Pioneer VSX-33 manual

Operating Instructions audio/video multi-channel receiv er VSX- 33 VSX- 32 VSX-33_UXJCB.boo k 1 ページ ２ ０１０年３月 ９日　火曜日 　午前１０時 ３９分[...]

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VENTILA TION CAUTION When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 40 cm at top, 10 cm at rear , and 20 cm at each side). W ARNING Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the product, and to protect it from overheating. T[...]

This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period. K041_A1_En CAUTION: HOT SURF ACE. DO NOT TOUCH. The top sur face over the intern[...]

5 En Contents 01 Before you start Featu r es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing the r eceive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Loading the batte r ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 O p [...]

6 En Bluetooth ADAPTER fo r Wi r eless Enjoyment of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Wi r eless music p lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Pai r ing the Blu etooth ADAP TER and Bluetoo th wi r eless technology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Listening to music[...]

7 En 12 Additional in formation S p eake r Setting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Positional r elationshi p between s p eake r s and monito r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 T r oubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Powe r . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

8 En Flow of settings on the receiver The unit is a full-fledged AV rece iver eq uipped with an ab undance of func tions and termina ls. It can be use d easily after following the procedure belo w to make the connect ions and settings. The colors of the steps indicate the following: Required settin g item Setting to be made as necessary 1 Before yo[...]

Before you start 01 9 En Chapter 1: Before you start Features • Advanced Direct Energy design This r eceive r offe r s a new advancement in disc r ete design unique to Pionee r fo r high- p owe r d r ivabilit y, low disto r tion and stable imaging. • HDMI (Ver.1.4 wit h 3D, Audio Retur n Channel) A com p atible com p on ent is r equi r ed to us[...]

Before you start 01 10 En Installing the receiver • When installing this unit , make su r e to p ut it on a level and stable su r face. Don’t insta ll it on the fol lowing p lace s: – on a colo r TV (the sc r een may disto r t) – nea r a cassette d eck (o r close to a device that gives off a magnetic field). This may inte r fe r e with the [...]

Controls and displays 02 11 En Chapter 2: Controls and displays Remote control This sectio n ex p lains how to o p e r ate the r emote cont r ol fo r the r eceive r . The remote has been conveniently color-coded accord ing to compo nent con trol using the foll owing s ystem: • White – Receive r cont r ol, TV cont r ol • Blue – Othe r cont r[...]

Controls and displays 02 12 En STEREO – Switches between ste r eo p layba ck and F r ont Stage Su rr ound Advance mo des ( p age 54). STANDARD – P r ess fo r Standa r d decoding and to switch va r ious modes ( 2 P r o Logic, Neo :6, etc.) ( p age 52). ADV SURR – Use to switch bet ween the va r io us su rr ound modes ( p age 53). THX – P r e[...]

Controls and displays 02 13 En TUNER EDIT – Use with TUNE / , PRESET / and ENTER to memo r ize and n ame stations fo r r ecall ( p age 45) . 4I n d i c a t o r s ADVANCED MCACC – Lights when EQ is set to ON in the AUDIO PARAMETER menu ( p age 59) . PQLS – Lights when the PQLS featu r e is active ( p age 58). HDMI – Blinks when c[...]

