Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-59TXi Elite Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Our philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
01 Before you start
Checking the supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating range of the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recharging the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting up the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Calibrating the remote control screen . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting the button alert volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting the time-out setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Resetting the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Locking the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Restarting the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Replacing the lithium-ion batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
02 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
When making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the multichannel analog outputs . . . . 18
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other
set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting a VCR or DVD recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . 25
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
About the AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Basic remote control displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control displays for the tuner . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control displays for other components . . . 36
04 Getting started
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Automatically setting up for surround sound . . . . . . 39
Other problems when using the Auto Surround
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Checking the settings on your DVD (or other)
player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
05 Listening to your system
About the listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Home THX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Stream Direct mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting the input signal type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting USB and multichannel analog
input channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Listening to high-sampling formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the surround back channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Listening with virtual surround back speakers . . . . . 51
Creating a center speaker effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Hi-bit and Hi-sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the tone control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching the tone control on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reducing noise during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Listening to dual mono soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
06 Using the tuner
Finding a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MPX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Memorizing station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Listening to memorized station presets . . . . . . . . . 56