Pioneer VSX-53TX manual

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Table of Cont ents 4 Fea ture s ... ..... ...... ..... ...... ....... .... ....... .... . 6 Bef ore Yo u Start .... ...... ....... .... ....... .... ... 7 Checking the Supplie d Accessories ................................. 7 Preparing the Remo te Control .......................................... 7 Loading the ba tteries ..........................[...]

Table of Contents 5 EXPERT BASIC PREPARATION SURROUND SETU P EASY SE TUP GU IDE Usin g Othe r Func tion s ....... .... ....... .... . 67 Recording from Au dio/Video Components .................... 67 SECOND ZONE (Speaker System B) Set up ................... 68 Stereo playback in another room ............................... 68 SPEAKERS Butt on .....[...]

Before You Start 6 Features Multichannel Acoustic Calib ration EQ System (MCACC) In order to m ake setting up as easy as possible for us ers we h ave created the MCACC system. This unique an d convenient way of getting good surround sound from the receiver makes trouble-free setup a snap. With the included microphone plugged into the front panel th[...]

Before You S tart 7 PREPARATION Before You S tart Checking the Sup plied Accessories Please check that you have received all of the following supplied accessories. Preparing the Rem ote Control Loading the batteries Load the batteries into the remote contro l as shown below . Please use alkaline batteries. When you notice a decrease in the op erati[...]

Before You St art 8 Operating ra nge of remote control unit The area in which you can use the remote control to operate the VSX-53TX is fairly large. T o use, point the remote control toward the remote sensor on the front panel of this unit while within the range shown below . Remote control may not function properly if: • There are obstacles bet[...]

Displa ys & Contr ols 9 EASY SE TUP GU IDE PREPARATION Home Theater: The Basics Most consumers are used to using stereo equipm ent to listen to music but many people are not used to hom e theater systems that give you many m ore options when listening to soundtracks. In fact, home theater is not really complicated and this little guide should g[...]

Easy Setup Guide Part 1 10 Before making or chan ging the conn ections, sw itch off the po wer and d isconnect the power co rd from the AC outlet. 1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player and TV In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, which are at th e heart of home theater , you need to hook up y our DVD play er with digi tal a udio co nnection s. Y ou[...]

Easy Setup Gui de Part 1 11 EASY SE TUP GU IDE 2 Speaker Conn ections Home theater is design ed to be setup w ith five, or seven speakers (fron t left and right; center; surround left and right; an d, optimally, surround ba ck left an d right) an d a subwo ofer , but yo u can use this re ceiver with few er speakers. Hook u p the speakers you have t[...]

Easy Setup Guide Part 1 12 3 Setting u p the Main Un it 1 Plug the AC power cord into a wall outlet. 2 Press t he  STANDBY/ON button to switch the rec eiver ON. 4 Assigning the Digital Inputs This is only necessar y if you did not hook up your DVD player to DIG IT AL IN 3 using a coaxial cable but rather connected it to one of t he optical digit[...]

Easy Setup Gui de Part 2 13 EASY SE TUP GU IDE 1 Auto Surroun d Sound Setup If setting up your surrou nd sound speakers seems like it's going to be an involved task you on ly need to use this quic k, automa tic met hod, k nown as the MC ACC sys tem, to achiev e good s urroun d soun d. Y ou 'll nee d to hoo k up th e microphone so that the[...]

Easy Setup Guide Part 2 14 8 Select AUTO SETTING with the  buttons and press ENTER. 9 Some auto setu p instructions will be listed, make sure to follow them. Make sure you have: hook ed up the microphone and moved obstacles to the speakers out of the way . If you have a subwoofer make sure it is turned on and has the volume turned up. WARNING[...]

