Pioneer VSX-919AH-S - Manual

6 En Flow of settings on the receiver The unit is a full-fledged AV r eceive r equi pp ed with an abundance of functions and te r minals. It can be used easily afte r following the pr ocedu r e below to make the connections and settings. The colors of the steps indicate the following: Required setti...

Before you start 01 7 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Please check that you’ve r eceived the following su pp lied accesso r ies: • Setu p mic r o p hone (cable: 5 m) • Remote cont r ol unit • AA size IEC R6 d r y cell batte r ies (to confi r m system o p e r ation) x2 • AM ...

Controls and displays 02 8 En Chapter 2: Controls and displays Front panel 1 INPUT SELECTOR dial Use to select an in p ut function. 2  STANDBY/ON Switches the r eceive r between on and standby. Powe r indicato r lights when the r eceive r is on. When the KURO LINK function is set to ON , the p owe ...

Controls and displays 02 9 En 9 PHONES jack Use to connect head p hones. When the head p hones a r e connected, the r e is no sound out p ut f r om the s p eake r s. 10 Listening mode buttons AUTO SURR / ALC / STREAM DIRECT – Switches between Auto Su rr ound ( p age 52), Auto level cont r ol mode an...

Controls and displays 02 11 En Remote control The remote has been conveniently color-coded according to component control using the following system: • White – Receive r cont r ol, TV Cont r ol • Blue – Othe r cont r ols 1  RECEIVER This switches between standby and on fo r this r eceive r . 2 Inpu...

Connecting your equipment 03 14 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This r eceive r pr ovides you with many connection p ossibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. This p age ex p lains the kinds of com p onents you can connect to make u p you r home theate r system. Rear panel Important...

Connecting your equipment 03 15 En Determining the speakers’ application Su rr ound sound with a st r ong sense of pr esence can be enjoyed by connecting 7 s p eake r s and 1 subwoofe r . It is also p ossible to achieve high sound quality using bi-am p connections and to enjoy music in othe r r ooms...

Connecting your equipment 03 16 En [4] 5.1ch surround & Speaker B connection With these connections you can simultaneously enjoy 5.1-channel su rr ound sound in the main zone with ste r eo p layback of the same sound on the B s p eake r s. • Surr Back System setting: Speaker B Other speaker conn...

Connecting your equipment 03 17 En Placing the speakers To achieve the best p ossible su rr ound sound, install you r s p eake r s as shown below. 5.1 channel surround system: 6.1 channel surround system: 7.1 channel surround system: Some tips for improving sound quality Whe r e you p ut you r s p e...

Connecting your equipment 03 18 En Connecting the speakers Each s p eake r connection on the r eceive r com pr ises a p ositive (+) and negative (–) te r minal. Make su r e to match these u p with the te r minals on the s p eake r s themselves. CAUTION • These s p eake r te r minals ca rr y HAZARDOU...

Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Bi-amping your speakers Bi-am p ing is when you connect the high f r equency d r ive r and low f r equency d r ive r of you r s p eake r s to diffe r ent am p lifie r s fo r bette r c r ossove r p e r fo r mance. You r s p eake r s must be bi-am p able to do this (...

Connecting your equipment 03 21 En Selecting the Surr Back system The su rr ound back te r minals can be used fo r bi-am p ing, S p eake r B and ZONE 2 connections, in addition to fo r the su rr ound back s p eake r s. Make this setting acco r ding to the a pp lication. ZONE 2 setup With these conne...

Connecting your equipment 03 22 En About the audio connection The r e a r e seve r al ty p es of audio in p ut and out p ut te r minals on this r eceive r . The r eceive r selects the fi r st available signal in the following o r de r : • With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be t r ansfe ...

Connecting your equipment 03 23 En Connecting your TV and playback components Connecting using HDMI If you have an HDMI o r DVI (with HDCP) equi pp ed com p onent (Blu- r ay disc p laye r , etc.), you can connect it to this r eceive r using a comme r cially available HDMI cable. If the TV and p layb...

Connecting your equipment 03 24 En • The sound of the TV cannot be hea r d ove r the r eceive r if the TV is connected using an HDMI cable. If you want to listen to the sound of the TV ove r the r eceive r , connect the r eceive r and TV with audio cables. About HDMI 1 The HDMI connection t r ansfe ...

