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Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. Before you start 5 Checking what's in the box 5 Installing the receiver 5 Flow of settings on the receiver 5 01 Controls and displays Front panel 6 Display 7 Remote control 8 Loading the batteries 9 Operating range of remote control 9 02 Connecting your equipment Placing the speakers 10 Hints on the speaker placement 10 Connecting the speakers 11 Connect the surround back or front height speakers . . . . 11 Making cable connections 12 HDMI cables 12 About HDMI 12 Analog audio cables 13 Digital audio cables 13 Standard RCA video cables 13 About video outputs connection 13 Connecting a TV and playback components 14 Connecting using HDMI 14 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal. . . . 15 Connecting antennas 16 Using external antennas 16 Connecting an iPod 17 Connecting a USB device 17 Plugging in the receiver 17 03 Basic Setup Canceling the demo display 18 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) . . . 18 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup . . . . 19 04 Basic playback Playing a source 20 Selecting the audio input signal 20 Playing an iPod 22 Playing back files stored on an iPod 22 Basic playback controls 22 Switches between the iPod controls and the receiver controls 22 Playing a USB device 23 Basic playback controls 23 Compressed audio compatibility 23 Listening to the radio 24 Improving FM sound 24 Saving station presets 24 Listening to station presets 24 Naming preset stations 24 05 Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode 25 Auto playback 25 Listening in surround sound 25 Using the Advanced surround 26 Using Stream Direct 26 Using the Sound Retriever 26 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 26 Better sound using Phase Control 27 Using surround back channel processing 27 Setting the Up Mix function 27 Setting the Audio options 28 06 Home Menu Using the Home Menu 30 Manual speaker setup 30 Speaker Setting 30 X.Over 31 Channel Level 31 Speaker Distance 32 The Input Assign menu 32 The Pre Out Setting 33 The Auto Power Down menu 33 The FL Demo Mode menu 33 The HDMI Setup menu 33 07 Additional information Troubleshooting 35 General 35 HDMI 36 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 36 iPod messages 36 USB messages 36 About iPod/iPhone 37 Resetting the main unit 37 Cleaning the unit 37 Specifications 37 4

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read
through these operating instructions so you will know how to
operate your model properly.
Before you start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Flow of settings on the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
01 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
02 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hints on the speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
. . . . 11
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Standard RCA video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About video outputs connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal
. . . . 15
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
03 Basic Setup
Canceling the demo display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC)
. . . 18
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup
. . . . 19
04 Basic playback
Playing a source
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting the audio input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing back files stored on an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switches between the iPod controls and the receiver
controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Improving FM sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the Advanced surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using surround back channel processing
. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the Up Mix function
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
06 Home Menu
Using the Home Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
X.Over
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Input Assign menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Pre Out Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Auto Power Down menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The FL Demo Mode menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The HDMI Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
07 Additional information
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
General
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Important information regarding the HDMI
connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
iPod messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
USB messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
About iPod/iPhone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Resetting the main unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cleaning the unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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