Pioneer Elite VSX-53TX manual

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Table of Co ntent s 4 Fea tur es . ..... .. .... ..... .... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... . 6 Bef ore Y ou St art . ... .... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... . 7 Checking the Supplie d Accessories ................................. 7 Preparing the Remo te Control .......................................... 7 Loading the ba tteries ..................[...]

Table of Contents 5 EXPERT BASIC PREPARAT ION SURR OUND SE TUP EASY SE TUP GUIDE Usin g Oth er Fu nc tion s .. ..... .... .... ..... ... 67 Recording from Au dio/Video Components .................... 67 SECOND ZONE (Speaker System B) Setup ................... 68 Stereo playback in another room ............................... 68 SPEAKERS But ton ...[...]

Before You Start 6 Features Multichannel Acoustic Calib ration EQ System (MCACC) In order to m ake setting up as easy as p ossible for us ers we have created the M CACC system. This unique an d convenient way of getting good surround sound from the receiver makes trouble-free setup a snap. With the included microphone plugged into the front panel t[...]

Before You S tart 7 PREPARAT ION Before You S tart Checking the Sup plied Accessories Please check that you have received all of the following supplied accessories. Preparing the Rem ote Control Loading the batteries Load the batteries into the remo te control as shown below . P lease use alkaline batteries. When y ou notice a decrease in the op er[...]

Before You St art 8 Operating ra nge of remote control unit The area in which you can use the remote control to operate the VSX-53TX is fairly large. T o use, point the rem ote control toward the remote sensor on the front panel of this unit while within the range shown below . Remote control may not function properly if: • There are obstacles be[...]

Displa ys & Co ntrol s 9 EASY SE TUP GUIDE PREPARAT ION Home Theater: The Basics Most consumers are used to using stereo equipm ent to listen to music but many people are not us ed to home theater systems that give you many m ore options when listening to soundtracks. In fact, home theater is not really complicated and this little guide should [...]

Easy Setup Guide Part 1 10 Before making or c hanging t he conn ections, sw itch off th e pow er and discon nect the power cord fro m the AC outlet. 1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player and TV In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, which are at th e heart of home theater , you need to hook up your DVD play er wit h di gita l audio co nnect ions. Y [...]

Easy Setup Gui de Part 1 11 EASY SE TUP GUIDE 2 Speaker Conn ections Home theater is design ed to be setup with five, o r seven speakers (fron t left and right; center; surround lef t and right; an d, optimal ly , surroun d back left an d right) an d a subw oofer , but yo u can use this re ceiver wi th fewe r speakers. Hook u p the speakers yo u ha[...]

Easy Setup Guide Part 1 12 3 Setting u p the Ma in Unit 1 Plug the AC power cord into a wall outlet. 2 Press t he  STANDBY/ON button to switch the rec eiver ON. 4 Assigning the Digital In puts This is only necessar y if you did not hook up your DVD player to DIGIT AL IN 3 using a coaxi al cable but rather connected it to one of t he optical digi[...]

Easy Setup Gui de Part 2 13 EASY SE TUP GUIDE 1 Auto Surro und Sound Setup If setting up your surrou nd sound speakers seems like it's going to be an involved task yo u only need to use thi s quic k, auto matic meth od, k now n as the M CA CC sys tem , to achi eve good su rro und so und. Y ou'll ne ed to hook up th e microphone so that th[...]

Easy Setup Guide Part 2 14 8 Select AUTO SETTING with the  buttons and press ENTER. 9 Some auto setu p instructions will be listed, make sure to follow them. Make sure you have: hook ed up the microphone and moved obstacles to the speakers out of the way . If you have a subwoofer make sure it is turned on and has the volume turned up. WARNING[...]

Easy Setup Gui de Part 2 15 EASY SE TUP GUIDE 12 U se the  buttons to s elect a speake r press ENT ER. Then use the  buttons to se lect the si ze of each speake r individual ly. Press EN TER. Use the  buttons to select OK and pres s ENTE R. The system will o utput another seri es of test tones to establish the proper channel level[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 16 Conne cting your T V Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord fr om the AC outlet. Connect your TV to the jacks as shown below . Hook up with either component video, S video, or composite video cords (the quality descend s in this order) but you must us e the sam e [...]

