Pioneer VSX-LX52 manual

Operating Instructions audio/video multi-channel receiv er VSX-LX52_SVY XJ.book 1 ページ ２００９ 年２月２６日　木曜日 　午後４時３１分[...]

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4 En Contents Flow of settings on the receiver . . . . . 6 01 Before you start Featu r es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Checking what’s in th e box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installing the r eceive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Loading the batte r ies . . . [...]

5 En 07 KURO LINK Making the KURO LINK con nections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Cautions on the KURO LINK function . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 About conn ections with a pr oduct of a diffe r ent b r and that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK function . . . . . 58 KURO LINK Setu p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Setting the PQLS fun[...]

6 En Flow of settings on the receiver The unit is a full-fledged AV r eceive r equi pp ed with an abundance o f functions and te r m inals. It ca n be used easil y afte r following the pr ocedu r e below to ma ke the connect ions and settin gs. The colors of the steps indicate the following: Required settin g item Setting to be made as necessary 1 [...]

Before you start 01 7 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 ivability, l ow disto r tion and stable imaging. Th r ough a ci r cui t design that minimizes the ene r gy loss of the am p lifie r fo r each of the[...]

Before you start 01 8 En • iPod and USB Read y This r eceive r has the te r minals fo r connecting an iPod unit and a USB mass sto r age device. The iPod te r minal is r eady fo r handl ing digital audio, and this r eceive r ’s enhanced com p atibility ma kes on-sc r een cont r ol of you r iPod an added p ossibility. The USB te r minal allows y[...]

Controls and displays 02 9 En Chapter 2: Controls and displays Remote control The remote has be en conveniently color-c oded according to component control using the following system: • White – Receive r cont r ol, TV Cont r ol • Blue – Othe r cont r ol s 1  RECEIVER This switches between standb y and on fo r this r eceive r . 2 Input fu[...]

Controls and displays 02 10 En 5 Tuner/component control but tons/ HOME MEN U These button cont r ols can be accessed afte r you have selected the co rr es p onding in p ut function button ( DVD , DVR , TV , etc.). The BAND , T.EDIT and PTY SEARCH tune r cont r ols a r e ex p lained on p age 48. P r ess fi r st to access: AUDIO PARAMETER – Use to[...]

Controls and displays 02 11 En 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 wh en the r eceive r is on. When the KURO LINK function is set to ON , the p owe r indicato r lights dim ly when the p owe r is in s tandby. 3 Tuner controls B[...]

Controls and displays 02 12 En Display 1 SIGNAL indicators Light to indicate the cu rr ently selected in p ut signal. AUTO lights wh en the r eceive r is set to select the in p ut signal aut omatically ( p age 55). 2 Program format indicator s Light to indicate the channels being in p ut when PCM signals a r e being in p ut. They do not indicate th[...]