Connecting your equipment 03 25 En Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output This diag r am shows connections of a TV (with HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback com p onent with no HDMI out p ut) to the r eceive r . • If you want to listen to the sound of the TV ove r the r ecei...

Connecting your equipment 03 26 En Connecting your TV with no HDMI input This diag r am shows connections of a TV (with no HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback com p onent) to the r eceive r . • With these connections, the p ictu r e is not out p ut to the TV even if the DVD p laye r...

Connecting your equipment 03 27 En • If you r DVD p laye r has multichannel analog out p uts, you can connect these instead. See also see Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on p age 28. • The in p ut functions below a r e assigned by default to the r eceive r ’s diffe r ent in p ut te r minal...

Connecting your equipment 03 28 En Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video sources This r eceive r has two sets of audio/video in p uts and out p uts suitable fo r connecting analog o r digital video devices, including HDD/DVD r eco r de r s and VCRs. When you set u p the r eceive r you’...

Connecting your equipment 03 29 En Connecting other audio components This r eceive r has both digital and analog in p uts, allowing you to connect audio com p onents fo r p layback. This r eceive r featu r es five ste r eo audio-only in p uts. One of these in p uts have co rr es p onding out p uts f...

Connecting your equipment 03 30 En Connecting AM/FM antennas Connect the AM loo p antenna and the FM wi r e antenna as shown below. To im pr ove r ece p tion and sound quality, connect exte r nal antennas (see Connecting external antennas below). 1 Pull off the protective shields of both AM antenna ...

Connecting your equipment 03 31 En MULTI-ZONE setup This r eceive r can p owe r u p to two inde p endent systems in se p a r ate r ooms afte r you have made the pr o p e r MULTI-ZONE connections. Diffe r ent sou r ces can be p laying in two zones at the same time o r , de p ending on you r needs, th...

Connecting your equipment 03 32 En Connecting an IR receiver If you kee p you r ste r eo com p onents in a closed cabinet o r shelving unit, o r you wish to use the sub zone r emote cont r ol in anothe r zone, you can use an o p tional IR r eceive r (such as a Niles o r Xantech unit) to cont r ol yo...

Connecting your equipment 03 34 En Connecting an iPod This r eceive r has a dedicated iPod te r minal that will allow you to cont r ol p layback of audio content f r om you r iPod using the cont r ols of this r eceive r . • Switch the receiver into standby then use the supplied iPod cable to connect...

Connecting your equipment 03 35 En Plugging in the receiver Afte r you’ve finished making all connections, p lug the r eceive r into an AC outlet. The ty p e of co r d and the p lug conve r te r which can be used de p ends on the p owe r voltage in each r egion o r count r y. Please make su r e you ...

Basic Setup 04 36 En Chapter 4: Basic Setup Switching the speaker impedance We r ecommend using s p eake r s of 8 Ω with this system, but it is p ossible to switch the im p edance setting if you p lan to use s p eake r s with a 6 Ω im p edance r ating. 1 Switch the receiver into standby. 2 While hol...

Basic Setup 04 38 En 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. 2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel. • Push down on the PUSH OPEN tab to access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack. Place the mic r o p hone so that it’s about ea r level at you r no r mal listening p osition (use a...

Basic Setup 04 39 En The configu r ation shown on-sc r een should r eflect the actual s p eake r s you have. • If you see an ERR message (o r the s p eake r configu r ation dis p layed isn’t co rr ect), the r e may be a pr oblem with the s p eake r connection.If selecting RETRY doesn’t wo r k, tu r ...

Basic Setup 04 40 En Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup If the r oom envi r onment is not o p timal fo r the Auto MCACC Setu p (too much backg r ound noise, echo off the walls, obstacles blocking the s p eake r s f r om the mic r o p hone) the final settings may be inco rr ect. Check fo r hous...

Basic Setup 04 41 En 7 When you’re finished, proceed to the settings for other inputs. The r e a r e th r ee o p tional settings in addition to the assignment of the in p ut jacks: • Input Name – You can choose to r ename the in p ut function fo r easie r identification. Select Rename to do so, o r ...