Connecting Your Equipment 17 PREPARAT ION Connecting Video Co mponen ts Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your video components as shown on this and the following pag e. F or video components (for example, a DVD player) there ar e two types of connections to ma[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 18 Connecting VCRs or DVRs Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord fr om the AC outlet. Connect the video out of your VCR/DVR using either S video or composite video cords, depending on how you connected the receiver to your T V (see page 16). Use an al og audio cords[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 19 PREPARAT ION Connecting Satellite TV (SAT) Components Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Hook up the vide o signal with either component video, S video , or composite video cords , depending on how you connected the receiver to your T V (see[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 20 Conne cting Analo g Audi o Comp onen ts Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord fr om the AC outlet. Connect your audio components to the jacks as shown below . These are all analog connections and your analog audio components (turntable, cassette deck) us e these [...]

Connecting Your Equipment 21 PREPARAT ION Connecting to the Multi Channel An alog Inputs ( DVD-Audio or Super Audio CD (SACD) compatible player) Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. If you have a DVD -Audio or Sup er Audio CD (SACD) compatible playe r , or are using an ex[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 22 Conne cting Digita l Audi o Comp onent s Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord fr om the AC outlet. Connect your digital components as shown below . The VSX-53TX has two coaxial and two op tical inputs for a total of four digital inputs on the rear panel pl us on[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 23 PREPARAT ION Digital Input Default Sett ings Unlike analog connections, the jacks for digital connections are no t dedicated to one type of component, they can be used freely . Thus you must tell the receiver what digital component is connected to which jack so y our components will be in sync with the names on the r e [...]

Connecting Your Equipment 24 Conne cting th e Rad io Ant ennas Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord fr om the AC outlet. Connect the supplied FM wire antenna and the AM loop antenna to the ANTENNA terminals as shown below . These antennas should provid e adequate recepti on qua lity in most[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 25 PREPARAT ION Connecting Speakers Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. W e recommend a full co mplement of seven speakers and a subwoofer a s shown here but, naturally , ever yone' s home setup will var y . Simply connect th e speakers you[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 26 Spea ker impe dance Y ou can change the sp eaker impedance for VSX-53TX but we recommend using speake rs with an impedance of 8 Ω -16 Ω (the default setting). If you are using 6 Ω - less than 8 Ω impedance speakers, you need to change the impedance setti ng. Use any spea ker rate d between 6 Ω -16 Ω . Bi-wir[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 27 PREPARAT ION Placing Your Sp eakers P roper speaker pl acement is essential to r ealize the be st sound from your system. It is very important for speaker placement to read the instructions that come with your speakers so please be sur e to do so. Speaker pla cement If you have a multiple speake r arrangement the placem[...]

Displays and Controls 28 Front Panel All the controls on the front panel are explained and/or referenced here. T o open the fr ont panel push gently on the lower third of the panel. 1 MULTI JO G dial Y ou can use this dial for many purposes. When you press the SE T UP button (12), you can use i t to per form SYSTEM SETUP operations; select a functi[...]

Displays an d Control s 29 PREPARAT ION 10 ACOUSTIC EQ but ton (see pages 49 and 89) P ress to switch on/off and select the type of acoustic calib ration EQ. 11 MASTER V OLUME d ial Use to raise or lower the vol ume of the receiver . 12 MULT I JOG CONTROL buttons SET UP P ress to switch the SYSTEM SETUP mode. RETURN P ress to move back one step in [...]

Displays and Controls 30 Remote Control This page describes the buttons on the remo te control us ed to operate the receiver . 1  RECEIVER (STANDBY/ON) button P ress to turn power of the receiver on or to standby (off). 2 MULTI CONTROL buttons These buttons are the basic controls that switch the mode of the receiver and the remote control, which[...]

Displays an d Control s 31 PREPARAT ION BASS/TREBLE buttons (see page 51) Use to select whether the bass or trebl e will be adjus ted. (+/–) buttons Use t o ad ju st t he T ONE l eve l, ef fe ct l evel , channel level and sound delay as well as make Dolb y Pro Logic I I M USIC pa ram eter set tings . EFFECT/CH SEL button Switches between the diff[...]