Controls and displays 02 14 En 2 TrueHD – Lights with Dolby T r ueHD decoding. DTS – Lights with DTS deco ding. DTS HD – Lights with DT S-HD deco ding. 96/24 – Lights with DTS 96/24 decoding. WMA9 Pro – Lights to indi cate that a WMA9 P r o signal is being dec oded. DSD PCM – Light du r ing DSD (Di r ect St r eam Digital) to PCM conve r[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 15 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This r eceive r pr ovides you with many connection p ossibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. This cha p te r ex p lains the kinds of c om p onents you can connec t to make u p you r home theate r system. Important •I l l u s t r ation show s the VSX-33, howeve r [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 16 En Note •T h e i n p ut functions below a r e assigned by default to the r eceive r ’s diffe r ent in p ut te r minals. Refe r to The Input Setup menu on p age 39 to change the assignments if othe r connection s a r e used. • The CU-RF100 omni-di r ectional r emote cont r ol (se p a r ately sold) can be connect[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 17 En Determining the speakers’ application This unit p ermits you t o bu ild various surround systems, in accordance with the number o f speakers you have. • Be sure to connect speakers to the front left and right channels ( L an d R ). • It is also possi ble to only connect one of the surround back speakers ( SB[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 18 En [E] 5.1 ch annel surro und system & ZONE 2 connection (Multi Zone) • Speaker System setting: ZONE 2 With these connections you can simultan eously enjoy 5.1-channel su rr ound sound in the main zone with ste r eo p laybac k on anothe r com p onent in ZONE 2. (The selection of in p ut devices is limited.) Imp[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 19 En • Place the ce nte r s p eake r above o r below the TV so that the sound of the cente r channel i s localized a t the TV sc r een. Also, make su r e the cent e r s p eake r does not c r oss the line fo r med by the leading edge of the f r ont left and r ight s p eake r s. • It is best to angle the s p eake r s[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Installing your speaker syste m At the ve r y least, f r ont left and r ight s p eake r s only a r e necessa r y. Note that you r main s u rr ound s p eake r s should always be connected as a p ai r , but you can connect just one su rr ound back s p ea ke r if you like (it must be connected to the left su rr ound [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 21 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 22 En Selecting the Speaker sy stem The f r ont height te r minals can be used fo r f r ont wide an d S p eake r B connec tions, in a ddition to fo r the f r ont height s p eake r s. Also, the su rr ound back te r minals ca n be used fo r bi-am p ing and ZONE 2 co nnections, in addition to fo r the su rr ound back s p e[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 23 En If seve r al video com p onents a r e assigned to the sam e in p ut function (see The Input Setup menu on p age 39), the conve r te r gives pr io r ity to HDMI, com p onent, then com p osite (in that o r de r ). •F o r o p timal video p e r fo r mance, THX r ecommends switching Digital Vi deo Conve r sion (in Se[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 24 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 (BD), etc.), you can connect it to this r eceive r using a comme r cially available HDMI ca ble. If the TV and p layback c om p onents su pp o r t the Control wit[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 25 En Connecting your D VD player wi th no HDMI ou tput This diag r am shows connections of a TV (wi th HDM I in p ut) and DVD p lay e 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 sou nd of the TV ove r the r eceive r , connect the r eceive r and TV with[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 26 En Connecting your TV with no HDMI input This diag r am shows connections of a TV (with no HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback c om p onent) to the r eceive r . • With these conn ections, the p ictu r e is not out p ut to the TV even if the DVD p laye r i s c o n n e c t e d w i t h a n H D M I c a[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 27 En Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, BD recorder and other video sources This r eceive r has two sets of audi o/video in p uts and out p uts suitable fo r connecting analog o r digital video devices, including HDD/DVD r eco r de r s and BD r eco r de r s. When you set u p the r eceive r you’ll need to tell the r ecei[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 28 En Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-to p box Satellite an d cable r eceive r s, and te rr est r ial digi tal TV tune r s a r e all exam p les of so-c alled ‘set-to p bo xes’. When you set u p the r eceive r you’ll need to tell the r eceive r which in p ut you connec ted the set-to p box to (se[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 29 En About the WMA9 Pro decoder This unit has a n on-boa r d Windows Media™ Audio 9 P r ofessional 1 (WMA9 P r o) deco de r , so it is p ossible to p layback WMA9 P r o-encoded audio using HDMI, coaxial o r o p tical digital connec tion when connected to a WMA9 P r o-com p atible p laye r . Howeve r , the connected D[...]

