Pioneer VSX-82TXS - Manual

5 En Using XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting your XM Radio receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Listening to XM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Using XM HD Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Saving chan...

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 (cable: 16.4 ft.) • Remote control unit • Sub room remote control unit (VSX-84TXSi only) • AA/IEC R6P dry cell batteries (VSX-84TXS...

5 minute guide 02 7 En 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 surround sound you get from a home theater system depends n...

5 minute guide 02 8 En 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. 2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel. Place the microphone so that it’s about ear level at your normal listening position (use a tripod if possible). Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers ...

5 minute guide 02 9 En Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup If the room environment is not optimal for the Auto MCACC Setup (too much background noise, echo off the walls, obstacles blocking the speakers from the microphone) the final settings may be incorrect. Check for household appliances (ai...

Connecting your equipment 03 10 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. Rear panel This illustration show...

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Connecting your equipment 03 12 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 13 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 SAT AUDIO and VIDEO inputs. Connec...

Connecting your equipment 03 14 En • For a second recorder, use the DVR/ VCR2 outputs. 3 If the device can output digital audio, connect an optical-type 1 digital audio output from the recorder to the DIGITAL 2 (DVR/VCR1) input. Use an optical cable for the connection. 2 • For a second recorder, use...

Connecting your equipment 03 15 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 16 En Connecting analog audio sources This receiver features three stereo audio-only inputs. Two of these inputs have corresponding outputs for use with audio recorders. One of the audio inputs ( PHONO ) is a dedicated turntable input which should not be used for any oth...

Connecting your equipment 03 17 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. Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer or ...

Connecting your equipment 03 18 En Bare wire connections Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going to use is properly prepared with about 3 / 8 in. (10 mm) of insulator stripped from each wire, and the exposed wire strands twisted together ( fig. A ). To connect a terminal, unscrew the terminal ...

Connecting your equipment 03 19 En The diagrams below show suggested surround and surround back speaker orientation. The first diagram ( fig. A ) shows orientation with one surround back speaker (or none) connected. The second ( fig. B ) shows orientation with two surround back speakers connected. •...

Connecting your equipment 03 20 En FM wire antenna • Connect the FM wire antenna to the FM UNBAL 75 Ω in the same way as the AM antenna. For best results, extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or door frame. Don’t drape loosely or leave coiled up. Connecting external antennas To improve FM r...

Controls and displays 04 21 En Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel Illustration shows the VSX-84TXSi front panel 1 INPUT SELECTOR dial Use to select an input source. 2 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. Power indicator lights when the receiver is on. 3 PHASE CONTROL – ...

Controls and displays 04 22 En 9 MCACC indicator Lights when one of the MCACC presets (page 29) is selected. 10 i.LINK indicator (VSX-84TXSi only) Lights when an i.LINK-Audio-equipped component is selected (page 51). DIGITAL VIDEO SCALER indicator (VSX-82TXS only) Lights when Resolution is set to a ...

Controls and displays 04 23 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 30). 2 Program format indicators These change according to which channels are active in digital source...

Controls and displays 04 24 En Remote control The remote has been conveniently color-coded according to component control using the following system (press the corresponding input source button to access): • Green – Receiver controls (see below) • Red – DVD controls (page 75) • Blue – Tuner/XM Radio...

Controls and displays 04 25 En 7 TV CONTROL buttons These buttons are dedicated to control the TV assigned to the TV CONT button. Thus if you only have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the TV CONT input source button. If you have two TVs, assign the main TV to the TV CONT button (see pa...

Controls and displays 04 26 En Sub remote control unit VSX-84TXSi only The second remote control supplied with this receiver is for use with the multi-room listening feature, as explained on page 57. Note that you must connect a separate IR receiver as explained in Connecting an IR receiver on page ...

Listening to your system 05 27 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 28 En • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above (only available when you’re using two surround back speakers) • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above • Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources ...

Listening to your system 05 29 En Tip • When an Advanced Surround listening mode is selected (except ADV. VIR. SURR. ), the effect level can be adjusted using the EFFECT parameter in Setting the AV options on page 66. Listening in stereo When you select STEREO , you will hear the source through just...

