Before You Start; Our Philosophy; Features - Pioneer SC-LX85 Operating Instructions Manual

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Before you start

Before you start

Our philosophy

Pioneer is dedicated to making your home
theater listening experience as close as pos-
sible to the vision of the moviemakers and mas-
tering engineer when they created the original
soundtrack. We do this by focusing on three
important steps:
1 Achieving the highest possible sound
quality
2 Allowing for customized acoustic
calibration according to any listening area
3 Fine-tuning the receiver with the help
of world-class studio engineers
With the cooperation of AIR Studios, this
receiver has been designated AIR Studios
Monitor:

Features

% Apple AirPlay®
With AirPlay you can stream music from iTunes
to the SC-LX85 and SC-LX75 and play it through
your home cinema system. You can even use
the receiver to view metadata including song
title, artist as well as album art on a connected
display. With Pioneer's Air Play-compatible
receivers, you can easily enjoy your iTunes
music in any room in the house.
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% HOME MEDIA GALLERY
This receiver can play back contents stored
on your computer when your computer is con-
nected to the LAN terminal of this receiver.
% About operation of the receiver with a
mobile terminal (iPod, iPhone, etc.)
The receiver can be controlled from the mobile
terminal by installing a special application on
the mobile terminal. For details, see the product
information on the Pioneer website.
This special application may be changed or
discontinued without notice.
% iControlAV2 Remote Control App
compatible
The SC-LX85 and SC-LX75 are compatible with
a completely re-designed remote control appli-
cation for iPod touch, iPhone and now iPad.
Improvements include a comprehensive front
page layout, iPad rotation, DLNA and vTuner
control, new exciting Finger EQ, and Pioneer
compatible Blu-ray Disc player control. iContro-
lAV2 is free from the App Store.
% Air Jam App compatible
For the SC-LX85 and SC-LX75, the optional
AS-BT200 Bluetooth adapter works together
with Pioneer's exclusive Air Jam application.
Available free in the App Store, Air Jam allows
up to 4 iPhone, iPod touch or iPod devices
to share music and create a group playlist
for a unique and fun social music network
experience.
% AVNavigator
The CD-ROM (AVNavigator) included with this
unit provides a variety of functions, such as
Wiring Navi with a guide for connecting the
unit and setting up from the computer and an
Interactive Manual for operating the unit while
reading the manual.
% HDMI (3D, Audio Return Channel)
A compatible component is required to use the
above function.
% PQLS Bit-stream
Jitterless high quality playback is possible by
connecting a PQLS-compatible player with
HDMI connections.
% Auto Sound Retriever Link
By connecting a Pioneer player supporting the
Sound Retriever Link function, compressed
audio files played on the player can be cor-
rected automatically to play the sound with
higher density.
% Stream Smoother Link
By connecting a Pioneer player supporting the
Stream Smoother Link function, compressed
video or movie files played on the player can
be corrected automatically to play them with a
more natural, easily viewable picture.
% iPod playback
Your iPod can be connected to the receiver's
USB terminal to play the music/video files on
the iPod.
Also, the iPod is charged when it is connected
to the receiver.
% Direct Energy HD Amplifier
The "Direct Energy HD (High Fidelity Class D)
amplifier" is an amplifier developed by Pioneer
based on the latest high performance Class D
amplifier and concentrating the essence of high
sound quality design. This new generation refer-
ence amplifier offers outstanding performance
with high sound quality and reproduces the
latest in multi-channel digital contents.
% Dolby Pro Logic llz compatible
Adding a pair of speakers above the front left
and right speakers adds expressiveness in the
vertical direction to the previous horizontally-
oriented sound field. The height channel
strengthens the sound field's sense of three-
dimensionality and air, producing presence and
expansion.
% Internet Radio
By connecting this receiver to the network via
the LAN terminal, you can listen to Internet
radio stations.
% Bluetooth compatible
Using the Bluetooth ADAPTER (AS-BT100 or
AS-BT200) lets you enjoy music files on an
iPhone or other Bluetooth wireless technology
device wirelessly.
% Auto Sound Retriever
The Auto Sound Retriever feature employs
DSP technology to restore sound pressure
and smooth jagged artifacts left over after
compression.
% Easy setup using Advanced MCACC
The Auto MCACC Setup provides a quick but
accurate surround sound setup, which includes
the advanced features of Professional Acoustic
Calibration EQ.
% RF two-way communications function
Using the CU-RF100, the information shown of
the receiver's display can be displayed on the
remote control in your hands and you can oper-
ate the remote control without worrying about
obstacles or the direction in which the remote
control is pointing.
! The CU-RF100 is included with the SC-LX85,
sold separately with the SC-LX75.