Displays and Controls 32 14 MASTER VOLU ME (+/– ) buttons Use to raise or lower the volu me of the receiver . 15 TOP MENU/GUIDE button Use to find stations or menus on a digital TV tuner . For a DVD player use this button to bring up the DVD menu. 16 // // ENTER but tons These buttons can be used for a variety of operations in the SYS[...]

Displays an d Control s 33 PREPARAT ION Display All the displa y information is explained and /or refere nced here. 1 SIGNAL indicat ors Light to indicate the input signal you selected. AUTO: Lights when the receiver is set to select the input signal automatically . DIGITAL: Lights when digit al audio si gnals are selected. ANALOG: Lights when anal[...]

Displays and Controls 34 Back Panel All the termi nals on the back panel ar e explained a nd/or referenced here. 1 DIGITAL O UT term inals (see page 22) Use these term inals to output a di gital signal to a DVD-R, C D-R, MD recorder or any other kind of digital recorder . 2 CONTROL IN/ OUT termina ls (see p age 74) Y ou can use these jacks to hook [...]

Displays an d Control s 35 PREPARAT ION 9 MULTI-R OOM & SOU RCE REMO TE IN termina l (see page 70) Use this terminal to hook up a sub-system in a secondar y room. This hook up requires a separat ely sold I R receiver and allo ws you to use the receiver to hear different audio sources in different rooms. 10 SPEAKERS ter minals (see page 25) Use [...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 36 T o ensure th e best possible surround sound, comp lete the following setup operations. Some of these are the same (and take precedence over) the settings you made in the Easy Setup Guide, so consider if the ones you made at that time were a dequate. If you feel they were, m o ve on to the next sett ing in this sect[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 37 SURROU ND SE TUP Surround Ba ck System This setup selects how your su rroun d back system will be use d. If you wan t to use it for surroun d back speakers in your main speaker system choose NORMAL SYSTEM. In this case you won ’t have any B (or secondar y) speaker system as these speakers fill that role also for t[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 38 NORM AL S etu p This is the manual method to setup your sound parameters for surrou nd sound. Y ou don’t need to do this, however , if you did the AUTO SURROUND SETUP method on page 13. If you feel the settings in the AUTO SURROUND SETUP do not suit your personal tastes, the settings you input here will override t[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 39 SURROU ND SE TUP Speaker Se tting The information below sho ws you how to select the correct settings for the type an d number o f speakers you connec ted. Most importan tly , y ou need to decide ho w to route the soun d for all the speakers you connected. T o do this select the size o f the front, center , surround[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 40 1 SPEAKER SETTING should be selected. If it isn’ t use the  buttons to select it. Press the ENTER button. The setup possibilities appear on your TV . 2W i t h t h e  buttons choose the speakers that you want to set. Pre ss the ENTER button. The setup possibilities appear on your TV . 3U s e t h e ?[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 41 SURROU ND SE TUP Channel Level The following steps show you ho w to balance the sound output level of your speakers. Proper speaker balance is essenti al for o btainin g high quality surrou nd sound. If conti nui ng from SPEAKER SE T TING go t o step 1. If st arting fresh, complete steps 1–2 on page 38. 1 CHANNEL [...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 42 Spea ker Di stance Adding a slight delay to some speakers is necessar y to achieve proper so und depth, separation as w ell as an effective surround sound effect. Y ou need to figure out the distance from your listening position to your speakers to add the proper d elay . The following steps show you how to set the [...]

Basic Oper ation 43 BASIC Stereo and Multichannel Playback The following instructions show you how to play sound sources with the VSX-53TX. Before doin g so be sure to comple te the setup p rocedures described in the “Easy Setup Guide P art 2” (starting on page 13) or “Setting Up for Surround Sound” (starting o n page 36). This is particula[...]

Basic Opera tion 44 Selecting the Input Signal This button selects the type of input signal, AUTO, ANAL OG or DIGIT AL, sent to the receiver . Y ou need to take special care to switch to the appro priate input when nec essar y . F or example, the switch wou ld have to be on DI GIT AL to hear digital sources like Do lby Digital or DTS but it would h[...]

