Pioneer VSX-909RDS-G - Manuals

V En Quick Start Guide 4 4 4 4 4 Digital Input Assignment This is only necessary if you did not hook up your DVD to DIGITAL IN 1, as in the first diagram on p.III 1 Set the remote control slide switch to SETUP. Also make sure your TV is on and set to the receiver. • When you're done setting up the r...

VI En Quick Start Guide 6 6 6 6 6 For Better Surround Sound 1 Go through the entire "system setup" procedures as outlined on pages 12-21 of this instruction manual. If you don't hook up any other components with digital audio or do so following the default settings ofthe receiver (see page 1...

7 En PREP ARA TION Table of Contents Before You Start ................................... 9 Checking the Supplied Accessories .......................... 9How to Use This Manual ............................................ 9Preparing the Remote Control ................................... 9 Loading th...

8 En Features Multi Channel Stereophonic Concept The VSX-909RDS/909RDS-G receiver is constructed with Pioneer’s industry-leading multi channel stereophonicconcept. This well-developed approach to receiver circuitry takes the high level base technology that, up untilnow, has been only used for stereo...

9 En PREP ARA TION Checking the Supplied Accessories Please check that you have received all of the following supplied accessories. How to Use This Manual This manual is for the VSX-909RDS/909RDS-G Audio/Video Multi-Channel Receiver.This manual is divided into three main sections whichwill tell you ...

10 En Operating range of remote control unit The area in which you can use the remote control to operatethe VSX-909RDS/909RDS-G is fairly large. To use, point theremote control toward the remote sensor on the front panel ofthis unit while within the range shown right. Remote control may not function...

11 En PREP ARA TION Before You Start Installing the Receiver Ventilation • When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 60 cm at the top, 10 cm at the rear, and 30 cm at each side). If not enough space is provided betweenthe ...

12 En Connecting Your Equipment Cassette deck placement Depending on where the cassette deck is placed,noise may occur during playback of your cassettedeck which is caused by leakage flux from thetransformer in the receiver. If you experience noise,move the cassette deck farther away from thereceive...

13 En PREP ARA TION Digital Connections In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks which are at the heart of home theater you need to make digitalaudio connections. You can do this by either a coaxial or an optical connection (you don’t need to do both). Thequality of these two types of connectio...

14 En memo CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND R L R L R L R L R L (Single) R R L L R L R L FRONT AUDIO SUB WOOFER PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y Y P B P R MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR OUT 2 P B P R Y MULTI CH IN SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK PRE ...

15 En PREP ARA TION CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND R L R L R L R L R L (Single) R R L L R L R L FRONT AUDIO PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y P B P R MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR OUT 2 P B P R Y MULTI CH IN SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK PRE OUT ...

16 En CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND R L R L R L R L R L (Single) R R L L R L R L FRONT AUDIO PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y P B P R MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR OUT 2 P B P R Y MULTI CH IN SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK PRE OUT DVD / LD IN S ...

17 En PREP ARA TION CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND R L R L R L R L R L (Single) R R L L R L R L FRONT AUDIO PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y P B P R MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR OUT 2 P B P R Y MULTI CH IN SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK PRE OUT ...

18 En Connecting the Radio Antennas Connect the supplied FM wire antenna and the AM loop antenna to the antenna terminals as shown below.These antennas should provide adequate reception quality in most cases, but connecting outdoor antennasshould noticeably improve sound quality. CD IN SURR- OUND SU...

19 En PREP ARA TION SPEAKERS A FRONT CENTER SURROUND FRONT B SUB WOOFER CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND R L R L R L R R L R R L L L R L (Single) R R L L R L R L FRONT AUDIO PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y P B P R MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR ...

20 En Placing Your Speakers Proper speaker placement is essential to realize the best sound from your system. The diagram and tips givenhere are just a rough guide; be sure to read the instructions that come with your speakers. • Install the left and right front speakers at equal distances from the ...

21 En PREP ARA TION CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND R L R L R L R L R L (Single) R R L L R L R L FRONT AUDIO PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y P B P R MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR OUT 2 P B P R Y MULTI CH IN SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK PRE OUT ...

