Pioneer VSX-818V-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
Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a satellite receiver or
other digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 14
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder,
VCR and other video sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 22
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . 29
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 31
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 32
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 33
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the AV options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 36
Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 36
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 50
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