Basic playback 05 42 En Chapter 5: Basic playback Playing a source He r e a r e the basic inst r uctions fo r p laying a sou r ce (such as a DVD disc) with you r home theate r system. 1 Switch on your system components and receiver. Sta r t by switching on the p layback com p onent (fo r exam p le a...

Basic playback 05 43 En Playing a source with HDMI connection • Use INPUT SELECT to select the HDMI input you’ve connected to (for example, HDMI 1). You can also p e r fo r m the same o p e r ation by using the INPUT SELECTOR dial on the f r ont p anel o r by pr essing HDMI on the r emote cont r ol ...

Basic playback 05 44 En 2 Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod/USB.Loading a pp ea r s in the GUI sc r een while the r eceive r ve r ifies the connection and r et r ieves data f r om the iPod. When the dis p lay shows iPod to p menu you’ r e r eady to p lay music f...

Basic playback 05 45 En Navigation th r ough catego r ies on you r iPod looks like this: Playlists  Songs A r tists  Albums  Songs Albums  Songs SongsPodcastsGen r es  A r tists  Albums  Songs Com p ose r s  Albums  Songs AudiobooksShuffle Songs Tip • You can p lay all of the songs in a p a...

Basic playback 05 46 En Playing a USB device It is p ossible to p layback files 1 using the USB inte r face on the f r ont of this r eceive r . 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. See Connecting a USB device on p age 34. 2 2 Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod/U...

Basic playback 05 48 En Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 1 1 Use / to select ‘Photos’ from the USB Top menu. 2 Use / to select a folder, then press ENTER to browse that folder. • To r etu r n to the pr evious level any time, pr ess RETURN . 3 Continue browsing until you arr...

Basic playback 05 49 En About playable file formats The USB function of this r eceive r su pp o r ts the following file fo r mats. Note that some file fo r mats a r e not available fo r p layback although they a r e listed as p layable file fo r mats. Music files Photo files Category Extension Strea...

Basic playback 05 50 En Listening to the radio The following ste p s show you how to tune in to FM and AM r adio b r oadcasts using the automatic (sea r ch) and manual (ste p ) tuning functions. If you al r eady know the f r equency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below. On...

Basic playback 05 51 En Saving station presets If you often listen to a p a r ticula r r adio station, it’s convenient to have the r eceive r sto r e the f r equency fo r easy r ecall wheneve r you want to listen to that station. This saves the effo r t of manually tuning in each time. This r eceive...

Listening to your system 06 52 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • The listening modes and many featu r es desc r ibed in this section may not be available de p ending on the cu rr ent sou r ce, settings and status of the r eceive r . Auto playback The r e a r e many ways to listen ba...

Listening to your system 06 53 En With two channel sources , you can select f r om: • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – U p to 7.1 channel sound, es p ecially suited to movie sou r ces • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – U p to 7.1 channel sound, es p ecially suited to music sou r ces 1 • 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – U p to ...

Listening to your system 06 54 En • UNPLUGGED – Suitable fo r acoustic music sou r ces • EXT.STEREO – Gives multichannel sound to a ste r eo sou r ce, using all of you r s p eake r s • PHONES SURR – When listening th r ough head p hones, you can still get the effect of ove r all su rr ound. Tip • Wh...

Listening to your system 06 56 En Using the Virtual Surround Back mode • Default setting: OFF When you’ r e not using su rr ound back s p eake r s, selecting this mode allows you to hea r a vi r tual su rr ound back channel th r ough you r su rr ound s p eake r s. You can choose to listen to sou r c...

Listening to your system 06 57 En Selecting MCACC presets • Default setting: MEMORY 1 If you have calib r ated you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions 1 , you can switch between settings to suit the kind of sou r ce you’ r e listening to and whe r e you’ r e sitting (fo r exam p le, watch...

Listening to your system 06 58 En – WMA9 Pro lights to indicate that a WMA9 P r o signal is being decoded. • HDMI is not assigned by default. To select an HDMI signal, conduct the in p ut setu p pr ocedu r e (see The Input Setup menu on p age 40). Better sound using Phase Control This r eceive r ’s ...

KURO LINK 07 59 En Chapter 7: KURO LINK Synch r onized o p e r ation with a KURO LINK- com p atible Pionee r flat sc r een TV o r Blu- r ay disc p laye r o r with a com p onent of anothe r make that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK function is p ossible when the com p onent is connected to the r eceive r ...