Controls and displays 02 13 En 14 Master volume level Shows the ove r all volume level. “ --- ” indicates the minimum level, and “ +12dB ” indicates the maximum level. 15 Input function indicat ors Light to indicate the in p ut function you have selected. 16 Scroll indicators Light when the r e a r e mo r e selectab le items when mak ing th[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 14 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This r eceive r pr ovides you with many co nnection p ossibilitie s, but it d oesn’t have to be difficult. Th is p age ex p lains the kinds of com p onents you can connect to ma ke u p you r home theate r system . Rear panel CAUTION •B e f o r e making o r changing the co n[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 15 En 7 Audio/video source inputs/(out puts) (x5) Use fo r connection to audio/visual sou r ces, such as DVD p laye r s/ r eco r de r s, VCRs, etc. Each set of in p uts has jacks fo r com p osite video, S-Video and ste r eo analog audio.  See Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video sources on p age 27 . 8[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 16 En Determining the speakers’ application Su rr ound sound with a st r ong sense o f pr esence can be enjoyed by connecting 7 s p ea ke r s and 1 subwoofe r . It is also p os sible to achieve high sound quality using bi-am p connections and to enjoy music in othe r r oom s using the MULTI-ZONE featu r e. High sound [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 17 En Placing the speakers To achieve the best p ossible su rr ound sound, in stall you r s p eake r s as shown below. 5.1 channel surround system: 6.1 channel surround system: 7.1 channel surround system: • If you have two su rr ou nd back s p eake r s THX r ecommends p lacing them togethe r and the same distance f r[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 18 En Some tips for improving so und quality Whe r e you p ut you r s p eake r s in the r oom has a big effect on the quality of the sound. The following guidelines should hel p you to get the best sound f r om you r system. • The subwoofe r can be p laced on the flo o r . Ideally, the othe r s p eak e r s should be a[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 19 En Installing your speaker system 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 . N o t e t h a t y o u r main su rr ound s p eake r s should always be connected a s a p ai r , but you can co nnect just one su rr ound back s p eake r if you like (it must be connected to the left su [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Bi-amping y our speakers 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 yo u r s p eake r s to di ffe 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 s e p a r ate te r minals fo r high and [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 21 En Selecting the Su rr Back system The su rr ound back te r minals can be used fo r bi -am p ing, S p eake r B a n d Z O N E 2 c o n n e c t i o n s , i n a d d i t i o n t o f o r the su rr ound back s p eake r s. Make this setting acco r ding to the a pp lication. ZONE 2 setup With these connections you c an simult[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 22 En About the video con verter The video conve r te r ensu r es that al l video so u r ces a r e out p ut th r ough all of the MONITOR VIDEO OUT jac ks. The only exce p tion is HDM I: since this r esolutio n cannot be downsam p led, you must connect you r monito r /TV to the r eceive r ’s HDMI video out p uts when c[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 23 En Connecting your TV and play back components Connec ting 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 avai lable HDMI c able. If the TV and p layback com p onents su pp o r t the Pionee r KURO[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 24 En Connecting yo ur 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 co m 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 aud[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 25 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 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 la ye 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 26 En •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 40 to change the assignments if othe r connection s a r e used. Fo r exam p le, the BD te r min al is fixed to BD in p ut; no othe r audio signals can be in p [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 27 En Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder , VCR 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 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 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 boxes ’. 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 When you set u p the r eceive r you’ll need to tell the r eceive r which in p ut you connected the com p onent to (see also The Input Setup menu on p age 40). •I f y o u r tu r ntable has line-level out p uts (i.e., it has a built-in p hono pr e-am p ), connect it to the CD in p uts instead. •I f y o u ’ r[...]

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 MULTI-ZONE setup This r eceive r can p owe r u p to th r ee inde p endent systems in se p a r ate r ooms afte r you have m ade the pr o p e r MULTI- ZONE connections. An exam p le MULTI-Z ONE setu p is shown below, but the numbe r of MULTI-ZO NE connections (and the way you choose to connect them) de p e nds on ho[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 32 En Basic MULTI-Z ONE setup (ZONE 2) • Connect a separate amplifier to the AUDIO ZONE 2 OUT jacks and a TV monitor to the VIDEO ZONE 2 OUT jack, both on this receiver. You should have a p ai r of s p eake r s attached to the sub zone am p lifie r as shown in the following illu st r ation. MULTI-ZONE se tup using spe[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 33 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 34 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[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 35 En • Connect your computer to the RS-232C jack on the rear panel of the receiver. Make su r e that the r eceive r and all connected com p onents a r e switched off and disconnected f r om the p owe r outlet when you do this. 1 Use a comme r cially-available cable to connect the RS- 232C jack on you r com p ute r to[...]

Connecting your equipment 03 36 En Connecting an iPod This r eceive r has a dedicated iPod te r minal that will allow you to cont r ol p layback o f audio content f r om you r iPod using the cont r ols of this r eceive r . • Switch the receiver into standby then use the supplied iPod cable to connect your iPod to the iPod/ iPhone/USB terminal on [...]

