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Contents 01 Before you start Introduction to home theater 6 Checking what's in the box 6 Loading the batteries 7 Installing the receiver 7 Ventilation 7 02 5 minute guide Listening to Surround Sound 8 Using the Quick Setup 11 03 Quick surround sound setup Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 12 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup 14 04 Connecting up Making cable connections 15 Analog audio cables 15 Digital audio cables 15 Video cables 15 About the video converter 16 Connecting a DVD player and TV 17 Connecting the multichannel analog outputs 18 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box 18 Connecting other audio components 19 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 19 Connecting other video components 20 Using the component video jacks 21 Connecting to the front panel video terminal 21 Connecting antennas 22 FM wire antenna 22 AM loop antenna 22 Using external antennas 22 Connecting the speakers 23 Hints on speaker placement 24 AC outlet 25 Operating other Pioneer components 26 05 Controls and displays Front panel 27 Display 29 Remote control 30 Operating range of remote control unit . . . 33 06 Listening to your system Auto playback 34 Listening in surround sound 34 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 35 Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings 36 Neo:6 Music settings 36 Listening in stereo 37 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 37 Choosing the input signal 38 Using the surround back channel (Extended mode 39 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VirtualSB 40 Using Loudness and Midnight listening . . . . 41 Enhancing dialog 41 Using the tone controls 41 Playing other sources 42 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 42 Using the sleep timer 42 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 43 Surround back speaker setting 43 Manual MCACC speaker setup 44 Fine Channel Level 44 Fine Channel Distance 45 Acoustic Calibration EQ 46 Manual speaker setup 48 Speaker setting 48 Crossover network 49 Channel level 49 Speaker Distance 50 08 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 51 Improving FM stereo sound 51 Tuning directly to a station 51 Saving station presets 52 Naming station presets 52 Listening to station presets 53 09 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording 54

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Contents
01 Before you start
Introduction to home theater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ventilation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Listening to Surround Sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Quick Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the video converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a DVD player and TV
. . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 19
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . 20
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FM wire antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AM loop antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hints on speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
AC outlet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating other Pioneer components
. . . . . . 26
05 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operating range of remote control unit
. . . 33
06 Listening to your system
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . . 35
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings
. . . . . . . 36
Neo:6 Music settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 37
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VirtualSB)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using Loudness and Midnight listening
. . . . 41
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the tone controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . 42
Using the sleep timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Surround back speaker setting
. . . . . . . . . . . 43
Manual MCACC speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fine Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fine Channel Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Crossover network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Channel level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Improving FM stereo sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tuning directly to a station
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Naming station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording
. . . . . . 54