Pioneer VSX-919AH-S manual

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VENTILATION CAUTION When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 60 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and 30 cm at each side). WARNING Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the product, and to protect it from overheating. To p[...]

Contents 01 Before you start Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing the r eceive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Loading the batte r ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 02 Controls and displays F r ont p anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Dis p lay . . . . . . . . [...]

English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch 07 KURO LINK Making the KURO LINK connections . . . . . . . 59 Cautions on the KURO LINK function . . . . . . 60 About connections with a pr oduct of a diffe r ent b r and that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 KURO LINK Setu p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

6 En Flow of settings on the receiver The unit is a full-fledged AV r eceive r equi pp ed with an abundance of functions and te r minals. It can be used easily afte r following the pr ocedu r e below to make the connections and settings. The colors of th e steps indi cate the follo wing: Required setti ng item Setting to be made as necessary 1 Befo[...]

Before you start 01 7 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in t he box Please check that you’ve r eceived the following su pp lied accesso r ies: •S e t u p mic r o p hon e (cable: 5 m) • Remote cont r ol unit •A A s i z e I E C R 6 d r y cell ba tte r ies (to confi r m system o p e r ation) x2 •A M l o o p anten na •F M w i[...]

Controls and display s 02 8 En Chapter 2: Controls and displays Front panel 1 INPUT SELE CTOR dial Use to select an in p ut function. 2  STANDBY/ON Switches the r eceive r between on and standby. Powe r indicato r lights when the r eceive r is on. When the KURO LINK function is set to ON , the p owe r indicato r lights d imly when the p owe r is[...]

Controls and displays 02 9 En 9 PHONES jack Use to connect head p hones. W hen the head p hone s a r e connected, the r e is no sound out p ut f r om the s p eake r s. 10 Listening mode buttons AUTO SURR / ALC / STREAM DIRECT – Switches b etween Auto Su rr ound ( p age 52) , Auto level cont r ol mode and St r eam Di r ect mode ( p age 55) . STERE[...]

Controls and display s 02 10 En 4 S.RTRV Lights when the Sound Ret r ieve r func tion is active ( p age 64) . 5 MULTI-ZONE Lights when the MULTI-ZONE featu r e is active ( p age 68). 6 DSD PCM – Light du r ing DSD ( Di r ect St r eam Digital) to PC M conve r sion with SACDs. PCM – Lights du r ing p layback of PCM signals. 7 SOUND Lights when an[...]

Controls and displays 02 11 En Remote cont rol The remote has been c onveniently color-coded according to component control using the following syste m: • White – Receive r cont r ol, TV Cont r ol • Blue – Othe r cont r ols 1  RECEIVER This switches between standby and on fo r this r eceive r . 2 In put function buttons P r ess to select[...]

Controls and display s 02 12 En P r ess TUNER fi r st to access: D.ACCESS – Afte r pr essing, you can access a r adio station di r ectly using the numbe r buttons ( p age 50). CLASS – Switches between th e seven banks (c lasses) of r adio station pr esets ( p age 51). 4 TV CONTROL buttons These buttons a r e dedicated to cont r ol the TV assign[...]