Connecting your equipment 03 37 En Plugging in the receiver Only p lug in afte r you have connected all you r com p onents to this r eceive r , including the s p eake r s. 1 Plug the supplied power cord into the AC IN socket on the back of the receiver. 2 Plug the other end into a p ower outlet. 1 CAUTION • Handle the p owe r co r d by the p lug [...]

Basic Setup 04 38 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 ating. 1 Switch the receiver into stan dby. 2 While holding down ENTER on the front panel, press  S[...]

Basic Setup 04 39 En Automatically setting up for sur round sound (Aut o MCACC) The Auto MCACC Setu p measu r es the a coustic cha r acte r istics of you r listen ing a r ea, taking into account ambient noise, s p eake r connection and s p eake r size, and tests fo r both channel delay an d channel leve l. Afte r you have set u p the mic r o p hon [...]

Basic Setup 04 40 En 5 Wait for the test tones t o finish, then confirm t he speaker configuration in the GUI screen. 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 test tones to dete r mine the s p eake r s pr esent in you r setu p . T r y to be as q uiet as p o ssible wh ile it’s doing this. 1 If no o p e r [...]

Basic Setup 04 41 En 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. Use  RECE IVER to switch on. 2 Press on the remote control, then press HOME MENU . A G r a p hical Use r Inte r face (GUI) sc r ee n a pp ea r s on you r TV. Use /// and ENTER to navigate th r ough the sc r eens and select menu items. P r ess RETURN to confi r m and exit the [...]

Basic playback 05 42 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. Sta r t by switching on t he p layback com p onent (fo r exam p le a DVD p laye r ), you r TV 1 and subwoofe r (if yo[...]

Basic playback 05 43 En Selecting the multichannel analog inputs If you have connected a decode r o r a D VD p laye r as above, you must select the analog multichannel in p uts fo r su rr ound sound p layback. 1 1 Make sure you have set the playback source to the proper output setting. Fo r exam p le, you might need to set you r DVD p laye r to out[...]

Basic playback 05 44 En 3 Continue browsing unti l you arrive at what you want to play, then press  to start playback. 1 • Main Zone: • Sub Zone: Navigation th r ough catego r ies on you r iPo d looks like th is: Playlists  Songs A r tists  Albums  Songs Albums  Songs Songs Podcasts Gen r es  A r tists  Albums  Songs Com[...]

Basic playback 05 45 En Playing a USB device It is p ossible to p layback files 1 using th e USB inte r face on the f r ont of this r eceive r . 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. See Connecting a US B device on p age 36. 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 n[...]

Basic playback 05 46 En • Sub Zone: Basic playba ck controls The following table shows the basic p layb ack cont r ols fo r you r USB memo r y device. P r ess iPo d USB to switch the r emote cont r ol to the iPod/USB o p e r ation mode. Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 1 1U s e / to se lect ‘ Photo s’ from the USB [...]

Basic playback 05 47 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 48 En Listening to the radi o The following ste p s show you how to tune in to FM and AM r adio b r oadcasts using t he automatic (sea r ch) and manual (ste p ) tuning functions. 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 statio n you can memo r [...]

Basic playback 05 49 En Tip •T o e r ase a station name, sim p ly r e p eat ste p s 1 to 3 and in p ut eight s p aces instead of a name. • Once you have named a station pr eset, you can pr ess DISP when listening to a stat ion to switch the dis p lay between name and f r equency. Listening to station pres ets You will need to have some pr esets[...]

Listening to y our system 06 50 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • T he listening modes 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 51 En • Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound, es p ecially suited to musi c sou r ces 1 • Neural THX – U p to 7.1 chann el sound, es p ecially suited to music sou r ces 2 With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back speaker(s) and have selected SBch ON , you can select (acco r ding to fo r mat): • [...]

