Pioneer VSX-819H-K manual Contents, Before you start, Controls and displays, 02 5 minute guide

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.

Contents

01 Before you start		04 Controls and displays
Checking what’s in the box	6	Front panel	26
Loading the batteries	6	Operating range of remote control	27
Installing the receiver	6	Display	28
Ventilation	6	Remote control	30

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Automatically setting up for surround

sound (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Other problems when using the

Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 11

03 Connecting up

Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player

or DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting the multichannel analog outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting a satellite receiver or other

digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 17 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder,

VCR and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting to the front panel video

terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Use the PRE OUT outputs to connect

the surround back speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 25

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 34 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 35 Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 36 Using surround back channel processing . . . 37 Setting the Up Mix function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . . 40 Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

06 The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

07 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature

MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 46 Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 47

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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