Pioneer VSX-817-K - Manuale (Pagina 4)

Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other problems during Auto MCACC . . . . . . 9
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 13
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 14
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 19
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 27
Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 28
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 29
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using surround back channel processing . . . 29
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . . . 30
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Midnight and Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 32
Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 32
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Other setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 40
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 44
09 USB playback
Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compressed audio compatibility . . . . . . . . . 46
10 Other connections
Second Zone speaker B setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bi-amping your front speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bi-wiring your speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
11 Additional information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching the speaker impedance . . . . . . . . . 51
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cleaning the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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