Page 3 - CAUTION
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert th...
Page 4 - Contents
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 guid...
Page 5 - Nederlands; Español; 1 Other connections
English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Confirming preset codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . 50 11 Other connections Using XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 6 - Before you start; Caution
Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Please check that you've received the following supplied accessories: • Setup microphone • Remote control unit • Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2 • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna • These operating instructions L...
Page 7 - English; minute guide; Introduction to home theater; Connect your DVD player and TV.; MULTI JOG; Note
5 minute guide 02 7 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 2: 5 minute 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 surrou...
Page 8 - Automatically setting up for
5 minute guide 02 8 En Using the Quick Setup You can use the Quick Setup to get your system up and running with just a few button presses. The receiver automatically makes the necessary settings after you have selected your speaker setup, room size and listening position. Use the front panel control...
Page 9 - Quick surround sound setup; Important; Connect the microphone to the MCACC
Quick surround sound setup 03 9 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 3: Quick surround sound setup Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) The Auto Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration (MCACC) setup measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening area, ta...
Page 11 - Channel Level
Quick surround sound setup 03 11 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Channel Level – The overall balance of your speaker system (see page 41 for more on this) • Acoustic Cal EQ – Adjustments to the frequency balance of your speaker system based on the acoustic characteristics o...
Page 12 - Connecting up; Making cable connections; Analog audio cables
Connecting up 04 12 En Chapter 4: Connecting up Making cable connections Important • Before making or changing connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. • Make sure not to bend the cables over the top of this unit. If this happens, the magnetic field produce...
Page 13 - Connecting a DVD player and TV; Connecting the; DIGITAL OPT 2
Connecting up 04 13 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Connecting a DVD player and TV This page shows you how to connect your DVD player and TV to the receiver. 1 Connect a coaxial digital audio output on your DVD player to the DIGITAL COAX 1 (DVD/LD) input on this receiver. Use...
Page 14 - Connect a set of audio/video outputs on
Connecting up 04 14 En Connecting the multichannel analog outputs For DVD Audio and SACD playback, your DVD player may have 5.1 channel analog outputs.In this case, you can connect the multichannel analog outputs to the multichannel inputs of this receiver as shown below. 1 Connecting a satellite re...
Page 15 - If your component has a digital output,; CD; If necessary, connect the analog audio; About the WMA9 Pro decoder
Connecting up 04 15 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Connecting other audio components The number and kind of connections depends on the kind of component you’re connecting. 1 Follow the steps below to connect a CD-R, MD, DAT, tape recorder or other audio component. 1 If your ...
Page 16 - Connect a set of audio/video inputs on; the video connection.; Connect a coaxial digital audio output on; Use a coaxial digital audio cable for the
Connecting up 04 16 En However, the connected DVD player, set-top box, etc. must be able to output WMA9 Pro format audio signals through a coaxial or optical digital output. Microsoft, Windows Media ® , and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the Uni...
Page 17 - Using the component video jacks; Connect the component video outputs of; Assigning the component video inputs; Connect the COMPONENT VIDEO
Connecting up 04 17 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Using the component video jacks Component video should deliver superior picture quality when compared to composite video. A further advantage (if your source and TV are both compatible) is progressive-scan video, which deliv...
Page 18 - Using external antennas; To improve FM reception; F connector
Connecting up 04 18 En Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as shown below. To improve reception and sound quality, connect external antennas (see Using external antennas below). 1 Pull off the protective shields of both AM antenna wires. 2 Push open the tabs, then...
Page 19 - Connecting the speakers; Switching the speaker impedance
Connecting up 04 19 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Connecting the speakers A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here but everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below. 1 The receiver will work...
Page 20 - Hints on speaker placement
Connecting up 04 20 En Make sure that the speaker cable you’re using is properly prepared with about 3 / 8 in. (10 mm) of insulator stripped from each wire, with the exposed wire strands twisted together ( fig. A ). Unscrew the terminal a few turns until there is enough space to insert the exposed w...
Page 21 - Overhead view of speaker setup; AC outlet; Do not connect a TV set
Connecting up 04 21 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Overhead view of speaker setup You can also refer to the 3-D speaker setup illustration on page 7. . The diagrams below show suggested surround and surround back speaker orientation. The first diagram ( fig. A ) shows orient...
Page 22 - Controls and displays; Front panel; Display
Controls and displays 05 22 En Chapter 5: Controls and displays Front panel 1 Input select buttons Press to select an input source. 2 Digital Precision Processing indicator Lights to indicate digital processing. 3 Character display See Display on page 23. 4 MCACC indicator Lights when Acoustic Calib...
Page 23 - Connecting to the front panel video terminal
Controls and displays 05 23 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 8 PHONES jack Use to connect headphones (when connected, there is no sound output from the speakers). 9 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. 10 VIDEO INPUT See Connecting to the front panel video ...
