Pioneer SC-07 - Manuals

5 En Contents 01 Before you start Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 02 Simple Home Theater Guid...

Before you start 01 8 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Please check that you’ve received the following supplied accessories: • Setup microphone (cable: 5 m (16.4 ft.)) • Remote control unit • AA/IEC R6P dry cell batteries x2 • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna • Warranty car...

Simple Home Theater Guide 02 9 En Chapter 2: Simple Home Theater Guide Introduction to home theater Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you’re in the middle of the action or concert. The surround sound you get from a home th...

Simple Home Theater Guide 02 10 En Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening area, taking into account ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for both channel delay and c...

Simple Home Theater Guide 02 11 En If no operations are performed for 10 seconds while the speaker configuration check screen is being displayed, the Auto MCACC Setup will resume automatically. In this case, you don’t need to select ‘ OK ’ and press ENTER in step 6. • With error messages (such as To...

Simple Home Theater Guide 02 12 En 3 Set the operation selector switch to RCV, then press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT) to select ‘AUTO SURROUND’ and start playback of the source. 1 If you’re playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound DVD disc, you should hear surround sound. If you are p...

Simple Home Theater Guide 02 13 En Phase Control technology provides coherent sound reproduction through the use of phase matching 1 for an optimal sound image at your listening position. The default setting is on and we recommend leaving Phase Control switched on for all sound sources. • Set the op...

Simple Home Theater Guide 02 14 En Full Band Phase Control ON With the phase distortion corrected, the frequency-phase characteristics are improved across all ranges. • Sound with live dynamics • Sound of musical instruments with superb reality • Sound so accurately reproduced that you can even hear...

Connecting your equipment 03 15 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This receiver provides you with many connection possibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. This page explains the kinds of components you can connect to make up your home theater system. Important • Illustration shows t...

Connecting your equipment 03 16 En 10 RS-232C connector Use for connection to a PC for graphical output when using Advanced MCACC or Full Band Phase Control.  See Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output on page 72. 11 Component video inputs (x3) Use the inputs to connect any video source that has...

Connecting your equipment 03 17 En About the video converter The video converter ensures that all video sources are output through all of the MONITOR VIDEO OUT jacks. The only exception is HDMI: since this resolution cannot be downsampled, you must connect your monitor/TV to the receiver’s HDMI vide...

Connecting your equipment 03 18 En 1 Use an HDMI cable to connect one of the HDMI IN interconnects on this receiver to an HDMI output on your HDMI component. The HDMI indicator lights on the front panel when an HDMI-equipped component is connected. 2 Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI OUT interco...

Connecting your equipment 03 19 En Connecting your Blu-ray disc player The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together with a Blu-ray disc player, with HDMI connections. If your Blu-ray disc player offers multi-channel analog audio outputs, see Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on ...

Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Connecting your TV and DVD player The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together with a TV and DVD player, with S-Video or composite video connections. Different TVs and DVD players may offer alternative connections. See also Using the component video ja...

Connecting your equipment 03 21 En Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV tuners are all examples of so-called ‘set-top boxes’. 1 Connect the audio/video outputs on the set-top box to the TV/SAT AUDIO and VIDEO inputs. Con...

Connecting your equipment 03 22 En Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources This receiver has two sets of audio/video inputs and outputs suitable for connecting analog or digital video devices, including DVD/HDD recorders and VCRs. 1 Connect the audio/video outputs of the video pla...

Connecting your equipment 03 23 En Using the component video jacks Component video should give superior picture quality when compared to composite or S-Video. You can also take advantage of progressive scan video (if your source and TV are both compatible), which delivers a very stable, flicker-free...

Connecting your equipment 03 24 En Connecting digital audio sources This receiver has both digital inputs and outputs, allowing you to connect digital audio components for playback and for making digital recordings. Most digital components also have analog connections. See Connecting analog audio so...

Connecting your equipment 03 26 En Installing your speaker system To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilities connect front, center, surround and surround back speakers, as well as a subwoofer. 1 Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer o...

Connecting your equipment 03 27 En • Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the speaker terminal. If any of the bare speaker wire touches the back panel it may cause the power to cut off as a safety measure. Bare wire connections Make sure that the speak...

