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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 7 Checking what's in the box 8 Installing the receiver 8 Loading the batteries 8 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 9 Listening to Surround Sound 9 Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC 10 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 11 Playing a source 11 Better sound using Phase Control 12 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 13 When making cable connections 15 About the video converter 15 Connecting using HDMI 16 About HDMI 16 Connecting your TV and DVD player 17 Connecting your Blu-ray disc player 17 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 18 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources 18 Using the component video jacks 19 Connecting digital audio sources 19 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 20 Connecting analog audio sources 20 Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . . . 20 Installing your speaker system 21 Connecting the speakers 21 Placing the speakers 22 Connecting antennas 23 Connecting external antennas 23 Plugging in the receiver 24 04 Controls and displays Front panel 25 Operating range of remote control unit 26 Display 27 Remote control 28 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 30 Listening in surround sound 30 Standard surround sound 30 Using the Advanced surround effects 31 Listening in stereo 31 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 32 Using Stream Direct 32 Selecting MCACC presets 32 Choosing the input signal 33 Using surround back channel processing 33 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 34 Using the genre synchronizing function 35 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 36 Improving FM stereo sound 36 Tuning directly to a station 36 Saving station presets 36 Naming station presets 37 Listening to station presets 37 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 38 Automatic MCACC (Expert 38 Surround back speaker setting 41 Manual MCACC setup 41 Fine Channel Level 42 Fine Speaker Distance 42 Standing Wave 43 Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust 43 Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 44 Data Management 46 Manual speaker setup 48 Speaker Setting 48 Channel Level 49 Speaker Distance 50 X-Curve 50 5 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(Auto MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 11
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
When making cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting your TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting your Blu-ray disc player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver
or other set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR
and other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs
. . . . 20
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 26
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting MCACC presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the genre synchronizing function. . . . . . . . . . . 35
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Automatic MCACC (Expert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Standing Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
X-Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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.