Before You Start; Our Philosophy; Features; Checking What's In The Box - Pioneer Elite SC-57 Operating Instructions Manual

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Before you start

Before you start

Our philosophy

Pioneer is dedicated to making your home
theater listening experience as close as pos-
sible to the vision of the moviemakers and mas-
tering engineer when they created the original
soundtrack. We do this by focusing on three
important steps:
1 Achieving the highest possible sound
quality
2 Allowing for customized acoustic
calibration according to any listening area
3 Fine-tuning the receiver with the help
of world-class studio engineers
With the cooperation of AIR Studios, this
receiver has been designated AIR Studios
Monitor:

Features

% Apple AirPlay®
With AirPlay you can stream music from iTunes
to the SC-57 and SC-55 and play it through your
home theater system. You can even use the
receiver to view metadata including song title,
artist as well as album art on a connected dis-
play. With Pioneer's Air Play-compatible receiv-
ers, you can easily enjoy your iTunes music in
any room in the house.
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% HOME MEDIA GALLERY
This receiver can play back contents stored
on your computer when your computer is con-
nected to the LAN terminal of this receiver.
% About operation of the receiver with a
mobile terminal (iPod, iPhone, etc.)
The receiver can be controlled from the mobile
terminal by installing a special application on
the mobile terminal. For details, see the product
information on the Pioneer website.
This special application may be changed or
discontinued without notice.
% iControlAV2 Remote Control App
compatible
The SC-57 and SC-55 are compatible with a
completely re-designed remote control appli-
cation for iPod touch, iPhone and now iPad.
Improvements include a comprehensive front
page layout, iPad rotation, DLNA and vTuner
control, new exciting Finger EQ, and Pioneer
compatible Blu-ray Disc player control. iContro-
lAV2 is free from the App Store.
% Air Jam App compatible
For the SC-57 and SC-55, the optional AS-BT200
Bluetooth adapter works together with Pioneer's
exclusive Air Jam application. Available free in
the App Store, Air Jam allows up to 4 iPhone,
iPod touch or iPod devices to share music and
create a group playlist for a unique and fun
social music network experience.
% AVNavigator
The CD-ROM (AVNavigator) included with this
unit provides a variety of functions, such as
Wiring Navi with a guide for connecting the
unit and setting up from the computer and an
Interactive Manual for operating the unit while
reading the manual.
% HDMI (3D, Audio Return Channel)
A compatible component is required to use the
above function.
% PQLS Bit-stream
Jitterless high quality playback is possible by
connecting a PQLS-compatible player with
HDMI connections.
% Auto Sound Retriever Link
By connecting a Pioneer Blu-ray Disc player
supporting the Sound Retriever Link function,
compressed audio files played on the player can
be corrected automatically to play the sound
with higher density.
% Stream Smoother Link
By connecting a Pioneer Blu-ray Disc player
supporting the Stream Smoother Link func-
tion, compressed video or movie files played
on the player can be corrected automatically to
play them with a more natural, easily viewable
picture.
% iPod playback
Your iPod can be connected to the receiver's
USB terminal to play the music/video files on
the iPod.
Also, the iPod is charged when it is connected
to the receiver.
% Direct Energy HD Amplifier
The "Direct Energy HD (High Fidelity Class D)
amplifier" is an amplifier developed by Pioneer
based on the latest high performance Class D
amplifier and concentrating the essence of high
sound quality design. This new generation refer-
ence amplifier offers outstanding performance
with high sound quality and reproduces the
latest in multi-channel digital contents.
% Dolby Pro Logic llz compatible
Adding a pair of speakers above the front
left and right speakers adds expressive-
ness in the vertical direction to the previous
horizontally-oriented sound field. The height
channel strengthens the sound field's sense of
three-dimensionality and air, producing pres-
ence and expansion.
% Internet Radio
By connecting this receiver to the network via
the LAN terminal, you can listen to Internet
radio stations.
% SIRIUS Ready
With the SIRIUS Radio terminal, you'll be up
and running in no time.
% Bluetooth compatible
Using the Bluetooth ADAPTER (AS-BT100 or
AS-BT200) lets you enjoy music files on an
iPhone or other Bluetooth wireless technology
device wirelessly.
% Auto Sound Retriever
The Auto Sound Retriever feature employs
DSP technology to restore sound pressure
and smooth jagged artifacts left over after
compression.
% Easy setup using Advanced MCACC
The Auto MCACC Setup provides a quick but
accurate surround sound setup, which includes
the advanced features of Professional Acoustic
Calibration EQ.

Checking what's in the box

Please check that you've received the following
supplied accessories:
! Setup microphone (cable: 5 m (16.4 ft.))
! Remote control unit
! AAA size IEC R03 dry cell batteries (to confirm
system operation) x2
! AM loop antenna
! FM wire antenna
! iPod cable
! Power cord
! CD-ROM (AVNavigator)
! Warranty card
! These operating instructions