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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.
Contents
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
sound (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 10
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 12
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
other digital set-top box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 14
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 14
VCR and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 22
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 29
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 31
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 32
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 33
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the AV options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 48
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