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Contents 01 Before you start Checking what's in the box 6 Loading the batteries 6 Installing the receiver 6 Ventilation 6 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 7 Listening to Surround Sound 7 Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 8 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup 10 Better sound using Phase Control 10 Setting the effect options 29 Listening in stereo 30 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 30 Using Stream Direct 30 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 31 Using surround back channel processing . . . . 31 Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB 31 Using Midnight and Loudness 32 Using the Sound Retriever 32 Enhancing dialog 32 Using the tone controls 32 Playing other sources 33 Choosing the input signal 33 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . 33 Selecting the front audio inputs 33 03 Connecting up Making cable connections 11 Analog audio cables 11 Digital audio cables 11 Video cables 11 About the video converter 12 Connecting a DVD player and TV 13 Connecting the multichannel analog outputs 14 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box 14 Connecting other audio components 15 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 15 Connecting other video components 16 Using the component video jacks 17 Connecting to the front panel video terminal 17 Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack 17 Connecting antennas 18 Using external antennas 18 Connecting the speakers 19 Hints on speaker placement 20 04 Controls and displays Front panel 22 Display 23 Remote control 25 Operating range of remote control 27 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 28 Listening in surround sound 28 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 29 06 USB playback Using the USB interface 34 Basic playback controls 34 Compressed audio compatibility 35 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 36 Surround back speaker setting 36 Manual MCACC speaker setup 37 Fine Channel Level 38 Fine Speaker Distance 38 Acoustic Calibration EQ 39 Manual speaker setup 41 Speaker Setting 42 Crossover Network 43 Channel Level 43 Speaker Distance 44 08 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 45 Improving FM stereo sound 45 Tuning directly to a station 45 Saving station presets 45 Naming station presets 46 Listening to station presets 46 An introduction to RDS 47 Displaying RDS information 47 Searching for RDS programs 47 Using EON 48 09 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording 49

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Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . 10
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About the video converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a DVD player and TV
. . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . . 15
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hints on speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
04 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . . 27
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . . 29
Setting the effect options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Front Stage Surround Advance
. . . . . . . 30
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . . 31
Using surround back channel processing
. . . . 31
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
. . . . . . . 31
Using Midnight and Loudness
. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the tone controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Playing other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . . 33
Selecting the front audio inputs
. . . . . . . . . . . 33
06 USB playback
Using the USB interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . 35
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Surround back speaker setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual MCACC speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fine Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Improving FM stereo sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tuning directly to a station
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Naming station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
An introduction to RDS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Displaying RDS information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Searching for RDS programs
. . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using EON
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording
. . . . . . . 49