Controls and displays 02 13 En 9 AUDIO – Changes the audio o r channel on DVD o r BD discs. DISPLAY – Switches between named station pr esets and r adio f r equencies. CH +/– – Use to select chan nels fo r DVD/ DVR units. 10 REMOTE SETUP – Use to in p ut the pr eset code when making r emote cont r ol settings and to set the r emote cont r[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 14 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This r eceive r pr ovid es you with many conn ection p ossibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. T h is p age ex p lains the kinds of com p onents you can connect to make u p you r home theate r syst em. Rear panel Important •I l l u s t r ation shows the VSX -1019[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 15 En Determining the speakers’ application Su rr ound sound with a st r ong sense of pr esence can be enjoyed by connecting 7 s p eake r s and 1 subwoofe r . It is also p ossi ble to achieve high sound quality using bi-am p connections and to enjoy music in othe r r ooms using the MULT I-ZONE featu r e. High sound qu[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 16 En [4] 5.1ch surround & Speaker B connection With these connections you c an simultaneously enjoy 5.1-cha nnel su rr ound sound in the main zone with ste r eo p layba ck of the same sound on the B s p eake r s. • Surr Back System setti ng: Speaker B Other speaker co nnection •Y o u r favo r ite s p eake r con[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 17 En Placing the speakers To achieve the best p ossible su rr ound sound, install you r s p eake r s as shown below. 5.1 channel su rround system : 6.1 channel su rround system : 7.1 channel su rround system : Some tips for improving sound quality Whe r e you p ut you r s p eake r s in the r oom has a big effect on the[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 18 En Connecting the speakers Each s p eake r connection on the r eceive r com pr ises a p ositive (+) and negative (–) te r minal. Make su r e to match these u p with the te r minals on the s p eake r s themselves. CAUTION •T h e s e s p eake r te r minals ca rr y HAZARDOUS LIVE voltage . To pr event the r isk of e[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 19 En Installing your speaker system At the ve r y least, f r on t left and r ig ht s p eake r s only a r e necessa r y. No te that you r main su rr ound s p eake r s should always be connected as a p ai r , but you can co nnect just o ne su rr ound back s p eake r if you like (it must be connected to the left su rr oun[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Bi-amping your spe akers Bi-am p ing is when you connect the high f r equency d r ive r and low f r equency d r ive r of you r s p eake r s to diffe r ent am p lifie r s fo r bette r c r ossove r p e r fo r mance. You r s p eake r s must be bi-am p able to do this (having se p a r ate te r minals fo r high and low[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 21 En Selecting the Surr Back system The su rr ound back te r m inals can be used fo r bi-am p ing, S p eake r B and ZONE 2 connections, in addition to fo r the su rr ound back s p eake r s. Make this setting acco r ding to the a pp licatio n. ZONE 2 setup With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 22 En About the audio connection The r e a r e seve r al ty p es of audio in p ut and out p ut te r minals on this r eceive r . The r eceive r selects the fi r st available sign al in the f ollowing o r de r : • With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be t r ansfe rr ed in high quality ove r a single cable. CA[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 23 En Connecting your TV and playback components Connecting using HDMI If you have an HDMI o r DVI (with HDCP) equi pp ed com p onent (Blu- r ay disc p laye r , etc.), you can connect it to this r eceive r using a comme r cially availa ble HDMI c able. If the TV and p layback com p onents su pp o r t the Pionee r KURO L[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 24 En • The sound of the TV canno t be hea r d ove r the r eceive r if th e TV is connect ed using an HDMI cable. If you want to listen to the sound of the TV ove r the r eceive r , connec t the r eceive r and TV with audio cables. About HDMI 1 The HDMI connec tion t r ansfe r s uncom pr essed digital video, as well a[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 25 En Connecting your DVD player with n o HDMI output This diag r am shows connections of a TV (with HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback com p onent with no HDMI out p ut) to the r eceive r . • If you want to listen to the sound of the TV ove r the r eceive r , connect the r eceive r and TV with audio[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 26 En Connecting your TV with no HDMI input This diag r am shows connections of a TV (wit h no HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback com p onent) to the r eceive r . • With these connections, the p ictu r e is not out p ut to the TV even if the DVD p laye r is connected with an HDMI cable. Connect the D[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 27 En •I f y o u r DVD p laye r has multichan nel analog ou t p uts, you ca n connect these instead. See also see Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on p age 28. •T h e i n p ut function s below a r e assigned by default to the r eceive r ’s dif fe r ent in p ut te r minals . Refe r to The Input Set up menu[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 28 En Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video so urces This r eceive r has two sets of audio/video in p uts and out p uts suitable fo r connecting anal og o r digital video devices, including HDD/DVD r eco r de r s and VCRs. When you set u p the r eceive r you’ll need to tell the r eceive r which in p ut y[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 29 En Connecting other audio components This r eceive r has both digital and analog in p uts, allo wing you to connect au dio com p onents fo r p layback. This r eceive r featu r es five ste r eo audio -only in p uts. One of thes e in p uts have co rr es p onding out p uts fo r use with audio r eco r de r s. Most digita[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 30 En Connecting AM/FM antennas Connect the AM loo p antenna and the FM wi r e antenna as shown below. To im pr ove r ece p tion and sound quality, connect exte r nal antennas (see Connecting ext ernal antennas below). 1 Pull off the protective shield s of both AM antenna wires. 2 Push open the tabs, then insert one wir[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 31 En MULTI-ZONE setup This r eceive r can p owe r u p to two inde p endent systems in se p a r ate r ooms afte r you have made the pr o p e r MULTI-ZONE connection s. Diffe r ent sou r ces can be p laying in two zones at the same time o r , de p ending on you r needs, the same sou r ce can also be used. The m ain and s[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 32 En Connecting an IR receiver If you kee p you r ste r eo com p onents in a cl osed cabinet o r shelving unit, o r yo u wish to use the sub zone r emote cont r ol in anothe r zone, you can use an o p tional IR r eceive r (such as a N iles o r Xantech unit) to co nt r ol you r syst em inste ad of the r emote senso r on[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 33 En 2 C onnect the CONTROL OUT jack of that component to the CONTROL IN jack of another Pioneer component. Use a cable with a mono mini- p lug on each end fo r the connection. Continue the chain in the same way fo r as many com p onents as you have. Connecting a component to the front panel inputs The f r ont p anel i[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 34 En Connecting an iPod This r eceive r has a dedicate d iPod te r minal that will allow y ou to cont r ol p layback of audio content f r om you r iPod usin g the co nt r ols of this r eceive r . • Switch the receiver into standby then use the supplied iPod cable to connect your iPod or iPhone to the iPod/iPhone/USB [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 35 En Plugging in the receiver Afte r you’ve finished making all conn ections, p lug the r eceive r into an AC o utlet. The ty p e of co r d and the p lug conve r te r which can be used de p ends on the p owe r voltage in each r egion o r count r y. Please make su r e you use the co rr ect co r d and p lug conve r te [...]

