Pioneer SX-SW330, S-ST330, HTP-330 operating instructions Contents, What’s in the box

Contents

Contents

01 Speaker Setup Guide

Safety precautions when setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Front surround setup (recommended). . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Standard surround setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Wall mounting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Before mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Additional notes on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

02 Connecting up

Basic connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using this system for TV audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

03 Controls and displays

Display unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . 14

04 Getting started

System demo setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

05 Listening to your system

Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Using Advanced Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Enhancing dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using Quiet and Midnight listening modes . . . . . . . . 18 Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

06 Listening to the radio

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Improving poor FM reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Improving poor AM sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Changing the frequency step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

07 Surround sound settings

Using the Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Channel level setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dynamic Range Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dual mono setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Adjusting the channel levels using the test tone . . . . 22

08 Other connections

Connecting auxiliary components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting an analog audio component. . . . . . . . . 23 Listening to an external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using this unit with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . 24 SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma

display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 About control out connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

09 Additional information

Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 DTS CD setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Installation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Setting up the remote to control your TV . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the TV remote control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Preset code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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What’s in the box

Please confirm that the following items are all supplied.

Receiver subwoofer (SX-SW330) box:

•Remote control (page 13)

•AA/R6 dry cell batteries (to confirm operation) x2 (page 14)

•Display unit (page 12)

•Power cords x2 (page 11)

•AM loop antenna (page 9)

•FM wire antenna (page 9)

•Display cable (page 9)

•Coaxial cable (page 23)

•Microphone (for Auto MCACC setup) (page 15)

• Non-skid pads (large) x4 (page 5, 6)

• Spacers x2 (page 9)

• This operating instructions

Speakers (S-ST330) box:

• Speakers (front x2, surround x2, center x2) (page 9)

• Speaker cables x5 (page 9)

• Non-skid pads (small) x24 (page 5, 6)

• Brackets x2 (page 5, 6)

• Spiral wrap x2 (page 10)

• Screws x8 (page 5, 6)

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