Listening to y our system 06 52 En • DRAMA – Designed fo r movies with lots of dialo g • SCI-FI – Designed fo r science fiction with lots o f s p ecial effects • MONO FILM – C r eates su rr ound sound f r om mono soundt r acks • ENT.SHOW – Suitable fo r musical sou r ces • EXPANDED – C r eates an ext r a wide ste r eo field 1 ?[...]

Listening to your system 06 53 En Using Stream Direct Use the St r eam Di r ect mod es 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/D[...]

Listening to y our system 06 54 En Setting the Up Mix function In a 7.1-channel su rr ound system with su rr ound s p eake r s p laced di r ectly at the sides of the listening p osition, the su rr ound sound of 5. 1-channel sou r ces is hea r d f r om the side. The U p Mix function mixes the sound of the su rr ound s p eake r s with the su rr ound [...]

Listening to your system 06 55 En Choosing the input signal On this r eceive r , it is p ossible to switch the in p ut signals fo r the diffe r ent in p uts as desc r ibed below. 1 • Press , then press SIGNAL SEL to select the input signal corresp onding to the source component. Each pr ess cycles th r ough the o p tions as follows: • AUTO – [...]

Listening to y our system 06 56 En Phase Cont r ol technology pr ovides cohe r ent sound r e pr oduction th r ough the use of p hase matching 1 fo r an o p timal sound im age. The defa ult setting is on and we r ecommend leaving Phase Co nt r ol switched on fo r all sound sou r ces. • Press , then press PHASE CTRL ( PHASE CONTROL ) to switch on p[...]

KURO LINK 07 57 En Chapter 7: KURO LINK Synch r onized o p e r ation with a KURO LINK-c om p atible Pionee r flat sc r een TV o r Blu- r ay disc p laye r o r with a com p onent of anoth e r make that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK function is p ossible when th e com p onent is connected to th e r eceive r using an HDMI cable. Fo r details about conc r [...]

KURO LINK 07 58 En About connections with a product of a different brand that supports the KURO LINK function The synch r onized o p e r ations be low can be used w hen the r eceive r ’s KURO LINK function is connec ted to a TV of a b r and ot he r than Pionee r that su pp o r ts t he KURO LINK function. (De p ending on the TV, howeve r , some of[...]

KURO LINK 07 59 En Setting th e PQLS function PQLS (P r ecision Qua r tz Lock System ) is a digita l audio signal t r ansfe r cont r ol technology using the KURO LINK function. It offe r s highe r -quality audio p layback by cont r olling audio signals f r om the r eceive r to a PQLS com p atible p laye r , etc. This enables r emoving jitte r that [...]

Using other functions 08 60 En Chapter 8: Using other functions Setting the Audi o options The r e a r e a numbe r of additional so und 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 other functions 08 61 En Setting the Vi deo options The r e a r e a numbe r of additi onal p ictu r e settings yo u can make using the VIDEO PARAME TER menu. Th e defaults, if 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 62 En ASP b (As p ect) S p ecifies the as p ect r atio when analog video in p ut signals a r e out p ut at the H DMI out p ut. Make you r desi r ed settings while checking each se tting on you r dis p lay (if the image do esn’t match you r monito r ty p e, c r o pp ing o r black band s a pp ea r ). THROUGH NORMAL PCINEMA [...]

Using other functions 08 63 En Switching the speaker system If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on p age 85, th r ee s p eake r system setting s a r e p ossible us ing SPEAKERS . If you selected Normal , Front Bi-Amp o r ZONE 2 , the button will sim p ly swi tch you r main s p eake r system on o r off. The o p tions below a r[...]

Using other functions 08 64 En 4U s e t h e MASTER VOLUME dial to adjust the volume for the zone you have selected. This is onl y p ossible if you sele cted the Variable volume cont r ol i n ZONE Audio Setup on p age 89. 1 5 When you’re finished, press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL again to return to t he main zone controls. You can also pr ess MULTI-ZONE O[...]

