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Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Loading the batteries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Operating range of remote control unit

. . . . . . 7

Installing the receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Listening to Surround Sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using the Quick Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Automatically setting up for surround sound

(MCACC)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Other problems during Auto MCACC

. . . . . 11

03 Connecting up

Making cable connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Analog audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Digital audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Video cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting a TV and DVD player

. . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the multichannel analog

outputs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital

set-top box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting other audio components

. . . . . . 15

About the WMA9 Pro decoder

. . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting other video components

. . . . . . 16

Using the component video jacks

. . . . . . . . 16

Connecting to the front panel video

terminal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting to the front panel audio mini

jack

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using external antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting the speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Speaker terminals

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Hints on speaker placement

. . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Speaker placement diagrams

. . . . . . . . . . . 21

04 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Remote control (VSX-817)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Remote control (VSX-517)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Listening in surround sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Advanced surround effects

. . . . 32

Setting the effect options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Listening in stereo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using Front Stage Surround Advance

. . . . . . 33

Using Stream Direct

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . 34

Choosing the input signal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using surround back channel processing

. . . 35

Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)

. . . . . . . . 35

Using Phase Control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using Midnight and Loudness

. . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Enhancing dialog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the tone controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the Sound Retriever

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Playing other sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . . 38

Selecting the front audio inputs

. . . . . . . . . . 38

06 The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 46

Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

07 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Changing the frequency step. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

08 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 49

09 Controlling the rest of your

system

Setting the remote to control other

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Clearing all the remote control settings. . . . . 51

Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Preset Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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