Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K manual

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-917V -S/-K Operating Instructions VSX-917V.book.fm 1 ページ ２００７年２月２２日　木曜日　午後８時２０分[...]

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W ARNING This equipment is not waterproof. T o prevent a fir e or shock hazard, do not place any container filed with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain or moisture. D3-4-2-1-3_A_En CAUTION The ST ANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. [...]

Contents 01 Before you start Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . .[...]

09 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 49 10 Controlling the rest of your system Operating other Pioneer components . . . . . . 50 Setting the remote to control other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Erasing all of the remote contr[...]

Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Please check that you’ve received the following supplied accessories: • Setup microphone • Remote control unit • Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2 • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna • Power cords (make sure you use the correct cord for your country[...]

Before you start 01 7 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Ventilation When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat dispersal (at least 20 cm at the top). If not enough space is provided between the unit and walls or other equipment, heat will build up inside, interfering w[...]

5 minute guide 02 8 En Chapter 2: 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you’re in the middle of the action or concert. The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on your speaker setup, but also on the s[...]

5 minute guide 02 9 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) The Auto Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration (MCACC) setup measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening area, taking into account ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for both channel delay and c[...]

5 minute guide 02 10 En 6 Follow the instructions on-screen. • Make sure the microphone is connected. • If you’re using a subwoofer, it is automatically detected every time you switch on the system. Make sure it is on and the volume is turned up. • See below for notes regarding background noise and other possible interference. 7 Wait for th[...]

5 minute guide 02 11 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Speaker Setting – The size and number of speakers you’ve connected (see page 44 for more on this) • Speaker Distance – The distance of your speakers from the listening position (see page 46 for more on this) • Channel Level – The overall balance of your s[...]

Connecting up 03 12 En Chapter 3: Connecting up Making cable connections Important • Before making or changing connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. • Make sure not to bend the cables over the top of this unit. If this happens, the magnetic field produced by the transformers in this unit may cause a[...]

Connecting up 03 13 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español About the video converter When the video converter is enabled, all analog video sources are output through all of the MONITOR VIDEO OUT jacks (HDMI and high- definition progressive component video cannot be converted). 1 See Digital Video Converter Setup on page 65 to swi[...]

Connecting up 03 14 En Connecting a DVD player and TV This page shows you how to connect your DVD player and TV to the receiver. 1 Connect a coaxial digital audio output on your DVD player to the DIGITAL COAX 1 (DVD/LD) input on this receiver. Use a coaxial digital audio cable for the connection. 1 2 Connect the composite video output and the stere[...]

Connecting up 03 15 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Connecting the multichannel analog outputs For DVD Audio and SACD playback, your DVD player may have 5.1 channel analog outputs. In this case, you can connect the multichannel analog outputs to the multichannel inputs of this receiver as shown below. 1 Connecting a satell[...]

Connecting up 03 16 En Connecting other audio components The number and kind of connections depends on the kind of component you’re connecting. 1 Follow the steps below to connect a CD-R, MD, DAT, tape recorder or other audio component. 1 If your component has a digital output, connect this to a digital input on the receiver as shown. The example[...]

Connecting up 03 17 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español However, the connected DVD player, set-top box, etc. must be able to output WMA9 Pro format audio signals through a coaxial or optical digital output. Windows Media ® , and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United S[...]

Connecting up 03 18 En Using the component video jacks Component video should deliver superior picture quality when compared to composite video. A further advantage (if your source and TV are both compatible) is progressive-scan video, which delivers a very stable, flicker-free picture. See the manuals that came with your TV and source component to[...]

Connecting up 03 19 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as shown below. To improve reception and sound quality, connect external antennas (see Using external antennas below). 1 Pull off the protective shields of both AM antenna wires. 2 Push open the tabs,[...]

Connecting up 03 20 En Connecting the speakers A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here but everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below. 1 The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but using at least three speakers [...]

Connecting up 03 21 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Make sure that the speaker cable you’re using is properly prepared with about 10 mm of insulator stripped from each wire, with the exposed wire strands twisted together ( fig. A ). Unscrew the terminal a few turns until there is enough space to insert the exposed wire ([...]