Using other functions 08 65 En Using the sleep timer The slee p time r switches the r eceive r into standby af te r a s p ecified amount o f time so you ca n fall asle e p without wo rr ying about th e r eceive r being left on all night. Use the r emote cont r ol to set the slee p time r . • Press , then press SLEEP repeatedly to set the sleep ti[...]

Using other functions 08 66 En Resetting the system Use this pr ocedu r e to r eset all the r eceive r ’s settings to the facto r y default. Use the f r ont p anel cont r o ls to do this . Set MULTI-ZONE to OFF . • Disconnect th e iPod and US B memo r y device f r om the r eceive r befo r ehand. 1 Switch the receiver into stan dby. 2 While hold[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 67 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 68 En Resetting the remote control pr esets This will e r ase all pr eset r emote cont r ol pr eset codes a nd pr og r ammed buttons. 1 Check the operation selector switch to MAIN . 2 Press . 3 Press and hold REMOTE SETUP , then release it after the LED flashes twice. 4 Use the number buttons to enter 9, 8, 1.[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 69 En 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 ENTER ENT ER ENTER - ENT[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 09 70 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 P OWER ON/OF F POWER ON /OFF PO WER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF Numbe r butto ns numerics numerics numerics - • (dot) +10 >10/CLE AR CLEAR b CLEAR ENTER (CLASS) ENTER DISK/ENTER OPEN/CLOSE b ENTER T O P M E N [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 71 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 72 En Automatic MCACC (Exper t) If you r setu p r equi r es mo r e detailed settings than those pr ovided in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 39, you can customize you r setu p o p tions below. You can calib r ate you r system diffe r ently fo r u p to six diffe r ent MCACC pr esets 1 , wh[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 73 En 3 Connect the microphone to the 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. Make su r e the r e a r e no obstacles between the s p eake r s and the mic r o p hone. If you have a t r i p od, use it to p lace the mic r o p hone so that it’s [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 74 En 8 Make sure ‘ OK ’ is selected, 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 ossibl[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 75 En 1 Select ‘ Manual MCACC ’ from t he Advanced MCACC menu. See Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on p age 71 if you’ r e not al r eady at this sc r een. 2 Select the setting yo u wa nt to adjust. If you’ r e doing this fo r the fi r st time, you might want to make these settings in o r de r[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 76 En 1 Select ‘ Fine SP Distance ’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 2 Adjust the distance of the left channel from the listening posi tion. 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary. Use / to adjust the delay of the s p eake r you selected to match the r efe r ence s p eake r . The del[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 77 En Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust • Default setting: ON 1 / 0.0dB (all channels/ban ds) Acoustic Ca lib r ation Equ alization is a kind of r oom equalize r fo r you r s p eake r s (e xcluding the subwoof e r ). It wo r ks by measu r ing the acous tic cha r acte r istics of you r r oom and neut r al izing the ambient [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 78 En Setting Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional according to your room characteristics Using the manual s etu p , you can set the time p e r io d at which the f r equency r es p onse is analyzed, p in p ointing the time that is best fo r system calib r ation with you r p a r ticula r r oom cha r acte r istics. The g r [...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 79 En • Advanced EQ Setup – Use this to select the time p e r iod that wi ll be used fo r f r equency adjustment and calib r ation, based on the r eve r b measu r ement of you r listening a r ea. Note that customizing system calib r ation using this setu p will alte r the settings you made in Automatically setti ng up[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 80 En Checking MCACC Data At the pr ocedu r e of Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 39, the pr ocedu r e of Automatic MCACC (Expert) on p age 72 o r afte r fine- adjusting at Manual MCACC setup on p age 74, you can check you r calib r ated settings using the GUI sc r een o r , if a com p ute[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 81 En Standing Wave Use this to dis p lay the standing wave r elated adjustment values fo r the va r ious MC ACC memo r ies. See Standing Wave on p age 76 fo r mo r e on this. 1 Select ‘ Standing W ave ’ from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When ‘ Filter Channel ’ is highlighted, use / to select the chan nel fo[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 82 En Data Management This system allows you to sto r e u p to six MCACC pr esets, allowing you to calib r ate yo u r system fo r diffe r ent listening p osit ions (o r f r equency adjustments fo r the same listening p osition). 1 This is use ful fo r alte r nate settings to ma tch the kind of sou r ce you’ r e listenin[...]

