Playing Other Sources; Choosing The Input Signal; Selecting The Multichannel Analog Inputs; Using The Headphone - Pioneer VSX-819H Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system

Playing other sources

1 Turn on the power of the playback
component.
2 Turn on the power of the receiver.
3 Select the source you want to playback.
Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (INPUT
SELECTOR).
4 Start playback of the component you
selected in step 1.

Choosing the input signal

On this receiver, it is possible to switch the
input signals for the different inputs as
described below.
1 Press RECEIVER on the remote control.
2 Press SIGNAL SEL to select the input
signal corresponding to the source
component.
When DIGITAL (C1/O1/O2) or HDMI (H) is
selected and the selected audio input is not
provided, A (analog) is automatically selected.
Each press cycles through the following:
• A – Selects the analog inputs.
• DIGITAL – Selects the digital input. The
coaxial 1 input is selected for C1, and the
optical 1 or 2 audio input is selected for
O1 or O2.
Note
1 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz) and DTS (including DTS 96 kHz / 24 bit) digital signal
formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, SACD (DSD 2 ch), PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz
sampling frequencies), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio and DVD Audio (including
192 kHz). With other digital signal formats, set to A (analog) (the MULTI IN or TUNER).
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make
the proper digital connections (page 14) and set the signal input to C1/O1/O2 (DIGITAL).
• Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
2 When the HDMI option in Setting the Audio options on page 38 is set to THRU, the sound will be heard through your TV, not
from this receiver.
3 • During playback from the multichannel inputs, you can't use any of the sound features/modes and only the volume and
channel levels can be set.
• Change the output settings of the systems with multichannel analog outputs according to the number of the speakers
connected to the receiver.
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• HDMI – Selects an HDMI signal. H can be
selected for BD/DVD, TV/SAT or DVR/VCR
input. For other inputs, HDMI cannot be
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selected.
When set to DIGITAL or HDMI, 2 lights when
a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights
when a DTS signal is input.
When the HDMI is selected, the A and
DIGITAL indicators are off (see page 29).
Selecting the multichannel
analog inputs
If you have connected a decoder or a BD/DVD
player with multichannel analog outputs to this
receiver (page 15), you must select the analog
multichannel inputs for surround sound.
• Press MULTI IN on the remote control.
To cancel playback from the multichannel
inputs, switches to the other input signal.

Using the headphone

1 Insert the headphone into the PHONE
jack.
2 Press RECEIVER then press the SPEAKERS
button to select SP OFF.
The sound is heard from the headphone and no
sound is heard from the speakers connected to
this receiver. The listening mode when the
sound is heard from the headphone can be
selected only from STEREO or A.L.C..
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