Connecting up 03 22 En Overhead view of speaker setup You can also refer to the 3-D speaker setup illustration on page 8. . The diagrams below show suggested surround and surround back speaker orientation. The first diagram ( fig. A ) shows orientation with one surround back speaker (or none) connected. The second ( fig. B ) shows orientation with [...]

Controls and displays 04 23 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel 1 Input select buttons Press to select an input source. 2 Digital Precision Processing indicator Lights to indicate digital processing. 3 Character display See Display on page 24. 4 MCACC indicator Lights when Acoustic [...]

Controls and displays 04 24 En 11 MCACC/ AUDIO IN jack Use to connect a microphone when performing Auto MCACC setup, or connect an auxiliary component using a stereo mini-jack cable (page 18). 12 MASTER VOLUME dial 13 PHASE CONTROL Press to switch on/off Phase Control (page 11). 14 ACOUSTIC EQ Press to select an Acoustic Calibration EQ setting (pag[...]

Controls and displays 04 25 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español DIGITAL – Lights when a digital audio signal is detected. 2 DIGITAL – Lights when a Dolby Digital encoded signal is detected. ANALOG – Lights when an analog signal is detected. DTS – Lights when a source with DTS encoded audio signals is detected. 2 Lights[...]

Controls and displays 04 26 En Remote control 1 RECEIVER  This switches between standby and on for this receiver. 2 MULTI CONTROL buttons Press to select control of other components (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 50). 3 Number buttons / other component and receiver controls Use the number buttons to directly select a radio freq[...]

Controls and displays 04 27 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español MENU – Displays the disc menu of DVD- Video discs. It also displays TV and DTV menus. T.EDIT – Press to memorize and name a station for recall (page 47). SETUP (Press RECEIVER first to access) – Use to access the System Setup menu (see page 38). GUIDE – Di[...]

Controls and displays 04 28 En PHASE – Press to switch on/off Phase Control (page 11). ACOUSTIC EQ – Press to select an Acoustic Calibration EQ setting (page 32). DIALOG – Use to make dialog stand out when watching TV or a movie (page 34). SOUND RETRIEVER – Press to restore CD quality sound to compressed audio sources (page 33). 9 SHIFT Pre[...]

Listening to your system 05 29 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 5: Listening to your system Important • Certain features explained in this section will not be possible depending on the source (for example, PCM 88.2 kHz / 96 kHz, DTS 96 kHz (24 bit) or WMA9 Pro sources). Auto playback The simplest, most direct list[...]

Listening to your system 05 30 En • 2 Pro Logic IIx MOVIE – See above • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – See above • Dolby Digital EX – Creates surround back channel sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital Surround EX) • DTS-ES – Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback with DTS enc[...]

Listening to your system 05 31 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Listening in stereo When you select STEREO you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo. • While li[...]

Listening to your system 05 32 En to the number of channels in the signal. For analog sources, only Channel Level can be set. All other digital processing can not be set. Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ • Default setting: OFF / ALL CH (after the Auto MCACC Setup or EQ Auto Setting) You can listen to sources using the Acoustic Calibration E[...]

Listening to your system 05 33 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Press SB ch ( SB ch PROCESSING ) to select a virtual surround back channel option. Each press cycles through the following: • VSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material) • VSB AUTO – Virtual Surround Back is [...]

Listening to your system 05 34 En Enhancing dialog • Default setting: OFF The Dialog Enhancement feature localizes dialog in the center channel to make it stand out from other background sounds in a TV or movie soundtrack. • Press DIALOG (DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT) to switch dialog enhancement on or off. Using the tone controls Depending on what you[...]

Listening to your system 05 35 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 1 Make sure you have set the playback source to the proper output setting. For example, you might need to set your DVD player to output multichannel analog audio. 2 Press DVD/LD . 3 Press SIGNAL SELECT to select the multichannel analog inputs. DVD 5.1ch shows i[...]

USB playback 06 36 En Chapter 6: USB playback Using the USB interface It is possible to listen to two-channel audio 1 using the USB interface on the front of this receiver. Connect a USB mass storage device 2 as shown below. 1 Press USB ( SHIFT +FM). 2 Connect your USB device. The USB terminal is located on the front panel. 3 Press  (play) to st[...]