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 external antennas below). 1 Pull off the protective shields of both AM antenna wires. 2 Push open the tabs, then i nsert one wire[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 31 En Making MULTI-ZONE connections It is p ossible to make these connections if you have a se p a r ate TV and s p eake r s fo r you r pr ima r y ( ZONE 2 ) sub zone, and a se p a r ate am p lifie r (and s p eake r s) fo r you r seconda r y ( ZONE 3 ) sub zone. You will also ne ed a se p a r ate am p lifie r if y ou a [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 32 En Connecting to the network through LAN interface By connec ting this r eceive r to the netwo r k via the LAN te r minal, you can listen to Inte r net r adio sta tions. 1 Connect the LAN te r minal on this r eceive r to the LAN te r minal on you r r oute r (with o r without the built-in DHCP se r ve r function) with[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 33 En Connecting an XM Radio tuner (VSX-33 only) Afte r p u r chasing an XM Mini-Tu ne r and Home Dock (both sold se p a r ately), you will also need to activate the XM Radio se r vice to begin r eceiving b r oadcasts. •F o r inst r uction s on p laying the XM Radio, see Listening to XM Radio (VSX-3 3 only) on p age 4[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 34 En Connecting a USB device It is p ossible to p lay audio and p hoto files by c onnecting USB devices to this r eceive r . It is also p ossible to connect a USB keyboa r d (US-inte r national layout) to the r eceive r to ente r text in the foll owing GUI sc r eens. • Cha nge the in p ut name in the Input Setup menu[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 35 En Connecting an IR receiver If you kee p you r ste r eo com p onents in a closed cabinet o r shelving unit, o r you wish to use the sub zone r emote cont r ol in anothe r zone, you c an use an o p tional IR r eceive r (such as a Niles o r Xantech unit) to cont r ol you r system instead of the r emote senso r on the [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 36 En Switching compo nents on and o ff using the 12 volt trigge r You can connect c om p onents in you r system (such as a sc r een o r pr ojecto r ) to this r eceive r so that they switch on o r off using 12 volt t r igge r s when you select an in p ut function. Howeve r , you must s p ecify which in p ut functions sw[...]

Basic Setup 04 37 En Chapter 4: Basic Setup Switching the speaker impedance We r ecommend using s p eake r s of 8 Ω with this system, but 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 atin g. 1 Switch the receiver into standby. 2 While holding down ENTER on th e front pa nel, press [...]

Basic Setup 04 38 En If you have a t r i p od, use it to p lace the mic r o p hone so that it’s about ea r level at you r no r mal listening p osition. If you do not have a t r i p od, use some othe r ob ject to ins tall the mic r o p hone. 1 The Full Auto MCACC dis p lay a pp ea r s once the mic r o p hone is connected. 2 3 Select the parameters[...]

Basic Setup 04 39 En •I f Reverse Phase is dis p layed, the s p eake r ’s wi r ing (+ and –) may be inve r ted. Check the s p eake r connection s. 1 – If the connections we r e w r on g, tu r n off the p owe r , disconnect the p owe r co r d, then r econnect pr o p e r ly. Afte r this, p e r fo r m the Full Auto MCACC pr ocedu r e again. ?[...]

Basic Setup 04 40 En • Input Skip – W hen se t to ON , that in p ut is ski pp ed when select ing the in p ut using INPUT SELECT . ( DVD and othe r in p uts can be still be selected di r ectly with the in p ut function buttons.) • 12V Trigger1/2 – Afte r connecting a co m p onent to one of the 12 volt t r igge r s (see Switching compo nents [...]

Basic playback 05 41 En Chapter 5: Basic playback Playing a source He r e a r e the basic inst r uctions fo r p laying a sou r ce (such as a DVD disc) with you r home theate r system. 1 Switch on your system components and receiver. Make su r e that the TV’s video in p ut is set to this r eceive r . 2 Select the input function you want to play. Y[...]

Basic playback 05 42 En Playing back audio files stored on an iPod To navigate songs on you r iPod, yo u can take advantage of the GUI sc r een of you r TV connected to this r eceive r . 1 You can also cont r ol all o p e r ations fo r music in the f r ont p anel dis p lay of this r eceive r . Finding what you want to play When you r iPod is connec[...]

Basic playback 05 43 En Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory d evice The maximum numbe r of lev els that you ca n select in Ste p 2 (below) is 8. Also, you can dis p lay and p lay back u p to 30 000 folde r s and files within a USB memo r y device. 1 1U s e / to select ‘Music’ from the USB Top menu. 2U s e / to select a f[...]

Basic playback 05 44 En About playable file format s The USB function 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 files Category Exte nsion Stream MP3 a a. “MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding techno[...]

Basic playback 05 45 En Listening to the r adio The following ste p s show you how to tune in to FM and AM r adio b r oadcasts using the automatic (sea r ch) and manual (ste p ) tuning function s. If you al r eady know the f r equency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below. Once you a r e tuned to a station you can memo r i[...]