Easy Setup Gui de Part 2 15 EASY SE TUP GU IDE 12 U se the  buttons to s elect a speake r press ENT ER. Then use the  buttons to se lect the size of ea ch speake r individually. Press ENT ER. Use the  buttons to select OK and pres s ENTE R. The system will o utput another series of test tones to establish the proper channel level,[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 16 Conne cting y our TV Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your TV to the jacks as shown below . Hook up with either component video, S video, or composite video cords (the quality descends in this or der) but you must use the sam e ty[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 17 PREPARATION Connecting Video Comp onents Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your video components as shown on this and the following page . For video components (for example, a DVD p layer) there are two ty pes of connections to make[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 18 Connecting VCRs or DVRs Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect the video out of your VCR/DVR using either S video or composite video cords, depending on how you connected the receiver to your T V (see page 16). Use an alog audio cords f[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 19 PREPARATION Connecting Satellite TV (SAT) Components Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Hook up the video sign al with either component v ideo , S video, or composite v ideo cords, dependi ng on how you connected the receiver to your T V (se[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 20 Conne cting Analo g Audio Comp onen ts Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your audio components to the jacks as shown below . These are all analog connections and your analog audio components (turntable, cassette deck) us e these ja[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 21 PREPARATION Connecting to the Multi Channel An alog Inputs (DVD-Audio or Super Audio CD (SACD) compatible player) Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. If you have a DVD -Audio or Super Audio CD (SACD) compatible playe r , or are using an exter[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 22 Conne cting Digita l Audi o Comp onent s Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your digital components as shown below . The VSX-53TX has two coaxial and two op tical inputs for a total of four digital inputs on the rear panel plus one [...]

Connecting Your Equipment 23 PREPARATION Digital Input Default Sett ings Unlike analog connections, the jacks for digital connections are not dedicated to one type of component, they can be used freely . Thus you must tell the receiver what digital component is connected to which jack so y our components will be in sync with the names on the re mot[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 24 Conne cting th e Radi o Anten nas Before making or changing the connections, switch off th e power a nd disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect the supplied FM wire antenna and the AM loop antenna to the ANTENNA terminals as shown below . These antennas should provid e adequate reception qu a lity in most [...]

Connecting Your Equipment 25 PREPARATION Connecting Speakers Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and di sconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. W e recommend a full co mplement of seven speakers and a subwoofer as show n here but, naturally , ever yone's home setup wi ll var y . Simply connect th e speakers you [...]

Connecting Your Equipment 26 Spea ker impe dance Y ou can change the sp eaker impedance for VSX-53TX but we recommend using speakers with an impe dance of 8 Ω -16 Ω (the default setting). If you are using 6 Ω - less than 8 Ω impedance speakers, you need to change the impedance setting . Use any speaker rated between 6 Ω -16 Ω . Bi-wirin[...]

Connecting Your Equipment 27 PREPARATION Placing Your Sp eakers P roper speaker pl acement is essential to real ize the be st sound from your system. It is ver y important for speaker placement to read the instructions that come with your speakers so please be sure to do so. Speaker pla cement If you have a multiple speake r arrangement the placeme[...]

Displays and Controls 28 Front Panel All the controls on the front panel are explained and/or referenced here. T o open the front pa nel push gently on the lower third of the panel. 1 MULTI JO G dial Y ou can use this dial for many purposes. When you press the SE T UP button (12), you can use it to per form SYSTEM SETUP operations; select a functio[...]

Displays an d Controls 29 PREPARATION 10 ACOUSTIC EQ button (s ee pages 49 and 89) P ress to switch on/off and select the type of acoustic calib ration EQ. 11 MASTER V OLUME dia l Use to raise or lower the volume of the receiv er . 12 MULT I JOG CONTROL buttons SET UP P ress to switch the SYSTEM SETUP mode. RETURN P ress to move back one step in th[...]

Displays and Controls 30 Remote Control This page describes the buttons on the remo te control used to operate the receiver . 1  RECEIVER (STANDBY/ON) b utton P ress to turn power of the receiver on or to standby (off). 2 MULTI CONTROL buttons These buttons are the basic controls that switch the mode of the receiver and the remote control, which[...]

Displays an d Controls 31 PREPARATION BASS/TREBLE buttons (see page 51) Use to select whether the bass or treble will be adjust ed. (+/–) buttons Use t o ad ju st t he TO NE l eve l, ef fe ct le vel , channel level and sound delay as well as make Dolb y Pro Logic I I MUSIC param eter se tting s. EFFECT/CH SEL button Switches between the different[...]

