Pioneer VSX-90TXV - Manual

Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1: Before you start Features • Advanced Direct Energy design This receiver offers a new advancement in discrete design unique to Pioneer for high-power drivability, low distortion and stable imaging. Through symmetrical placement of power amplification units, this re...

Before you start 01 7 En Checking what’s in the box Please check that you’ve received the following supplied accessories: • Setup microphone (cable: 5 m (16.4 ft.)) • Remote control unit • AA/IEC R6P dry cell batteries x2 • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna • Warranty card • These operating instruct...

5 minute guide 02 8 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 9 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 10 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 (a...

Connecting your equipment 03 11 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 Caution • Before maki...

Connecting your equipment 03 13 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 14 En 1 Connect the audio/video outputs on the set-top box to the TV/SAT AUDIO and VIDEO inputs. Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack cable and a video or S-video cable. 2 Connect an optical-type 1 digital audio output from your set-top box to the OPTICAL 2 (TV/SAT) inp...

Connecting your equipment 03 15 En 1 Connect the component video outputs of your source to a set of ASSIGNABLE COMPONENT VIDEO inputs. Connect using a three-way component video cable. • Since they are assignable, it doesn’t matter which component video inputs you use for which source. After connecti...

Connecting your equipment 03 16 En 3 To hear audio from your HDMI component through this system, make analog and/or digital connections as necessary. On the rear panel, you must connect to the audio jacks from a set of audio/video inputs (for example, DVR/VCR1 or DVR/VCR2 as shown in the illustratio...

Connecting your equipment 03 17 En About the WMA9 Pro decoder This unit has an on-board Windows Media TM Audio 9 Professional 1 (WMA9 Pro) decoder, so it is possible to playback WMA9 Pro-encoded audio using a coaxial or optical digital connection when connected to a WMA9 Pro-compatible player. Howev...

Connecting your equipment 03 18 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 19 En Bare wire connections Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going to use is properly prepared with about 10 mm ( 3 / 8 in.) 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 20 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 21 En Connecting external antennas To improve FM reception connect an external FM antenna to the FM UNBAL 75 Ω terminal. To improve AM reception, connect a 5 m to 6 m (15 ft. to 18 ft.) length of vinyl-coated wire to the AM LOOP terminals without disconnecting the suppli...

Controls and displays 04 22 En Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel 1 MULTI JOG dial Use the MULTI JOG dial to select various settings and menu options. 2  STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. Power indicator lights when the receiver is on. 3 MULTI ZONE controls If you’v...

Controls and displays 04 23 En 14 VIDEO/GAME INPUT See Connecting a component to the front panel inputs on page 17. 15 MCACC SETUP MIC jack Use to connect the supplied microphone. 16 SYSTEM SETUP Press to access the System Setup menu (see page 35). 17 RETURN Press to confirm and exit the current men...

Controls and displays 04 24 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 25 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 64) • Blue – Tuner, XM and ...

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 (for example, PCM 88.2 kHz/96 kHz, DTS 96 kHz (24 bit) or WMA9 Pro), settings and status of the recei...

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 Setting the effect options When using surround effects, there are a number of settings you can adjust. 1 Press EFFECT/CH SEL repeatedly to select the setting you want to adjust. Depending on the current status / mode of the receiver, certain options may not appear. ...

Listening to your system 05 30 En Using Stream Direct Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduction of a source. All unnecessary signal processing is bypassed. • While listening to a source, press AUTO SURR to select the Stream Direct mode. • AUTO SURROUND – See ...

Listening to your system 05 31 En The table below indicates when you will hear the surround back channel when playing various kinds of sources (  =Sound plays through surround back speaker(s)). • Press RECEIVER then press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle the surround back channel option...

Listening to your system 05 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...

Using the tuner 06 33 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 34 En Naming station presets For easier identification, you can name your station presets. 1 Choose the station preset you want to name. See Listening to station presets below for how to do this. 2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT). The display shows STATION NAME , then a blinking cursor ...

The System Setup menu 07 35 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 • ZONE2 – Select to use the (surround back) B speaker terminals for an independent system in another zone (see MULTI-ZONE listening on page 50). 3 When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the System Setup menu. Manual MCACC setup You can use the settings in th...

The System Setup menu 07 37 En When it sounds like both tones are the same volume, press  to confirm and continue to the next channel. • For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will change depending on which speaker you select. • If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply use / to...

The System Setup menu 07 38 En Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ automatically When you perform the Auto MCACC setup as specified in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on page 8, the correction is automatically done with the time period already selected (when TYPE1 is selecte...

The System Setup menu 07 39 En 1 Select ‘EQ Data Copy’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 2 Select CUSTOM1 or CUSTOM2 then use / to select the setting you want to copy. • You can also copy from one custom setting to another. For more on the ALL CH ADJUST and FRONT ALIGN settings, see Setting the Ac...

The System Setup menu 07 40 En Manual speaker setup This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize the surround sound performance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers). These settings are design...

The System Setup menu 07 41 En Tip • If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS for the subwoofer. This may not, however, yield the best bass results. Depending on the speaker placement of your room you may actually experience ...

The System Setup menu 07 42 En 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 receiver can then add the proper delay needed for effective surround sound. 1 Select ‘Speaker Distance’ from the Ma...

Other connections 08 43 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 content from your iPod using the controls o...