Basic playback 05 46 En Listening to Intern et radio stations Inte r net r adio is an au dio b r oadcasting se r vice t r ansmitted via the Inte r net. 1 The r e a r e a la r ge numbe r of Inte r net r adio stat ions b r oadcasting a va r iety of se r vices f r om eve r y co r ne r of the wo r ld. Some a r e hosted, managed, and b r oadcast by pr i[...]

Basic playback 05 47 En 3 Select ‘Internet R adio Setting’. The following pr og r amming sc r een will be shown on the b r owse r . 4 Enter the title and URL of the Internet radio station you wish to program, then press ‘Update’. The ente r ed info r mation wi ll be t r ansmitte d to the r eceive r . The connection to the URL designated f r[...]

Basic playback 05 48 En 1 Press / to enter the XM Channel Guide, navigate through the chann els one at time with / , then press ENTER to listen to the XM radio broadcast. •T o b r owse by gen r e, fi r st pr ess CATEGORY , use / to select a gen r e, then pr ess ENTER . • To can cel and exit any time, pr ess RETURN . Tip • Yo[...]

Basic playback 05 49 En •I f a f t e r pr essing SIRIUS the dis p lay shows Antenna Error , t r y disconnecting the antenna and r econnecting. 1 If the dis p lay shows Check Sirius Tuner , check the connection of the AC ada p te r and this r eceive r to the Si r iusConnect™ tune r . Afte r connecting, you will be able to use this r eceive r to [...]

Basic playback 05 50 En Bluetooth ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music Wireless music play When the Blueto oth ADAPTER (Pion ee r Model No. AS- BT100) 1 is connect ed to this unit, a pr oduct equi pp ed with Bluetooth wi r eless technology ( p o r t able cell p hone, digital music p laye r , etc .) can be used to listen to music wi r elessly. Al[...]

Basic playback 05 51 En 9 From the Bluetooth wireless technology device list, select Bluetooth ADAPTER and enter the Passcode selected in step 5. 1 Listening to music contents of a Bluetooth wireless technology device with your system 1 Press ADAPTER on the remote control to switch the receiver to ADAPTER PORT input. 2 2F r o m t h e Bluetooth wire[...]

Listening to y our system 06 52 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • The listening mo des and many featu r es desc r ibed in this section may not be available de p ending on th e cu rr ent sou r ce, settings and status of the r e ceive r . Auto playback The r e a r e many ways to listen back to sou r ces using this r eceive r , but [...]

Listening to your system 06 53 En • XM HD Surround (VSX-33 only) – U p to 7.1 channel sound, es p ecially su ited to mu sic sou r ces 1 With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back, front height or front wide speakers , you can select (acco r ding to fo r mat): • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC [...]

Listening to y our system 06 54 En • TV SURROUND – P r ovides su rr ound sound f o r both mono a nd ste r eo TV sou r ces • ADVANCED GA ME – Suitable fo r video ga mes • SPORTS – Suitable fo r s p o r ts pr og r ams • CLASSICAL – Gives a la r ge conce r t hall-ty p e sound • ROCK/POP – C r eates a live conce r t sound fo r r ock[...]

Listening to your system 06 55 En Selecting MCACC presets • Default setting: MEMORY 1 If you have calib r ated you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions, 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 sof a, o r p laying a video[...]

Control with HDMI function 07 56 En Chapter 7: Control with HDMI function Synch r onized o p e r ations below with a Control with HDMI-com p atible Pionee r TV o r Blu- r ay disc p laye r o r with a com p onent of anothe r mak e that su pp o r ts the Control with HDMI functi ons a r e p ossible when the com p onent is connected to the r eceive r us[...]

Control with HDMI function 07 57 En • OFF – The Control with HDMI is disabled. Synch r onized o p e r ations cannot be used . When this unit’s p owe r is tu r ned off, audio and video of sou r ces connected via HDMI a r e not out p ut. 6 Select the ‘ Control Mode ’ setting you want. Choose whethe r you want to ena ble HD MI fo r all li nk[...]

Control with HDMI function 07 58 En The o p e r ations below can also be used on Pionee r Control with HDMI-com p atibl e TVs. • When th e r eceive r ’s volume is adjusted o r the sound is muted, the volume status is dis p layed o n the TV’s sc r een. • When the OSD language is switched on the TV, the r eceive r ’s language settin g also [...]