KURO LINK 07 60 En Cautions on the KURO LINK function • Connect the TV di r ectly to this r eceive r . Inte rr u p ting a di r ect connection with othe r am p s o r an AV conve r te r (such as an HDMI switch) can cause o p e r ational e rr o r s. • Only connect com p onents (Blu- r ay disc p laye r ...

KURO LINK 07 61 En KURO LINK Setup You must adjust the settings of this r eceive r as well as KURO LINK-com p atible connected com p onents in o r de r to make use of the KURO LINK function. Fo r mo r e info r mation see the o p e r ating inst r uctions fo r each com p onent. 1 Press , then press Ho...

KURO LINK 07 62 En Before using synchronization Once you have finished all connections and settings, you must: 1 Put all components into standby mode. 2 Turn the power on for all components, with the power for the flat screen TV being turned on last. 3 Choose the HDMI input to which the TV is connec...

Using other functions 08 63 En Chapter 8: Using other functions Setting the Audio options The r e a r e a numbe r of additional sound settings you can make using the AUDIO PARAMETER menu. The defaults, if not stated, a r e listed in bold. Important • Note that if a setting doesn’t a pp ea r in the A...

Using other functions 08 65 En C. WIDTH i (Cente r Width) (A pp licable only when using a cente r s p eake r ) P r ovides a bette r blend of the f r ont s p eake r s by s pr eading the cente r channel between the f r ont r ight and left s p eake r s, making it sound wide r (highe r settings) o r na ...

Using other functions 08 67 En PCINEMA c,e,f (Pu r eCinema) This setting o p timizes the p ictu r e fo r film mate r ial when the video out p ut is set to pr og r essive. Usually set to AUTO ; but t r y switching to OFF if the p ictu r e a pp ea r s unnatu r al. Additionally, ce r tain PAL movie vid...

Using other functions 08 68 En Switching the speaker system If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on p age 93, th r ee s p eake r system settings a r e p ossible using SPEAKERS . If you selected Normal , Front Bi-Amp o r ZONE 2 , the button will sim p ly switch you r main s p ea...

Using other functions 08 69 En 4 Use the MASTER VOLUME dial to adjust the volume for the sub zone. This is only p ossible if you selected the Variable volume cont r ol in ZONE Audio Setup on p age 98. 1 5 When you’re finished, press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL again to return to the main zone controls. You c...

