Pioneer VSX-D812, VSX-D912 English, Italiano Français Deutsch Nederlands Español

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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		Operating other Pioneer components . . . .	27
Checking what’s in the box	5	05 Controls and displays
Installing the receiver	5
Making cable connections	5	Front panel	28
Loading the batteries	5	Display	30
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 Quick surround sound setup

(VSX-D912 only)

Automatically calibrating your

listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

04 Connecting up

Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Digital audio coaxial cords/

Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting DVD multi-channelcomponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting to the front panel

video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting the speakers (VSX-D712) . . . . 22

Connecting the speakers (VSX-D812/D912) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . 24 Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . 26 Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

06 Playing sources

Introduction to Sound Modes . . . . . . . . . . 35 Stereo/Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Advanced Surround modes. . . . . . . . . . . 36 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Listening to multi-channel playback . . . . . 37 Using Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using Advanced Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Selecting the multi-channel

analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

07 Setting up

Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 43 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 45 Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 45 LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 46 Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 46 Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 47 Surround right speaker distance

setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Surround back speaker distance

setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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