Listening to your system 05 30 En Choosing the input signal You need to hook up a component to both analog and digital inputs on the receiver to select between input signals. 1 • Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT ) to select the input signal corresponding to the source component. Each press cycles thr...

Listening to your system 05 31 En • VirtualSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off Using the Sound Retriever When audio data is removed during the WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC compression process, sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP t...

Using the tuner 06 32 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 33 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 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...

The System Setup menu 07 36 En • With error messages (such as Ambient Noise or Microphone Check ) select RETRY after checking for ambient noise (see Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 9) and verifying the mic connection. If there doesn’t seem to be a problem, you can simply select OK a...

The System Setup menu 07 37 En 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) – Select for normal home theater use with surround back...

The System Setup menu 07 38 En The volume increases to the 0dB reference level. 2 Adjust the level of the left channel. This will be the reference speaker level, so you may want to keep the level around 0dB so that you’ll have plenty of room to adjust the other speaker levels. • After pressing ENTER...

The System Setup menu 07 39 En frequencies. Depending on speaker placement, your listening position, and ultimately the shape of your room, it results in an overly resonant (‘boomy’) sound. The Standing Wave Control uses filters to reduce the effect of overly resonant sounds in your listening area. ...

The System Setup menu 07 40 En How to use Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ If you find that lower frequencies seem overly reverberant in your listening room (i.e. it sounds `boomy'), or that different channels seem to exhibit different reverb characteristics, select Aco Cal EQ Pro. (or ALL ) for...

The System Setup menu 07 41 En Using Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ 1 Select ‘EQ Professional’ then press ENTER. 2 Select an option and press ENTER. • Reverb Measurement – Use this to measure the reverb characteristics of your room (for graphical output using a PC, see Connecting a PC for Adva...

The System Setup menu 07 42 En Data Management This system allows you to store up to six MCACC presets, allowing you to calibrate your system for different listening positions (or frequency adjustments for the same listening position). 1 This is useful for alternate settings to match the kind of sou...

The System Setup menu 07 43 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 appro...

The System Setup menu 07 44 En 2 Choose the set of speakers that you want to set then select a speaker size. Use / to select the size (and number) of each of the following speakers: 1 • Front – Select LARGE if your front speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively, or if you didn’t connect a sub...

The System Setup menu 07 45 En Tip • You can change the channel levels at any time by pressing CH LEVEL then using / on the remote control. Speaker Distance For good sound depth and separation from your system, you need to specify the distance of your speakers from the listening position. The receiv...

The System Setup menu 07 46 En Set the bass peak level gradually, then press ENTER at the point just before the tone starts to distort. 1 The display on the receiver shows RESUME while the volume returns to its original position, then you automatically return to the main Bass Peak Level menu. 4 When...

Other connections 08 47 En Chapter 8: Other connections Caution • Make sure the power is switched off before making or changing the connections. Connecting an iPod This receiver has a dedicated iPod terminal that will allow you to control playback of audio and video from your iPod using the controls...

Other connections 08 48 En 2 Use the / buttons to browse the selected category (e.g., albums). • Use / to move to previous/next levels. 3 Continue browsing until you arrive at what you want to play, then press to start playback. 1 Navigation through audio categories on your iPod looks like this: Pla...

Other connections 08 49 En 1 Connect an XM Radio Connect-and-Play™ antenna to the XM Radio jack on the rear of this receiver. You will also need to activate the XM Radio service. When activating the XM Radio ‘Connect-and-Play’ ™ digital antenna, make sure to wait until the activation process is comp...

Other connections 08 50 En Listening to channel presets You will need to have some presets stored to do this. 1 Press CLASS to select the class in which the channel is stored. Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B and C. 2 Press / to select the channel preset you want. • You can also use th...

Other connections 08 51 En 2 Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI OUT interconnect on this receiver to an HDMI interconnect on a HDMI-compatible monitor. • The arrow on the cable connector body should be facing right for correct alignment with the connector on the player. 3 Use the INPUT SELECT but...