Using other functions 08 71 En Resetting the system Use this pr ocedu r e to r eset all the r eceive r ’s settings to the facto r y default. Use the f r ont p anel cont r ols to do this. Set MULTI-ZONE to OFF . • Disconnect the iPod and USB memo r y device f r om the r eceive r befo r ehand. 1 Switc...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 72 En Chapter 9: Controlling the rest of your system Operating multiple receivers The r emote cont r ol included with this r eceive r can be used to o p e r ate u p to th r ee othe r r eceive r s (of the same model as this r eceive r ) in addition to this r ece...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 73 En When the pr eset code is fully in p ut, the LED flashes once to indicate that the setting is com p leted. 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 for the other components you want to control. To t r y out the r emote cont r ol, switch the com p onent on o r off (into ...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 74 En Button(s) TV TV (Monitor) BD/DVD HDD/DVR VCR SAT/CATV  SOURCE POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF Numbe r buttons numerics numerics numerics numerics numerics numerics • (dot) • (dot) KURO LINK CLEAR + -  ENTER ...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 75 En a. Cont r ols fo r SACD. b. Cont r ols fo r MD. Button(s) LD CD/CD-R/ SACD MD/DAT TAPE  SOURCE POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF POWER ON/OFF Numbe r buttons numerics numerics numerics - • (dot) +10 >10/CLEAR CLEAR b CLEAR ENTER (CLASS) ENTER DIS...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 76 En Chapter 10: The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu The Advanced MCACC (Multi Channel ACoustic Calib r ation) system was develo p ed in Pionee r ’s labo r ato r ies with the aim of making it p ossible fo r home use r s to p e r f...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 77 En Automatic MCACC (Expert) If you r setu p r equi r es mo r e detailed settings than those pr ovided in Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 37, you can customize you r setu p o p tions below. You can calib r ate you r system diffe r ently ...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 79 En 4 When you’re finished setting the options, select START then press ENTER. 5 Follow the instructions on-screen. • Make su r e the mic r o p hone is connected. • If you’ r e using a subwoofe r , it is automatically detected eve r y time you switch on the system. Make ...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 82 En Fine Channel Level • Default setting: 0.0dB (all channels) You can achieve bette r su rr ound sound by pr o p e r ly adjusting the ove r all balance of you r s p eake r system. You can adjust the Channel Level of each s p eake r in 0.5 dB inc r ements. The following ...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 84 En Standing Wave • Default setting: ON 1 / ATT 0.0dB (all filte r s) Acoustic standing waves occu r when, unde r ce r tain conditions, sound waves f r om you r s p eake r system r esonate mutually with sound waves r eflected off the walls in you r listening a r ea. This...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 85 En 1 Select ‘EQ Adjust’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 2 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. Use / to select the channel. Use / to select the f r equency and / to boost o r cut the EQ. When you’ r e finished, go back to the to p of the sc ...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 86 En Using Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 1 Select ‘EQ Professional’, then press ENTER. 2 Select an option and press ENTER. • Reverb Measurement – Use this to measu r e the r eve r b cha r acte r istics of you r r oom. • Reverb View – You can check the r eve r b mea...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 87 En 4 If you selected ‘Reverb View’, you can check the reverb characteristics for each channel. Press RETURN when you’re done. The r eve r b cha r acte r istics a r e dis p layed when the Full Auto MCACC o r Reverb Measurement measu r ements a r e conducted. 1 Use / to...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 88 En Checking MCACC Data At the pr ocedu r e of Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 37, the pr ocedu r e of Automatic MCACC (Expert) on p age 77 o r afte r fine-adjusting at Manual MCACC setup on p age 81, you can check you r calib r ated set...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 89 En 1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When ‘MCACC’ is highlighted, use / to select the MCACC preset you want to check. The level of the va r ious channels set at the selected MCACC pr eset is dis p layed. ‘ --- ’ is dis p layed fo r channels th...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 90 En Data Management This system allows you to sto r e u p to six MCACC pr esets, allowing you to calib r ate you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions (o r f r equency adjustments fo r the same listening p osition). 1 This is useful fo r alte r nate settings to ...

The Advanced MCACC menu 10 91 En Copying MCACC preset data If you want to manually adjust the Acoustic Calib r ation EQ (see Manual MCACC setup on p age 81), we r ecommend co p ying you r cu rr ent settings 1 to an unused MCACC pr eset. Instead of just a flat EQ cu r ve, this will give you a r efe r...

The system and the other setup 11 92 En Chapter 11: The system and the other setup Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section desc r ibes how to change the s p eake r - r elated settings manually and make va r ious othe r settings (in p ut selection, OSD language selec...

The system and the other setup 11 93 En Manual speaker setup This r eceive r allows you to make detailed settings to o p timize the su rr ound sound p e r fo r mance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the p lacement of you r cu rr ent s p eake r system o r add new s p eake...

The system and the other setup 11 94 En 2 Select the surround back speaker setting. • Normal – Select fo r no r mal home theate r use with su rr ound back s p eake r s in you r main (s p eake r system A) setu p . • Speaker B – Select to use the (su rr ound back) B s p eake r te r minals to listen to...

The system and the other setup 11 97 En X-Curve Most soundt r acks mixed fo r cinema sound too b r ight when p layed back in la r ge r ooms. The X- Cu r ve setting acts as a kind of r e-equalization fo r home theate r listening, and r esto r es pr o p e r tonal balance of movie soundt r acks. 1 Sele...

The system and the other setup 11 100 En Remote Control Mode Setup • Default setting: 1 This sets this r eceive r ’s r emote cont r ol mode to pr event e rr oneous o p e r ation when multi p le units of the r eceive r a r e being used. 1 1 Select ‘Remote Control Mode Setup’ from the Other Setup menu...

Additional information 12 101 En Chapter 12: Additional information Troubleshooting Inco rr ect o p e r ations a r e often mistaken fo r t r ouble and malfunctions. If you think that the r e is something w r ong with this com p onent, check the p oints below. Sometimes the t r ouble may lie in anoth...