Basi c Setu p 04 36 En Chapter 4: Basic Setup Switching the speaker impedance We r ecomme nd using s p eake r s of 8 Ω with this system, bu t it is p ossible to switch the im p edance setting if you p lan to use s p eake r s with a 6 Ω im p edance r ating. 1 Switch the receiver into standby. 2 While hold ing down ENTER on the front panel, press ?[...]

Basic Setup 04 37 En 2 Select ‘ System Setup ’ from t he HOME MENU . 3 Select ‘ OSD Language ’ from the System Setup menu. 4 Select the desired language. • English • French • German • Italian • Spanish • Dutch • Russian 5 Select ‘ OK ’ to change the language. The setting is com p leted and the System Setup menu r ea pp ea [...]

Basi c Setu p 04 38 En 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. 2 Con nect the mi crophone to th e MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel. •P u s h d o w n o n t h e PUSH OPEN tab to access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack. Place the mic r o p h o n e s o t h a t i t ’ s a b o u t e a r level at you r no r mal listening p osition (use a t r i p od if p o[...]

Basic Setup 04 39 En The configu r at ion shown o n-sc r een should r eflect the actual s p eake r s you have. • If you see an ER R message (o r the s p eake r configu r ation dis p layed isn’t co rr ect), the r e may be a pr oblem with the s p ea ke r connection . If select ing RETRY doesn’t wo r k, tu r n off the p owe r and check the s p e[...]

Basi c Setu p 04 40 En Problems when using the A uto MCACC Setup If the r oom envi r onment is not o p timal fo r the Auto MCACC Setu p (too much backg r ound noise, echo off the wall s, obstacle s blocking the s p eake r s f r om the mic r o p hone) the f inal settings may be inco rr ect. Check fo r household a pp liances (a i r conditione r , f r[...]

Basic Setup 04 41 En 7 When yo u’re finished, proceed to the settings for other in puts. The r e a r e th r ee o p tional settings in addition to the assignment of the in p ut jacks: • Input Name – You can choose to r ename the in p ut function fo r easie r identification. Select Rename to do so, o r Default to r etu r n to the system default[...]

Basic p laybac k 05 42 En Chapter 5: Basic playback Playing a source He r e a r e the basic inst r uctions f o r p laying a sou r ce (such as a DVD disc) with you r home theate r system. 1 Switch o n your system components and receiver. Sta r t by switching on the p layback com p onent (fo r exam p le a DVD p laye r ), you r TV 1 and subwoofe r (if[...]

Basic playback 05 43 En Playing a source with HDMI connection •U s e INPUT SELECT to select the HDMI input you’ve co nnected to (for example, HDMI 1 ). You can also p e r fo r m the same o p e r ation by using the INPUT SEL ECTOR dial on the f r ont p anel o r by pr essing HDMI on the r emote cont r ol r e p eatedly. • Set the HDMI p a r am e[...]

Basic p laybac k 05 44 En 2 Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod/USB . Loading a pp ea r s in the GUI sc r een while the r eceive r ve r ifies the connectio n and r et r ieves data f r om the iP od. When the dis p lay shows iPod to p menu you’ r e r eady to p lay music f r om the iPod. 1 • Main Zone: • Sub Z[...]

Basic playback 05 45 En Navigation th r ough catego r ies on you r iPod looks like this: Playlists  Songs A r tists  Albums  Songs Albums  Songs Songs Podcasts Gen r es  A r tists  Albums  Songs Com p ose r s  Albums  Songs Audiobooks Shuffle Songs Tip •Y o u c a n p lay all o f the songs in a p a r ticula r catego r y [...]

Basic p laybac k 05 46 En Playing a USB device It is p ossible to p layback files 1 using the USB inte r face on the f r ont of t his r eceive r . 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. See Connecting a USB d evice on p age 34. 2 2P r e s s iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod/USB . Loading a pp ea r s in the GUI sc r ee[...]

Basic playback 05 47 En 1U s e / to select ‘ Music’ from the USB Top menu. 2U s e / to select a folder, then press ENTER to browse that folder. •T o r etu r n to the pr evious level any time, pr ess RETURN . 3 C ontinue browsing until you arr ive at what you want to play, then press  to start playback. • Main Zone: • Sub Zo[...]

Basic p laybac k 05 48 En Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 1 1U s e / to s e l ec t ‘ Photo s’ from the USB Top menu. 2U s e / to select a folder, then press ENTER to browse that fold er. • To r etu r n to the pr evious level any time, pr ess RETURN . 3 Con tinue browsing until you arrive at what you want to [...]

Basic playback 05 49 En About playable file format s The USB functi on of this r eceive r su pp o r ts the following file fo r mats. Note that some file fo r mats a r e not available fo r p layback although they a r e listed as p layable file fo r mats. Music files Photo f i les Category Ex tension Stream MP3 a a. “MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding tec[...]