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 83 En 4 Select ‘ OK ’ to confirm and copy t he settings. When MCACC Memory Copy? is dis p layed, select YES . If NO is selected, the memo r y is not co p ied. Completed ! shows in the GUI sc r een to confi r m the MCACC pr eset has been co p ied, then you automatically r etu r n to the Data M anagement se tu p menu. C[...]

The system and the other setup 11 84 En Chapter 11: The system and the other setup 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 selection , etc.). 1 Switch on the receiver and you[...]

The system and the other setup 11 85 En • Surr Back System – S p ecif ies how you a r e using you r su rr ound back s p eake r s (see below). • Speaker Setting – S p ecif ies the size and numbe r of s p eake r s you’ve connected (see below). • Channel Level – Adjusts the ove r all balance of you r s p eake r system ( p age 86). • Sp[...]

The system and the other setup 11 86 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 eake 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 eake r s o r subwoofe r . If you d[...]

The system and the other setup 11 87 En Speaker D istance Fo r good sound de p th and se p a r ation f r om you r system, you need to s p ecify the distance of you r s p eake r s f r om the listening p osition. T he r eceive r can then add the pr o p e r delay needed fo r effective su rr ound sound. 1 Select ‘ Speaker Distance ’ from the Manual[...]

The system and the other setup 11 88 En 2 Select either ON or OFF for THX Loudness Plus setting. 3 Specify the distance of your surround back speakers from each other. • 0–0.3 m – Su rr ound back s p eake r s within 30 cm a p a r t (best fo r THX su rr ound sound). • >0.3– 1. 2 m – Su rr ound bac k s p eake r s between 30 cm and 1.2 [...]

The system and the other setup 11 89 En Multi Channel Input Setup You can adjust the level of the subwo ofe r fo r a multi- channel in p ut. Also, when the multi-channel in p ut is selected as an in p ut function, you can dis p lay th e video images of othe r in p ut function s. In the Multi Chann el In p ut Setu p , you can assign a video in p ut [...]

The system and the other setup 11 90 En Power ON Level Se tup T h e v o l u m e c a n b e s e t s o t h a t i t i s a l w a y s s e t t o t h e s a m e level when the r eceive r ’s p owe r is tu r ned on. 1 Select ‘ Power ON Level Setup ’ from the Other Setup menu. 2 Select the Power ON Level setting you want. • LAST – When the p owe r is[...]

Additional in formation 12 91 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 the s p eake r s and make thei r volume an d tone cha r acte r istics unifo r m so as to finely focus t he multi-channe l sound. The th r ee majo r elements[...]

Additional information 12 92 En Positional relationship betw een speakers and monitor Position of front speakers and monitor The f r ont s p eake r s should be as equidistant as p ossible to the monito r . Position of center speaker and m onitor Since mostly dialogs a r e out p ut f r om the cente r s p eake r , kee p ing the cente r s p eake r as [...]

Additional in formation 12 93 En No sound AMP ERR blinks in the dis p lay, then the p owe r automa tically switches off. The ADVANCED MCACC blinks and the p owe r does not tu r n on. • The r eceive r may ha ve a se r ious pr oblem . Do not t r y switching the r eceive r on. Contact a Pionee r autho r ized inde p enden t se r vice com p any fo r h[...]