Connecting your equipment 03 28 En Caution • Make sure that all speakers are securely installed. This not only improves sound quality, but also reduces the risk of damage or injury resulting from speakers being knocked over or falling in the event of external shocks such as earthquakes. The diagrams...

Connecting your equipment 03 29 En AM loop antenna 1 Assemble the stand as shown in the illustration. 1 • Bend the stand in the direction indicated ( fig. A ). • Clip the loop into the stand ( fig. B ). • It’s possible to fix the AM antenna to a wall ( fig. C ). Before fixing, make sure that the rec...

Controls and displays 04 30 En Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel Illustration shows the SC-07 front panel. 1  STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. Power indicator lights when the receiver is on. 2 INPUT SELECTOR dial Use to select an input source. 3 PHASE CONTROL indi...

Controls and displays 04 31 En 6 MASTER VOLUME dial 7 Front panel controls To access the front panel controls, push gently on the lower third portion of the panel with your finger. 8 AUDIO PARAMETER Use to access the Audio options (page 96). 9 VIDEO PARAMETER Use to access the Video options (page 98...

Controls and displays 04 32 En Display 1 SIGNAL indicators Light to indicate the currently selected input signal. AUTO lights when the receiver is set to select the input signal automatically (page 38). 2 Program format indicators These change according to which channels are active in digital source...

Listening to your system 05 35 En Chapter 5: Listening to your system Important • The listening modes and many features described in this section may not be available depending on the current source, settings and status of the receiver. See Listening modes with different input signal formats on page...

Listening to your system 05 36 En • Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources 1 • Neural THX – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources 2 • XM HD Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources 3 With multichannel sources, if you ha...

Listening to your system 05 37 En • MONO FILM – Creates surround sound from mono soundtracks • ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources • EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field 1 • TV SURROUND – Provides surround sound for both mono and stereo TV sources • ADVANCED GAME – Suitable for video ga...

Listening to your system 05 38 En Using Stream Direct Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed, and you’re left with the pure analog or digital sound source (see Stream direct with different input si...

Listening to your system 05 39 En • HDMI – Selects an HDMI signal. 1 • PCM – Only PCM signals are output. 2 The receiver selects the first available signal in the following order: HDMI ; DIGITAL . When set to DIGITAL or AUTO , 2 DIGITAL lights with Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus decoding, 2 HD ...

Listening to your system 05 40 En Using the genre synchronizing function This feature automatically selects the most appropriate Advanced Surround mode for the source currently being played back on a Pioneer DVD recorder supporting HDMI Control connected to this receiver via HDMI. 1 For details on H...

Using the tuner 06 41 En Chapter 6: Using the tuner Listening to the radio The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a st...

Using the tuner 06 42 En Saving station presets If you often listen to a particular radio station, it’s convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time. This receiver can memorize u...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 43 En Chapter 7: The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu The Advanced MCACC (Multi Channel ACoustic Calibration) system was developed in Pioneer’s laboratories with the aim of making it possible for home users to perform adjustments of...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 45 En for several seating positions in your listening area. 1 Place the microphone at the reference point indicated on-screen and note the last microphone placement will be at your main listening position: 3 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front p...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 46 En 9 The Auto MCACC Setup has finished! The MCACC Data Check screen appears. The settings made in the Auto MCACC Setup should give you excellent surround sound from your system, but it is also possible to adjust these settings manually using the Manual MCACC setup menu ...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 47 En 1 Select ‘Manual MCACC’ from the Advanced MCACC menu. See Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu on page 43 if you’re not already at this screen. 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you’re doing this for the first time, you might want to make t...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 48 En 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary. Use / to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in terms of speaker distance from 0’01’’ to 45’00’’ . Listen to the reference speaker and...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 49 En 1 Select ‘EQ Adjust’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 2 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. Use / to select the channel. Use / to select the frequency and / to boost or cut the EQ. When you’re finished, go back to the top of the screen an...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 50 En The graph below shows the difference between conventional acoustic calibration and professional calibration (the gray circle indicates the point where the microphone captures sound during frequency analysis). As soon as audio is output from your speaker system, it is...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 53 En Acoustic Cal EQ Use this to display the calibration values for the frequency response of the various channels set in the different MCACC presets. See Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust on page 48 for more on this. 1 Select ‘Acoustic Cal EQ’ from the MCACC Data Check menu...

