Pioneer VSX-D714 manual English, Italiano Français Deutsch Nederlands Español, Before you start

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

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

01 Before you start		04 Controls and displays
Checking what’s in the box	5	Front panel (VSX-D514)	27
Making cable connections	5	Front panel (VSX-D714/D814)	29
Loading the batteries	5	Display	31
Operating range of remote control unit . . .	6	Remote control	32

English

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

03 Connecting up

Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Digital audio coaxial cords/Optical

cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting DVD 5.1 channel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting to the front panel video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting the speakers (VSX-D514/D714) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting the speakers (VSX-D814) . . . . 21

Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . 22 Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . 24 Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Operating other Pioneer components . . . 25

Using this receiver with a Pioneer

plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

05 Listening to your system

Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using the Advanced surround effects . . .37 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Surround Back Channel

(SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using Midnight and Loudness listening . .41 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the multichannel analog

inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 VSX-D514 model:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 VSX-D714/D814model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

06 Setting up the receiver

Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 46 Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 47 LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . 48 Front left speaker distance setting . . . . .48 Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 48 Front right speaker distance setting . . . .48 Surround speaker distance setting . . . . .48 Surround right speaker distance

setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Surround back speaker distance

setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Surround left speaker distance setting . .49 Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . 49

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