Using other functions 08 59 En Chapter 8: Using other functions Setting the Audio options The r e a r e a numbe r of additional sound settings you can make using the AUDIO PARAMETER men u. The defaults, if not stated, a r e listed in bold. Important • N ote that if a setting doesn’t a pp ea r in the AUDIO PARAMETER menu, it is unavailable due t[...]

Using other functions 08 60 En LFE (LFE Attenuate ) Some audio sou r ces include ult r a-low bass tones. Set the LFE attenuato r as necessa r y to pr event th e ult r a-low bass tones f r om disto r ting the sou nd f r om the s p eake r s. The LFE is not limited when set to 0 dB, which is the r ecommended value. When set to –5 dB, –10 dB, –15[...]

Using other functions 08 61 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 PAR AMETER menu. The defaults, if not stated , a r e listed in bold. Important • N ote that if an o p tion c annot be selected on the VIDEO PARAMETER menu, it is unavailable due to the cu rr ent so u r ce[...]

Using other functions 08 62 En Switching the speaker termina ls If you selected Speaker B at Speaker sy stem setting on p age 83, you can switch between s p eak e r s using the SPEAKERS button. If you selected Normal(SB/FH) , Normal(SB/FW) , Front Bi-Amp o r ZONE 2 , the button will sim p ly switch you r main s p eake r te r minals o n o r off. The[...]

Using other functions 08 63 En MULTI-ZONE rem ote controls Set the MULTI-ZONE o p e r ation sw itch to ZONE 2 o r ZONE 3 to o p e r ate the co rr es p onding zone. The following table shows the p ossible MULTI-ZONE r emote cont r ols: Making an audio or a video recording You can make an audio o r a video r eco r di ng f r om the built-in tu ne r , [...]

Using other functions 08 64 En Switching the HDMI output (VSX-33 only) Set which te r minal to use when out p utting video and audio signals f r om the HDMI out p ut te r minals. The HDMI OUT1 te r minal is com p atible with th e Control with HDMI function. • Press , then press HDMI OUT . Please wait a while when Please wait ... is dis p layed. T[...]

