Pioneer SC-27 Owner's Manual - Page 5

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 Flow of settings on the receiver 8 01 Before you start Our philosophy 9 Features 9 Checking what's in the box 10 Installing the receiver 10 Loading the batteries 11 Operating range of remote control unit 11 02 Controls and displays Remote control (In case of SC-27 12 Remote control (In case of SC-25 15 Front panel 17 Display 18 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 20 Determining the speakers' application 22 Other speaker connection 22 Placing the speakers 23 THX speaker system setup 23 Some tips for improving sound quality 23 Connecting the speakers 24 Installing your speaker system 25 Standard 5.1/6.1/7.1-channel surround connections 25 Bi-amping your speakers 26 Bi-wiring your speakers 26 Selecting the Surr Back system 27 ZONE 2 setup 27 Speaker B setup 27 Bi-Amping setup 27 About the audio connection 27 About the video converter 28 Connecting your TV and playback components . . . . . 29 Connecting using HDMI 29 Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output 30 Connecting your TV with no HDMI input 31 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video sources 33 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 34 Connecting the multichannel analog inputs 34 Connecting other audio components 35 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 35 Connecting additional amplifiers 36 Connecting AM/FM antennas 36 Connecting external antennas 37 Connecting an XM Radio tuner 37 Connecting a SiriusConnect™ tuner 37 MULTI-ZONE setup 38 Making MULTI-ZONE connections 38 Connecting an IR receiver 40 Operating other Pioneer components with this unit's sensor 40 Switching components on and off using the 12 volt trigger 41 Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output . . . . . 41 Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the front panel input 42 Connecting an iPod 43 Connecting a USB device 43 Plugging in the receiver 44 04 Basic Setup Changing the OSD display language (OSD Language 45 Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC & Full Band Phase Control 46 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 48 The Input Setup menu 48 Input function default and possible settings 49 05 Basic playback Playing a source 50 Playing a source with HDMI connection 50 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs 51 Playing an iPod 51 Playing back audio files stored on an iPod 51 Playing a USB device 53 Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory device 53 Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 54 About playable file formats 55 Listening to the radio 56 Improving FM sound 56 Using the noise cut mode 56 Using Neural THX 56 Tuning directly to a station 56 Saving station presets 56 Naming station presets 57 Listening to station presets 57 Listening to Satellite Radio 57 Listening to XM Radio 57 Using XM HD Surround 58 Saving channel presets 58 Using the XM Menu 59 Listening to SIRIUS Radio 59 Saving channel presets 60 Using the SIRIUS Menu 60 5 en