Other connections 08 52 En 1 Use an i.LINK cable to connect one of the i.LINK connectors on this receiver to an i.LINK connector on your i.LINK component. • The arrow on the cable connector body should be lined up with the arrow (to the left of the connector) on the receiver for correct alignment. T...

Other connections 08 53 En About PQLS rate control Pioneer's PQLS (Precision Quartz Lock System) technology provides high-precision digital audio from DVD-A, SACD and audio CD sources when you use the i.LINK interface. A precision quartz controller in this receiver eliminates distortion caused by ti...

Other connections 08 54 En Connecting the multichannel analog inputs For DVD Audio and SACD playback, your DVD player may have 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel analog outputs (depending on whether your player supports surround back channels). 1 Make sure that the player is set to output multichannel analog a...

Other connections 08 55 En 1 Connect your computer’s USB terminal to the USB terminal on the rear panel of this receiver. 2 Switch on your computer and this receiver. 3 If you’re connecting for the first time, wait for the USB driver installation to finish. The installation may take a minute or two ...

Other connections 08 56 En • SP A – Sound is output from speaker system A and the same signal is output from the pre-out terminals. • SP B – Sound is output from the two speakers connected to speaker system B. Multichannel sources will not be heard. The same signal is output from the surround back c...

Other connections 08 57 En Connecting additional amplifiers This receiver has more than enough power for any home use, but it’s possible to add additional amplifiers to every channel of your system using the pre-outs. Make the connections shown below to add amplifiers to power your speakers. • Befor...

Other connections 08 58 En Multi-room listening options The following table shows what you can listen to in each sub room : Basic multi-room setup (ROOM 2) 1 Connect a separate amplifier to the MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE OUT jacks and a TV monitor to the MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE MONITOR OUT jacks, both ...

Other connections 08 59 En Using the multi-room controls The following steps use the front panel controls to adjust the sub room volume and select sources. See Multi-room remote controls below and (VSX-84TXSi only) Sub remote control unit on page 26 for more on using the remote control with the mult...

Other connections 08 60 En 1 Connect the IR receiver sensor to the MULTI-ROOM & SOURCE IR IN (MAIN ROOM) jack on the rear of this receiver. If you also plan to use a separate IR receiver in the sub room, connect this to the ROOM2(ZONE2) jack. This will allow you to use the sub room remote contro...

Other connections 08 61 En Important • If you connect to a Pioneer plasma display using an SR+ cable, you will need to point the remote control at the plasma display remote sensor to control the receiver. In this case, you won’t be able to control the receiver using the remote control if you switch ...

Other connections 08 62 En Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output If you use the Professional Acoustic Calibration EQ (see page 39) to measure the reverb characteristics of your listening room, you can check the results graphically using a computer connected to this receiver. Use a commercially-a...

Other Settings 09 63 En Chapter 9: 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 below). In this case, you need to tell the re...

Other Settings 09 64 En • 12V Trigger 1 / 2 – After connecting a component to one of the 12 volt triggers (see Switching components on and off using the 12 volt trigger on page 60), select M. ROOM , ROOM2 , ROOM3 or OFF for the corresponding trigger setting to switch it on automatically along with t...

Other Settings 09 65 En Multi-Room Setup • Default setting: Variable If you’ve made multi-room connections (see Multi-room listening on page 57) you may need to specify your volume setting. 1 Select ‘Multi-Room Setup’ from the System Setup menu. 2 Select the volume level setting. 1 • Variable – Use ...

Using other functions 10 66 En Chapter 10 Using other functions Setting the AV options There are a number of additional sound and picture settings you can make using the AV Parameter menu. The defaults, if not stated, are listed in bold. Important • Note that if a setting doesn’t appear in the AV Pa...

Using other functions 10 67 En 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). 1 Keep in mind you can't make a digital recording from an analog source or v...

Using other functions 10 68 En • Note that the setting you make here is stored in memory, even if you switch off the receiver, so if you want to record a different input source later, you must do so with REC SELECT , or by selecting RECOUT SOURCE . 3 After RECOUT disappears from the display, select ...