Displays and Controls 32 14 MASTER VOLU ME (+/–) but tons Use to raise or lower the volume of the recei ver . 15 TOP MENU/GUIDE button Use to find stations or menus on a digital TV tuner . For a DVD player use this button to bring up the DVD menu. 16 // // ENTER buttons These buttons can be used for a variety of operations in the SYST[...]

Displays an d Controls 33 PREPARATION Display All the displa y information is e xplained and /or reference d here. 1 SIGNAL indicato rs Light to indicate the input signal you selected. AUTO: Lights when the receiver is set to select the input signal automatically . DIGITAL: Lights when digit al audio signa ls are selected. ANALOG: Lights when analo[...]

Displays and Controls 34 Back Panel All the termi nals on the back panel are exp lained and/or refe renced here. 1 DIGITAL OU T terminals (se e page 22) Use these term inals to output a digital signal to a DVD-R, C D-R, MD recor der or any other kind of digital re corder . 2 CONTROL IN/ OUT terminals (see p age 74) Y ou can use these jacks to hook [...]

Displays an d Controls 35 PREPARATION 9 MULTI-RO OM & SOURCE REMOTE IN termina l (see pag e 70) Use this terminal to hook up a sub-system in a secondar y room. This hook up requires a separat ely sold I R receiver and allows y ou to use the receiver to hear different audio sources in different rooms. 10 SPEAKERS ter minals (see page 2 5) Use th[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 36 T o ensure the best po ssible surround sound, complete the following setup opera tions. Some of these are the same (and take precedence over) the settings you made in the Easy Setup Guide, so consider if the ones you made at that time were a dequate. If you feel they were, mo ve on to the next sett ing in this sec t[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 37 SURROU ND SETU P Surround Ba ck System This setup selects how your su rroun d back system will b e used. If you want to use it for surroun d back speaker s in your main speaker system choose NORMAL SYSTEM. In this case you won ’t have any B (or secondar y) speaker system as these speakers fill that role also for t[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 38 NORM AL S etup This is the manual method to setup your sound parameters for surrou nd sound. Y ou don’t need to do this, however , if you did the AUTO SURROUND SETUP method on page 13. If you feel the settings in the AUTO SURROUND SETUP do not suit your personal tastes, the settings you input here will override th[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 39 SURROU ND SETU P Speaker Se tting The information below shows y ou how to select the correct settings for the type and nu mber of speakers you connecte d. Most importantly , you need to dec ide how to route the sound for all the speakers you connected. T o do this select the size of the front, center , surround and [...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 40 1 SPEAKER SETTING should be selected. If it isn’t use the  buttons to select it. Press the ENTER button. The setup possibilities appear on your TV . 2W i t h t h e  buttons choose the speakers that you want to set. Press the ENTER button. The setup possibilities appear on your TV . 3U s e t h e  [...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 41 SURROU ND SETU P Channel Level The following steps show you ho w to balance the sound outpu t level of your speakers. Pro per speaker balan ce is essenti al for obta inin g high quality surrou nd sound. If conti nuing from SPEAKER SET TING go to step 1. I f start ing fresh, complete steps 1–2 on page 38. 1 CHANNEL[...]

Setting Up for Surround Sound 42 Spea ker Dist ance Adding a slight delay to som e speakers is necessar y to achieve proper sound depth, separation as w ell as an effective surround sound effect. Y ou need to figure out the distance from your listening position to your speakers to add the proper d elay . The fol lowing steps show you how to set the[...]

Basic Oper ation 43 BASIC Stereo and Multichannel Playback The following instructions show you how to play sound sources with the VSX-53TX. Before doin g so be sure to complete the setup procedur es described in the “Easy Setup Guide P art 2” (starting on page 13) or “Setting Up for Surround Sound” (starting on page 36). This is pa rticular[...]

Basic Opera tion 44 Selecting the Input Signal This button selects the type of input signal, AUTO, ANAL OG or DIGIT AL, sent to the receiver . Y ou need to take special care to switch to the appro priate input when necessar y . F or example, the switch wo uld have to be on DI GIT AL to hear digital sources like Dolb y Digital or DTS but it would ha[...]

