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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.

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What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

01 Speaker Setup Guide

Safety precautions when setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Standard surround setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Front surround setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Wall mounting the front and surround speaker

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Attaching the brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Before mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Additional notes on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

02 Connecting up

Basic connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using this system for TV audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

06 Listening to the radio

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Improving poor FM reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Improving poor AM sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using RDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

07 Surround sound settings

Using the Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Channel level setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Dynamic Range Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Dual mono setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Adjusting the channel levels using the test tone . . . . 25

03 Controls and displays

Display unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . 15

04 Getting started

System demo setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

08 Other connections

Connecting auxiliary components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Connecting an analog audio component. . . . . . . . . 26 Listening to an external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using this unit with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . 27 SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma

display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 About the control out jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

05 Listening to your system

Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using Front Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using Advanced Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Enhancing dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using Quiet and Midnight listening modes . . . . . . . . 20 Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

09 Additional information

Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 DTS CD setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Installation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Setting up the remote to control your TV . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using the TV remote control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Preset code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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