Basic p laybac k 05 50 En Listening to the r adio The followin g ste p s show you how to tune in to FM and AM r adio b r oadcas ts using the automatic (sea r ch) and manual (ste p ) tuning function s. If yo u al r eady kn ow the f r equency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below. Once you a r e tune d to a station you can m[...]

Basic playback 05 51 En Saving station presets If you often listen to a p a r ticula r r adio station, it’s convenient to have the r eceive r sto r e the f r equency fo r easy r ecall wheneve r you wa nt to listen to that station. This saves the effo r t of manually tuning in each time. This r eceive r can memo r ize u p to 63 stations, sto r ed [...]

Listening to your system 06 52 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • The listening modes and m any featu r es desc r ibed in this section may not be available de p endi ng on the c u rr ent sou r ce, settings and status of the r eceive r . Auto playback The r e a r e many ways to listen back to sou r ces using this r eceive r , but f[...]

Listening to your system 06 53 En With two channel sources , you can select f r om: • 2 Pro Logic II x MOVIE – U p to 7.1 c hannel sound, es p ecially suited to m ovie sou r ces • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – U p to 7. 1 channel sound, es p ecially suited to m usic sou r ces 1 • 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – U p to 7.1 channel sound, es p ecially s[...]

Listening to your system 06 54 En • UNPLUGGED – Suitable fo r acoustic music sou r ces • EXT.STEREO – Gives multichanne l sound to a ste r eo sou r ce, using all of you r s p eake r s • PHONES SURR – When listening th r ough head p hones, you can still get the effect o f ove r all su rr ound. Tip • When an Advanced Su rr ound liste ni[...]

Listening to your system 06 55 En Using Stream Direct Use the St r eam Di r ect modes when you want to hea r the t r uest p ossible r e pr oduction of a sou r ce. All unnecessa r y signal pr ocessing is by p assed, and you’ r e left with the p u r e analog o r digital sound sou r ce. • While listening to a source, press , then press AUTO/ALC/DI[...]

Listening to your system 06 56 En Using the Virtual Surround Back mode • Default setting: OFF When you’ r e not using su rr ound back s p eake r s, selecting this mode allo ws you to hea r a vi r tual su rr o und back channel th r ough you r su rr ound s p eake r s. You can choo se to listen to sou r ces with no su rr ound back channel info r m[...]

Listening to your system 06 57 En Selecting MCACC presets •D e f a u l t s e t t i n g : MEMORY 1 If you have c alib r ated you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions 1 , you can switch between settings to suit the kind of sou r ce you’ r e listening to and whe r e you’ r e sitting (fo r exam p le, watching movies f r om a sofa , o r [...]

Listening to your system 06 58 En – WMA9 Pro lights to indicate tha t a WMA9 P r o signal is being decoded. • HDMI is not assigned by default. To select an HDMI signal, conduct th e in p ut setu p pr ocedu r e (see The Input Setup menu on p age 40). Better sound using Phase Control This r eceive r ’s Phase Co nt r ol featu r e uses p hase co [...]

KURO LINK 07 59 En Chapter 7: KURO LINK Synch r onized o p e r ation with a KURO LINK- com p atible Pionee r flat sc r een TV o r Blu- r ay disc p laye r o r wit h a com p onent of ano the r make that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK functi on is p ossible when the com p onent is connected to the r eceive r using an HDMI cable. Fo r details about conc r [...]

KURO LINK 07 60 En Cautions on the KURO LINK function • Connect the TV di r ectly to this r eceive r . Inte rr u p ting a di r ect connection with othe r am p s o r a n A V c o n v e r te r (such as an HDMI switch) ca n cause o p e r atio nal e rr o r s. • Only connect com p onents (Blu- r ay disc p laye r , etc.) you intend to use as a sou r c[...]

KURO LINK 07 61 En KURO LINK Setup You must adjust the settings of this r eceive r as well as KURO LINK-com p atible connected com p onents in o r de r t o m a k e u s e o f t h e K U R O LINK function. Fo r mo r e info r mation see th e o p e r ating inst r uctions fo r ea ch com p onent. 1 Press , then press Home Menu . 2 Select ‘ System Setup [...]

KURO LINK 07 62 En Before using synchronization Once you have finished all co nnections and settings, you must: 1 Put al l components into standby mode. 2 Turn the power on fo r all components, with the power for the flat screen TV being turned on last. 3 Cho ose the HDMI input to which the TV i s connected to this receiver, and see if video output[...]

Using other functions 08 63 En Chapter 8: Using other functions Setting the Audi o options The r e a r e a numbe r of addition al sound settings you can make using the AUDIO PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if not stated, a r e listed in bold. Important • Note that if a setting doesn’t a pp ea r in the AUDIO PARAMETER menu, it is unavailable due t[...]