Using other functions 08 65 En Default system se ttings Setting Default Digital Video Con ve r sion ON SPEAKERS A S p eake r Syste m No r mal (SB/FH) S p eake r Setting F r ont SMALL Cente r SMALL FH/FW SMALL Su rr SMALL SB SMALLx2 SW YES Su rr ound Po sition IN REAR C r ossove r 80 Hz X-Cu r ve OFF THX Audio Setti ng 4 f t< DIMMER B r ightest N[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 66 En Chapter 9: Controlling the rest of your system Operating multiple receivers U p to fou r r eceive r s can be o p e r ated disc r etely using this r eceive r 's r emote co nt r ol when using multi p le r eceive r s, pr ovided they a r e of the same model as this r eceive r . The r eceive r to be o p [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 67 En Programming signals from other remote cont rols If the pr eset code fo r you r com p onen t is not available, o r the available pr eset codes do not o p e r ate co rr ectly, you can pr og r am signals f r om the r emote cont r ol of an othe r com p onent. Th is can also be us ed to pr og r am additional [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 68 En Erasing all learnt settings that are in one input function This o p e r ation e r ases all the o p e r ational s ettings o f othe r devices that have been pr og r ammed in one in p ut function, and r esto r es the f acto r y default. This function is handy fo r e r asing a ll data pr og r ammed fo r devi[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 69 En Simila r to Multi o p e r ations, System off allows yo u to us e two buttons to sto p and switch off a se r ies of com p onents in you r system at the same time. 1 Only one System off o p e r ation sequence may be pr og r ammed. P r ess MULTI OPERATION and then  SOURCE to: 1. T r ansmit a sequence of [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 70 En Resetting the remote control set tings Use this pr ocedu r e to r eset all the r emote cont r ol’s settings to the facto r y default. 1 1 Press and hold R.SETUP , then press “0” for three seconds. The LED flashes continuously. 2 Press and hold the ENTER button for t hree seconds. If the LED lights [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 71 En a. Cont r ols fo r BD. Button(s) TV TV (Monitor) 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 nume rics numerics numerics numerics • (dot) • (dot) KURO LINK CLEAR + -  ENTER (CLASS) ENTER CH E[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 72 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/OF F POWE R ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF Numbe r butto ns numerics numerics numerics - • (dot) +10 >10/CLEAR CLEAR b CLEAR ENTER (CLASS) ENTER DISK/ENTER OPEN/CLOSE b ENTER T O P M E N U -[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 73 En Chapter 10: The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu The Advanced MCACC (Mul ti Channel ACoust ic Calib r ation) system was develo p ed in Pionee r ’s labo r ato r ies with the aim of making it p ossible fo r home use r s to p e r fo r m adjustments of the same level as in a st[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 74 En 2 Select the parameters you want to set. Use / to select the item, then use / to set. • Auto MCAC C – The default is ALL ( r ecommended), but you can limit the system calib r ation to only one setting (to save time) if you want. 1 • EQ Type (only availab le when the Auto MCACC Menu above is EQ Pro [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 75 En If no o p e r ations a r e p e r fo r med fo r 10 seconds while the s p eake r configu r at ion check sc r een is being dis p layed, the Auto MCACC Setu p w ill r esume autom atically. In this case, you don’t need to select ‘ OK ’ and pr ess ENTER in ste p 8. • If you see an ERR message ( o r the s p eake r [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 76 En • Standing Wave – Cont r ol ove r ly r esonant low f r equencies in you r listening r oom (see Standing Wave on p age 76). The last two settings a r e s p ecifica lly fo r cust omizing the p a r amete r s ex p lained in Acoustic Calib ration EQ Ad just on p age 77: • EQ Adjust – Manually adjust th e f r eque[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 77 En it r esults in an ove r ly r esonant (‘boo my’) sound. The Standing Wave Cont r ol uses filte r s to r educe the effect of ove r ly r esonant sounds in you r listening a r ea. Du r ing p layback of a sou r ce, you can customize the filte r s used fo r Standing Wave Cont r ol fo r each of you r MCACC pr esets. 1 [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 78 En Using Acoustic Calibration EQ Profess ional 1 Select ‘ EQ Professional ’, then press ENTER . 2 Select an option and press ENTER . • Reverb Measurement – Use this to measu r e the r eve r b cha r acte r istics befo r e and afte r calib r ation. • Reverb View – You can check the r eve r b measu r ements ma[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 79 En Checking MCACC Data At the pr ocedu r e of Automatically cond uc ting optimum sound tuning (Auto MCACC) on p age 37, the pr ocedu r e of Automatic MCACC (Expert) on p age 73 o r afte r fine- adjustin g at Manual MCAC C setup on p age 75, you can check you r calib r ated settings using the GUI sc r een. The data can [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 80 En Output MCACC data Befo r e continuing, make su r e you have com p leted ste p 2 in Checking MCACC Data on p age 79. The data measu r ed with the Advanced MC ACC function is t r ansmitted to the USB device. 1 The 3D g r a p hs of the r eve r b cha r acte r istics befo r e and afte r calib r ation and the MCACC r esul[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 81 En Copying MCACC preset data If you want to man ually adjust the Acoustic Calib r ation EQ (see Manual MCACC setup on p age 75), we r ecommend co p ying you r cu rr ent settings 1 to an unused MCACC pr eset. Instead of just a fla t EQ cu r ve, this will give you a r efe r ence p oi nt f r om which to sta r t. 1 Select [...]

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 82 En Chapter 11: The System Setup and Other Setup menus Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section desc r ibes how to change the s p eake r - r elated settings manually and make va r io us othe r settings ( in p ut selec tion, OSD lan guage select ion, etc.). 1 Switch on the [...]

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 83 En Speaker system setting • Default setting: Normal(S B/FH) The r e a r e seve r al ways yo u can use the s p eake r te r minals with this r eceive r . In addition to a no r mal home the ate r setu p whe r e they a r e used fo r the f r ont height s p ea ke r s o r f r ont wide s p eake r s, they can b[...]

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 84 En • Surr – Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Se lect SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surround speakers choose NO (the sound of the surround cha nnels is sent to the front speaker s or a subwoofer)[...]

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 85 En X-Curve Most so undt r acks mixed fo r cinema sound too b r ight when p layed back in la r ge r ooms. The X-Cu r ve sett ing 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 so undt r acks. 1 1 Select ‘ X-Curve ’ from the Manual SP [...]