Basic Operation 45 BASIC Listening Modes The three listening mode types on the receiver are exp lained here (to select listening modes see page 4 3). The kind of playback you can get in the three m odes depends on w hat kind of a source (DVD, etc.) you are using. The basic distinctio n is between 2 channel sou rces and multicha nnel sources. The MO[...]

Basic Opera tion 46 MOVIE modes (SURROUND mode) The MOVIE mode is a newly designed system for enhancin g movie soundt racks and other audio-visual sourc es that optimizes it s effects in accorda nce with your sour ce, SB CH MODE and speaker configurati on. The first four modes are for pure decod ing of multichannel sound sou rces. With these modes [...]

Basic Operation 47 BASIC MUSIC modes (SURROUND mode ) The MUSI C modes al low y ou to tra nsform y our li ving r oom int o a vari ety o f differ ent soni c env ironment s when playing either two-channel or multichannel so urces. It opti mizes its effects i n accordance with your source, SB C H MODE and sp eaker configuration. The first two modes ar[...]

Basic Opera tion 48 Adjusting the Effect of a Listening Mode The DSP (Digital Signal P ro cessing) listening modes have soun d processing added to accentuate a cert ain kind of atmosphere or effect (see the preceding pages for explanation). Y ou can choose if you want to strengthen or weaken this effect in the given mode. The DSP MOVIE modes ar e: [...]

Basic Operation 49 BASIC Listening with AC OUSTIC C AL EQ Y ou can listen to the soundtrack with the ACOUSTIC CAL EQ you set au tomatically when you did the AUTO SURROUND SETUP (p age 13) or you set manually on (page 89). T o do so follow the instructions below . 1 Press the ACOUS TIC EQ button. Each press swi tches ACOUSTIC C AL EQ between ALL CH [...]

Basic Opera tion 50 Listening in MIDNIG HT Mode This useful feature makes it possible to get excellent surround sound effects even when listening at low volumes. It can be used w ith any su rroun d sound sour ce and p lay so undtracks so that the quieter sounds are audible even wh il e pl ay in g a s o und tr a ck a t lo w v ol um es . T his fe at [...]

Basic Operation 51 BASIC Adjusting B ass and Treb le Y ou can a djust the low (bass) and high (treble) frequencies. The TONE button can also be u sed to bypass the tone circuitry . 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the TONE button on the remote control or the front panel to put the receive r in tone ad just mode. P ressing the TONE button changes the mode [...]

Basic Opera tion 52 Listening in Au dio Scaler mode Use to hear CD and DVD, as well as other digital sound tracks, at a wider dynamic range, allow ing for finer audio rep rod ucti on. 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the HI-BIT button on the re mote control or HI-BIT/HI-SAMPLING button on the front panel. Each press switches AUDIO SCA LER mode on or off .[...]

Basic Operation 53 BASIC Multi Channel In Playb ack MUL TI CH IN a llows yo u to connect a DVD-Audio /SACD pl ayer or an extern al deco der to e njoy ce rtain mu lticha nnel discs. T o use MUL TI CH IN playba ck follow the instructi ons below . 1 Press the MULTI CH INPUT bu tton on the remote control or the MULTI CH IN button on the f ront panel. E[...]

Basic Opera tion 54 Surrou nd Back Chan nel Mo des Surround Back Ch annel Mode The SB C H MODE mak es available surround b ack channels throug h your surround back speakers. Y ou must have chosen NORMAL SYSTEM in the SURRBACK SYSTEM setti ng (see page 37) and have SURROUND and SURROUND BA CK speakers set to something other than NO (see page 39) to [...]

Basic Operation 55 BASIC Dual Mono setting and pla yback The du al mono se tting can on ly be us ed when listeni ng to Do lby Di gital o r hom emade dis cs tha t have du al m ono software encoded in th em. Dua l mono soft ware us ually is used t o put t wo di fferent mono s oundt racks, that y ou can listen to t ogether or separately , on one DVD. [...]

Basic Opera tion 56 Video Select This function allows you to listen to one sound source whi le yo u wat ch a differ ent vid eo so urce on yo ur TV . The sound source is set in the normal fashion as explained on page 43. Y ou then change the video input with the VIDEO SEL button. 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the VIDEO SEL button on the remote control t[...]