Using othe r functions 08 64 En BASS c Adjusts the am ount of bass. –6 to +6 (dB) Default: 0 (dB) TREBLE c Adjusts the amo unt of t r eble. –6 to +6 (dB) Default: 0 (dB) S.RTRV (Sound Ret r ieve r ) With the Sou nd Ret r ieve r function, DSP pr oce ssing is used to com p ensate fo r the loss of audi o data u p on com pr essi on, im pr oving the[...]

Using other functions 08 65 En C. WIDTH i (Cente r Width) (A pp licable only when using a cente r s p eake r ) P r ovides a bette r blend of the f r ont s p eake r s by s pr eading the cente r channel between t he f r on t r ight and left s p ea ke r s, making it sound wide r (highe r settings) o r na rr owe r (lowe r sett ings). 0 to 7 Default: 3 [...]

Using othe r functions 08 66 En Setting the Video options The r e a r e a numbe r of additional p ictu r e settings you can make using the VIDEO PARAMETER menu. The def aults, i f not stated, a r e listed in bold. Important • Note that if an o p tion cannot be selected on the VIDEO PARAMETER menu, it is unavailable due to the cu rr ent sou r ce, [...]

Using other functions 08 67 En PCINEMA c,e ,f (Pu r eCinema) This setting o p timizes the p ictu r e fo r film mate r ial when the video out p ut is set t o pr og r essive. Usually set to AUTO ; but t r y switching to OFF if the p ictu r e a pp ea r s unnatu r al. Additionally, ce r tain PAL movie vid eo (576i, 25 f r ames /second STB video out p u[...]

Using othe r functions 08 68 En Switching the speaker system If you selected Speaker B in Surround bac k speaker settin g on p age 93, th r ee s p eake r system settings a r e p ossible using SPEAKERS . If you selected Normal , Front Bi-Amp o r ZONE 2 , the button will sim p ly switch you r main s p eake r system on o r off. The o p tions below a r[...]

Using other functions 08 69 En 4U s e t h e MASTER VOLUME dial to adjust the volume for the sub zone. This is only p ossible if you selected the Variable volu me cont r ol in ZONE Audio Setup on p age 98. 1 5 When yo u’re finished, press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL again to return to t he main zone controls. You can also pr ess MULTI-ZONE ON/OFF on the f [...]

Using othe r functions 08 70 En 3 Prepare t he recorder. Inse r t a blank ta p e, MD, v ideo etc. into the r eco r ding device and set the r eco r ding levels. Refe r to the inst r uctions that came with the r eco r de r if you a r e unsu r e how to do this. Most video r eco r de r s set the audio r eco r ding level automatically—check the com p [...]