22 En Display All the display information is explained and/or referenced here. 4 Speaker indicators Light to indicate the current speaker system, Aand/or B. 5 LOUDNESS indicator (See p.50) Lights when the LOUDNESS mode is on. 6 H.P (headphones) Lights when headphones are connected to thePHONES jack ...

23 En PREP ARA TION Displays & Controls 13 TAPE 2 indicator Lights when the TAPE 2 monitor is on. 14 Character display Displays sound modes, general information. 15 Tuner indicators MONO: Lights when the tuner is set to receive FM broadcasts and when selected MPX mode. STEREO: Lights when a FM s...

24 En Remote Control 1 USE/SETUP slide switch Use to put the remote into receiver SETUP, orreceiver USE mode. 2 SOURCE button Use to turn on the power of your othercomponents after you have recalled or taughtthe signals to this remote control. MULTI OPERATION button Use this button to start the MULT...

25 En PREP ARA TION 5 (+)/ ∞ (–)/ 2 / 3 /ENTER buttons Use to operate the on-screen menu on your TVscreen and enter commands when setting upsurround sound, speakers levels & settings,and other set up features see p.29–41).Specific use of these buttons is described inconjunction with the operatio...

26 En Front Panel All the controls on the front panel are explained and/or referenced here. To open the front panel pushgently on the lower third of the panel. 1 STANDBY/ON button Press to switch the receiver ON or intoSTANDBY mode. STANDBY indicator Lights when the receiver is in STANDBY mode.(Plea...

28 En Displays & Controls 16 TUNER CONTROL buttons (See p.55-63) CLASS button – Press repeatedly to switch the preset station classes. RF ATT button – Press to turn the RF attenua- tor on when receiving strong FM signals(nearby stations) to reduce sound distortion.Normally, set the RF attenuator...

29 En SET UP Switching video system between PAL and NTSC This receiver is able to use two types of video systems for its OSD (on screen display) and you need to set thereceiver to the type of video system you have, either PAL or NTSC. If you do not match the system on thereceiver with your home syst...

30 En Setting Up for Surround Sound To ensure the best possible surround sound, be sure to complete the following setup operations. You only needto make these settings once (unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add newspeakers, etc.).This receiver uses on-screen displays...

31 En SET UP Channel Delay (See p.35) Set up all your speakers for the most realistic surround sound.Adding a slight delay to some speakers enhances soundseparation and is particularly important for achieving a surroundsound effect. You need to figure out the distance from yourlistening position to ...

32 En 1 DIGITAL IN SELECT should be selected (if it isn't use the 5¥∞ buttons to select it). See “Setting Up for Surround Sound“ on page 30 if you needmore information. Press the ENTER button. Digital-In Select Digital-1Digital-2Digital-3Digital-4Digital-5AC-3 RF[EXIT] L [ DVD/LD ] [ CD ][ MD ][TV/S...

34 En CENTER (default setting is LARGE) • Select LARGE if your speaker will reproduce bass frequen- cies effectively. • Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or the subwoofer. • If you did not connect a center speaker, select NO. In this case, the center channel is output from ...

36 En Channel Level The following steps show you how to balance the sound output level of your speakers. Proper speakerbalance is essential for obtaining high quality surround sound. If continuing from Channel Delay go to step1. If starting fresh, complete steps 1-3 in “Setting Up for Surround Sound...

37 En SET UP 4 Adjust speaker levels so that you hear the test tone at the same volume from eachspeaker when seated in your main listeningposition. Note: The volume of the subwoofer tends to sound lower thanit actually is, you may need to raise its level after testing thesound with actual soundtrack...

38 En Crossover Network The following steps show you how to adjust the crossover network. The crossover network is the frequency atwhich the system divides the signal and sends the different parts to different speakers. Speaking precisely, thissetting sets the cutoff point for the bass frequencies r...

40 En 1 Select DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL (if continuing from BASS PEAK LEVEL, it willalready be selected). See “Setting Up for Surround Sound“ on page 30 if you areunsure how to do this. Press the ENTER button. Dynamic Range Control Select Mode [ OFF ] (For Dolby Digital) [EXIT] • The default setting is...

