Pioneer VSX-D909S - Manuals

V 2 2 2 2 2 Speaker Connections Home theater is designed to be setup with five, or seven speakers (front left & right; center; surround left &right; and, optimally, surround back left & right) and a subwoofer but you can use this receiver with fewerspeakers. Hook up the speakers you have...

VI 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. IV 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 rec...

VII Quick Start Guide 5 5 5 5 5 Playing a DVD with Surround Sound Speaker Setting [ LARGE ] [LARGE][LARGE][LARGEx2][ YES ] Front L CenterSurroundSurrBack Subwoofer [EXIT] 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 ...

8 Multi Channel Stereophonic Concept The VSX-D909S receiver is constructed with Pioneer’s industry-leading multi channel stereophonic concept. This well-developed approach to receiver circuitry takes the high level base technology that, up until now , has been only used forstereo equipment and appli...

9 PREP ARA TION Before You Start ................................. 10 Checking the Supplied Accessories ........................ 10How to Use This Manual .......................................... 10Preparing the Remote Control ................................. 10Installing the Receiver ...............

10 Checking the Supplied Accessories Please check that you have received all of the following supplied accessories. Preparing the Remote Control Loading the batteries Load the batteries into the remote control as shown below. Please use alkaline batteries. When you notice adecrease in the operating ...

11 PREP ARA TION Operating range of remote control unit The area in which you can use the remote control tooperate the VSX-D909S is fairly large. To use, point theremote control toward the remote sensor on the frontpanel of this unit while within the range shown right. Remote control may not functio...

12 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 thereceiver. 7 Analog audio/video cords...

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

14 Example Connection for a DVD/LD or LD player To connect a DVD/LD player or LD player with it's 2 RF output, a commercially available RF demodulator (RFD-1) is required. The RF demodulator changes the RF signal to a digital signal which is then processed by the VSX-D909Smodel through their digital...

15 PREP ARA TION Video Components Connect your video components to the jacks as shown below. Regarding a DVD there are two types ofconnections to make. Hook up your video signal with either component video, S-video, or composite video cords(the quality descends in this order) but remember, the video...

16 CD IN SURR- OUND SUB WOOFER CENTER FRONT MULTI CH IN SURR- OUND FRONT L R L L L L R R R R L R SUB WOOFER PRE OUT CENTER COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD IN TV/SAT IN Y P B P R MONITOR OUT P B P R Y MULTI CH IN SURROUND BACK DVD / LD IN S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO IN TV / SAT IN IN OUT IN VCR1 / DVR OUT IN OU...

17 PREP ARA TION TV Connect your TV to the jacks as shown below. Hook up the signal with either component video, S-video, orcomposite video cords (the quality descends in this order) but remember, the video component you arewatching and your TV must be hooked up with same type of video cord or you w...

18 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.Before making or changi...

19 PREP ARA TION Speakers A full complement of eight speakers is shown here but, naturally, everyone's home set up will vary. Simply connectthe speakers you have in the manner described below. The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (called"front" speakers in the diagram) but th...

20 Connecting Your Equipment 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 eq...

21 PREP ARA TION Connecting Additional Amplifiers To hook up surrounbd back speakers you need to use an additional amplifier. Other than for that purpose thisreceiver has more than sufficient power for any home use, but it is possible to add additional amplifiers toevery channel of your system. Make...

22 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.(Please ...

23 PREP ARA TION Displays & Controls 3 MULTI CH INPUT (See p.40, 51) Use to hook up an external component that candecode other types of signals and input theminto the VSX-D909S. 4 TONE control buttons TONE button This button has two functions. Firstly, itswitches between TONE ON and TONEBYPASS, ...

24 15 TUNER CONTROL buttons (See p.54-57) CLASS – Press repeatedly to switch the preset station classes. BAND – Press to select the AM or FM band. TUNING –/+ – Use to manually tune to radio stations. MPX – Press to switch between auto stereo and MONO reception of FM broadcasts. Whenthe broadcast sig...

25 PREP ARA TION Displays & Controls Display All the display information is explained and/or referenced here. 1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Light to indicate the input signal you selected. ANALOG : Lights when analog signals are assigned. DIGITAL: Lights when digital audio signals are selected. AUT...

26 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 MULTI O...

28 Switching video system between PAL and NTSC (if necessary) This receiver is able to use two types of video systems for its OSD (on screen display) either PAL or NTSC. Ifyou don't match the system on the amplifier with your home system no OSD will appear on your TV. The default setting is NTSC, wh...

29 SET UP 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 disp...

30 Channel Delay (See p.34) 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 your speak...

31 SET UP 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 29 if you needmore information. Press the ENTER button. Digital-In Select Digital-1Digital-2Digital-3Digital-4Digital-5 [EXIT] L [ DVD/LD ] [ CD ][ MD ][TV/SAT...

33 SET UP 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 f...

35 SET UP 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 S...

36 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 soundtracks. In AUTO...

37 SET UP 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 (high, mid, low) to different speakers.Speaking precisely, this setting sets the cutoff point for t...

