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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 & Full Band Phase Control 8 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . . 9 Playing a source 9 Better sound using Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control 10 Using Phase Control 10 Using Full Band Phase Control 11 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 12 When making cable connections 13 About the video converter 13 Connecting your TV and DVD player 14 Connecting your Blu-ray disc player 14 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 15 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources 16 Using the component video jacks 16 Connecting digital audio sources 17 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 18 Connecting analog audio sources 18 Connecting a component to the front panel inputs . . . 18 Installing your speaker system 19 Connecting the speakers 19 Placing the speakers 20 THX speaker system setup 21 Connecting antennas 21 AM loop antenna 21 FM wire antenna 22 Connecting external antennas 22 Plugging in the receiver 22 AC outlet 22 04 Controls and displays Front panel 23 Operating range of remote control unit 24 Display 25 Remote control 26 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 28 Listening in surround sound 28 Standard surround sound 28 Using the Home THX modes 29 Using the Advanced surround effects 29 Listening in stereo 30 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 30 Using Stream Direct 30 Selecting MCACC presets 31 Choosing the input signal 31 Using surround back channel processing 32 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode 32 Using the genre synchronizing function 33 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 34 Improving FM stereo sound 34 Using Neural THX 34 Tuning directly to a station 34 Saving station presets 35 Naming station presets 35 Listening to station presets 35 07 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 36 Automatic MCACC (Expert 36 Surround back speaker setting 39 Manual MCACC setup 39 Fine Channel Level 40 Fine Speaker Distance 41 Standing Wave 41 Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust 42 Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 42 Full Band Phase Control 44 Data Management 45 Manual speaker setup 47 Speaker Setting 47 Channel Level 48 Speaker Distance 48 X-Curve 49 THX Audio Setting 49 08 Other connections Connecting an iPod 50 Connecting your iPod to the receiver 50 iPod playback 50 Watching photos and video content 51 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 & Full Band Phase Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . .9
Playing a source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Better sound using Phase Control and
Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
When making cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting your TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Connecting your Blu-ray disc player . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or
other set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and
other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Connecting digital audio sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs
. . . 18
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . .24
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Home THX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Front Stage Surround Advance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting MCACC presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the genre synchronizing function. . . . . . . . . . . 33
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Neural THX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Saving station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from
the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Automatic MCACC (Expert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Standing Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional. . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Full Band Phase Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Speaker Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
X-Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
THX Audio Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
08 Other connections
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting your iPod to the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
iPod playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Watching photos and video content. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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.