41 En SET UP Multi Channel In Setting If you have a Multi Channel external decoder you can choose whether to have the sound level set to BYPASS, inwhich case only the main volume can be controlled, or to ADJUST, which means the levels can be reduced involume. If continuing from Dynamic Range Control...

42 En Sound Modes The five sound modes on the receiver are explained here. These can be turned on from the front panel or fromthe remote control.There are three cinema modes: STANDARD, HOME THX CINEMA, and ADVANCED THEATER. These aredesigned to be used with multi channel surround sound audio/visual ...

OPERA TION 43 En memo Basic Playback HOME THX CINEMA mode THX is a set of technical standards created by Lucasfilm, Ltd. These standards were designed to emulate a filmsound stage and thus reproduce, with the greatest possible accuracy, the soundtrack intended by thefilmmakers. To get THX sound use ...

44 En DSP modes The DSP (Digital Signal Processing) modes allow you to transform your living room into a variety of differentsonic environments when playing either two-channel or multi-channel sources. If you have SURROUND BACKspeaker(s) switched on (see p.33-34) then 7.1 will appear after the name ...

OPERA TION 45 En Selecting a Sound Mode To ensure the best possible surround sound, be sure to complete the set up procedures described in “SettingUp for Surround Sound” (starting on page 30) before using the sound modes. This is particularly important whenusing the 2 (Dolby) Digital/MPEG or DTS sou...

46 En 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Put the remote control slide switch in USE. 3 Press the RECEIVER button to turn on the receiver. Be sure that the standby indicator turns off on the front panel. 4 Press the MULTI CONTROL buttons or the FUNCTION button to select the source youwa...

OPERA TION 47 En Basic Playback Playing Stereo Sources The following instructions show you how to use the receiver for stereo audio or audio-visual. If the TAPE 2 indicator is visible in the display, it means the TAPE 2 MONITOR is on. Press TAPE 2MONITOR on the front panel to turn it off unless you ...

48 En Switching Analog and Digital Signal Input This switch moves the input fed to the receiver between analog, digital and 2 RF sources. You need to take special care to switch to the appropriate input, when necessary. For example, the switch would have to be onDIGITAL to use DOLBY DIGITAL, DTS or ...

OPERA TION 49 En 1 Put the remote control slide switch in USE. 2 Press the DIGITAL NR button on the remote control or on the front panel. Each press switches DIGITAL NR on or off. dB STEREO SIGNAL SELECT SP A DIGITAL VOLUME j dB STEREO SIGNAL SELECT SP A DIGITAL VOLUME • In cases described below, no...

50 En Listening the Loudness Mode The LOUDNESS mode allows you to boost the bass and treble in a signal. It is useful for listening to music atlow volumes. dB STEREO LOUDNESS SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG SP A AUTO VOLUME Press the LOUDNESS button. Each press switches LOUDNESS mode between on and off. • You ...

OPERA TION 51 En Basic Playback Adjusting Bass and Treble You can use BASS +/– or TREBLE +/– buttons to adjust the low and high frequencies for each individual set ofspeakers. If the receiver is in STEREO mode you can only adjust the FRONT speakers. In a surround mode(STANDARD, ADVANCED THEATER, etc...

52 En Basic Playback MULTI CHANNEL IN Playback MULTI CH IN allows you to connect an external decoder to enjoy certain types of specialized discs. To useMULTI CH IN playback follow the instructions below. memo 1 Put the remote control slide switch in USE. 2 Press the MULTI CH INPUT button on the remo...

OPERA TION 53 En Adjusting the Brightness of the Display Use the FL DIMMER button to adjust the brightness of the fluorescent display (FL=fluorescent display). Press the FL DIMMER button. Four levels of brightness ranging from very dim to very bright canbe selected. Each press changes the brightness...

54 En DUAL MONO Setting The dual mono setting can only be used when listening to Dolby Digital discs that have dual mono softwareencoded in them. Dual mono software usually is used to put two different soundtracks on one DVD. With thissetting you can choose which channel in the dual mono setting you...

OPERA TION 55 En Automatic and Manual Tuning The following steps show you how to tune in FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) andmanual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the exact frequency of the station you desire, see “DirectAccess Tuning“ on the following page. 1 Pu...

