Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-416-K Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other problems during Auto MCACC . . . . . . 9
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 13
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 14
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 18
05 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
06 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 26
Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 27
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using surround back channel processing. . . 28
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB). . . . . . . . 28
Using Midnight and Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 30
07 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fine Channel Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 41
10 USB playback
Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Compressed audio compatibility. . . . . . . . . 43
11 Additional information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . . . 46
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cleaning the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47