The Advanced MCACC menu 07 54 En Renaming MCACC presets If you have several different MCACC presets that you’re using, you may want to rename them for easier identification. 1 Select ‘Memory Rename’ from the Data Management setup menu. 2 Select the MCACC preset you want to rename, then select an app...

The System Setup menu 08 55 En Chapter 8: The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section describes how to change the speaker-related settings manually and make various other settings (input selection, OSD language selection, etc.). 1 Set the operation...

The System Setup menu 08 57 En • SB – Select the number of surround back speakers you have (one, two or none). 1 Select LARGE if your surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connect surroun...

The System Setup menu 08 58 En 5 When you’re finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu. Tip • The channel level can be changed at any time. Set the operation selector switch to RCV , then press CH LEVEL on the remote control, and then use / to adjust the level. Speaker Di...

Other connections 09 60 En Chapter 9: Other connections Caution • Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plugging in should be the final step. Using XM Radio XM is North America’s number one satellite radio company, offeri...

Other connections 09 61 En Tip • You can select channels directly by pressing D.ACCESS , then the three-digit channel number. • You can press DISP to change XM Radio information in the front panel display. • The currently selected channel is automatically chosen (without pressing ENTER ) after five ...

Other connections 09 62 En Connecting your SiriusConnect™ Tuner To receive SIRIUS Satellite Radio broadcasts, you will need to activate your SiriusConnect™ tuner. 1 1 Connect a SiriusConnect™ tuner to the SIRIUS IN jack on the rear of this receiver. You will also need to connect the antenna and AC a...

Other connections 09 63 En 2 Set the operation selector switch to SOURCE, then press T.EDIT. The display shows a blinking memory class. 3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes, then press / to select the channel preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a preset. 4 Pr...

Other connections 09 64 En • Depending on the DVD player you’re using, the analog output level of the subwoofer channel may be too low. In this case, the output level of the subwoofer can be increased by 10 dB in the Multi Ch In Setup in Other Setup . For details, see Multi Channel Input Setup on pa...

Other connections 09 65 En 1 Connect your speakers as shown next page. This illustration below shows the connections for bi-amping your front left speaker. Hook up your bi-amp compatible speakers for other channels in the same way. • Make sure that the + / – connections are properly inserted. 2 Sele...

Other connections 09 66 En MULTI-ZONE listening This receiver can power up to three independent systems in separate rooms after you have made the proper MULTI-ZONE connections. An example MULTI-ZONE setup is shown below, but the number of MULTI-ZONE connections (and the way you choose to connect the...

Other connections 09 67 En Basic MULTI-ZONE setup (Zone 2) • Connect a separate amplifier to the AUDIO ZONE2 OUT jacks and a TV monitor to the VIDEO ZONE2 OUT 1 jacks, both on the rear of this receiver. You should have a pair of speakers attached to the sub zone amplifier as shown in the following i...

Other connections 09 68 En Secondary MULTI-ZONE setup (Zone 3) • Connect a separate amplifier to the ZONE3/ SOURCE OUT digital output on the rear of this receiver. The amplifier must have an optical digital input to make this connection. This will allow you to hear the digital output of a component ...

Other connections 09 69 En 3 Use the INPUT SELECTOR dial to select the source for the zone you have selected. For example, ZONE 2 CD-R sends the source connected to the CD-R inputs to the primary ( ZONE 2 ) sub room. • If you select TUNER , you can use the TUNER controls to select a preset station (...

Other connections 09 71 En • Use a 3-ringed miniplug SR+ cable to connect the CONTROL IN jack of this receiver with the CONTROL OUT jack of your flat panel TV. To make the most of the SR+ features, you should connect your source components (DVD player, etc.) in a slightly different way to that descr...