Using the Tuner 57 BASIC Automatic and Manual Tuning The following steps show you how to tune in FM and AM radio broadcasts using the au tomatic (search) and manu al (step) tuning functions. If you alread y know th e exact frequency of the stat ion you want, see “Direct Acc ess T uning“ on the following page. 1 Press the TUNER button. On the re[...]

Using the Tuner 58 Direct Access Tuning The foll owing st eps show you how to tune directly to a specific fr equency using the remo te control. 1 Press the TUNER button. This selects the tuner function on the receiver an d sets the remote to the tuner operation mode. 2 Press the BAND button to select the band (FM or AM). Each press switches the ban[...]

Using the Tune r 59 BASIC Memorizing Freque ntly Used Stations The following steps show you how to mem orize up to 30 radio stations in 3 classes (each holding 10 stations). When memorizing FM frequencies, the receiver also memorizes the MPX mode (STEREO or MON O). 1 Tune in the station you want. See “ A utomatic and Manual T un ing” on page 57[...]

Using the Tuner 60 Nami ng Mem orize d Stati ons Y ou c an input a name of u p to four characters for each preset station in the receiver ’s memor y (see the previous page). This name ca n be any thing you c hoose. F or exampl e, you co uld inpu t JAZZ for that statio n and wh en you listen to it the name , rather than the frequenc y numb er , wi[...]

Using the Tune r 61 BASIC Recalling Memo rized Stations 1 Press the TUNER button. This selects the TUNER function on the receiv er and sets the remote to the TUNER operation mode. 2 Press the CLASS button repeatedly to select a cl ass number. Each press switches the display : 3 Use the number buttons to select the channel you want. T o select chann[...]

Remote Control of Other Co mponents 62 Setting Up the Remote Control to Control Other Compon ents In addition to controlling the receiver , the supp lied remote control can operate y our other componen ts (VCR , TV , DVD, CD, etc.) af ter you pro gram it to do so. If your com ponent(s) are listed in the remote co ntrol's memor y , simply follo[...]

Remote Control of Other Components 63 BASIC Programming Signals from Other Re mote Controls (LEARNING Mode) If preset codes are not available for your component(s), or the available preset codes do not operate correctly , you can use this procedure to pr ogram in signals from the rem ote control(s) of your other componen t(s). These steps can also [...]

Remote Control of Other Co mponents 64 Using Remote Control with Other Components CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/DVD Reco rder/Cassette Deck operations Button(s) Fun ction Component s SOURCE  Press to switch the components between ST A NDBY and ON. CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/ LD/DVD recorder/Cassette deck Press to ret urn to the start of the c urrent track or ch[...]

Remote Control of Other Components 65 BASIC Cable TV/Satellite TV/Digital TV/TV operations Memo: • The above operations are available from the rece iver's remote cont rol after you program it (see page 62). • T o per form these operations, press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want to control. • F or more information on in[...]

Remote Control of Other Co mponents 66 Setting up the Direct Function The direct function is d esigned in case you h ave an extern al video source connected to your TV (a video source that is not go ing thro ugh the VS X-53TX). F or this e xplanatio n we' ll call this the external video deck. Y ou'd like to control external video deck wit[...]

Using Other Functions 67 EXPERT Reco rding from Aud io/Vi deo Co mponen ts The foll owing explanat ions show you how mak e a recor ding from one compon ent to an other conn ected t o this receiver . Note that an analog recorder (such as a VCR) canno t record from a source th at is connected using only a digital conn ection. Likewise, a di gital rec[...]

Using Other Functions 68 SECOND ZONE (Speake r System B) Setup Stereo playback in another room This setup enables you to listen to a pair of stereo speakers independently of the main speaker system (A speakers) hooked up to the receiver . The VSX-53TX has two possibilities for playback in another room. Y ou can choose SECOND ZONE, a nd use the spea[...]

Using Other Functions 69 EXPERT Connecting Additional Am plifiers This receiver has more than sufficient power for any home use, bu t it is possible t o add add itional amplifiers to every channel of yo ur system. Make the connections shown belo w to add amplifiers to power yo ur speakers. Before making or changing the connections, switch off the p[...]