Other connections 08 44 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 categories on your iPod looks like this: Pla...

Other connections 08 45 En 1 Connect an XM Mini-Tuner to the XM Radio jack on the rear of this receiver. You will also need to activate the XM Radio service. 2 Press XM RADIO (SHIFT+DVD) to switch to the XM RADIO input. 1 For best reception, you may need to move the XM Mini-Tuner near a window (the ...

Other connections 08 46 En 1 Select the channel you want to memorize. See Selecting channels and browsing by genre above. 2 Press T.EDIT. The display shows a blinking memory class. 3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes then press / to select the channel preset you want. You can also use...

Other connections 08 47 En 2 Press SIRIUS (SHIFT+TV) to switch to the SIRIUS input. For best reception, you may need to move the SIRIUS Connect tuner antenna near a window (the southernmost window should produce the best results). • If after pressing SIRIUS the display shows Antenna Error , try disc...

Other connections 08 48 En • Password Set – Set the parental lock password. 3 When you’re finished press TOP MENU to return to the reception display. 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 ...

Other connections 08 49 En • 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 channel pre-out terminals. • SP  AB – Sound is output from speaker system A (up to 5 channels, dependin...

Other connections 08 50 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 51 En Surround Back System MULTI-ZONE setup You must select ZONE2 in Surround back speaker setting on page 35 to use this setup. Note that the sound in the sub zone will be temporarily interrupted when controlling the main zone (for example, changing the input source or starting...

Other connections 08 52 En Connecting an IR receiver If you keep your stereo components in a closed cabinet or shelving unit, you can use an optional IR receiver (such as a Niles or Xantech unit) to control your system instead of the remote sensor on the front panel of this receiver. 1 1 Connect the...

Other connections 08 53 En Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display If you have a Pioneer plasma display, you can use an SR+ cable 1 to connect it to this unit and take advantage of various convenient features, such as automatic video input switching of the plasma display when the input is ...

Other connections 08 54 En Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display When connected using an SR+ cable, a number of features become available to make using this receiver with your Pioneer plasma display even easier. These features include: • On-screen displays when making receiver settings, s...

Other Settings 09 55 En Chapter 9: 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 Pr...

Other Settings 09 56 En Assigning the HDMI inputs • Default settings: HDMI - 1 – DVD/LD HDMI - 2 – TV/SAT You only need to change this setting when you didn’t connect your HDMI component according to the default settings for the HDMI input terminals (see above). By specifying the type of the connect...

Other Settings 09 57 En • MAX – Dynamic range is reduced (loud sounds are reduced in volume while quieter sounds are increased). 3 When you're finished, press RETURN. You return to the Other Setup menu. Dual Mono Setup • Default setting: CH1 You can specify how dual mono encoded Dolby Digital and DT...

Other Settings 09 58 En 1 Select ‘Video Conv. Setup’ from the Other Setup menu. 2 Choose the setting that you want. • ON – All analog video signals are output from the MONITOR VIDEO OUT jacks. • OFF – No conversion between video formats. 3 When you're finished, press RETURN. You return to the Other ...

Using other functions 10 59 En Chapter 10: Using other functions 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 re...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 61 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 62 En When direct function is on, any component you select (using the input source buttons) will be selected by both the receiver and the remote control. When you turn direct function off, you can operate the remote control without affecting the receiver. 1 1 W...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 63 En 8 Repeat steps 5–7 to program a sequence of up to five commands. 9 When you’re finished, use / to select EDITEXIT from the menu and press ENTER. You will return to the remote control SETUP menu. Select * EXIT * again to exit. Using multi operations You ...

Controlling the rest of your system 11 65 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 66 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 67 En Other audio problems No sound from surround back speakers. • Check that the surround back speakers are set to LARGE or SMALL (see Speaker Setting on page 40). • Make sure surround back processing is set to SBch ON (see Using surround back channel processing on page 30...

Additional information 12 68 En Video Settings Can’t record audio. • You can only make a digital recording from a digital source, and an analog recording from an analog source.• For digital sources, make sure that what you’re recording isn’t copy protected.• Check that the OUT jacks are properly con...

Additional information 12 69 En Display Can’t adjust the Fine Speaker Distance setting (page 37) properly. • Check that the speakers are all in phase (make sure the positive ( + ) and negative ( – ) terminals are matched up properly). Most recent settings have been erased. • The power cord was disco...

Additional information 12 70 En Remote control HDMI iPod messages Symptom Remedy Cannot be remote controlled. • Try replacing the batteries in the remote control (see Loading the batteries on page 7). • Be sure to operate within 7 m (23 feet) and a 30º angle of the remote sensor on the front panel (...

Additional information 12 71 En XM radio messages SIRIUS 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. Symptom Cause Action Check Ante...

Additional information 12 72 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 73 En Windows Media TM Audio 9 Professional Windows Media TM Audio 9 Professional (WMA9 Pro) is a discrete surround format developed by Microsoft Corporation. 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 c...

Additional information 12 74 En • Advanced Speaker Array (ASA) ASA is a proprietary THX technology which processes the sound fed to 2 side and 2 back surround speakers to provide the optimal surround sound experience. When you set up your home theater system using all eight speaker outputs (Left, Ce...

Additional information 12 75 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 76 En Specifications Amplifier section Continuous average power output of 110 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 77 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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