Using other functions 08 71 En Resetting the system Use this pr ocedu r e to r ese t all the r eceive r ’s settings to the fact o r y defaul t. Use the f r ont p anel cont r ols to do this. Se t MULTI- ZONE to OFF . • Disconnect the iPod an d USB memo r y device f r om the r eceive r befo r eh and. 1 Swit ch the receiver into st andby. 2 Whi le[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 72 En Chapter 9: Controlling the rest of your system Operating multiple receivers The r emote cont r ol inc luded with th is r eceive r can be used to o p e r ate u p to th r ee othe r r eceive r s (of the same model as this r eceive r ) in addition to this r eceive r . The r eceive r to be o p e r ated is swi[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 73 En When the pr eset code is fully in p ut, the LED flashes once to indicate that the setting is com p leted. 4 R epeat steps 1 thro ugh 3 for the other components you want to control. To t r y out the r emote cont r ol, switch the com p onent on o r off (into standby) by pr essing  SOURCE . If it doesn?[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 74 En Button(s) TV TV (Mon itor) BD/DVD HDD/DVR VCR SAT/CATV  SOURCE POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF Numbe r buttons numerics numerics numerics numerics numerics numerics • (dot) • (dot) KURO LINK CLEAR + -  ENTER (CLASS) ENTER CH ENTER ENTER ENTER [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 75 En a. Cont r ols fo r SACD. b. Co nt r ols fo r MD. Button(s) LD CD/CD-R/ SACD MD/DAT TAPE  SOURCE POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF Numbe r buttons numerics numerics numerics - • (dot) +10 >10/CLEAR CLEAR b CL EAR ENTER (CLASS) ENTER DISK/ENT ER OPEN/CLOSE b ENTER TOP MENU - -[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 76 En Chapter 10: The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu The Advanced MCACC (Multi Channe l ACoustic Ca lib r ation) system was develo p ed in Pionee r ’s labo r ato r ies wi th the aim of making it p ossible f o r home use r s to p e r fo r m adjustments o f the same level a s in [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 77 En Automatic MCACC (Expert) If you r setu p r equi r es mo r e detailed settings than those pr ovided in Automatically setti ng up for surround sound (Auto MCACC ) on p age 37, you can customize you r setu p o p tions below. You can calib r ate you r system dif fe r ently fo r u p to six diffe r ent MCACC pr esets 1 , [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 78 En • Auto MCACC – The default is ALL ( r ecommended), but you can limit the system calib r ation to only o ne setting (to save time) if you want. 1 The availa ble o p tions a r e ALL , Keep SP System , 2 Speaker Setting , Ch annel Level , Speaker Distance and EQ Pro & S-Wa ve . • EQ Type (only available when [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 79 En 4 When yo u’re finished setting the options, select START then press ENTER . 5 F ollow the instructions on-screen. •M a k e s u r e the mic r o p hon e is connected. •I f y o u ’ r e using a subwoofe r , it is automati cally de tected e ve r y time you switch on the system. Make su r e it is on and the volum[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 80 En 8 Make sure ‘ OK ’ is select ed, then press ENTER . A pr og r ess r e p o r t is dis p layed on-sc r een while the r eceive r out p uts mo r e test tones to dete r mine the o p timum r eceive r settings fo r channel level, s p eake r distance, and Acoustic Calib r ation EQ. Again, t r y to be as quiet as p ossib[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 81 En Manual MCACC setup You can use the settin gs in the Manual MCACC setu p menu to make de tailed adjustments when you’ r e mo r e familia r with the system. Befo r e making these settings, you should have al r eady com p leted Automatically setting up for surr ound sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 37. You only need to ma[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 82 En Fine Channel Level • Default setting: 0.0dB (a ll chann els) You can achieve be tte r su rr ound sound by pr o p e r ly adjusting the ove r all balance of you r s p eake r system. You can adjust the Channel Level of each s p eake r in 0.5 dB inc r ements. The following sett ing can hel p you make detailed adjustme[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 83 En 1 Select ‘ Fine SP Distance ’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu . 2 A djust the distance of the left channel from the list ening position. 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary. Use / to adjust the delay of the s p ea ke r you selected to match the r efe r ence s p eake r . The [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 84 En Standing Wave • Default setting: ON 1 / ATT 0.0dB (all filte r s) Acoustic standing waves occu r when , und e r ce r tain conditions, soun d waves f r om you r s p eake r system r esonate mutua lly with sound waves r eflected off the walls in you r listening a r ea. This can have a negati ve effect on the ove r al[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 85 En 1 Select ‘ EQ Adjust ’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu . 2 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. Use / to select the channel. Use / to select the f r equency a nd / to boost o r cut the EQ. When you’ r e finished, go back to the to p of the sc r een and pr ess  to r et[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 86 En Using Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 1 Select ‘EQ Professional’, then press ENTER. 2 Select an option and press ENTER . • Reverb Measurement – Use thi s to measu r e the r eve r b cha r acte r istics o f you r r oom. • Reverb View – You can check the r eve r b measu r ements made fo r s p ecif ied [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 87 En 4 I f you selected ‘ Reverb View ’, you can check the reverb characteristics for each channel. Press RETURN when you’re do ne. The r eve r b cha r acte r istics a r e dis p layed when the Full Auto MCACC o r Reverb Measu rement measu r ements a r e conducted. 1 Use / to select the channel, f r equency an[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 88 En Checking MCACC Data At the pr ocedu r e of Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 37, the pr ocedu r e of Automatic MCACC (Expert) on p age 77 o r afte r fine-adjusting at Manual MCACC setup on p age 81, you can check you r calib r ated settings using the GUI sc r een. 1 Press , then press[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 89 En 1 Select ‘ Channel Level ’ from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When ‘MCAC C’ is highlighted, use / to select the MCACC preset you want to check. The level of the va r ious channels set at the selected MCACC pr eset is dis p layed. ‘ --- ’ is dis p layed fo r channels that a r e not co nnected. Speake[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 90 En Data Management This system allows you to sto r e u p to six MCACC pr esets, allowing you to calib r ate you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions (o r f r equency adjustments fo r the same listening p osition) . 1 This is useful fo r alte r nate settings to match the kind o f sou r ce you’ r e listening [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 91 En Copying MCACC preset data If you want to manually adjust the A coustic Calib r ation EQ (see Manual MCACC setup on p age 81), we r ecommend co p ying you r cu rr ent settings 1 to an unused MCACC pr eset. Instead of just a flat EQ cu r ve, this will give you a r efe r ence p oint f r om which to sta r t. 1 Select ?[...]

The system and the other setup 11 92 En Chapter 11: The system and the other setup Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following s e ction desc r ibes how to change the s p eake r - r elated settings manually and make va r ious othe r settings (in p ut selection, OSD language selection, etc.). 1 Switch on the receiver and your T[...]

The system and the other setup 11 93 En Manual speaker setup This r eceive r allows you to make detailed settings to o p timize the su rr ound so und p e r fo r mance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the p lacement of you r cu rr ent s p eake r system o r add new s p eake r s). These settings a r e designed to customize[...]

