembling the loop antenna . . . . . . . . . 18 AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
03 Controls and displays
Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Room Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Setting up the remote to control your TV . . 28 Using the
05 Listening to your system
About the listening modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings . . . . . . 38 Using the Advanced Surround effects . . . . 39 Using Front Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjusting the Advanced and Front Surround effect level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Enhancing dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Listening with a virtual surround back speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using Quiet and Midnight listening
modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . 42 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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