56 En Direct Access Tuning The following steps show you how to tune directly to a specific frequency using the remote control. 1 Put the remote control slide switch in USE. 2 Press the TUNER button. This selects the TUNER function on the receiver and sets theremote to the TUNER operation mode. 3 Pre...

OPERA TION 57 En Memorizing Frequently Used Stations The following steps show you how to memorize up to 30 radio stations in 3 classes (each holding 10 channels).When memorizing FM frequencies, the receiver also memorizes the MPX mode (STEREO or MONO and RFATT). 1 Tune in the desired station. See ”A...

58 En Recalling Memorized Stations Using the remote control 1 Put the remote control slide switch in USE. 2 Press the TUNER button. This selects the TUNER function on the receiver and sets theremote to the TUNER operation mode. dB STEREO SIGNAL SELECTANALOG SP A FM VOLUME 3 Press the CLASS button re...

60 En Current affairs General information Educational material Radio plays or serials Science and technology Usually talk-based material, such as quiz shows or interviews. Pop music Rock music “Middle of the road” music ‘Light’ classical music ‘Serious’ classical music Other music not fitting any of...

OPERA TION 61 En Basics of EON EON (Enhanced Other Network information) EON is a function that allows you to set the receiver to switch to a frequency automatically when a programfeaturing traffic information or news is being broadcast. It cannot be used in areas that EON information is nottransmitt...

62 En RDS (Radio Data System) Broadcast Reception Displaying RDS data One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to search for a particular kind of radio program. You cansearch for any of the program types listed on page 60—this covers all kinds of music, as well as news, weatherforecasts...

OPERA TION 63 En Searching for a program by program type (PTY) 1 Tune into an FM station. Refer to “Automatic and Manual Tuning” or “Direct AccessTuning” on p.55 and 56. 2 Press the CHARACTER/SEARCH button to select the PTY search mode. dB STEREO SIGNAL SELECTANALOG SP A VOLUME When the STATION mode...

64 En Using EON search Refer to p.60 for more information about EON. 1 Tune into an EON FM station. Refer to “Automatic and Manual Tuning” or “Direct AccessTuning” on p.55 and 56. • Even if the EON mode is off, when an FM station is broadcast- ing a news of traffic information program, the EON indic...

OPERA TION 65 En 1 Set the remote control slide switch to SETUP. Also make sure that your TV is on and set to the receiver. 2 Press the REMOTE SETUP (INPUT ATT) button. The REMOTE SET UP menu appears on your TV screen. Select Remote Setup Mode Remote SETUP+1 Preset RecallRemote SETUP+2 LearningRemot...

66 En 4 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want to control. The selected button lights steadily and the first manufacturer(and preset code(s)) appear on your TV screen. Preset Recall 1 Select function 2 Select products [ 5∞23 ] 3 Input ID CODE 2 [TAPE ] 3 Page 22/22 5 [PIONEER ] ∞ ...

OPERA TION 67 En Learning Commands from Other Remote Controls If preset codes are not available for your component(s), or the available preset codes do not operate correctly,you can use this function to program in signals from the remote control(s) of your other component(s). Thisoperation can also ...

68 En 5 Press the button to be programmed. The MULTI CONTROL button lights steadily. • The TV POWER, TV FUNC and TV VOL +/– buttons are only available for learning when programming TV CONTROLoperations. 6 Point the remote controls at each other and press the button on the other remotecontrol for the...

OPERA TION 69 En Using the Remote Control with Other Components DVD or LD Player Operations • The following operations are available from the receiver's remote control after you program your DVDor LD player's preset code, but some operations may need to be learned by the receiver (see “SettingUp the...

70 En VCR & DVD Recorder Operations • The following operations are available from the receiver's remote control after you program your VCRor DVD video recorder's preset code, but some operations may need to be learned by the receiver(see “Setting Up the Remote Control to Control Other Components...

OPERA TION 71 En CD & CD-R Player Operations • The following operations are available from the receiver's remote control after you program your CDplayer or CD-R's preset code, but some operations may need to be learned by the receiver (see “Setting Up the Remote Control to Control Other Componen...

74 En TV Operations • The following operations are available from the receiver's remote control after you program your TV'spreset code, but some operations may need to be learned by the receiver (see “Setting Up theRemote Control to Control Other Components,“ on pages 65–68). • To perform these oper...