Using Other Functions 70 MULTI ROOM function T o use this receiver with a MUL TI ROOM setup you nee d an external IR receiver . When used together with an IR receiver (not included), this recei ver is capable of output ting two different sources at the same time. One to the VIDEO OUT jack and SPEAKERS terminal s and another to th e MUL TI ROOM &[...]

Using Other Functions 71 EXPERT MULTI ROOM setup 1 Turn on the receiver, your TV and press RECEIVER on the remote con- trol. Make sure your TV is set to the receiver . 2 Press the SY STE M SETU P button. The SYSTEM SETUP me nu appears on the OSD . 3U s e t h e  buttons to select MULTI ROOM. Pres s ENTE R. 4 VOLUME LEVEL should be selected (if[...]

Using Other Functions 72 Controlling the MULTI ROOM system from the main room 1 Press the MULTI ROOM & SOURCE ON/OFF button to turn on the MULTI ROOM system. The display shown below will i lluminate when the receiver is in ST ANDBY mode. Also, the MUL TI -ROOM indi cator will l ight. 2 Press the CONTROL button to enter the control mode. All ope[...]

Using Other Functions 73 EXPERT Controlling the MULTI ROOM system from the sub room 1 From the sub room, point the remote control at the IR Receiver and press a  STANDBY/ON butt on to turn on the MULTI ROOM system. The MUL TI R OOM & SOURCE indi cator lights on the front panel in the main room. 2 Press the INPUT button to select the sub room[...]

Using Other Functions 74 Memo: • Remote operation may not be p ossible if direct light from a strong fluorescent lamp is shining on the IR receiver remote sen sor wind ow . • The tuner cannot be tuned to m ore than one station at a time. Therefore, changing the station in one room also changes th e station in the other room. P lease be careful [...]

Using Other Functions 75 EXPERT Multi Operations Multi operations allow you to tell the rece iver and your other components to d o a number of things with th e push of only two buttons o n the remote control. F or example, you can program the unit to turn on y our TV , turn on your DVD player and start playing the loaded DVD. This allows you to fre[...]

Using Other Functions 76 4 Repeat step 3 to input multi operations to the MULTI CONTROL button you pressed in step 3. Y ou c an repeat this process for up to five comm ands. F or example: you could enter the following three operations using the preced ing step 3. 1 P ress the TV CONT button and TV  to turn on y our TV (as explained above). 2 P r[...]

Using Other Functions 77 EXPERT System Off The SYSTEM OFF feature allows you to te ll the receiver and your other components to stop and/or turn off with the push of only one button on the remote control. The steps below show you how to pro gram a string of up to 5 different SYSTEM OFF operations. Be sure to set up ea ch componen t before progra mm[...]

Using Other Functions 78 Resetting the Remote Control Erasing Mu lti Operations 1 Press and hold both the REMOTE SETUP button and 8 for more tha n 3 secon ds. LED lights will blink 3 times and all multi operation settings will be erased. Erasing Learning Re mote Control Commands 1 Press and hold both the REMOTE SETUP button and 9 for more tha n 3 s[...]

Using Other Functions 79 EXPERT Resetting the Main U nit The following operations allow you to reset the unit to the default setti ngs. 1 While holding down the TONE button press the STANDBY/ON button for about thre e second s. 2 When you see RESET? appear in the display, press the TONE – button. OK? appe ars i n the displa y, pr ess TON E +. Whe[...]

Fine Tunin g Your Sys tem 80 THX CINEMA Setup This set up lets you choo se which decodi ng method for 2 ch annel sources the recei ver will use for TH X CINEMA. F or more information on the decod ing (playback) formats see "T echno Tidbits" starti ng on pag e 96. 1 Turn on the receiver and your TV, press RECEIVER on the remote con- trol. [...]

Fine Tuning Your System 81 EXPERT Assign ing the Digita l Inputs If you did not hook up your digital equipment in accordance with the d efault settings for the digital inputs (see pages 17, 19 and 22) you need to complete the procedure below . Y ou have to do this in order to tell the receiver what digital equipment is hooked up to which terminal s[...]