Additional information 12 94 En Other audio problems No sound f r om one s p eake r .• C h e c k t h e s p eake r connection (see Connecting the speakers on p age 1 8). • Check the s p eake r level settings (see Channel Level on p age 86) . • Check that th e s p eake r hasn’t been set to NO (see Spe aker Setting on p age 85). • The channe[...]

Additional in formation 12 95 En Video Settings The r e seems to be a time lag between t he s p eake r s and th e out p ut of the su bwoofe r . • See Automatically setting up fo r surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 39 to set u p you r system again using MCACC (this will automatically com p ensate fo r a dela y in the subwoofe r out p ut). The m[...]

Additional information 12 96 En Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Afte r using the Auto MC ACC Setu p , the s p eake r size setting is inco rr ect. • The r e may have been some low f r equency n oise in the r oom f r om an ai r -condit ione r , moto r , etc. Switch off all othe r a pp liances in the r oom and us e Auto MCACC Se[...]

Additional in formation 12 97 En Remote control HDMI 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 not pr o p e r ly pr ocessed. • The sou r ce may be Dolby Su rr ound EX/DTS -ES softwa r e, but it has no flag to indicate it is 6.1 com p atible. Set to SBch ON [...]

Additional information 12 98 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 d e 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’[...]

Additional in formation 12 99 En USB interface 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 , then tu[...]

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 DV Ds, sa tellite, 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. Dolby Digita[...]

Additional in formation 12 101 En DTS The DTS techno logies a r e ex p lained below. See www.dtstech.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation. DTS Digital Surround DTS Digital Su rr ound is a 5.1-cha nnel audio coding system f r om DTS Inc. now widely used fo r DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, 5.1 musi c discs, digital b r oadcast s, and video games. It can del[...]

Additional information 12 102 En About THX The THX technologies a r e ex p lained be low. See www.thx.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation. • THX Cinema processing THX is an exclusive set of standa r ds and technologies es tablished by THX Ltd. THX g r ew f r om Geo r ge L ucas’ p e r sonal desi r e to make you r ex p e r ience of the film so[...]

Additional in formation 12 103 En • THX Loudness Plus Description THX Loudness Plus is a new volume cont r ol technology featu r ed in THX Ult r a 2 Plus™ and THX Select2 Plus™ Ce r tified am p lifie r s. With THX Loudness Plus, home theate r audi ences can now ex p e r ience the r ich details in a su rr ound mix at any volume level. A conseq[...]

Additional information 12 104 En Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with diff erent input signal formats The following cha r ts show what you will hea r with diffe r ent i n p ut signal fo r mats, de p ending on the St r eam Di r ect mode (see Using Str eam Dire ct on p age 53) you ha ve selected. Stereo (2 cha nnel) signal formats Multichannel s[...]

Additional in formation 12 105 En Preset code list You should have no pr oblem cont r olling a com p onent if you find the manufactu r e r in this list, bu t 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 wh e r e only ce r tain f[...]

Additional information 12 106 En Magnum 10037 Manesth 10037 Manhattan 10037 Marantz 10556, 10037, 10054, 10704, 11398 Mark 10037 Matsui 10556, 10037 Maxent 11755 Mediator 10556, 10037 Medion 10556, 10037, 1 2001 Megatron 10145, 10178 Memorex 10037, 10060, 10150, 10154, 10178, 101 80, 10250, 104 63 Mercury 10037 Metronic 10625 Metz 10037, 10587 MGA [...]

Additional in formation 12 107 En Byd:sign 11309 Daewoo 10661 Dell 11264 Digatron 10037 Digimate 10890 Element 11687 Envision 11365 Evesham 11719 Funai 11394, 11817 Gericom 10865, 11217 Goodmans 11645, 11687 , 11719 Grandin 10865 Grundig 12127 Haier 11748 Hannspree 11351, 12027 Hisense 11314, 12098 Hitachi 11484, 11576 Hoeher 10865 Hugoson 10890, 1[...]

