Pioneer VSX-822-K Owner's Manual - Page 4

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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 Determining the speakers' application 11 Some tips for improving sound quality 11 Connecting the speakers 12 Connect the surround back or front height speakers (In case of VSX-1022 12 Connect the surround back or front height speakers (In case of VSX-822 12 Switching the speaker terminal 14 Making cable connections 14 HDMI cables 14 About HDMI 14 Analog audio cables 15 Digital audio cables 15 Video cables 15 About the video converter (VSX-1022 only 16 About video outputs connection (VSX-822 only 16 Connecting a TV and playback components 17 Connecting using HDMI 17 Connecting your TV with no HDMI input 18 Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output (VSX-1022 only 19 Connecting optional Bluetooth® ADAPTER 20 Connecting to the network through LAN interface 20 Connecting antennas 21 Using external antennas 21 Connecting an iPod 21 Connecting a USB device 22 Plugging in the receiver 22 03 Basic Setup Canceling the demo display 23 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) . . 23 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup . . . 24 04 Basic playback Playing a source 25 Selecting the audio input signal 25 Playing an iPod 27 Playing back files stored on an iPod 27 Basic playback controls 27 Watching photos and video content 27 Playing a USB device 28 Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory device 28 Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 28 About playable file formats 29 Bluetooth® ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music . . . 30 Wireless music play 30 Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth wireless technology device 30 Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless technology device with Your System 31 AIR JAM 31 Listening to the radio 32 Improving FM sound 32 Saving station presets 32 Listening to station presets 32 Naming preset stations 32 05 Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode 33 Auto playback 33 Listening in surround sound 33 Using the Advanced surround 34 Using Stream Direct 34 Using the Sound Retriever 34 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 34 Better sound using Phase Control 35 Using surround back channel processing 35 Setting the Up Mix function 35 Setting the Audio options 36 06 Playback with NETWORK features Introduction 38 About playable DLNA network devices 38 Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and iTunes . . 38 About the DHCP server function 38 Authorizing this receiver 38 Playback with Network functions 39 Basic playback controls 39 Listening to Internet radio stations 39 Listening to Pandora Internet Radio 40 Playing back audio files stored on components on the network 40 Playing back your favorite songs 40 The Network Setup menu 41 Network Configuration 41 Language 42 Firmware Update 42 Factory Reset 42 System Information 42 About network playback 43 Content playable over a network 43 About playback behavior over a network 44 Glossary 44 About playable file formats 45 07 Home Menu Using the Home Menu 46 Manual speaker setup 46 Speaker Setting 46 X.Over 47 Channel Level 48 Speaker Distance 48 The Input Assign menu 49 Analog Input 49 Component Input (VSX-1022 only 49 The Speaker System setting (VSX-1022 only 49 The Video Parameter setting (VSX-1022 only 49 Video Converter 49 Resolution 50 Aspect 50 The Pre Out Setting (VSX-822 only 50 The Auto Power Down menu 51 The Network Standby menu 51 The FL Demo Mode menu 51 4

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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
Determining the speakers’ application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Some tips for improving sound quality
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
(In case of VSX-1022)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
(In case of VSX-822)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the speaker terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the video converter (VSX-1022 only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About video outputs connection (VSX-822 only)
. . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input
. . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output
(VSX-1022 only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting optional
Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER
. . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to the network through LAN interface
. . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
03 Basic Setup
Canceling the demo display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC)
. . 23
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup
. . . 24
04 Basic playback
Playing a source
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting the audio input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Playing back files stored on an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Watching photos and video content
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Playing a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
About playable file formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music
. . . 30
Wireless music play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Pairing the
Bluetooth
ADAPTER and
Bluetooth
wireless technology device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening to Music Contents of
Bluetooth
wireless
technology device with Your System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AIR JAM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Improving FM sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Advanced surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using surround back channel processing
. . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting the Up Mix function
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
06 Playback with NETWORK features
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
About playable DLNA network devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and iTunes
. . 38
About the DHCP server function
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Authorizing this receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playback with Network functions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Listening to Internet radio stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Listening to Pandora Internet Radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playing back audio files stored on components on the
network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playing back your favorite songs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Network Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Network Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Firmware Update
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Factory Reset
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
System Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About network playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Content playable over a network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
About playback behavior over a network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Glossary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
About playable file formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
07 Home Menu
Using the Home Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
X.Over
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Input Assign menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Analog Input
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Component Input (VSX-1022 only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Speaker System setting (VSX-1022 only)
. . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Video Parameter setting (VSX-1022 only)
. . . . . . . . . . 49
Video Converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resolution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Aspect
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Pre Out Setting (VSX-822 only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Auto Power Down menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Network Standby menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The FL Demo Mode menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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