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 86 En IP Address The IP add r ess to be ente r ed must be defined within the following r anges. If the IP add r ess defined is beyond the following r anges, you cannot p lay back audio files sto r ed on com p onents on the netwo r k o r l i s t e n t o I n t e r net r adio stations. Class A: 10.0.0.1 to 10.[...]

The System Setup and Other Setup menus 11 87 En • HDMI Setup – Synch r onizes this r eceive r with you r Pionee r com p onent su pp o r ting Control with HDMI ( p age 56). • Volume S etup – Sets u p the volume- r elated o p e r ations of this r eceive r (see below) . • Remote Control Mode Setup – Sets this r eceive r ’s r emote cont r[...]

Additional information 12 88 En Chapter 12: Additional information Speaker Setting Guide In o r de r to achieve an even bette r su rr ound effect, it is im p o r tant to accu r ately p osition th e s p eake r s and make thei r volume and tone cha r ac te r istics unifo r m so as to finely focus the multi-c hannel sound. The th r ee majo r elements [...]

Additional in formation 12 89 En Positional relationship between speakers and monitor Position of front speaker s and monitor The f r ont s p eake r s should be as equidistant as p ossible to the monit o r . Position of center speaker and monitor Since mostly dialogs a r e out p ut f r om the cen te r s p eake r , kee p ing the cente r s p eake r a[...]

Additional information 12 90 En No sound AMP ERR blinks in the di s p lay, then the p owe r automati cally switches off. The ADVANC ED MCACC blinks and the p owe r does not tu r n on. • The r eceive r may have a se r ious pr oblem. Do not t r y switch ing the r eceive r on. Un p lug the r eceive r f r om the wall and ca ll a Pionee r autho r ized[...]

Additional in formation 12 91 En Other audio problems No sound f r om on e s p eake r . • Check the s p eake r connection (see Connecting th e speakers on p age 19). • Check the s p eake r level settings (see Channel Level on p age 84). • Check that the s p eake r hasn’t been set to NO (see Spe aker Setting on p age 83). • The channel may[...]

Additional information 12 92 En ADAPTER PORT Video Can’t select some In p ut functions by the INPUT SELECTOR on the f r ont p anel o r the INPUT SELE CT button on the r emote cont r ol. • Check the In p ut Ski p settings in the In p ut Setu p menu. • Check the HDMI In p ut as signment in the In p ut Setu p menu then t r y OFF. The r e seems t[...]

Additional in formation 12 93 En Settings Professional Calibratio n EQ graphical output Video signals a r e not out p ut f r om the com p onent te r minal. • When a monito r only com p atible with r esolutions of 480i is connected t o the com p onent te r minal and anothe r monito r is connected to the HDMI te r minal, the video signals may not b[...]

Additional information 12 94 En Display Remote control Lowe r f r equency r es p onse cu r ves do not seem to have been calib r ated fo r SMALL s p eake r s. • Low f r equencies used in bass management (the subwoofe r channel) will not change fo r s p eake r s that have been s p ecified as SMALL in the configu r ation, o r do not out p ut these f[...]

Additional in formation 12 95 En Web Control HDMI Symptoms Causes Remedies To p Menu sc r een is not dis p layed on b r owse r . This r eceive r ’s IP add r ess has not be en ente r ed into the b r owse r co rr ectly. Check the r eceive r ’s IP add r ess and ente r it co rr ectly in the b r owse r ( p age 85). Receive r cannot be o p e r at ed [...]

Additional information 12 96 En Important information regarding the HDMI connection The r e a r e cases whe r e you may not be able to r ou te HDMI signal s th r ough this r eceive r (this de p ends on the HDMI- equi pp ed com p onent yo u a r e connecting–check with the manufactu r e r fo r HDMI com p atibility in fo r mation). If you a r en’t[...]

Additional in formation 12 97 En Internet radio A USB memo r y device is not r ecognized. The USB mem o r y device does not su pp o r t the mass sto r age class s p ecifications. T r y using a USB mem o r y device com p atible with the mass sto r ag e class s p ecifications . Note that the r e a r e cases whe r e even the audio f iles sto r ed on a[...]

Additional information 12 98 En XM radio messages The Inte r net r adio settings sc r een cannot be di s p layed on the com p ute r Inte r net b r owse r . This r eceive r ’s IP add r ess has not been ente r ed into the b r owse r co rr ectly. Check the r ec eive r ’s IP add r ess and ent e r it co rr ectly on the b r owse r ( p age 85). JavaSc[...]