Basic Operation 45 BASIC Listening Modes The three listening mode types on the receiver are exp lained here (to select listening modes see page 43). The kind of playback you can get in the three m odes depends on what kind of a source (D VD, etc.) you are using. The basic distinction is b etween 2 channel sour ces and multicha nnel sources. The MOV[...]

Basic Opera tion 46 MOVIE modes (SURROUND mode) The MOVIE mode is a newly designed system for enhancin g movie soundt racks and other audio-visual sourc es that optimizes its effects in accordance w ith your source, SB CH MODE and speaker configurati on. The first four modes are for pure decod ing of multichannel sound sources. With these modes the[...]

Basic Operation 47 BASIC MUSIC modes (SURROUND mode ) The MUSIC mo des all ow you to tra nsform y our li ving ro om int o a vari ety o f differ ent soni c env ironment s when playing either tw o-channel or multichannel so urces. It opti mizes its effects i n accordance with your source, SB C H MODE and sp eaker configuration. The first two modes ar[...]

Basic Opera tion 48 Adjusting the Effect of a Listening Mode The DSP (Digital Signal P rocessin g) listening modes have soun d processing added to accentuate a cert ain kind of atmosphere or effect (see the preceding pages for explanation). Y ou can choose if you want to strengthen or weaken this effect in the given mode. The DSP MOVIE modes ar e: [...]

Basic Operation 49 BASIC Listening with AC OUSTIC CAL EQ Y ou can listen to the soundtrack with the ACOUSTIC CAL EQ you set automatically wh en you did the AUTO SURROUND SETUP (p age 13) or you set manually on (page 89). T o do so follow the instructions below . 1 Press the ACOUS TIC EQ button. Each press swit ches ACOUSTIC CAL EQ between ALL CH AD[...]

Basic Opera tion 50 Listening in MIDNIG HT Mode This useful feature makes it possible to get excellent surround sound effects even when listening at low volumes. It can be used w ith any su rroun d sound sourc e and pl ay so undtracks so that the quieter sounds are audible even whi le pla yin g a s ou ndtr ack at l ow vol ume s. T his fea tu re is [...]

Basic Operation 51 BASIC Adjusting B ass and Treble Y ou can a djust the low (bass) and high (treble) frequencies. The TON E button can also be used to bypass th e tone circuitry . 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the TONE button on the remote control or the front panel to put the receive r in tone ad just mode. P ressing the TONE button changes the mode [...]

Basic Opera tion 52 Listening in Au dio Scaler mode Use to hear CD and DVD, as well as o ther digital soundtracks, at a wider dynamic range, allow ing for finer audio rep roduc tion. 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the HI-BIT button on the remote control or HI-BIT/HI-SAMPLING button on the front panel. Each press switches AUDIO SCA LER mode on or off . H[...]

Basic Operation 53 BASIC Multi Channel In Playb ack MUL TI CH IN a llows you t o connect a DVD-Audio /SACD pl ayer or an extern al deco der to en joy cert ain mu ltichanne l discs. T o use MUL TI CH IN playba ck follow the inst ructions below . 1 Press the MULTI CH INPUT bu tton on the remote control or the MULTI CH IN button on the front panel. Ea[...]

Basic Opera tion 54 Surrou nd Back Chan nel Mode s Surround Back Channel M ode The SB CH MODE makes available surro und back cha nnels through your surround back speakers. Y ou must have chosen NORMAL SYSTEM in the SU RRBACK SYSTEM setting (see page 37) and have SU RROUND and SURROUND BA CK speakers set to something other than NO (see pa ge 39) to [...]

Basic Operation 55 BASIC Dual Mono setting and playback The dual mono sett ing can o nly be us ed when listening to Dolby Di gital or ho mema de discs tha t have du al mono software e ncoded in th em. Dua l mono soft ware us ually is used t o put t wo di fferent mono s oundtr acks, that y ou can listen to together or separately , on one DVD. With t[...]

Basic Opera tion 56 Video Select This function allows you to listen to one sound source whi le you watch a differ ent vi deo so urce on yo ur TV . Th e sound source is set in the normal fashion as explained on page 43. Y ou then change the video input with the VIDEO SEL button. 1 Press RECEIVER. 2 Press the VIDEO SEL button on the remote control to[...]

