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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 Selecting the speaker layout/usage pattern 10 Normal surround connections (default setting). . . . 10 5.2-channel Bi-amp connections 10 7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections 10 7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections 11 7.2-channel + speaker B connections 11 Positioning and connecting the speakers 11 Normal surround connections (default setting). . . . 12 5.2-channel Bi-amp connections 12 7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections 12 7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections 12 7.2-channel + speaker B connections 12 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control 12 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 14 Playing a source 14 Better sound using Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control 15 Using Phase Control 15 Using Full Band Phase Control 15 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 17 When making cable connections 18 About the video converter 19 Connecting using HDMI 19 About HDMI 20 Connecting your TV and DVD player 21 Connecting your Blu-ray disc player 22 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 23 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources 24 Using the component video jacks 25 Connecting digital audio sources 26 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 26 Connecting analog audio sources 27 Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . . 27 Installing your speaker system 28 Connecting the speakers 29 Placing the speakers 29 THX speaker system setup 30 Connecting antennas 30 AM loop antenna 31 FM wire antenna 31 Connecting external antennas 31 Plugging in the receiver 31 04 Controls and displays Front panel 32 Operating range of remote control unit 33 Remote control 34 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 36 Listening in surround sound 36 Standard surround sound 36 Using the Home THX modes 37 Using the Advanced surround effects 37 Listening in stereo 38 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 38 Using Stream Direct 38 Selecting MCACC presets 39 Choosing the input signal 39 Using surround back channel processing 40 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 40 Using the genre synchronizing function 41 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 42 Improving FM stereo sound 42 Using the noise cut mode 42 Using Neural THX 42 Tuning directly to a station 42 Saving station presets 43 Naming station presets 43 Listening to station presets 43 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 44 Automatic MCACC (Expert 44 Speaker output setting 47 Manual MCACC setup 48 Fine Channel Level 48 Fine Speaker Distance 49 Fine-adjusting the positions of the speakers (Precision Distance 49 Standing Wave 50 Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust 51 Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 51 Full Band Phase Control 53 Data Management 54 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
Selecting the speaker layout/usage pattern . . . . . . . . 10
Normal surround connections (default setting). . . . 10
5.2-channel Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.2-channel + speaker B connections . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Positioning and connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 11
Normal surround connections (default setting). . . . 12
5.2-channel Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2-channel + speaker B connections . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 14
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Better sound using Phase Control and
Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
When making cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting your TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting your Blu-ray disc player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or
other set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and
other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs
. . . 27
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
FM wire antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
04 Controls and displays
Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Home THX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting MCACC presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the genre synchronizing function. . . . . . . . . . . 41
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the noise cut mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Neural THX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from
the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic MCACC (Expert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker output setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fine-adjusting the positions of the speakers
(Precision Distance). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Standing Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Full Band Phase Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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.