Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-D714 Operating Instructions Manual

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your
model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for
future reference.
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating range of remote control unit . . . 5
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically calibrating your listening
area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
04 Connecting up
Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio coaxial cords/
Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting DVD 5.1 channel
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the speakers (VSX-D714) . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers (VSX-D814) . . . . 22
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . 25
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating other Pioneer components . . . 26
Using this receiver with a Pioneer
plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
05 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
06 Listening to your system
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Advanced surround effects . . .34
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Surround Back Channel
(SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . .39
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting the multichannel analog
inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
07 Setting up the receiver
Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 43
Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 44
LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 44
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 44
Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 45
Surround right speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Surround back speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Surround left speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . 46
Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Component video input settings . . . . . . . 46
Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46