Additional information 12 108 En MTC 20000 Multitec 20037 Multitech 20000 Murphy 20000 Myryad 20081 Naiko 20348, 20642 NAP 20039 National 20226 Nebula Electronics 20033 NEC 20037, 20067, 20038 Neckermann 20081 Nesco 20000 Nikkai 20278 Nikko 20037 Nokia 20081, 20278 , 20042 Nordmende 20642, 20320 , 20067 Oceanic 20081, 20000 , 20320 Okano 20278, 203[...]

Additional in formation 12 109 En Firstline 30713, 30843, 30869, 31530 Fisher 30670 Funai 30695, 30675 Gateway 31158 Germatic 31051 Global Link 31224 Global Solutions 30768 Global Sphere 31152 Go Video 30783, 30869 GoldStar 30741, 30591 Goodmans 30730, 30651, 30790, 30690, 30713, 30723, 3078 3, 31004, 31140, 31152, 31423, 3153 0 GPX 30741 Graetz 30[...]

Additional information 12 110 En Onkyo 31769 Toshiba 31769 Xbox 32083 DVD-R Pioneer 30631, 31460 4Kus 31158 Airis 31321, 31338 Alba 31530 Aristona 30646 BBK 31338 Belson 31086 Bush 31530 Cat 31421 Centrum 31227 Commax 31321, 31338 CyberHome 31502 Cytron 31347 Dayton 31158 Denver 31056, 31338 Digitrex 31056 Dual 31530 Durabrand 31502, 31530 E:max 31[...]

Additional in formation 12 111 En Atlanta 02418 Atsat 01300 AtSky 01334 Audioline 01672 Austar 00879, 00642 Axil 01457, 02418 Axitronic 01626 B@ytronic 01412 Balmet 01457 Belson 02418 Big Sat 01457 Black Diamond 01284 Blaupunkt 00173 Boca 01232 Boston 01251 Brainwave 01672 British Sky Broadcasting 00847, 01175 BskyB 00847, 01175 Bush 00560, 01284, [...]

Additional information 12 112 En Cable Set Top Box General Pioneer 00144, 00533, 00877, 0178 2 ABC 00008, 00237 ADB 01585 Austar 00276 Birmingham Cable Communications 00276 Cable & Wireless 01068 Daeryung 00008 Encon 00008 Fosgate 00276 France Telecom 00817 Freebox 01482, 01976 Galaxi 00008 GE 00237 General Instrument 00276, 00476 GoldStar 0014[...]

Additional in formation 12 113 En Specifications •T h e s e s p ecificat ions a r e a pp lica ble when the p owe r su pp ly is 230 V. Audio section Rated p owe r out p ut (1 kHz, 6 Ω , 1 %) F r ont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 W + 150 W Cente r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Additional information 12 114 En Index Numerics 12V t r igge r 34 A Acoustic Cal EQ 81 Acoustic Calib r ation EQ 60 Acoustic Calib r ation EQ Adjust 77 Acoustic Calib r ation EQ P r ofessional 77 Advanced MCACC 71-8 3 Out p ut PC 34, 81 Advanced su rr ound 51 Analog attenuato r 64 As p ect 62 Audio cable 21 AUDIO PARAMETER 60 Auto delay 61 Auto lev[...]

Additional in formation 12 115 En P Pano r ama 61 Phase cont r ol 55 Placing 17 Play 42 Powe r co r d 37 Powe r ON Level 90 PQLS 59 P r e-out 29 P r eset code 105 P r og r essive Motion 62 Pu r e di r ect 53 Pu r eCinema 62 R RDS 49 Reco r ding 64 Remote cont r ol 8, 9, 67-70, 90, 97, 105 Reset 66 Resolution 62 S SACD Gain 61 Setu p mic r o p hone [...]

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