Using other functions 10 69 En Checking your system settings Use the status display screen to check your current settings for features such as surround back channel processing and your current MCACC preset. 1 Press STATUS to check the system settings. These appear on both the OSD and the front panel...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 71 En Chapter 11: 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/LD or CD ) using the component’s manufacturer preset code stored in the remote. ...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 72 En 4 Point the two remote controls towards each other then press the button that will be doing the learning on this receiver’s remote control. PRES KEY starts flashing to indicate the remote is ready to accept a signal. • The remote controls should be 1 to 2...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 73 En 3 Press the button of the component for which you want to check the preset code, then press ENTER. The brand name and preset code appears in the display for three seconds. Renaming input source names You can customize the names that appear on the remote L...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 74 En 5 Use / to select a command in the sequence then press ENTER . If this is the first command in the sequence, select 1ST CODE . Otherwise, simply choose the next command in the sequence. PRES KEY flashes after you press ENTER . 6 If necessary, press the in...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 75 En Controls for TVs This remote control can control components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Setting the remote to control other components on page 71 for more on this). Use the input source buttons to select the ...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 76 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 12 77 En Chapter 12: 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. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investi...

Additional information 12 78 En Other audio problems No sound from the surround or center speakers. • Check that the Stereo listening mode isn’t selected; select one of the surround listening modes (see Listening in surround sound on page 27). • Check that the surround/center speakers are not set to...

Additional information 12 79 En Video When playing a DTS format LD there is audible noise on the soundtrack. • Make sure that the input signal type is set to DIGITAL (see Choosing the input signal on page 30). Can't record audio. • You can only make a digital recording from a digital source, and an ...

Additional information 12 80 En Settings Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Symptom Remedy The Auto MCACC Setup continually shows an error. • The ambient noise level may be too high. Keep the noise level in the room as low as possible (see also Problems when using the Auto MCACC Se...

Additional information 12 81 En Remote control i.LINK interface During playback of a DTS 96/24 source, the display doesn't show 96 kHz . • Make sure that the receiver is set to AUTO or DIGITAL (see Choosing the input signal on page 30). When playing Dolby Digital or DTS sources, the receiver’s forma...

Additional information 12 82 En i.LINK messages You may see the following messages displayed in the front panel display when using the i.LINK interface. USB interface HDMI The program format indicators don’t disappear when SACD playback stops. • The program format indicators remain lit until another...

Additional information 12 83 En iPod messages XM radio messages Note • If the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electricity disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to return to normal operating conditions. No picture. • If your display device is...

Additional information 12 84 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 informat...

Additional information 12 85 En WMA9 Pro can support up to 5.1/7.1 channel playback with sampling rates up to 24-bit/96 kHz. Using the unique WMA compression techniques, WMA9 Pro can deliver multichannel music and soundtracks over high-speed internet networks at low bit rates with minimal audio degr...

Additional information 12 86 En the THX Surround EX playback mode, otherwise THX Select2 Cinema mode will apply ASA processing to provide optimum replay. • THX MusicMode For the replay of multi-channel music the THX MusicMode should be selected. In this mode THX ASA processing is applied to the surr...

Additional information 12 87 En Multichannel signal formats SBch Processing Input signal format Standard THX Auto Surround SBch Processing ON (7.1 channel decoding used for all sources) WMA9 Pro (6.1/7.1 channel) Straight decoding WMA+THX CINEMA Straight decoding Dolby Digital EX (6.1 channel flagge...

Additional information 12 89 En Specifications Amplifier section Continuous average power output of 140 (or 130) watts* per channel, min., at 8 ohms, from 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz with no more than 0.09 %** total harmonic distortion (front). Continuous Power Output (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 8 Ω , 0.09 %) Front . ...

Additional information 12 90 En Our philosophy Pioneer is dedicated to making your home theater listening experience as close as possible to the vision of the moviemakers and mastering engineer when they created the original soundtrack. We do this by focusing on three important steps: 1 Achieving th...

Additional information 12 91 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 Asso...

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