Other connections 09 72 En Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output When using the Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional (see page 49) to calibrate the reverb characteristics of your listening room, you can graphically check the results on your computer connected to this receiver. Also, when the Ful...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 74 En Playing back audio files stored on an iPod 1 Connect iPod to the iPod DIRECT USB terminal. See Connecting an iPod on page 74 for more on this. 2 Playback with Home Media Gallery. See Playback with Home Media Gallery on page 76 for more on this. Connec...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 75 En Connecting a USB device It is possible to playback files 1 using the USB interface on the front of this receiver. Introduction The Home Media Gallery allows you to play music or photo on media servers connected on an identical Local Area Network (LAN)...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 76 En When a PC running DLNA server software or other DLNA compatible device is connected to this player, some setting changes of software or other devices may be required. Please refer to the operating instructions for the software or device for more infor...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 78 En • Internet radio stations – See Listening to Internet radio stations on page 80. • Server – See Playing back audio files stored on components on the network on page 78 and Playing back photo files stored in components on the network or USB memory devi...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 79 En Navigation through categories on your iPod looks like this: Playlists  Songs Artists  Albums  Songs Albums  Songs SongsPodcastsGenres  Artists  Albums  Songs Composers  Albums  Songs AudiobooksShuffle Songs Tip • You can play all of the songs...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 80 En 2 Continue browsing until you arrive at what you want to play, then press  to start playback. 1 Basic playback controls The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for USB playback. Set the operation selector switch to SOURCE , then pr...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 81 En is a connection to the Internet, as services are not transmitted through the air but are delivered over the World Wide Web. On this receiver you can select Internet radio stations by genre as well as by region. About the playback screen The following ...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 82 En Listening to Neural Music Direct About Neural Music Direct Neural Music Direct is an Internet radio station managed and operated by Neural THX. Neural radio stations deliver multichannel surround sound. The Neural-THX Surround mode is automatically se...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 83 En About playable file formats The Home Media Gallery feature of this receiver supports the following file formats. Note that some file formats are not available for playback although they are listed as playable file formats. Also, the compatibility of f...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 84 En Photo files Files of up to 12 M pixels can be played. Advanced operations for Internet radio Saving Internet radio stations This receiver can remember the Internet radio stations that you often listen to in 3 classes (A, B, and C) with up to 10 statio...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 86 En 11 Select ‘Change’ and press ENTER to confirm your selection. The Edit Gateway IP screen appears. 12 Enter the default gateway IP address. After entry, press  or ENTER . The DNS Server Preferred screen appears. 13 Select ‘Change’ and press ENTER to c...

Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 87 En 1 Select ‘Information’ and press ENTER to confirm your selection. The Firmware Version (for the Home Media Gallery of this receiver) screen appears. (The version of the illustration is not the latest.) 2 Check the network settings. Press / to switch...

HDMI Control 11 89 En Chapter 11 HDMI Control Important • The KURO LINK function name used on the web and in catalogues is referred to as HDMI Control in the operating instructions and on the product. By connecting this receiver to an HDMI Control-compatible Pioneer flat panel TV or the HDD/DVD reco...

HDMI Control 11 90 En Setting the HDMI options You must adjust the settings of this receiver as well as HDMI Control-compatible connected components in order to make use of the HDMI Control function. For more information see the operating instructions for each component. Setting the HDMI Control mod...

HDMI Control 11 91 En Synchronized amp mode Synchronized amp mode begins once you carry out an operation for the flat panel TV. For more information, see the operating manual of your flat panel TV. Synchronized amp mode operations By connecting a component to this receiver with an HDMI cable you can...

Other Settings 12 92 En Chapter 12: Other Settings The Input Setup menu You only need to make settings in the Input Setup menu if you didn’t hook up your digital equipment according to the default settings (see Input function default and possible settings on page 93). In this case, you need to tell ...

Other Settings 12 93 En Input function default and possible settings The terminals on the rear of the receiver generally correspond to the name of one of the input source functions. If you have connected components to this receiver differently from (or in addition to) the defaults below, see The Inp...