Additional in formation 12 99 En SIRIUS radio messages If the pr oblem is not solved af te r the t r oubleshooting above, 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 ane l sto p wo r king com p letely, do the following: •P r ess  STANDBY/ON on the f r ont p anel to tu r n off the p owe r ,[...]

Additional information 12 100 En Surround sound forma ts Below is a b r ief desc r i p tion of the main s u rr ound sound fo r mats you’ll find on BDs, DVDs, satellite, cable and te rr est r ial b r oadcasts, and video cassettes. Dolby The Dolby technologies a r e ex p lained be low. See www.dolby.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation. Manufactu[...]

Additional in formation 12 101 En • THX Surround EX THX Su rr ound E X - Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX is a joint develo p ment of Dolby Labo r ato r ies and the THX Ltd. In a movie theate r , film soundt r acks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Su rr ound EX technology a r e able to r e pr oduce an ext r a channel whi ch has been added du [...]

Additional information 12 102 En About SIRIUS and XM Important • XM Ra dio is only supported on the VS X-33. The VSX- 32 only supports SIRIUS Radio. SIRIUS, XM and a ll related marks an d logos are trademar ks of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and its subsidiaries . All other marks and logos are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved [...]

Additional in formation 12 103 En Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input signal formats The following cha r ts show what you will hea r with diffe r ent in p ut signal fo r mats, de p endin g on t he St r ea m Di r ect mode (see Using Stream Direct on p age 54) you have selected. Stereo (2 channel ) signal formats Multichannel si[...]

Additional information 12 104 En Preset code list You should ha ve no pr oblem cont r olling a com p onent if you fin d the manufactu r e r in this list, but p lease note that the r e a r e cases whe r e codes fo r the manufactu r e r in the list will not wo 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 tain fu[...]

Additional in formation 12 105 En Sears 0000, 0 004, 00 06, 00 09, 010 1, 0102, 010 3 Sharp 0004, 0 006, 00 07, 001 4, 0033 Sheng Chia 0014 Shogun 0004 Signature 0001 Sony 0002, 0018, 0029 , 0030, 0031, 0034 Soundesign 0004, 0006, 0008 , 0009, 010 4 Squareview 0103 SSS 0004, 0 008, 01 04 Starlite 0008, 0104 Superscan 0014 Supre-Macy 0012 Supreme 00[...]

Additional information 12 106 En DIRECTV 1016, 1 020, 10 22, 102 3, 1024, 1027, 1030 , 1031 Dish Network 1029 Dishpro 1029 Durabrand 1018 Dynatech 1005 Echostar 1029 Electrohome 1003 Electrophonic 1003 Emerso n 1003, 1004, 1005 Expressvu 1029 Fisher 1001 Fuji 1004 Funai 1005 Garrard 1005 Gateway 1017 GE 1002, 1004 GOI 1029 Goldstar 1000, 1003 Gradi[...]

Additional in formation 12 107 En Cable Set Top Box Pioneer 6028, 6029, 6095 , 6099 ABC 6122 Accuphase 6122 Amino 6077, 6078 Auna 6082 BCC 6072 Bell & Howell 6122 Bright House 6074, 6029 Cable One 6074, 602 9 Cablevis ion 6074, 6029 Chart er 6074, 6029, 605 8 Cisco 6029, 6028, 60 83 Comcast 6074, 6029, 1982 Cox 6074, 6029 Digeo 6029, 6058 Direc[...]

Additional information 12 108 En Specifications Amplifier Section Continuous ave rage power output of 110 watts* p er channel, min., at 8 ohms, from 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz with no more than 0. 08 %** total harmonic distortion. Continuous Powe r Out p ut (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 8 Ω , 0.08 %) F r ont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Additional in formation 12 109 En Cleaning the unit •U s e a p olishing cl oth o r d r y cloth to wi p e off d ust and di r t. •W h e n t h e s u r fac e is di r ty, wi p e with a soft cloth di pp ed in some neut r al cleanse r dilute d 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[...]

Additional information 12 110 En VSX-33_UXJCB .book 110 ページ ２０１０ 年３月９日　火曜日　 午前１０時３９分[...]

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