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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . 10
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player
or DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 16
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR
and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Use the PRE OUT outputs to connect
the surround back speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting an IR receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 27
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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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 . . . 36
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
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 51