Pioneer VSX-920-K Owner's Manual - Page 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. 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 7 Loading the batteries 7 Installing the receiver 7 Ventilation 8 04 Basic Setup Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 31 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup 33 02 Controls and displays Front panel 9 Operating range of remote control 10 Display 11 Remote control 13 03 Connecting your equipment Determining the speakers' application . . . . . 16 Other speaker connection 17 Placing the speakers 17 Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . 17 Connecting the speakers 19 Switching the speaker terminal 20 Making cable connections 21 HDMI cables 21 About HDMI 21 Analog audio cables 22 Digital audio cables 22 Video cables 22 About the video converter 23 Connecting a TV and playback components . . . 24 Connecting using HDMI 24 Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output 25 Connecting your TV with no HDMI input. . . 26 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box 27 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video sources 27 Using the component video jacks 28 Connecting other audio components 28 Connecting antennas 29 Using external antennas 29 Connecting to the front panel video terminal 30 Plugging in the receiver 30 05 Listening to your system Basic playback 34 Auto playback 35 Listening in surround sound 35 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 36 Listening in stereo 37 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 37 Using Stream Direct 38 Using the Sound Retriever 38 Better sound using Phase Control 38 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 39 Using surround back channel processing . . . 39 Setting the Up Mix function 40 Setting the Audio options 40 Choosing the input signal 43 Using the headphone 43 06 The System Setup menu Using the System Setup menu 44 Manual speaker setup 45 Speaker Setting 45 Crossover Network 47 Channel Level 47 Speaker Distance 48 The Input Assign menu 48 The Speaker System setting 49 The Video Parameter setting 50 Video Converter 50 Resolution 50 Aspect 51 07 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 52 Improving FM stereo sound 52 Saving station presets 52 Listening to station presets 53 Naming preset stations 53 4 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ventilation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . 10
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
03 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’ application
. . . . . 16
Other speaker connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Placing the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Some tips for improving sound quality
. . . . 17
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switching the speaker terminal
. . . . . . . . . 20
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About the video converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . 24
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting your DVD player with no
HDMI output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input
. . . 26
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR
and other video sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 28
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
04 Basic Setup
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
05 Listening to your system
Basic playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . . 36
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Front Stage Surround Advance
. . . . . . 37
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . 38
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 39
Using surround back channel processing
. . . 39
Setting the Up Mix function
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the headphone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Crossover Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Input Assign menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Speaker System setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Video Parameter setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Video Converter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Resolution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Aspect
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Improving FM stereo sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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.