Additional information 12 102 En No sound AMP ERR blinks in the dis p lay, then the p owe r automatically switches off. The ADVANCED MCACC blinks and the p owe r does not tu r n on. • The r eceive r may have a se r ious pr oblem. Do not t r y switching the r eceive r on. Contact a Pionee r autho r i...

Additional information 12 104 En Other audio problems Symptom Remedy B r oadcast stations cannot be selected automatically, o r the r e is conside r able noise in r adio b r oadcasts. For FM broadcasts • Fully extend the FM wi r e antenna, adjust the p osition fo r best r ece p tion and secu r e to ...

Additional information 12 105 En Video Symptom Remedy No image is out p ut when an in p ut is selected. • Check the video connections of the sou r ce com p onent (see p age 28). • Fo r HDMI, o r when digital video conve r sion is set to OFF and a TV and anothe r com p onent a r e connected with diff...

Additional information 12 106 En Settings Symptom Remedy The Auto MCACC Setu p continually shows an e rr o r . • The ambient noise level may be too high. Kee p the noise level in the r oom as low as p ossible (see also Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on p age 40). If the noise level cannot ...

Additional information 12 107 En Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Symptom Remedy The EQ r es p onse dis p layed in the g r a p hical out p ut following calib r ation does not a pp ea r enti r ely flat. • The r e a r e cases whe r e the g r a p h does not a pp ea r flat (even when...

Additional information 12 108 En Remote control Du r ing p layback of a Su rr ound EX o r DTS-ES sou r ce on the SBch AUTO setting, EX o r ES does not a pp ea r , o r the signal is not pr o p e r ly pr ocessed. • The sou r ce may be Dolby Su rr ound EX/DTS-ES softwa r e, but it has no flag to indica...

Additional information 12 109 En HDMI Symptom Remedy The HDMI indicato r blinks continuously. • Check all the p oints below. No p ictu r e o r sound. • This r eceive r is HDCP-com p atible. Check that the com p onents you a r e connecting a r e also HDCP-com p atible. If they a r e not, p lease conn...

Additional information 12 110 En Important information regarding the HDMI connection The r e a r e cases whe r e you may not be able to r oute HDMI signals th r ough this r eceive r (this de p ends on the HDMI-equi pp ed com p onent you a r e connecting–check with the manufactu r e r fo r HDMI com p...

Additional information 12 111 En USB interface If the pr oblem is not solved afte r the t r oubleshooting above, if the sc r een f r eezes unex p ectedly o r if the buttons on the r emote cont r ol o r f r ont p anel sto p wo r king com p letely, do the following: • P r ess  STANDBY/ON on the f r o...

Additional information 12 112 En Surround sound formats Below is a b r ief desc r i p tion of the main su rr ound sound fo r mats you’ll find on DVDs, satellite, cable and te rr est r ial b r oadcasts, and video cassettes. Dolby The Dolby technologies a r e ex p lained below. See www.dolby.com fo r ...

Additional information 12 114 En Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input signal formats The following cha r ts show what you will hea r with diffe r ent in p ut signal fo r mats, de p ending on the St r eam Di r ect mode (see Using Stream Direct on p age 55) you have selected. Ster...

Additional information 12 115 En Preset code list You should have no pr oblem cont r olling a com p onent if you find the manufactu r e r in this list, but p lease note that the r e a r e cases whe r e codes fo r the manufactu r e r in the list will not wo r k fo r the model that you a r e using. Th...

Additional information 12 116 En Polaroid 11498, 11523, 11687, 11766 Samsung 12051 Sanyo 11276 Sharp 10818 Sony 10810 SVA 10587 Syntax 11610 Tatung 11719, 11839, 11857 Teac 11812 Toshiba 12203 Uniden 12122 Victor 11428 Vidikron 11398 Viewsonic 10864, 10885 Vizio 12209 HDTV Pioneer 10679 Olevia 11610...

Additional information 12 117 En Blu-ray Pioneer 30142, 32442 Denon 32258 LG 30741 Onkyo 32147 Panasonic 31641 Philips 32084 Samsung 30199 Sharp 32250 Sony 31516 HD-DVD Microsoft 32083 Onkyo 31769 Toshiba 31769 Xbox 32083 DVD-R Pioneer 30631 Denon 30490 Digitrex 31056 Emerson 30675 Funai 30675 Hitac...

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