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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 Features 6 Checking what's in the box 7 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 (Auto MCACC 8 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 10 Playing a source 10 Better sound using Phase Control 10 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 11 When making cable connections 12 About the video converter 12 Connecting your TV and DVD player 13 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 13 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources 14 Using the component video jacks 14 Connecting using HDMI 15 About HDMI 16 Connecting digital audio sources 16 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 17 Connecting analog audio sources 17 Connecting a component to the front panel inputs 17 Installing your speaker system 18 Connecting the speakers 18 Placing the speakers 19 THX speaker system setup 20 Connecting antennas 20 Connecting external antennas 21 Plugging in the receiver 21 AC outlet 21 04 Controls and displays Front panel 22 Operating range of remote control unit 23 Display 24 Remote control 25 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 27 Listening in surround sound 27 Standard surround sound 27 Using the Home THX modes 28 Using the Advanced surround effects 28 Setting the effect options 29 Listening in stereo 29 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 29 Using Stream Direct 30 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 30 Choosing the input signal 30 Using surround back channel processing 30 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 31 Using Midnight and Loudness 32 Using the Sound Retriever 32 Enhancing dialog 32 Using the tone controls 32 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 33 Improving FM stereo sound 33 Tuning directly to a station 33 Saving station presets 33 Naming station presets 34 Listening to station presets 34 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 35 Surround back speaker setting 35 Manual MCACC setup 36 Fine Channel Level 36 Fine Speaker Distance 37 Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ 37 4 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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
(Auto MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 10
Playing a source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
When making cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting your TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other
set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other
video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a component to the front panel
inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
04 Controls and displays
Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Home THX modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the effect options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Midnight and Loudness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System Setup
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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.