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Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. Before you start 6 Checking what's in the box 6 Installing the receiver 6 Flow of settings on the receiver 6 01 Controls and displays Front panel 7 Display 8 Remote control 9 Loading the batteries 10 Operating range of remote control 10 02 Connecting your equipment Placing the speakers 11 Hints on the speaker placement 11 Connecting the speakers 12 Making cable connections 13 HDMI cables 13 About HDMI 13 Analog audio cables 14 Digital audio cables 14 Standard RCA video cables 14 About video outputs connection 14 Connecting a TV and playback components 15 Connecting using HDMI 15 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal 16 Connecting antennas 17 Using external antennas 17 Connecting a USB device 18 Plugging in the receiver 18 03 Basic playback Playing a source 19 Selecting the audio input signal 19 Playing a USB device 21 Basic playback controls 21 Compressed audio compatibility 21 Music playback using Bluetooth® wireless technology 22 Pairing with the unit (Initial registration 22 Listen to music on the unit from a Bluetooth capable device 22 Radio wave caution 23 Listening to the radio 23 Improving FM sound 24 Saving station presets 24 Listening to station presets 24 Naming preset stations 24 04 Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode 25 Auto playback 25 Listening in surround sound 25 Using the Advanced surround 26 Using Stream Direct 26 Using the Sound Retriever 26 Better sound using Phase Control 26 Setting the Audio options 27 05 Home Menu Using the Home Menu 29 Manual speaker setup 29 Speaker Setting 29 X.Over 30 Channel Level 30 Speaker Distance 31 The Input Assign menu 31 The Auto Power Down menu 31 The HDMI Setup menu 32 06 Additional information Troubleshooting 33 General 33 HDMI 34 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 34 USB messages 34 Resetting the main unit 35 Cleaning the unit 35 Specifications 35 Software license notice 37 5

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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.
Before you start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Flow of settings on the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
01 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
02 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hints on the speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Standard RCA video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About video outputs connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting your component with no HDMI
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
03 Basic playback
Playing a source
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting the audio input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Music playback using
Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Pairing with the unit (Initial registration)
. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Listen to music on the unit from a
Bluetooth
capable
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Radio wave caution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Improving FM sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
04 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the Advanced surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
05 Home Menu
Using the Home Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
X.Over
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The Input Assign menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The Auto Power Down menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The HDMI Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
06 Additional information
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
General
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Important information regarding the HDMI
connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
USB messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Resetting the main unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cleaning the unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Software license notice
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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