Fine Tunin g Your Sys tem 82 Assigning the Comp onent Video In puts This receiver has two component video inputs. Their default settings are video inputs for the DVD/LD (COMP ONENT VIDEO IN 1) an d TV/SA T (C OMPONEN T VIDEO IN 2) functions, but you can reassign them if you want to use th em as video in puts for other r eceiver fun ctions (f or exa[...]

Fine Tuning Your System 83 EXPERT Function Rena me Use the FUNCTION RENA ME capability to rename the display on the receiver and you r OSD for different functions (DVD, etc.). F or example, you could rename VCR1/DVR as D VR-7000. F or this particular setup using the controls on the front panel is more convenient than using the re mote control. Use [...]

Fine Tunin g Your Sys tem 84 12V TRIGGE R function This feature allows you to hook up equ ipment (for example, a relay dev ice) to this receiver that will send a power signal automatically when you select the function turned on here (for example, DVD/LD). T o use this feature follow the steps below . Connect the eq uipmen t you want to use with thi[...]

Expert System Settings 85 EXPERT EXPERT Setup The settings here ca n only be done if you 've per formed the more basic prelimina r y setups. Thus, b efore doing these settings do either A UTO SET TING on page 13 or NORMAL setup page 38. These settings are to furth er heighten your surrou nd sound. They ar e not ab solutel y necess ary but may [...]

Expert System Setti ngs 86 Crossover Network Crossover frequency is the point where the re ceiver divides the high and low soun ds (the frequencies) between the speakers. Certain bass sounds will play back from th e subwoofer if you selected it as YES (or PLUS) o r from the front speakers if you selected them as L A RGE. This setting decides where [...]

Expert System Settings 87 EXPERT Fine Channel Level The following steps show you ho w to balance the sound output level of your speakers more finely than in the NORMAL setu p (see page 38). Proper speaker balance is essential for obtaining high quality surround sound and the better the speaker balance the better surroun d sound you can get. Follow [...]

Expert System Setti ngs 88 Fine Channel Delay The following st eps show you how to adjust the del ay level of you r speakers more finely th an in the NORMAL setup (see page 38). Add ing a slight delay to some speakers is n ecessar y to achieve pro per sound depth, separation as well as an effective su rround sound effect . Follow st eps 1-5 on pa g[...]

Expert System Settings 89 EXPERT Acoustic Calibration EQ This receiver lets you choose between two types of ACOUSTIC CAL EQ equalizer cur ves: ALL CH ADJUST and FRONT ALIGN, with the former equalizing the spe akers in dividually and the la tter eq ualizing the speake rs in accordance with the front speakers. Features here allow you to put in your o[...]

Expert System Setti ngs 90 To start the pro cess u se DAT A COPY to past e the A LL CH ADJUST or FRONT ALIGN s ettings into CUSTOM 1 or C US- TOM 2. Follow st eps 1-5 on pa ge 85, if nece ssary, to get to t he sta rt ing poi nt ment io ned her e. 1 ACOUSTIC CAL EQ should be selected, if it isn’t use the  buttons to selec t and press ENTER. [...]

Expert System Settings 91 EXPERT This explanation is for CUSTOM 1 o r CUSTOM 2. 1 The four poss ibilities sh ould be on the OSD . Use t he  buttons to select CUSTOM 1 or CUSTOM 2. Pr ess ENTE R. 2U s e t h e  buttons to select ALL CH ADJUST or FRONT ALIGN and pres s ENTE R. The test tones will sou nd. WARNI NG: the test tone s are very [...]

Expert System Setti ngs 92 5U s e t h e  butt ons to adjust the frequency. Whe n you have it a t the level you want press ENTER. Set the frequencies within the –6 dB to +6 dB rang e in steps of 0.5 dB. If OVER appears in the display you have set the levels too h igh. Reduce them until OVER disappears. 6 The cursor automatica lly goes to the[...]

Expert System Settings 93 EXPERT To use th e DATA CHECK feature fol low the s teps he re. 1U s e t h e  buttons to select DATA CHECK. P ress EN TER. 2 Select either ALL CH AD JUST or FRONT ALIGN as the data you want to check. Pres s ENTER. 3U s e t h e  buttons to select the channel that you w ant to check. P ress ENTE R. That channel a[...]