USB playback 06 37 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Switch the receiver off, then on again. • Reconnect the USB device with the receiver switched off. • Select another input source (like DVD/CD ), then switch back to USB . • Use a dedicated AC adapter (supplied with the device) for USB power. If this doesn’t rem[...]

The System Setup menu 07 38 En Chapter 7: The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section shows you how to make detailed settings to specify how you’re using the receiver (for example, if you want to set up two speaker systems in separate rooms), and also explains how to fine-tune individual speaker[...]

The System Setup menu 07 39 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 1 Select ‘Surr Back System’ from the System Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu above if you’re not already at this screen. 2 Select the surround back speaker setting. • Normal (SB) – Select for normal home theater use wit[...]

The System Setup menu 07 40 En • EQ CUSTOM1/2 Adjust – Make detailed manual adjustments to your custom Acoustic Calibration EQ settings (see Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually on page 42). • EQ Data Check – Check the ALL CH ADJUST , FRONT ALIGN and custom settings using the on-screen display (see Checking your Acoustic Calibration[...]

The System Setup menu 07 41 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary. Use / to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in terms of speaker distance from 0.1 m to 9.0 m . Listen to the reference speaker[...]

The System Setup menu 07 42 En • ALL CH ADJUST – A ‘flat’ setting where all the speakers are set individually so no special weighting is given to any one channel. • FRONT ALIGN – All speakers are set in accordance with the front speaker settings (no equalization is applied to the front left and right channels). You return to the Acousti[...]

The System Setup menu 07 43 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 3 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. Use / to select the channel. Use / to select the frequency and / to boost or cut the EQ. When you’re finished, go back to the top of the screen and use / to select the next chann[...]

The System Setup menu 07 44 En 1 Select ‘Manual SP Setup’ then press ENTER. 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adjust these settings in order: • Speaker Setting – Specify the size and number of speakers you’ve connected (page 44). • Crossover Network – Specify which frequ[...]

The System Setup menu 07 45 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • SB – Select the number of surround back speakers you have (one, two or none). Select LARGE if your surround back speakers reproduce bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass frequencies to the other speakers or subwoofer. If you didn’t connec[...]

The System Setup menu 07 46 En 1 Select ‘Channel Level’ from the Manual SP Setup menu. 2 Select a setup option. • Manual – Move the test tone manually from speaker to speaker and adjust individual channel levels. • Auto – Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves from speaker to speaker automatically. 3 Confirm your selected setup op[...]

Using the tuner 08 47 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 8: Using the tuner Listening to the radio The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to[...]

Using the tuner 08 48 En memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three banks, or classes, (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When saving an FM frequency, the MPX setting (see previous page) is also stored. 1 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize. See Listening to the radio on the previous page for more on this. 2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT). The disp[...]

Making recordings 09 49 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 9: Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording You can make an audio or a video recording from the built-in tuner, or from an audio or video source connected to the receiver (such as a CD player or TV). Keep in mind you can’t make a digital record[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 50 En Chapter 10: Controlling the rest of your system Operating other Pioneer components Many Pioneer components have SR CONTROL jacks which can be used to link components together so that you can use just the remote sensor of one component. When you use a remote control, the control signal is passed along the[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 51 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Selecting preset codes directly 1 While pressing the RECEIVER button, press and hold the SETUP button. The remote LCD display shows SETUP . 2 Use / to select PRESET then press ENTER . 3 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 52 En Direct function • Default setting: ON You can use the direct function feature to control one component using the remote control while at the same time, using your receiver to playback a different component. This could let you, for example, use the remote control to set up and listen to a CD on the rece[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 53 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Controls for TVs This remote control can control components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 50 for more on this). Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons to select the compo[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 54 En Controls for other components This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 50 for more on this). Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons to select the component. +10 button Use to add a decima[...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 55 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español  REC ( SHIFT+  ) Starts recording. T o prevent accidental recording, this button must be pressed twice to take effect. MD/CD-R/VCR/DVR player/ Cassette deck REC STOP ( SHIFT+  ) Stops recording. DVR player JUKEBOX ( SHIFT+  ) Switches to [...]

