Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-D812 Operating Instructions Manual

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your
model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for
future reference.
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating range of remote control unit . . . 6
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
03 Quick surround sound setup
(VSX-D912 only)
Automatically calibrating your
listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
04 Connecting up
Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Digital audio coaxial cords/
Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting DVD multi-channel
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to the front panel
video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers (VSX-D712) . . . . 22
Connecting the speakers
(VSX-D812/D912) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . 26
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 27
05 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
06 Playing sources
Introduction to Sound Modes . . . . . . . . . . 35
Stereo/Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Advanced Surround modes. . . . . . . . . . . 36
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening to multi-channel playback . . . . . 37
Using Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Advanced Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Surround Back Channel
(SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode (VSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . .41
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting the multi-channel
analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
07 Setting up
Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 45
Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 45
LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 46
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 46
Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 47
Surround right speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Surround back speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47