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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. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. Contents 01 Before you start Checking what's in the box 8 Installing the receiver 8 Loading the batteries 8 02 Simple Home Theater Guide Introduction to home theater 9 Listening to Surround Sound 9 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control 10 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . 11 Playing a source 11 Better sound using Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control 12 Using Phase Control 12 Using Full Band Phase Control 13 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 15 When making cable connections 16 About the video converter 17 Connecting using HDMI 17 About HDMI 18 Connecting your Blu-ray disc player 19 Connecting your TV and DVD player 20 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 21 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources 22 Using the component video jacks 23 Connecting digital audio sources 24 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 24 Connecting analog audio sources 25 Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . . . 25 Installing your speaker system 26 Connecting the speakers 26 Placing the speakers 27 THX speaker system setup 28 Connecting antennas 28 AM loop antenna 29 FM wire antenna 29 Connecting external antennas 29 Plugging in the receiver 29 04 Controls and displays Front panel 30 Operating range of remote control unit 31 Display 32 Remote control 33 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 35 Listening in surround sound 35 Standard surround sound 35 Using the Home THX modes 36 Using the Advanced surround effects 36 Listening in stereo 37 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 37 Using Stream Direct 38 Selecting MCACC presets 38 Choosing the input signal 38 Using surround back channel processing 39 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 39 Using the genre synchronizing function 40 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 41 Improving FM sound 41 Using the noise cut mode 41 Using Neural THX 41 Tuning directly to a station 41 Saving station presets 42 Naming station presets 42 Listening to station presets 42 07 The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu 43 Automatic MCACC (Expert 44 Manual MCACC setup 46 Fine Channel Level 47 Fine Speaker Distance 47 Standing Wave 48 Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust 48 Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 49 Checking MCACC Data 51 Data Management 53 08 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 55 Manual speaker setup 55 Surround back speaker setting 56 Speaker Setting 56 Channel Level 57 Speaker Distance 58 X-Curve 58 THX Audio Setting 58 5 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 Simple Home Theater Guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . 11
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Better sound using Phase Control
and Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
When making cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting your Blu-ray disc player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Connecting your TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver
or other set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR
and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs
. . . . 25
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
AM loop antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . .31
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Home THX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting MCACC presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the genre synchronizing function. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the noise cut mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using Neural THX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
07 The Advanced MCACC menu
Making receiver settings from the Advanced
MCACC menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic MCACC (Expert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Standing Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Checking MCACC Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
08 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
X-Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
THX Audio Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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.