Other Settings 12 95 En ZONE Audio Setup If you’ve made MULTI-ZONE connections (see MULTI- ZONE listening on page 66), you may need to specify your volume setting. 1 Select ‘ZONE Audio Setup’ from the Other Setup menu. 2 Select the volume level setting of ZONE 2 and ZONE 3. 1 • Variable – Use this s...

Using other functions 13 96 En Chapter 13: Using other functions Setting the Audio options There are a number of additional sound settings you can make using the AUDIO PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold. Important • Note that if a setting doesn’t appear in the AUDIO PARA...

Using other functions 13 98 En Setting the Video options There are a number of additional picture settings you can make using the VIDEO PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold. Important • Note that if an option cannot be selected on the VIDEO PARAMETER menu, it is unavailabl...

Using other functions 13 99 En For more information about video connections, see Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources on page 22. 1 Select the source you want to record. Use the input source buttons (or INPUT SELECT ). • If necessary, set the operation selector switch to RCV , ...

Using other functions 13 101 En Default system settings Setting Default Digital Video Conversion ON SPEAKERS A Surround Back System Normal Speaker System Front SMALL Center SMALL Surr SMALL SB SMALLx2 SW YES Crossover 80 Hz X-Curve OFF THX Audio Setting 4 ft< DIMMER brightest Inputs See Input fun...

Controlling the rest of your system 14 102 En Chapter 14: Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components Most components can be assigned to one of the input source buttons (such as DVD or CD ) using the component’s manufacturer preset code stored in the remote. Ho...

Controlling the rest of your system 14 105 En Multi Operation and System Off The Multi Operation feature allows you to program a series of up to 5 commands for the components in your system. For example, you could turn on your TV, turn on your DVD player and start playing the loaded DVD using only t...

Controlling the rest of your system 14 106 En Using multi operations You can start multi operations with the receiver switched on, or in standby. 1 Press MULTI OPERATION. MULTI OP flashes in the display. 2 Press an input source button that has been set up with a multi operation. The receiver switche...

Controlling the rest of your system 14 108 En Operating other Pioneer components with this unit’s sensor Many Pioneer components have SR CONTROL jacks which can be used to link components together so that you can use just the remote sensor of one component. When you use a remote control, the control...

Additional information 15 109 En Chapter 15: Additional information Speaker Setting Guide In order to achieve an even better surround effect, it is important to accurately position the speakers and make their volume and tone characteristics uniform so as to finely focus the multi-channel sound. The ...

Additional information 15 110 En Tip • When adjusting the orientation of the speakers, turn the speakers with the center of the speakers’ baffle surfaces as the axis so that the speakers’ center positions do not change. Examples of recommended speaker layouts based on the ITU-R (Fig.1) for systems w...

Additional information 15 111 En Positional relationship between speakers and monitor Position of front speakers and monitor The front speakers should be as equidistant as possible to the monitor. Position of center speaker and monitor Since mostly dialogs are output from the center speaker, keeping...

Additional information 15 112 En Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and elec...

Additional information 15 113 En No sound Symptom Remedy No sound is output when an input source is selected. No sound output from the front speakers. • Check the volume, mute setting (press MUTE ) and speaker setting (press SPEAKERS ). • Make sure the correct input source is selected. • Check that ...

Additional information 15 114 En Other audio problems No sound when using the HOME MENU or STATUS menu. • If the HDMI input source is selected, sound is muted until exiting either menu. • If sound is muted in the sub zone ( ZONE 2 ), it will be restored after exiting the HOME MENU . Symptom Remedy S...

Additional information 15 115 En Video Settings Symptom Remedy No image is output when an input is selected. • Check the video connections of the source component (see page 22). • For HDMI, or when digital video conversion is set to OFF and a TV and another component are connected with different cor...

Additional information 15 116 En Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Symptom Remedy The EQ response displayed in the graphical output following calibration does not appear entirely flat. • There are cases where the graph does not appear flat (even when selecting ALL CH ADJUST in the...

Additional information 15 117 En Remote control HDMI When playing a disc with the listening mode set to Auto Surround, 2 PL II or Neo:6 appear on the receiver. • Make sure that the receiver is set to AUTO or DIGITAL (see Choosing the input signal on page 38). • If a two channel soundtrack is current...