Page 24 - SLEEP; Remote control; indicators; Checking your Acoustic Calibration
Controls and displays 05 24 En DIGITAL – Lights when a digital audio signal is detected. 2 DIGITAL – Lights when a Dolby Digital encoded signal is detected. ANALOG – Lights when an analog signal is detected. DTS – Lights when a source with DTS encoded audio signals is detected. 2 When the STANDARD m...
Page 25 - Controlling the rest of your system; Number buttons and other receiver/
Controls and displays 05 25 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Remote control 1 RECEIVER This switches between standby and on for this receiver. 2 MULTI CONTROL buttons Press to select control of other components (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 46). 3 Number but...
Page 26 - TV CONTROL buttons; Auto
Controls and displays 05 26 En MENU – Displays the disc menu of DVD- Video discs. It also displays TV and DTV menus. T.EDIT – Press to memorize and name a station for recall (page 43). SETUP (Press RECEIVER first to access) Use to access the System Setup menu (see page 34). GUIDE – Displays the guid...
Page 27 - SHIFT; Operating range of remote control; DOW
Controls and displays 05 27 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español AUTO SURR – Selects Auto Surround ( Auto playback on page 28) and XM Surround (page 53). DIALOG E – Use to make dialog stand out when watching TV or a movie (page 32). S. RETRIEVER – Press to restore CD quality sound...
Page 28 - Listening to your system; Auto playback; Using surround back channel processing; While listening to a source, press; With two channel sources
Listening to your system 06 28 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • Certain features explained in this section will not be possible depending on the source (for example, PCM 88.2 / 96 kHz, DTS 96 kHz (24 bit) or WMA 9 Pro sources). Auto playback The simplest, most direct listening opti...
Page 29 - Using the Advanced surround effects; Setting; Dimension
Listening to your system 06 29 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Neo:6 MUSIC – 6.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources With multichannel sources, if you have connected surround back speaker(s) and have selected SB ON , you can select (according to format): • 2 P...
Page 30 - Effect
Listening to your system 06 30 En Listening in stereo When you select STEREO or DIRECT , you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. • Whi...
Page 31 - Using surround back channel; Press
Listening to your system 06 31 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Using surround back channel processing • Default setting: SB ON You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to alwa...
Page 32 - jagged artifacts left over after compression.; Enhancing dialog; Press to switch between
Listening to your system 06 32 En Using Midnight and Loudness The Midnight listening feature allows you to hear effective surround sound of movies at low volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts according to the volume at which you’re listening. The Loudness listening feature can be used to g...
Page 33 - Playing other sources
Listening to your system 06 33 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Playing other sources 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Turn on the power of the receiver. 3 Select the source you want to playback. Use the input select buttons. 1 4 Start playback of the component...
Page 34 - The System Setup menu
The System Setup menu 07 34 En Chapter 7: The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section shows you how to make detailed settings to specify how you’re using the receiver (for example, if you want to set up two speaker systems in separate rooms), and a...
Page 35 - Manual MCACC speaker setup
The System Setup menu 07 35 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 1 Select ‘Surr Back System’ from the System Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu above if you’re not already at this screen. 2 Select the surround back speaker setting. • Normal (SB) – ...
Page 36 - Fine Channel Level; Fine Speaker Distance; Manual speaker setup
The System Setup menu 07 36 En • EQ CUSTOM1/2 Adjust – Make detailed manual adjustments to your custom Acoustic Calibration EQ settings (see Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually on page 38). • EQ Data Check – Check the ALL CH ADJUST , FRONT ALIGN and custom settings using the on-screen displ...
Page 37 - Acoustic Calibration EQ; Automatically
The System Setup menu 07 37 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 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 0.5 to...
Page 39 - Tip; Automatically setting up for surround
The System Setup menu 07 39 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 3 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 and use / to...
Page 40 - Crossover Network; Automatically setting up for surround sound
The System Setup menu 07 40 En 1 Select ‘Manual SP Setup’ then press ENTER. 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adjust these settings in order: • Speaker Setting – Specify the size and number of speakers you’ve connected (page 40). • Cro...
Page 42 - Speaker Distance
The System Setup menu 07 42 En 1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu. 2 Select a setup option. • Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to speaker and adjust individual channel levels. • Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves from speaker to speaker automatic...
Page 43 - Using the tuner; Listening to the radio; Tuning directly to a; Press FM or AM to select the band.; Press FM or AM to select the band.; Saving station presets
Using the tuner 08 43 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 8: 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...
Page 44 - Naming station presets; Listening to station presets
Using the tuner 08 44 En memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three banks, or classes, (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see previous page) is also stored. 1 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize. See Listening to the radio on the previous page for m...
Page 45 - Making recordings; Select the source you want to record.; Use the; MULTI CONTROL; SIGNAL SEL; to select the input signal; Prepare the source you want to record.
Making recordings 09 45 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 9: Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording You can make an audio or a video recording from the built-in tuner, or from an audio or video source connected to the receiver (such as a CD player or TV)...
