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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. 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 04 Controls and displays Front panel 21 Operating range of remote control unit 22 Display 23 Remote control 24 Sub remote control unit 26 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 27 Listening in surround sound 27 Standard surround sound 27 Using the Home THX modes 28 Using the Advanced surround effects 28 Listening in stereo 29 Using Stream Direct 29 Selecting MCACC presets 29 Choosing the input signal 30 Using surround back channel processing 30 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 30 Using the Sound Retriever 31 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 32 Improving FM stereo sound 32 Tuning directly to a station 32 Saving station presets 33 Naming station presets 33 Listening to station presets 33 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 34 Automatic MCACC (Expert 34 Surround back speaker setting 36 Manual MCACC setup 37 Fine Channel Level 37 Fine Speaker Distance 38 Standing Wave 38 Acoustic Calibration EQ 39 Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ 39 Data Management 42 Manual speaker setup 43 Speaker Setting 43 Channel Level 44 Speaker Distance 45 Bass Peak Level 45 X-Curve 46 THX Audio Setting 46 08 Other connections Connecting an iPod 47 Connecting your iPod to the receiver 47 iPod playback 47 Watching photos and video content 48 4 En

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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
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . .22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sub remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Home THX modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting MCACC presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System Setup
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic MCACC (Expert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Standing Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Acoustic Calibration EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Bass Peak Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
X-Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
THX Audio Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
08 Other connections
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting your iPod to the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
iPod playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Watching photos and video content. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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.