Additional information 15 118 En Important information regarding the HDMI connection There are cases where you may not be able to route HDMI signals through this receiver (this depends on the HDMI-equipped component you are connecting–check with the manufacturer for HDMI compatibility information). ...

Additional information 15 119 En HOME MEDIA GALLERY Symptoms Causes Remedies Refer to Cannot access the network. The LAN cable is not firmly connected. Firmly connect the LAN cable. 74 The router is not switched on. Switch on the router. — Internet security software is currently installed in the con...

Additional information 15 121 En About status messages Refer to the following information when you come up with a status message while operating the Home Media Gallery. XM radio messages The Home Media Gallery cannot be operated with the buttons on the remote control. The remote control is not curre...

Additional information 15 122 En SIRIUS radio messages Meaning of messages displayed when the HDMI control function is set to ON CH Unauthorized You selected an XM channel that is blocked or cannot be received with your XM subscription package. Consult the latest channel guide at www.xmradio.com for...

Additional information 15 123 En Surround sound formats Below is a brief description of the main surround sound formats you’ll find on DVDs, satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcasts, and video cassettes. Dolby The Dolby technologies are explained below. See www.dolby.com for more detailed informa...

Additional information 15 124 En Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, “Surround EX” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. DTS The DTS technologies are explained below. See www.dtstech.com for more detailed information. DTS Digital Surround...

Additional information 15 126 En • THX Games For the replay of stereo and multi-channel game audio the THX Games Mode should be selected. In this mode THX ASA processing is applied to the surround channels of all 5.1 and 2.0 encoded game sources such as analog, PCM, DTS and Dolby Digital. This accur...

Additional information 15 127 En About XM About XM Radio XM is North America’s number one satellite radio company, offering an extraordinary variety of commercial-free music, plus the best in premier sports, news, talk radio, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming, broadcast in superior di...

Additional information 15 128 En Listening modes with different input signal formats The following charts outline the listening modes available with different input signal formats, depending on the surround back channel processing and decoding method you have selected. Stereo (2 channel) signal form...

Additional information 15 129 En SBch Processing OFF e Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD (except for 176.4 kHz/ 192 kHz) 2 Pro Logic ll MOVIE 2 Pro Logic ll MUSIC 2 Pro Logic ll GAME 2 PRO LOGIC 2 PRO LOGIC+THX 2 Pro Logic ll MOVIE + THX CINEMA 2 Pro Logic ll MUSIC + THX MUSIC 2 Pro Logic ll GAME + TH...

Additional information 15 130 En Multichannel signal formats SBch Processing Input signal format Standard THX Auto Surround SBch Processing ON (7.1 channel decoding used for all sources) Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD DTS-HD DTS-HD Master Audio WMA9 Pro PCM (6.1/7.1 channel) Straight decoding THX C...

Additional information 15 132 En SBch Processing AUTO (Automatically selects 6.1/7.1 channel decoding) Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD DTS-HD DTS-HD Master Audio WMA9 Pro PCM (6.1/7.1 channel) Straight decoding THX CINEMA Straight decoding Dolby TrueHD (176.4 kHz/192 kHz) (5.1 channel) Straight deco...

Additional information 15 134 En Specifications Amplifier section Continuous average power output of 140 watts* per channel, min., at 8 ohms, from 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz with no more than 0.09 %** total harmonic distortion (front). Multi channel simultaneous power output (1 kHz, 1 %, 8 Ω ) 7ch total . ....

Additional information 15 135 En Cleaning the unit • Use a polishing cloth or dry cloth to wipe off dust and dirt. • When the surface is dirty, wipe with a soft cloth dipped in some neutral cleanser diluted five or six times with water, and wrung out well, and then wipe again with a dry cloth. Do no...

Additional information 15 136 En • THX certified design In case of SC-07 This receiver is THX Ultra2™ certified, allowing you to take advantage of new THX technologies such as ASA (Advanced Speaker Array), which can process any 5.1 channel source for 6.1 channel (THX Surround EX) or 7.1 channel (THX...

Additional information 15 137 En S001_En Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you’ve just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers. This manufacturer and the Electronic Industries Ass...

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