Pioneer SC-55 Owner's Manual - Page 4

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 Our philosophy 6 Features 6 Checking what's in the box 6 Installing the receiver 6 Loading the batteries 7 Operating range of remote control unit........ 7 About using AVNavigator (included CD-ROM 7 02 Controls and displays Remote control 9 Display 10 Front panel 11 03 Connecting your equipment Connecting your equipment 12 Rear panel 12 Determining the speakers' application....... 13 Placing the speakers 15 Connecting the speakers 16 Installing your speaker system 17 About the audio connection 22 About the video converter 22 About HDMI 22 Connecting your TV and playback components 23 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, BD recorder and other video sources 24 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 25 Connecting other audio components.......... 25 Connecting the multichannel analog inputs 26 4 En Connecting additional amplifiers 26 Connecting AM/FM antennas 27 MULTI-ZONE setup 27 Connecting a SiriusConnect Tuner 28 Connecting to the network through LAN interface 28 Connecting optional Bluetooth ADAPTER 29 Connecting an iPod 29 Connecting a USB device 29 Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the front panel input 29 Connecting to a wireless LAN 29 Connecting an IR receiver 30 Operating other Pioneer components with this unit's sensor 30 Switching components on and off using the 12 volt trigger 31 Plugging in the receiver 31 04 Basic Setup Changing the OSD display language (OSD Language 32 Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC 32 The Input Setup menu 34 Operation Mode Setup 34 05 Basic playback Playing a source 36 Playing an iPod 36 Playing a USB device 37 Listening to the radio 39 Listening to Satellite Radio 39 Bluetooth ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music 41 06 Listening to your system Enjoying various types of playback using the listening modes 43 Selecting MCACC presets 45 Choosing the input signal 45 Better sound using Phase Control 45 Better sound using Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control 45 07 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs Enjoying the Home Media Gallery 47 Features of Home Media Gallery 47 Introduction 47 Playback with Home Media Gallery 48 Advanced operations for Internet radio....... 49 Checking about the Accounts 49 About network playback 50 About playable file formats 51 08 Control with HDMI function About the Control with HDMI function........ 53 Making Control with HDMI connections..... 53 HDMI Setup 53 Before using synchronization 54 About synchronized operations 54 Setting the PQLS function 54 About Auto Sound Retriever Link and Stream Smoother Link 55 Cautions on the Control with HDMI function 55 09 Using other functions Setting the Audio options 56 Setting the Video options 58 Switching the speaker terminals 59 Using the MULTI-ZONE controls 60 Making an audio or a video recording......... 60 Reducing the level of an analog signal........ 61 Using the sleep timer 61 Dimming the display 61 Switching the HDMI output 61 Checking your system settings 61 Resetting the system 61 10 Controlling the rest of your system About the Remote Setup menu 63 Operating multiple receivers 63 Setting the remote to control other components 63 Selecting preset codes directly 63 Programming signals from other remote controls 64 Erasing one of the remote control button settings 64 Erasing all learnt settings that are in one input function 64 Direct function 64 Setting the backlight mode 65 Multi Operation and System Off 65 Resetting the remote control settings......... 66 Controlling components 66 11 The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu 69 Automatic MCACC (Expert 69 Manual MCACC setup 71 Checking MCACC Data 74 Data Management 75 12 The System Setup and Other Setup menus Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 76 Manual speaker setup 76 Network Setup menu 78 Checking the Network Information 80 The Other Setup menu 80 13 Additional information Troubleshooting 1 83 Troubleshooting 2 89 Troubleshooting of wireless LAN 92 About status messages 93 Speaker Setting Guide 93 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 94 Cleaning the unit 94 Surround sound formats 95 About THX 95 About iPod 96 About SIRIUS 96 About FLAC 96 Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input signal formats 97 Glossary 98 Features index 101 Specifications 102 Preset code list 103