The system and the other setup 11 94 En 2 Select the surround back speaker setting. • Normal – Select fo r no r mal home theate r use with su rr ound back s p eake r s in you r main (s p eake r system A) setu p . • Speaker B – Select to use the (su rr ound back) B s p eake r te r minals to listen to ste r eo p laybac k in anoth e r r oo m ([...]

The system and the other setup 11 95 En • SB – Select the numbe r of su rr ound back s p eake r s you have (one, two o r none). 1 Select LARGEx2 o r LARGEx1 if you r su rr ound back s p eak e r s r e pr oduce bass f r equencies effectively. Select SMALLx2 o r SMALLx1 to send bass f r equencies to the othe r s p eak e r s o r subwoofe r . If you[...]

The system and the other setup 11 96 En 3 Con firm your selected setup option. The test tones will sta r t afte r you pr ess ENTER . 4 Adjust the level of each channel using /  . If you selected MANUAL , use / to switch s p eake r s. The AUTO setu p will out p ut test tones in the o r de r shown on-sc r een: Adjust the level of each s p[...]

The system and the other setup 11 97 En X-Curve Most soundt r acks mixed fo r cinem a sound too b r ight when p layed back in la r ge r ooms. The X- Cu r ve setting acts as a kind of r e-equalization fo r home theate r listening, and r esto r es pr o p e r tonal balance of movie soundt r acks. 1 Select ‘ X-Curve ’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.[...]

The system and the other setup 11 98 En • Remote Control Mode Setup – Sets this r eceive r ’s r emote cont r ol mode ( p age 100). • Flicker Reduction – Adjusts the way the GUI sc r een looks ( p age 100). 5 Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing RETURN to confirm after each screen. Multi Channel Input Setup You can adj[...]

The system and the other setup 11 99 En • Fixed – Use this setting if you’ve connected a fully inte g r ated am p lifi e r (such as anothe r Pionee r VSX r eceive r ) in the sub r oom and want to use that r eceive r ’s volume cont r ols. With the Fixed setting, the sou r ce is sent f r om this r eceive r at maximum volume, so make su r e th[...]

The system and the other setup 11 100 En Remote Contro l Mode Setup • Default setting: 1 This sets this r eceive r ’s r emote cont r ol mode to pr event e rr oneous o p e r ation when multi p le units of the r eceive r a r e being used. 1 1 Select ‘ Remote Contr ol Mode Setup ’ from the Other Setup menu. 2 Select the Remote Control Mode set[...]

Additional information 12 101 En Chapter 12: Additional information Troubleshootin g Inco rr ect o p e r ations a r e often mistaken fo r t r ouble and malfunctions. If you think tha t the r e is something w r ong with this com p onent, check the p oints below. Sometimes the t r ouble may lie in anothe r com p onent. Investigate the othe r com p on[...]

Additional information 12 102 En No sound AMP ERR blinks in the dis p lay, then the p owe r automatically switche s off. The ADVANCED MCACC blinks and the p owe r does not tu r n on. • The r eceive r m a y have a se r ious pr oblem. Do not t r y switching the r eceive r on. Cont act a Pionee r aut ho r ized inde p endent se r vice com p any fo r [...]

Additional information 12 103 En No sound f r om su rr ound back s p eake r s. (Continue d) • If the sou r ce does not have 6.1 p layback channels, make su r e that su rr ound back channel pr ocessing is set to SBch ON and a su rr ound mode is selecte d (see Listening in surround sound on p age 52) . • Check the s p eake r conn ections (see Con[...]

Additional information 12 104 En Other audio problems Symptom Remedy B r oadcast stations cannot be selected automatically, o r the r e is conside r able nois e in r adio b r oadcas ts. For FM broadcasts • Fully extend the FM wi r e antenna, adju st the p osition fo r best r ece p tion and secu r e to a wa ll, etc. • Use an ou tdoo r anten na f[...]

Additional information 12 105 En Video Sympt om Remedy No image is out p ut whe n an in p ut is selected. • Check the video connections of th e sou r ce com p onent ( see p age 28). • Fo r HDMI, o r when digital vi deo conve r sion is set to OFF and a TV and anothe r com p onent a r e con nected with diffe r ent co r ds (in Setting the Video op[...]

Additional information 12 106 En Settings Symptom Remedy The Auto MCACC Se tu p continually shows an e rr o r . • The ambient no ise level may be too high. Kee p the noise level in the r oom a s low as p ossible (see also Problems when using th e Au to MCACC Setup on p age 40). If th e noise leve l cannot be ke p t low enoug h, you will have to s[...]

Additional information 12 107 En Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Sympt om Remedy The EQ r es p onse dis p layed in the g r a p hical out p ut following calib r ation does not a pp ea r enti r ely fl at. • The r e a r e cases whe r e the g r a p h does not a pp ea r flat (even when selecting ALL CH ADJ in the Auto MCA CC Setu [...]

Additional information 12 108 En Remote control Du r ing p layback of a Su rr ound EX o r DTS-ES sou r ce on the SBch AUTO setting, EX o r ES does not a pp ea r , o r the signal is n ot pr o p e r ly pr ocessed. • The sou r ce ma y be Dolby Su rr ound EX/DTS-ES softwa r e, but it ha s no flag to indicate it is 6.1 com p atibl e. Set to SBch ON (s[...]

