Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . 7 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Other problems during Auto MCACC . . . . . 11
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting other video components . . . . . . 16 Using the component video jacks. . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 21
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Remote control
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 32 Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 33 Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 34 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using surround back channel processing . . . 35 Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . . . 35 Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using Midnight and Loudness. . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 38 Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 38
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 46 Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Changing the frequency step. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 49
09 Controlling the rest of your system
Setting the remote to control other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Clearing all the remote control settings. . . . . 51 Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Preset Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
