Manual Pioneer VSX-816-K (page 4 of 68) (English)

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Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

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

Loading the batteries

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

Installing the receiver

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

Ventilation

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

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater

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

Listening to Surround Sound

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

Using the Quick Setup

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

03 Quick surround sound setup

Automatically setting up for surround sound

(MCACC)

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

Other problems when using the Auto

MCACC Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

04 Connecting up

Making cable connections

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

Analog audio cables

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

Digital audio cables

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

Video cables

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

Connecting a DVD player and TV

. . . . . . . . . 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

. . . . . . . . 17

Connecting to the front panel video

terminal

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

Connecting antennas

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

Using external antennas

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

Connecting the speakers

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

Hints on speaker placement

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

AC outlet

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

05 Controls and displays

Front panel

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

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Remote control

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

Operating range of remote control

. . . . . . . 27

06 Listening to your system

Auto playback

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

Listening in surround sound

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

Using the Advanced surround effects

. . . . . 29

Setting the effect options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Listening in stereo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . 30

Using surround back channel processing

. . . 31

Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)

. . . . . . . 31

Using Midnight and Loudness

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

Using the Sound Retriever

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

Enhancing dialog

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

Using the tone controls

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

Playing other sources

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

Choosing the input signal

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

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . . 33

07 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System

Setup menu

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

Surround back speaker setting

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

Manual MCACC speaker setup

. . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Crossover Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

09 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 45

10 Controlling the rest of your

system

Operating other Pioneer components . . . . . . 46

Setting the remote to control other

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Erasing one of the remote control button

settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Erasing all of the remote control presets . . . . 47

Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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