Pioneer VSX-D712 Contents, Before you start, 02 5 minute guide, Connecting up, Playing sources

Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Operating range of the remote

control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

03 Connecting up

Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Digital audio coaxial cords/

Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting DVD multi-channel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting to the front panel

video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 AM loop antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting the speakers (VSX-D712) . . . . 21 Connecting the speakers (VSX-D812) . . . . 22 Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 A and B speaker systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . 23 Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . 26 AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 28

04 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

05 Playing sources

Introduction to Sound Modes . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Advanced Surround modes . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Listening to multi-channel playback . . . . . 38 Using Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using Advanced Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the Surround Back

Channel (SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using the Virtual Surround Back

mode (VSB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using Midnight and Loudness listening . . 42 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the multi-channel

analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

06 Setting up the receiver

Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 46 Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Crossover frequency setting. . . . . . . . . . . 46 LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 47 Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 47 Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 48 Surround right speaker

distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Surround back speaker

distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48