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Contents 01 Before you start Features 6 Checking what's in the box 6 Ventilation 7 Installing the receiver 7 Loading the batteries 7 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 8 Listening to Surround Sound 8 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 11 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup 13 Checking the settings on your DVD (or other) player 13 Playing a source 13 03 Connecting up About cable types 14 Analog audio cables 14 Digital audio cables 14 Video cables 14 When making cable connections 15 About the video converter 15 Connecting digital audio components 16 Connecting analog audio components 17 Connecting multichannel analog components . . . . . 17 Connecting video components 18 Connecting to the front panel video terminal 18 Connecting antennas 19 FM wire antenna 19 AM loop antenna 19 Using external antennas 19 Connecting the speakers 20 Speaker terminals 20 Hints on speaker placement 21 THX speaker system setup 22 AC outlet 22 Power cord caution 23 Operating other Pioneer components 23 04 Controls and displays Front panel 24 Display 26 Remote control 28 Operating range of remote control unit 30 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 31 Listening in surround sound 31 Standard surround sound 31 Using the Home THX modes 32 Using the Advanced surround effects 33 Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings 33 Neo:6 Music settings 34 Listening in stereo 34 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 34 Choosing the input signal 35 Using the surround back channel (Extended mode 36 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VirtualSB 37 Using Loudness and Midnight listening 38 Enhancing dialog 38 Using the tone controls 38 Playing other sources 39 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs 39 Using the sleep timer 39 06 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 40 Surround back speaker setting 40 Manual MCACC speaker setup 41 Fine Channel Level 42 Fine Channel Distance 42 Acoustic Calibration EQ 43 Manual speaker setup 45 Speaker Setting 46 Crossover Network 47 Channel Level 47 Speaker Distance 48 Surround Back Speaker Position 48 07 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 49 Improving FM stereo sound 49 Tuning directly to a station 49 Saving station presets 50 Naming station presets 50 Listening to station presets 50 08 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording 51 4 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Checking the settings on your DVD (or other)
player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playing a source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
03 Connecting up
About cable types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Video cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
When making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting digital audio components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting analog audio components . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting multichannel analog components . . . . .17
Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel video terminal . . . . . . 18
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operating other Pioneer components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . .30
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Home THX modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Neo:6 Music settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VirtualSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Loudness and Midnight listening. . . . . . . . . . . 38
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
06 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System Setup
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fine Channel Distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Acoustic Calibration EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Surround Back Speaker Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 51