Expert System Setti ngs 94 Bass Pe ak Lev el The LFE (Low F req uency Effec t) chan nel in Dol by Digital and DTS p rogram sourc es can pr oduce heav ily concentrated ultra-low bass tones that may exceed the ca pabilities of your speaker system. The followin g steps show you how to limit the peak level for the LFE channel. If continuing from the pr[...]

Expert System Settings 95 EXPERT Dynamic Range Control This feature makes it possible to enjo y full surround sound effects on Dolby Digital and DTS sources ev en at low volumes. It does this by compressing the dynamic range. Dynam ic range is the difference between the loudest and the softest sound s in any given signal. Com pressing the range pla[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 96 Dol by Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is a discrete digital surround format used for multichannel surround sound. It was developed after the Dolby Surr ound Syst em and Dolby P ro L ogic S urr ound Sy ste m. Dol by Di gita l is a high qual ity digi tal soun d for mat that is used by many theatrical film releas e[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 97 EXPERT DTS- ES DTS launched a new su rround format in November 2 000. This has co me to be known as D TS Extended Su rround or simply DTS-ES. T he technology has b een advan ced to in clude two new home formats DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 format, and DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 ch format, both are able to playba ck discrete, 6.1[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 98 Cause Remedy Trou bles hoot ing Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, che ck the points below . Sometimes the trouble may lie in another compo nent. Investigate the other compo nents and electrical applianc es bein[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 99 EXPERT The setup screen d oesn't appear. • The out put j ac ks hav en 't b een con- nec ted p ro per ly . • The TV hasn't been c onnected to the MONITOR OUT jack. • Y ou connected your TV to the MUL TI- ROOM & SOURCE MONITOR OU T jack instead of the main MONITOR OUT jack. • Some TVs c[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 100 No sound output from the su bwoo fe r. • The subwoofer setting is NO. • The sub woofe r outp ut setting i s too lo w . • Th e b ass pe ak lev el s ett in g is too lo w . • There is very littl e low frequency informa- tion in your source . • The crossover freque ncy is set too lo w . • The re is a[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 101 EXPERT Subwoofer output is very l ow. • Setti ngs route signal away from sub- woofer . • T o get more signal to the subwoofer set it to PL US or choose SMALL fo r the front speakers ( see page 39). During multi channel playback, there is no s ound output from one speaker. • Th at sp ea ker i s s et t o N[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 102 No image is output when a fun cti on is sele cte d. • Improper c onnectio ns. • The i nput so urc e i s not pr ope rly sel ec te d. • The vid eo input sel ected on the TV moni - tor is in corr ect . • T h e T V o r m o n it o r is h o o k e d u p w i th c o r d that is diff erent than that used for t[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 103 EXPERT During playback of a 96kHz source, the display doesn't show 96kHz • SIGNAL SELECT is set to ANAL OG • SET the SIGNAL SELECT to AUTO (see page 44). Cannot be remote contr olled. • The r emote control batteries have wo rn out . • T oo far away or imp rope r angl e of oper a- tion . • There [...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 104 Preset Code Brand s DVD Manuf acturer Co de PIONEER 1 001, 10 02, 10 03 DENON 1004 JVC 1005 P ANASONIC 1002 PHILIPS 1006 RCA 1007 SAMSU NG 1008 SONY 10 09 TO SH I B A 1 0 10 Y AM AHA 101 1, 1012 LD Manuf acturer Co de PIONEER 20 01, 20 02 DENON 2003 KENWOOD 2004 P ANASONIC 2005 PHILIPS 20 06, 20 07 SONY 20 0[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 105 EXPERT Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you’ve just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers. This manufacturer and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group w[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 106 Specifications Amplifie r Section Continuous aver age power output of 100 watts* per cha nnel, min., at 8 ohms, from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz with no more than 0.09%** total harmoni c distortion (front). Continuous Power Output F ront ............. 100 W +100 W (20 Hz – 20 kHz, 0.09%, 8 Ω ) Center ............[...]

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