Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K - Manual (Page 4)

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
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