Using the Tuner 57 BASIC Automatic and Manual Tuning The following steps show you how to tune in FM and AM radio broadcasts using the au tomatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you alread y know the exact frequency o f the stat ion you want, see “Direct Access T uning“ on the following page. 1 Press the TUNER button. On the remo[...]

Using the Tuner 58 Direct Access Tuning The follow ing step s show you ho w to tune directly to a specific fr equency using the remo te control. 1 Press the TUNER button. This selects the tuner function on the receiver and sets the remote to the tuner operation mode. 2 Press the BAND button to select the band (FM or AM). Each press switches the ban[...]

Using the Tune r 59 BASIC Memorizing Frequently U sed Stations The following steps show you how to mem orize up to 30 radio stations in 3 classes (each holding 10 stations). Wh en memorizing FM frequencies, the receiver also memorizes the MPX mode (STEREO or MONO). 1 Tune in the station you want. See “ A utomatic and Manual T uning” on page 57 [...]

Using the Tuner 60 Nami ng Mem orize d Stati ons Y ou c an input a name of up to four c haracters for each preset station in the receiver ’s memor y (see the previous page). Thi s name ca n be any thing you c hoose. F or example , you co uld input JAZZ for that statio n and wh en you listen to it the name , rather than the frequency numb er , wil[...]

Using the Tune r 61 BASIC Recalling Memo rized Stations 1 Press the TUNER button. This selects the TUNER function on the receiv er and sets the remote to the TUNER operation mode. 2 Press the CLASS button repeatedly to select a cl ass number. Each press switches the display : 3 Use the number buttons to select the channel you want. T o select chann[...]

Remote Control of Other Co mponents 62 Setting Up the Remote Control to Control Other Compon ents In addition to controlling the receiver , the supp lied remote control can operate your other comp onents (VCR, TV , DVD, CD, etc.) af ter you progra m it to do so. If your component(s) are listed in the remo te control's memor y, simply follow th[...]

Remote Control of Other Components 63 BASIC Programming Signals from Other Re mote Controls (LEARNING Mode) If preset codes are not available for your component(s), or the available preset co des do not operate correctly , y ou can use this procedure to prog ram in signals from the remo te control(s) of your other component(s). These steps can also[...]

Remote Control of Other Co mponents 64 Using Remote Control with Other Components CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/DVD Reco rder/Cassette Deck operations Button(s) Fun ction Component s SOURCE  Press to switch t he components between ST ANDBY and ON. CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/ LD/DVD recorder/Cassette deck Press to ret urn to the start of the current track or cha[...]

Remote Control of Other Components 65 BASIC Cable TV/Satellite TV/Digital TV/TV operations Memo: • The above operations are available from the rece iver's remote control afte r you program it (see page 62). • T o per form these operations, press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want to control. • F or more information on in[...]

Remote Control of Other Co mponents 66 Setting up the Direct Function The direct function is d esigned in case you have a n external video source connected to your TV (a video source that is not go ing throug h the VS X-53TX). F or this ex planatio n we' ll call this the external video deck. Y ou'd like to control external video deck with[...]

Using Other Functions 67 EXPERT Record ing from Audi o/Vide o Comp onen ts The foll owing explanat ions show you how mak e a recor ding from one compon ent to anothe r conn ected t o this receiver . Note that an analog recorder (such as a VC R) cannot record from a so urce that is connected using only a digital conn ection. Likewise, a digita l rec[...]

Using Other Functions 68 SECOND ZONE (Speaker S ystem B) Setup Stereo playback in another room This setup enables you to listen to a pair of stereo speakers independently of the main speaker system (A speakers) hooked up to the receiver . The VSX-53TX has two possibilities for playback in another room. Y ou can choose SECOND ZONE, a nd use the spea[...]

Using Other Functions 69 EXPERT Connecting Additional Am plifiers This receiver has more than sufficient power for any home use, bu t it i s possible to add additional amplifiers to ever y channel of your syst em. Make the connections shown belo w to add amplifiers to power your sp eakers. Before making or changing the connections, switch off the p[...]