76 En Recording from Audio Components The following explanations show you how to record an analog or digital audio signal. Note that your analogcomponents cannot record a player that is only connected digitally (and vice-versa). If you want to record from adigital component to an analog one (for exa...

OPERA TION 77 En Recording from Video Components The following operations show you how to record audio and video to the video tape recorder connected to theVCR 1/DVR or VCR 2 jacks. Note that all signals coming out of these jacks will be analog and it is not possible torecord Dolby Digital/DTS sound...

78 En Multi Operations A Multi Operation is a sequence of commands programmed into a single button to save you a lot of repetitivebutton pressing. Once setup, pressing the MULTI OPERATION button followed by one of the MULTI CONTROLbuttons will switch on that component, the receiver and your TV, and ...

OPERA TION 79 En Performing Multi Operations Once you've programmed a Multi Operation, here's how to use it. 1 Set the remote control slide switch to USE. 2 Press the MULTI OPERATION button on the remote control. The MULTI CONTROL buttons start to blink. 3 Press the MULTI CONTROL button to activate ...

80 En System Off The SYSTEM OFF feature allows you to tell the receiver and your other components to stop and turn off withthe push of only one button on the remote control (this feature will only work with components that have a standby mode) . For example, you can program the unit to stop your DVD...

OPERA TION 81 En Setting Up the Direct Function The DIRECT FUNCTION is designed in case you have an external video source connected to your TV (a videosource that is not going through the receiver). For this explanation we'll call this the "external video deck." You'dlike to control the exte...

82 En Remote Back Light When you press any button on the remote all the buttons light for a few seconds. You can change the strengthof this light here. The default backlighting mode is Mid, Max is the strongest. Mid is slightly weaker. There'salso the option to switch off backlighting altogether. Th...

OPERA TION 83 En Erasing Learned Remote Control Commands Erasing All Learned Commands and Preset Codes 1 Set the remote control slide switch to SETUP. 2 Press and hold both the REMOTE SETUP (INPUT ATT) button and 0 for more than 3 seconds. The MULTI CONTROL buttons, SYSTEM OFF button, andMULTI OPERA...

84 En Press the VIDEO SELECT button on the frontpanel to cycle through the different possiblevideo inputs. The first press shows the video input you are currently using.After that pressing VIDEO SELECT cycles though the possibili-ties in the following order: DVD/LD VCR1 VCR2 OFF VIDEO TV/SAT ( ) The...

85 En Techno Tidbits & Problem-solving Dolby Digital Digitalsound 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 MHz Frequency Analogsound(Monaural) Video Dolby Digitalsound Dolby Digital is a compression format which recordsthe sound of 6 channels of the theater surroundsystem (Dolby Digital) on the movie film digital track...

86 En DTS DTS has been adopted as a sound recording format in the latest movie theaters since the release of “JURASSICPARK” in 1993, and has a good reputation for high quality sound and dynamic surround effects.In this system, 6 channels of digital sound are recorded on CD-ROM, rather than on the fi...

87 En *1 *6 Station No. Station Name Frequency Station No. Station Name Frequency CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C Station No. Station Name Frequency Station No. Station Name Frequency Station No. Station Name Frequency Station No. Station Name Frequency STATION CALL button “memo” It is recommended that you ...

88 En Preset Code List Device DVD LD STB(SAT) STB(CATV) VCR Code 001002003004005006007009000, 008 110109108108101, 102100100, 111 200, 204 208 414, 428432, 408417, 449, 428416, 417, 457, 458,459407, 417, 428408, 414, 441, 453,454, 455442, 417406, 417, 441405, 409, 414, 417,428407, 409, 414402445, 44...

92 En Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong withthis component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the othercomponents and electrical appliances being used....

95 En FM Tuner Section Frequency Range ......................... 87.5 MHz to 108 MHzUsable Sensitivity ...... Mono: 15.2 dBf, IHF (1.6 µV/75 Ω ) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity ....................... Mono: 20.2 dBf Stereo: 41.2 dBf Sensitivity (DIN) ...................... Mono: 1.1 µV (S/N 26 dB) Stereo...

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