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Contents
01 Before you start
07 The System Setup menu
06 Listening to your system
05 Controls and displays
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Before you start01
Before you start
Ventilation
receiver
Installing the
Loading the batteries
5 minute guide
5 Play a DVD, and adjust the volume.
1 Connect your DVD player and TV.
Listening to Surround Sound
Introduction to home theater
5 minute guide02
Using the Quick Setup
to confirm your setup.
8 Press
7 Use the
Quick surround sound setup
button.
3 Press
jack on the front panel.
2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC
Quick surround sound setup03
Quick surround sound setup 03
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup
Chapter 4:
Connecting up
Video cables
Digital audio cables
Analog audio cables
Making cable connections
Connecting a DVD player and TV
This page shows you how to connect your DVD player and TV to the receiver.
3
4
12
Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box
Use a stereo RCA phono cable for the audio connection and a standard RCA video cable for
RL
S P E A K E R S
R
Connecting other audio
The number and kind of connections depends on the kind of component youre connecting.
13 2
OUT
AUDIO OUT
Connecting other video
Use a stereo RCA phono cable for the audio connection and a standard RCA video cable for
Use a stereo RCA phono cable for the audio connection and a standard RCA video cable for
Use a coaxial digital audio cable for the connection.
Using the component video jacks
Connecting to the front panel video terminal
Connecting antennas
To improve AM reception
To improve FM reception
Using external antennas
Connecting the speakers
REC
R
L
A B
Hints on speaker placement
Overhead view of speaker setup
AC outlet
7.1 channel
speaker setup
3-D view of
Controls and displays
Front panel
Display
Page
Remote control
Page
Operating range of remote control
Chapter 6:
Listening to your system
Auto playback
Listening in surround sound
While listening to a source, press STANDARD.
Using the Advanced surround effects
Setting the effect options
Listening in stereo
While listening to a source, press
for stereo playback.
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
While listening to a source, press ACOUSTIC EQ.
Using surround back channel processing
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
Using Midnight and Loudness
Enhancing dialog
2 Use the
Using the tone controls
Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS, and OFF.
Playing other sources
Choosing the input signal
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
Chapter 7:
The System Setup menu
Surround back speaker setting
Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu
Manual MCACC speaker setup
Fine Channel Level
Fine Speaker Distance
Acoustic Calibration EQ
Copying your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings
Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually
Manual speaker setup
Speaker Setting
Crossover Network
Channel Level
Speaker Distance
Using the tuner 08
Using the tuner
Saving station presets
Tuning directly to a station
Improving FM stereo sound
Listening to the radio
Using the tuner08
Listening to station presets
Naming station presets
Making recordings 09
Chapter 9:
Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording
1 Select the source you want to record.
2 Select the input signal (if necessary).
3 Prepare the source you want to record.
Controlling the rest of your system
Operating other Pioneer
Setting the remote to control other components
Selecting preset codes directly
1 While pressing the RECEIVER button, press and hold the
then press
to select
2 Use
Direct function
Confirming preset codes
Controls for TVs
button.
TV CTRL
button. If you have two TVs, assign the main TV to the
TV CTRL
Controls for other components
buttons to select the component.
MULTI CONTROL
Operating other Pioneer components
on page 46 for more on this). Use the
HDD
)
DVD
SHIFT+
(
Other connections
2 Press
Connecting your XM Radio receiver
Using XM Radio
1Connect an XM Radio Connect-and-Play antenna to the XM Radio jack on the rear of this receiver.
Listening to XM Radio
Selecting channels and browsing by genre
2 Press
Use
to display the XM Channel Guide screen, then use the
Second Zone speaker B setup
Switching the speaker system
Bi-amping your front speakers
Bi-wiring your speakers
Caution
OUT
REC
Connecting additional amplifiers
Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display
) terminal only. The sound you hear from the surround back terminals depends on the
(DVD/LD)
PBPR
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display
Other Settings12
Chapter 12:
Select the number of the digital input to
2
Other Settings
The Input Assign menu
on the remote control, then press the
button.
2 Select Input Assign from the System
Other Settings 12
Dynamic Range Control Setup
The Other Setup menu
Other Settings12
3 When you're finished, press
4 When you're finished, press
Dual Mono Setup
3 When you're finished, press
Additional information
Troubleshooting
Problem Remedy
Additional information13
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Problem Remedy
Resetting the main unit
button.
while holding down the
With the receiver in standby, press
to confirm.
Additional information13
Specifications
FM Tuner Section
Input (Sensitivity)
Component video section
Power cord caution
Miscellaneous
Furnished Parts
Cleaning the unit
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