Contents
Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly.
Before you start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Flow of settings on the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
01 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
02 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
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Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output
Connecting optional Bluetooth® ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . . 20 Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
03 Basic Setup
Canceling the demo display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) . . 23 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup . . . 24
04 Basic playback
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Playing an iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Playing back files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Watching photos and video content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bluetooth® ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music . . 30 Wireless music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth
wireless technology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless technology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 AIR JAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Setting the Up Mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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06 Playback with NETWORK features
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 About playable DLNA network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and iTunes . . . 38 About the DHCP server function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Authorizing this receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playback with Network functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Listening to Internet radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Listening to Pandora Internet Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Playing back audio files stored on components on the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Network Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Network Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About network playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Content playable over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 About playback behavior over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
07 Home Menu
Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Manual speaker setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 X.Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Speaker Distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Analog Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Component Input