Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K Owner's Manual - Page 6

Other connections, HDMI Control, Other Settings, Using other functions, Controlling the rest of your - remote control

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08 Other connections Connecting an iPod 51 Connecting your iPod to the receiver 51 iPod playback 51 Connecting a USB device 53 Connecting your USB device to the receiver 53 Basic playback controls 53 Compressed audio compatibility 54 Using XM Radio 54 Connecting your XM Radio receiver 54 Listening to XM Radio 55 Using XM HD Surround 55 Saving channel presets 55 Using the XM Menu 55 Using SIRIUS Radio 56 Connecting your SiriusConnectTM Tuner 56 Listening to SIRIUS Radio 56 Saving channel presets 57 Using the SIRIUS Menu 57 Connecting the multichannel analog inputs 57 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs 58 Speaker B setup 58 Switching the speaker system 58 Bi-amping your front speakers 59 Bi-wiring your speakers 59 Connecting additional amplifiers 60 MULTI-ZONE listening 60 Making MULTI-ZONE connections 60 Using the MULTI-ZONE controls 61 Connecting an IR receiver 62 Using this receiver with a Pioneer flat panel TV . . . . . 63 Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer flat panel TV 64 09 HDMI Control Making the HDMI Control connections 65 Setting the HDMI options 65 Setting the HDMI Control mode 65 Before using synchronization 66 Synchronized amp mode 66 Synchronized amp mode operations 66 Canceling synchronized amp mode 66 About HDMI Control 66 10 Other Settings The Input Setup menu 67 Input function default and possible settings 68 The Other Setup menu 68 Multi Channel Input Setup 69 ZONE Audio Setup 69 SR+ Setup for Pioneer flat panel TVs 70 OSD Adjustment 70 11 Using other functions Setting the Audio options 71 Setting the Video options 72 Making an audio or a video recording 73 Reducing the level of an analog signal 74 Using the sleep timer 74 Dimming the display 74 Switching the speaker impedance 74 Checking your system settings 74 Resetting the system 75 Default system settings 75 12 Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components . . . . 76 Selecting preset codes directly 76 Preset code list 76 Controls for TVs 77 Controls for other components 78 Operating other Pioneer components with this receiver's sensor 79 13 Additional information Troubleshooting 80 Power 80 No sound 80 Other audio problems 82 Video 83 Settings 83 Professional Calibration EQ graphical output . . . . . 84 Display 84 Remote control 85 USB interface 85 HDMI 86 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 87 XM radio messages 87 SIRIUS radio messages 88 Surround sound formats 89 Dolby 89 DTS 90 Windows Media Audio 9 Professional 90 About XM 91 About SIRIUS 91 About Neural - THX Surround 91 Listening modes with different input signal formats 92 Stream direct with different input signal formats . . . . 96 Specifications 97 Cleaning the unit 98 6 En

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08 Other connections
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting your iPod to the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . .51
iPod playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Connecting your USB device to the receiver . . . . . .53
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compressed audio compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting your XM Radio receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Listening to XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using XM HD Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Saving channel presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Using the XM Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Using SIRIUS Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting your SiriusConnect
TM
Tuner. . . . . . . . . . 56
Listening to SIRIUS Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Saving channel presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Using the SIRIUS Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Connecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . . . . . . 57
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . 58
Speaker B setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bi-amping your front speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Bi-wiring your speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Connecting an IR receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using this receiver with a Pioneer flat panel TV . . . . . 63
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer
flat panel TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
09 HDMI Control
Making the HDMI Control connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting the HDMI options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting the HDMI Control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Before using synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Synchronized amp mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Synchronized amp mode operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Canceling synchronized amp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
About HDMI Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
10 Other Settings
The Input Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Input function default and possible settings . . . . . .68
The Other Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Multi Channel Input Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ZONE Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
SR+ Setup for Pioneer flat panel TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
OSD Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
11 Using other functions
Setting the Audio options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the Video options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Making an audio or a video recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reducing the level of an analog signal . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Dimming the display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching the speaker impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Checking your system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Default system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
12 Controlling the rest of your system
Setting the remote to control other components. . . . 76
Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Preset code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Operating other Pioneer components
with this receiver’s sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
13 Additional information
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
No sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Other audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Professional Calibration EQ graphical output . . . . . 84
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Important information regarding
the HDMI connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
XM radio messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SIRIUS radio messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Surround sound formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dolby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
DTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional . . . . . . . . . . . 90
About XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About SIRIUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About Neural – THX Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Listening modes with different input
signal formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Stream direct with different input signal formats
. . . . 96
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98