Controlling the rest of your system 10 56 En HDD (SHIFT + CH–) Switches to the hard disk controls when using a DVD/ HDD recorder. DVR Player DVD (SHIFT + CH+) Switches to the DVD controls when using a DVD/HDD recorder. DVR Player Button (s) Function Components VSX-917V.book.fm 56 ページ ２００７年２月２２日　木曜日　午後８時[...]

Other connections 11 57 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 11: Other connections Caution • Before making or changing the connections , switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plugging in components should be the last connection you make with your system. • Do not allow any contact[...]

Other connections 11 58 En On the rear panel, you must connect to the audio jacks from a set of audio/video inputs (for example, DVR/VCR as shown in the illustration). • Without this connection, HDMI audio will still be output from your TV or plasma display (though no sound will be heard from this receiver). 4 Assign the HDMI input(s) you connect[...]

Other connections 11 59 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Use the SPEAKERS button on the front panel to select a speaker system setting. Press repeatedly to choose a speaker system option: • SP  A – Sound is output from the speakers connected to the A speaker terminals (multichannel playback is possible). • SP ?[...]

Other connections 11 60 En Bi-wiring your speakers The reasons for bi-wiring are basically the same as bi-amping, but additionally, interference effects within the wire could be reduced, producing better sound. Again, to do this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they must have separate terminals for the high and low frequencies). When bi-w[...]

Other connections 11 61 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Use a 3-ringed miniplug SR+ cable 1 to connect the CONTROL IN jack of this receiver with the CONTROL OUT of your plasma display. Before you can use the extra SR+ features, you need to make a few settings in the receiver. See SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays o[...]

Other Settings 12 62 En Chapter 12: Other Settings The Input Assign menu You only need to make settings in the Input Assign menu if you didn’t hook up your digital equipment according to the default settings for the digital inputs, or if you have connected equipment using component video cables and/ or HDMI cables. 1 Press RECEIVER on the remote [...]

Other Settings 12 63 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 2 Select the number of the component video input to which you’ve connected your video component. The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the back of the receiver. 3 Select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input. Sel[...]

Other Settings 12 64 En • Dual Mono Setup – Isolate one channel when listening to discs with dual mono encoding (see Dual Mono Setup on page 64). • LFE ATT Setup – Choose the attenuator level for the LFE channel ( LFE Attenuator Setup on page 64). • SR+ Setup – Specify how you want to control your Pioneer plasma display ( SR+ Setup for [...]

Other Settings 12 65 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 3 When you’re finished, press RETURN . You return to the Other Setup menu. SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays Make the following settings if you have connected a Pioneer plasma display to this receiver using an SR+ cable. Note that the number of settings available w[...]

Additional information 13 66 En Chapter 13: Additional information Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Take a look at the other components and electrical appliances being used, because sometimes the problem may l[...]

Additional information 13 67 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español No sound from surround back speakers. • Refer to Speaker Setting on page 44 to check the surround back speaker settings. • Refer to Channel Level on page 45 to check the speaker levels. • Refer to Using surround back channel processing on page 32 to make su[...]

Additional information 13 68 En HDMI Can’t operate the remote control. • Replace the batteries (refer to page 6). • Operate within 7 m, 30° of the remote sensor (refer to page 28). • Remove the obstacle or operate from another position . • Avoid exposing the remote sensor on the front panel to direct light. • Unplug anything connected [...]

Additional information 13 69 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Resetting the main unit Use this procedure to reset all the receiver’s settings to the factory default. Use the front panel controls to do this. 1 Switch the receiver into standby. 2 While holding down the TONE button, press and hold the  STANDBY/ON button f[...]

Additional information 13 70 En Specifications Amplifier section • Maximum power output (surround / 1 kHz, THD 10 %, 8 Ω ) Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 W per channel Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 W Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 W per channel Surround Back . . . . .[...]

Additional information 13 71 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español AM Tuner Section Frequency Range 9 kHz step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 kHz to 1602 kHz 10 kHz step . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 kHz to 1700 kHz Sensitivity (IHF, Loop antenna). . . . . . . . 350 µV/m Signal-to-Noise Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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