Additional information 12 109 En HDMI Sympt om Remedy The HDMI indic ato r blinks continuo usly. • Check all the p oints below. No p ictu r e o r sound. • This r eceive r is HDCP-c om p atible. C heck that the com p onents you a r e connecting a r e also HDCP-com p atible. If they a r e not , p lease connect them using the com p onent o r com p[...]

Additional information 12 110 En Important information rega rding the HDMI connection The r e a r e cases whe r e you may no t be able to r oute HDMI signals th r ough this r eceive r (this de p ends on the HDMI-equi pp ed com p onent you a r e conne cting–check with th e manufactu r e r fo r HDMI com p atibility inf o r mation). If you a r en’[...]

Additional information 12 111 En USB interface If the pr oblem is not solved afte r the t r oubleshooting abo ve, if the sc r een f r eezes unex p ectedly o r if the buttons on the r emote cont r ol o r f r ont p anel sto p wo r king com p letely, do the fo llowing: •P r ess  STANDBY/ON on the f r ont p anel to tu r n off the p owe r , then tu[...]

Additional information 12 112 En Surround sound formats Below is a b r ief desc r i p tion of the main su rr ound sound fo r mats you’ll find on D VDs, satellite, cable and te rr est r ial b r oadcasts, and video cassettes. Dolby The Dolby technologies a r e ex p lained below. See www.dolby.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation . Manufactured un[...]

Additional information 12 113 En About Neural – THX Surround Neural-THX ® Surround is taking surroun d sound to the next level. This revolutionary new technolo gy delivers the rich envelopm ent and discrete imag e detail of surroun d sound in a format that is fully comp atible with stereo from various content sources. Ne ural-THX Surround enable[...]

Additional information 12 114 En Auto Surround, ALC an d Stream Direct with different input signal formats The follow ing cha r ts show what you will hea r with diffe r ent in p ut sign al fo r mats, de p ending on the St r eam Di r ect mode (see Using Stre am Dire ct on p age 55) you have selected. Stereo (2 channel ) signal formats Multichannel s[...]

Additional information 12 115 En Preset code list You should have no pr oblem co nt r olling a co m p onent if you find the manufactu r e r in this li st, bu t p lease note that the r e a r e cases whe r e codes fo r th e manufactu r e r in the li st will not w o r k fo r the model that you a r e using. The r e a r e also cases whe r e only ce r ta[...]

Additional information 12 116 En Polaroid 11498, 11523, 11687, 11766 Samsung 12051 Sanyo 11276 Sharp 10818 Sony 10810 SVA 10587 Syntax 11610 Tatung 11719, 11839, 11857 Teac 11812 Toshiba 12203 Uniden 12122 Victor 11428 Vidikron 11398 Viewsonic 10864, 10885 Vizio 12209 HDTV Pioneer 10679 Olevia 11610 TV/DVD Combination Malata 11812 Polaroid 11523, 1[...]

Additional information 12 117 En Blu-ray Pioneer 30142, 32442 Denon 32258 LG 30741 Onkyo 32147 Panasonic 31641 Philips 32084 Samsung 30199 Sharp 32250 Sony 31516 HD-DVD Microsoft 32083 Onkyo 31769 Toshiba 31769 Xbox 32083 DVD-R Pioneer 30631 Denon 30490 Digitrex 31056 Emerson 30675 Funai 30675 Hitachi 31664, 31748, 31764 JVC 31164 LG 30741 Mitsubis[...]

Additional information 12 118 En Laser Disc Player Pioneer 30241, 32447 Denon 30241 Cassette Deck Pioneer 40027, 42446 Denon 40076 Inkel 40070 JVC 40244 Kenwood 40070 Marantz 40029 Onkyo 40135 Philips 40029 Sansui 40029 Sony 40243 Victor 40244 Yamaha 40097 MD Pioneer 71063 Onkyo 70868 Digital Tape Pioneer 40019 Onkyo 40019 Video Accessory Pioneer 0[...]

Additional information 12 119 En Specifications •T h e s e s p ecifications a r e a pp licable when the p owe r su pp ly is 120 V. Audio section Maximum p owe r out p ut F r ont, Cente r , Su rr ound, Su rr ound Back . . . . . . 170 W p e r channel (1 kHz, 6 Ω , 10 %) Rated p owe r out p ut F r ont, Cente r , Su rr ound, Su rr ound Back . . . . [...]

Additional information 12 120 En Cleaning the unit •U s e a p olishing cloth o r d r y cloth to wi p e off dust and di r t. •W h e n t h e s u r face is di r ty, wi p e with a soft cloth di pp ed in some neut r al cleanse r diluted five o r six times with wate r , and w r ung out well, and then wi p e again with a d r y cloth. Do not use fu r n[...]

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