Page 46 - make sure that; Receiver; CONTROL; terminals; CONTROL
Controlling the rest of your system 10 46 En Chapter 10: Controlling the rest of your system Operating other Pioneer components 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 remo...
Page 47 - Selecting preset codes directly
Controlling the rest of your system 10 47 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Selecting preset codes directly 1 While pressing the RECEIVER button, press and hold the SETUP button. The remote LCD display shows SETUP . 2 Use / to select PRESET then press ENTER . 3 Press the MULTI ...
Page 49 - Controls for TVs; Operating other Pioneer components; Function
Controlling the rest of your system 10 49 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Controls for TVs This remote control can control components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Operating other Pioneer components on page 46 for more on this). Us...
Page 51 - HDD
Controlling the rest of your system 10 51 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español JUKEBOX ( SHIFT+ ) Switches to the Jukebox feature. DVR player Number buttons Directly access tracks on a program source. CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/LD player Use the number buttons to navigate the on-screen displa...
Page 52 - Other connections; Before making or changing the connections; Using XM Radio; Rock; Connecting your XM Radio receiver; XM RADIO
Other connections 11 52 En Chapter 11: Other connections Caution • Before making or changing the connections , switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plugging in components should be the last connection you make with your system. • Do not allow any contact between ...
Page 53 - Listening to XM Radio; Using XM Surround; About Neural SurroundTM; Saving channel presets; Selecting channels and browsing by genre
Other connections 11 53 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Listening to XM Radio After connecting, you will be able to use this receiver to select channels and navigate categories using the on-screen display. 1 The information displayed is as follows: Selecting channels and brow...
Page 54 - Listening to channel presets; Second Zone speaker B setup; Switching the speaker system
Other connections 11 54 En 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. • The default for all presets is XM001 . 4 Press ENTER . After pressing ENTER , the preset class and number stop bli...
Page 55 - Bi-amping your front speakers; Bi-wiring your speakers
Other connections 11 55 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • SP AB – Sound is output from speaker system A (up to 5 channels, depending on the source), the two speakers in speaker system B, and the subwoofer. Multichannel sources (heard through speaker system A) are downmixed fo...
Page 57 - SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays; DVD player
Other connections 11 57 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Use a 3-ringed miniplug SR+ cable 1 to connect the CONTROL IN jack of this receiver with the CONTROL OUT of your plasma display. Before you can use the extra SR+ features, you need to make a few settings in the receive...
Page 58 - Other Settings; The Input Assign menu; Assigning the digital inputs
Other Settings 12 58 En Chapter 12: Other Settings The Input Assign menu You only need to make settings in the Input Assign menu if you didn’t hook up your digital equipment according to the default settings for the digital inputs, or if you have connected equipment using component video cables. 1 P...
Page 59 - The Other Setup menu; Dynamic Range Control Setup
Other Settings 12 59 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 2 Select the number of the component video input to which you’ve connected your video component. The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the back of the receiver. 3 Select the component that corresponds...
Page 60 - Dual Mono Setup; Using this receiver with a Pioneer
Other Settings 12 60 En Dual Mono Setup • Default setting: CH1 You can specify how dual mono encoded Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks should be played. Dual mono is not widely used, but is sometimes necessary when two languages need to be sent to separate channels. 1 Select ‘Dual Mono Setup’ from t...
Page 61 - Additional information; Troubleshooting; Problem
Additional information 13 61 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 13: Additional information 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. Take a...
Page 63 - XM radio messages; Resetting the main unit; Symptom
Additional information 13 63 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español XM radio messages Resetting the main unit Use this procedure to reset all the receiver’s settings to the factory default. Use the front panel controls to do this. 1 Switch the receiver into standby. 2 While holding ...
Page 64 - Amplifier section; Video Section; Frequency response; Component video section; Frequency response; unbalanced
Additional information 13 64 En Specifications Amplifier section • Continuous power output (stereo) Front . . 110 W (20 to 20 000 Hz, THD 0.7 %, 8 Ω ) 1 • Continuous power output (surround) Front . . . . . 110 W per channel (1 kHz, 1.0 %, 8 Ω ) Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 W (1 kHz, 1.0 %,...
Page 65 - AM Tuner Section; Dimensions; Furnished Parts; • Specifications and the design are subject; Power cord caution; • Use a polishing cloth or dry cloth to wipe
Additional information 13 65 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español AM Tuner Section Frequency Range. . . . . . . . . . 530 kHz to 1700 kHzSensitivity (IHF, Loop antenna). . . . . . . . 350 µV/mSignal-to-Noise Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 dBAntenna . . . . . . . . ....
Page 68 - Printed in ; PIONEER CORPORATION
Published by Pioneer CorporationCopyright©2005 Pioneer CorporationAll rights reserved <05L00001> Printed in <XRB3056-A> 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 purchase replacem...