Using Other Functions 70 MULTI ROOM function T o use this receiver with a MUL TI ROOM setup yo u need an external IR receiver . When used together with an IR receiver (not included), this recei ver is capable of output ting two different sources at the same time. One to the VIDEO OUT jack and SPEAKERS terminal s and another to the MUL TI ROOM &[...]

Using Other Functions 71 EXPERT MULTI ROOM setup 1 Turn on the receiver, your TV and press RECEIVER on the remote con- trol. Make sure your TV is set to the receiver . 2 Press the SYST EM SETU P button. The SYSTEM SETUP menu a ppears on the OSD. 3U s e t h e  buttons to select MULTI ROOM. Pres s ENTE R. 4 VOLUME LEVEL should be selected (if i[...]

Using Other Functions 72 Controlling the MULTI ROOM system from the main room 1 Press the MULTI ROOM & SOURCE ON/OFF button to turn on the MULTI ROOM system. The display shown below will il luminate when the receiver is in ST ANDBY mode. Also, the MUL TI -ROOM indicato r will light. 2 Press the CONTROL button to enter the control mode. All oper[...]

Using Other Functions 73 EXPERT Controlling the MULTI ROOM system from the sub room 1 From the sub room, point the remote control at the IR Receiver and press a  STANDBY/ON butt on to turn on the MULTI ROOM system. The MUL TI ROOM & SOURCE indica tor lights on the front panel in the main room. 2 Press the INPUT button to select the sub room [...]

Using Other Functions 74 Memo: • Remote operation may not be p ossible if direct light from a strong fluorescent lamp is shining on the IR receiver remote sen sor wind ow . • The tuner cannot be tuned to more than on e station at a time. Therefore, changing the station in one room also changes the station in the other room. Please be carefu l n[...]

Using Other Functions 75 EXPERT Multi Operations Multi operations allow you to tell the rece iver and your other components to d o a number of things with th e push of only two buttons o n the remote control. For example, you can pro gram the unit to turn on y our TV , turn on your DVD player and start playing the loaded DVD. This allows you to fre[...]

Using Other Functions 76 4 Repeat step 3 to input multi operations to the MULTI CONTROL button you pressed in step 3. Y ou can r epeat this process for up to five commands. F or example: you could enter the following three operations using the preceding step 3. 1 P ress the TV CONT button and TV  to turn on yo ur TV (as explained above). 2 P res[...]

Using Other Functions 77 EXPERT System Off The SYSTEM OFF feature allows you to te ll the receiver and your other components to stop and/or turn off with the push of only one button on the remote control. The steps below show you how to pro gram a string of up to 5 different SYSTEM OFF ope rations. Be sure to set up ea ch comp onent before progra m[...]

Using Other Functions 78 Resetting the Remote Control Erasing Multi Operations 1 Press and hold both the REMOTE SETUP button and 8 for more tha n 3 second s. LED lights will blink 3 times and all multi operation settings will be erased. Erasing Learning Re mote Control Commands 1 Press and hold both the REMOTE SETUP button and 9 for more tha n 3 se[...]

Using Other Functions 79 EXPERT Resetting the Main U nit The following operations allow you to reset the unit to the default setti ngs. 1 While holding down the TONE button press the STANDBY/ON button for about thre e seconds. 2 When you see RESET? appear in the display, press the TONE – button. OK? appe ars in the displa y, pr ess TON E +. When [...]

Fine Tunin g Your Sys tem 80 THX CINEMA Setup This setup lets you choo se which decoding method for 2 ch annel sour ces the r eceive r will use for TH X CINEMA. F or more information on the decoding (p layback) formats see "T echn o Ti dbits" starting on page 96. 1 Turn on the receiver and your TV, press RECEIVER on the remote con- trol. [...]

Fine Tuning Your System 81 EXPERT Assigning th e Digita l Inputs If you did not hook up you r digital equipment in accordance with the default settings for the digital inputs (see pages 17, 19 and 22) you need to complete the procedure below . Y ou have to do this in order to tell the receiver what digital equipment is hooked up to which terminal s[...]

