Pioneer VSX-72TXV Owner's Manual - Page 4

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 Checking what's in the box 6 Ventilation 6 Installing the receiver 6 Loading the batteries 6 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 7 Listening to Surround Sound 7 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 7 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . 9 Playing a source 9 Better sound using Phase Control 9 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 10 When making cable connections 11 About the video converter 11 Connecting your TV and DVD player 12 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 13 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources 13 Using the component video jacks 14 Connecting digital audio sources 15 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 15 Connecting analog audio sources 16 Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . 16 Installing your speaker system 17 Connecting the speakers 17 Placing the speakers 18 THX speaker system setup 19 Connecting antennas 19 AM loop antenna 19 FM wire antenna 20 Connecting external antennas 20 Plugging in the receiver 20 AC outlet 20 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 26 Listening in surround sound 26 Standard surround sound 26 Using the Home THX modes 27 Using the Advanced surround effects 27 Listening in stereo 28 Using Stream Direct 28 Selecting MCACC presets 28 Choosing the input signal 28 Using surround back channel processing 29 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 29 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 30 Improving FM stereo sound 30 Tuning directly to a station 30 Saving station presets 31 Naming station presets 31 Listening to station presets 31 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 32 Automatic MCACC (Expert 32 Surround back speaker setting 34 Manual MCACC setup 35 Fine Channel Level 35 Fine Speaker Distance 36 Standing Wave 36 Acoustic Calibration EQ 37 Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ 37 Data Management 40 Manual speaker setup 41 Speaker Setting 41 Channel Level 42 Speaker Distance 43 Bass Peak Level 43 X-Curve 44 THX Audio Setting 44 04 Controls and displays Front panel 21 08 Other connections Operating range of remote control unit 22 Connecting an iPod 45 Display 23 Connecting your iPod to the receiver 45 Remote control 24 Playing music from your iPod 45 Using XM Radio 46 Connecting your XM Radio receiver 46 Listening to XM Radio 47 4 Saving channel presets 47 En Using the XM Menu 47