39 SET UP 1 Select D-RANGE CONTROL (if continuing from BASS PEAK LEVEL, it will already beselected). See “Setting Up for Surround Sound“ on page 29 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 O...

40 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 go to ste...

OPERA TION OPERA TION 41 Basic Playback Sound Modes The four sound modes on the receiver are explained here. These can be turned on from the front panel or fromthe remote control.There are two cinema modes: STANDARD, and ADVANCED THEATER. These are designed to be used withmulti channel surround soun...

42 Basic Playback memo ADVANCED THEATER modes The Advanced Theater mode is a newly designed system for enhancing movie soundtracks and other audio-visual sources. It incorporates the use of DTS as well as Dolby Digital into its sound processing. Thesefunctions switch on automatically when the source...

OPERA TION 43 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.32-33) then 7.1 will appear after t...

44 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 29) before using the sound modes. This is particularly important whenusing the 2 (Dolby) Digital or DTS sources. When using th...

OPERA TION 45 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 sour...

46 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 want to listen to TAPE 2. 1 T...

OPERA TION 47 Switching Analog and Digital Signal Input This switch moves the input fed to the receiver between analog and digital sources. You need to take specialcare to switch to the appropriate input, when necessary. For example, the switch would have to be on DIGITALto use DOLBY DIGITAL or DTS ...

48 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, noises may not b...

OPERA TION 49 Listening in Midnight Mode This feature makes it possible to get excellent surround sound effects even when listening at low volumes. Itcan be used with a variety of surround sound sources and plays soundtracks so that the quieter sounds areaudible while the noisier sounds don’t become...

50 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.) you can adjust the FRONT, ...

OPERA TION 51 1 Put the remote control slide switch in USE. 2 Press the MULTI CH INPUT button on the remote control or the front panel. Each press switches the input between the previous mode andMULTI CH IN. When MULTI CH IN is used in BYPASS mode only the volumelevel can be set. All of this unit’s ...

52 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 of the displa...

OPERA TION 53 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 set...

54 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 Put the remote c...

OPERA TION 55 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 mod...

56 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). 1 Tune in the desired station. See "Automatic and Manual ...

OPERA TION 57 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 SELECT ANALOG SP A FM VOLUME 3 Press the CLASS ...

58 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 LearningRemote SETUP+3 Mult...

OPERA TION 59 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 12/12 5 [PION...

60 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 be used after ...

OPERA TION 61 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...

62 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 Remote Contro...

OPERA TION 63 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 Co...

OPERA TION 67 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 58-61). • To perform th...

OPERA TION 69 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 ...

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

OPERA TION 71 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 ...

72 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 that Multi Ope...

OPERA TION 73 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 ...

74 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 external video dec...

OPERA TION 75 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 altoge...

OPERA TION 77 Video Select 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 thepossibilities in the following order: The OFF setting means ...

78 Using Other Functions Multi-Room When used together with an optional IR receiver, this receiver is capable of outputting two different sources atthe same time. One to the (main) MONITOR OUT jack and SPEAKERS terminals and another to the MULTIROOM & SOURCE AUDIO and MONITOR OUT jacks. Thus the...

OPERA TION 79 Using Other Functions MULTI-ROOM set up After you have completed the necessary connections for MULTI-ROOM operation you need to set up thereceiver for such operation. Follow the instructions below. The page after this one explains how to use theMULTI-ROOM function once it's been set up...

80 Using the front panel with the MULTI-ROOM system 1 Press the MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE button. The display shown below will illuminate when thereceiver is in STANDBY mode.Also, the MR&S button will light. 2 Press the CONTROL button. The light will start to blink. 3 Within ten seconds of step 2,...

OPERA TION 81 Using the remote control with the MULTI-ROOM system Using Other Functions SUB room MAIN room MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE CONTROL 1 Set the slide switch to USE. 2 From the sub room, point the remote control at the MULTI ROOM sensor andpress the RECEIVER button. The MULTI ROOM & SOURCE b...

82 Using Other Functions • You can also control PIONEER components (and those made by other manufacturers) by pointing the receiver's remote control directly at the respective component. This type of operation does not requirecontrol cords. All you have to do is recall the appropriate the stored set...

83 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.Of the 6 channels, the sub woofer chann...

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85 Techno Tidbits & Problem-solving 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...

88 Techno Ti dbits & Problem-solving 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 funand excitement your equipment offers. This manufacturerand the Electronic Industries Associ...

89 Techno Tidbits & Problem-solving Specifications Amplifier SectionContinuous average power output of 100watts* per channel, min., at 8 ohms, from20 Hz to 20,000 Hz with no more than 0.09%** total harmonic distortion (front). Continuous Power Output Front ..... 100 W + 100 W (20 Hz-20 kHz, 0.09...

<ARB7232-A> Printed in Japan <00D00EZ0P00> Published by Pioneer Corporation.Copyright © 2000 Pioneer Corporation.All rights reserved. Should this product require service in the U.S.A. and you wish to locate the nearest Pioneer Authorized Independent Service Company, or if you wish to pur...