Fine Tunin g Your Sys tem 82 Assigning the Compon ent Video Inputs This receiver has two component video inputs. Their default settings are video inputs for the DVD/LD (COMPONEN T VIDEO IN 1) an d TV/SA T (COMP ONENT VIDEO IN 2) functions, but you can reassign them if you want to use th em as video inpu ts for other r eceiver fun ctions (f or examp[...]

Fine Tuning Your System 83 EXPERT Function Rena me Use the FUNCTION RENA ME capability to rename the display on the receiver and your OSD for different functions (DVD, etc.). F or example, you could rename VCR1/DVR as DV R -7000. F or this particular setup using the controls on the front panel is more convenient than using the re mo te control. Use[...]

Fine Tunin g Your Sys tem 84 12V TRIGGE R function This feature allows you to hook up equ ipment (for example, a relay device) to this receiver that will send a pow er signal automatically when you select the function turned on here (for examp le, DVD/LD). T o use this feature follow the steps below . Connect the eq uipment you want to use with th [...]

Expert System Settings 85 EXPERT EXPERT Setup The settings here ca n only be done if you've per formed the more basic prelimina ry setups. Thus, before doing these settings do either A UTO SET T ING on page 13 or NORMAL setup page 38. These settings are to further heighten your surrou nd sound. They ar e not absol utel y necess ary but may giv[...]

Expert System Setti ngs 86 Crossover Network Crossover frequency is the point where the re ceiver divides the high and low sounds (the frequencies) between the speakers. Certain bass sounds will play back from the sub woofer if you selected it as YES (or PL US) or from the front speakers if you selected them as L A RGE. This setting decides where t[...]

Expert System Settings 87 EXPERT Fine Channel Level The following steps show you how to balance the sound output level of your speak ers more finely than in the NORMAL setup (see pa ge 38). Proper speaker balance is essential for obtaining high quality surroun d sound and the better the speaker balance the better surround sound you can get. Follow [...]

Expert System Setti ngs 88 Fine Channel Delay The following steps show you how to adjust the delay lev el of you r speakers more finely than in the NORMA L setup (see page 38). Adding a slight delay to some speakers is necessar y to achieve proper sound depth, separation as well as an effective su rround sound effect . Follow step s 1-5 on page 85 [...]

Expert System Settings 89 EXPERT Acoustic Calibration EQ This receiver lets you choose between two types of ACOUSTIC CAL EQ equalizer cur ves: ALL CH ADJUST and FRONT ALIGN, with the former equalizing the spe akers in dividually and the latter eq ualizing the speakers in accordance with the front speakers. Features here allow you to put in your own[...]

Expert System Setti ngs 90 To start the proce ss use DA TA COPY to paste th e ALL CH ADJUST or FRONT ALIGN s ettings into CUSTOM 1 or CUS- TOM 2. Follow step s 1-5 on page 85 , if necessary , to get to the sta rt ing poi nt ment io ned her e. 1 ACOUSTIC CAL EQ should be selected, if it isn’t use the  buttons to selec t and press ENTER. 2U s[...]

Expert System Settings 91 EXPERT This explanation is for CUSTOM 1 or CUSTOM 2. 1 The four poss ibilities shoul d be on the OSD . Use the  buttons to select CUSTOM 1 or CUSTOM 2. Pr ess ENTER. 2U s e t h e  buttons to select ALL CH ADJUST or FRONT ALIGN and press ENTER. The test tones will sou nd. WARNI NG: the tes t tones are ver y loud[...]

Expert System Setti ngs 92 5U s e t h e  butt ons to adjust the frequency. Whe n you have it a t the level you want press ENTER. Set the frequencies within the –6 dB to +6 dB range in steps of 0.5 dB. If OVER appears in the display you have set the levels too high. R educe them until OVER disappears. 6 The cursor automatica lly goes to the [...]

Expert System Settings 93 EXPERT To use the D ATA CHECK feature f ollow the s teps here. 1U s e t h e  buttons to select DATA CHECK. P ress EN TER. 2 Select either ALL CH ADJU ST or FRONT ALIGN as the data you want to check. Press E NTER. 3U s e t h e  buttons to select the channel that you w ant to check. P ress ENTER. That channel app[...]

