Pioneer VSX 818V Owner's Manual - Page 36
Listening to your system, Playing other sources, Choosing the input signal, Selecting - instruction
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05 Listening to your system Playing other sources 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Turn on the power of the receiver. When set to DIGITAL or AUTO, 2 DIGITAL lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTS lights when a DTS signal is input. VSX-918V model only: When the HDMI is selected, the ANALOG and DIGITAL indicators are off (see page 24). 3 Select the source you want to playback. Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons (INPUT SELECTOR). 4 Start playback of the component you selected in step 1. Choosing the input signal • Default setting: AUTO You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the rear of the receiver to select between input signals.1 1 Press RECEIVER on the remote control. 2 Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT) to select the input signal corresponding to the source component. Each press cycles through the following: • AUTO - The input signal is automatically selected from the HDMI (VSX-918V model only), DIGITAL and ANALOG in this order. • HDMI (VSX-918V model only) - Selects an HDMI signal.2 • DVD 5.1ch - See Selecting the multichannel analog inputs below. • ANALOG - Selects the analog inputs. • DIGITAL - Selects the digital input. Selecting the multichannel analog inputs If you have connected a decoder or a DVD player with multichannel analog outputs to this receiver (page 13), you must select the analog multichannel inputs for surround sound.3 1 Make sure you have set the playback source to the proper output setting. For example, you might need to set your DVD player to output multichannel analog audio. 2 Press DVD. 3 Press RECEIVER on the remote control, then press SIGNAL SEL to select the multichannel analog inputs. DVD 5.1ch shows in the display and the ANALOG indicator lights. Selecting the front audio inputs When playing back a component connected to the MCACC PORTABLE jack on the front panel, set the source to PORTABLE on the receiver. 1 Press PORTABLE (SHIFT+iPod) on the remote control. You can also select the source by pressing VIDEO/PORTABLE on the front panel. 2 Playback the connected component. Note 1 • This receiver can only playback Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz), DTS and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG. • You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connections (page 12) and set the signal input to DIGITAL. • Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player. 2 When the HDMI option in Setting the AV options on page 34 is set to THRU (THROUGH), the sound will be heard through your TV, not from this receiver. 3 During playback from the multichannel inputs, you can't use any of the sound features/modes and only the volume and channel levels can be set. 36 En