Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-819H-S Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other problems when using the
Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Better sound using Phase Control. . . . . . . . . 11
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HDMI cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player
or DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 17
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR
and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Use the PRE OUT outputs to connect
the surround back speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting an IR receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 28
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 35
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 36
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 37
Using surround back channel processing . . . 37
Setting the Up Mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 41
Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Speaker Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
07 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature
MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 47
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 48
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Changing the frequency step . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 51
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