Expert System Setti ngs 94 Bass Pe ak Leve l The LFE (Low F req uency Effec t) channe l in Dolby Digital and DTS p rogram sourc es can pr oduce heav ily concentrated ultra-low bass tones that may exceed the ca pabilities of your speaker system. The follow ing steps show you how to limit the peak level for the LFE channel. If continuing from the pre[...]

Expert System Settings 95 EXPERT Dynamic Range Control This feature makes it possible to enjo y full surround sound effects on Dolby Digital and DTS sources even at low volumes. It does this by compressing the dynamic range. Dynam ic range is the difference between the loudest and the softest sounds in any given signal. Compressing th e range plays[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 96 Dol by Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is a discrete digital surround format used for multichannel surround sound. It was developed after the Dolby Surr ound Syst em and Dolby P ro L ogic Su rr ound Sy ste m. Dol by Di gita l is a high qual ity digi tal soun d for mat that is used by many theatrical film releases[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 97 EXPERT DTS- ES DTS launched a new surround format in Novemb er 2000. This has co me to be known as DTS Exten ded Surround or simply DTS-ES. T he technology has been advanced to in clude two new home formats DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 format, and DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 ch format, both are able to playba ck discrete, 6.1-cha[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 98 Cause Remedy Trou blesh ooti ng Incorrect operations are often m istaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wron g with this component, check the points below . Sometimes the trouble m ay lie in another component. Investigate the other components an d electrical applianc es bei[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 99 EXPERT The setup screen do esn't appear. • The out put j ack s hav en 't b een con- nect ed p ro per ly . • The TV hasn't been c onnected to the MONITOR OUT jack. • Y ou connected your TV to the MUL TI- ROOM & SOURCE MONITOR OU T jack instead of the main MONITOR OUT jack. • Some TVs c[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 100 No sound output from the subw oo fer. • The subw oofer setting is NO. • The subw oofer output sett ing is too lo w . • Th e ba ss p eak leve l se ttin g is t oo low . • There is very littl e low frequency informa- tion in your source . • The crossover freque ncy is set too low . • The re is a pro[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 101 EXPERT Subwoofer output is very l ow. • Settings route signal away from sub- woofer . • T o get more signal to the subwoofer set it to PL US or choose SMALL fo r the front speakers ( see page 39). During multi channel playback, there is no sound output from one speaker. • Th at spe ake r is s et to N O. [...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 102 No image is output when a fun ction is sele cte d. • Improper c onnect ions. • The i nput so urc e i s not pro pe rly sel ect ed. • The vid eo input sel ected on th e TV moni - tor is inco rrect . • T h e T V o r m o n i t o r i s ho o k e d u p w i t h c o r d that is diff erent than that used for t[...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 103 EXPERT During playback of a 96kHz source, the display doesn't show 96kHz • SIGNAL SELECT is set to ANALOG • SET the SIGNAL SELECT to A UTO (see page 44). Cannot be remote contr olled. • The r emote control batteries have worn out. • T oo far away or imp roper angl e of opera - tion . • There is [...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 104 Preset Code Brand s DVD Manufactu rer Code PIONEER 1 001, 1002 , 1003 DENON 1004 JVC 1005 P ANASONIC 1002 PHILIPS 1006 RCA 1007 SAMSUN G 1008 SONY 1009 TO SH IB A 1 01 0 Y AM AHA 101 1 , 1012 LD Manufactu rer Code PIONEER 2001 , 2002 DENON 2003 KENWOOD 2004 P ANASONIC 2005 PHILIPS 20 06, 2007 SONY 2008 Y AM [...]

Techno Tidbits and Problem-solving 105 EXPERT 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 Association’s Consumer Electronics Group w[...]

Techno Tidbi ts and Probl em-solving 106 Specifications Amplifie r Section Continuous aver age power output of 100 watts* per cha nnel, min., at 8 ohms, from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz with no more than 0.09%** total harmoni c distortion (front). Continuous Power Output F ront ............. 100 W +100 W (20 Hz – 20 kHz, 0.09%, 8 Ω ) Center ............[...]

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