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Using XM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting your XM Radio receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Listening to XM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using XM HD Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Saving channel presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the XM Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using SIRIUS Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Connecting your SIRIUS Connect Tuner. . . . . . . . . . 53
Listening to SIRIUS Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Saving channel presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the SIRIUS Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . . . . . . 56
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . 56
Speaker B setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Bi-amping your front speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Bi-wiring your speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Connecting additional amplifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
MULTI-ZONE listening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Connecting an IR receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Switching components on and off using
the 12 volt trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display. . . 62
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display
. . . 63
Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output . . . . . 63
Advanced MCACC output using your PC . . . . . . . . . 64
09 HDMI Control
Making the HDMI Control connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Setting the HDMI options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting the HDMI Control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Before using synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Synchronized amp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Synchronized amp mode operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Canceling synchronized amp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
About HDMI Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
10 Other Settings
The Input Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Input function default and possible settings . . . . . . 68
The Other Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Multi Channel Input Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ZONE Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays. . . . . . . . . . 69
OSD Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
11 Using other functions
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the Video options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Playing a different source when recording. . . . . . . . 73
Reducing the level of an analog signal . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Checking your system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Default system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
12 Controlling the rest of your system
Setting the remote to control other components. . . . 77
Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Programming signals from other remote controls
. . . 77
Erasing one of the remote control button settings
. . . 78
Resetting the remote control presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Confirming preset codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Renaming input source names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Direct function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Multi Operation and System Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Programming a multi-operation or
a shutdown sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using multi operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using System off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Controls for TVs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Operating other Pioneer components
with this unit’s sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
13 Additional information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
No sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Other audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Professional Calibration EQ graphical output. . . . . 86
Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
iPod messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
XM radio messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SIRIUS radio messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Surround sound formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Dolby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
DTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About THX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About Neural Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Listening modes with different input signal formats
. . . 93
Stream direct with different input signal formats . . . 96
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Our philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or
cords associated with accessories sold with the
product will expose you to chemicals listed on
proposition 65 known to the State of California and
other governmental entities to cause cancer and
birth defect or other reproductive harm.
Wash hands after handling
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This product is for general household purposes. Any
failure due to use for other than household purposes
(such as long-term use for business purposes in a
restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires
repair will be charged for even during the warranty
period.
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