Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-819H Operating Instructions Manual

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
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other problems when using the
Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 11
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player
or DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 17
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder,
VCR and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Use the PRE OUT outputs to connect
the surround back speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 25
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04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 27
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 34
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 35
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 36
Using surround back channel processing . . . 37
Setting the Up Mix function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . . 40
Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
07 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature
MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 46
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 47
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49