Pioneer VSX-D914 User Manual

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNELRECEIVER VSX-D814 VSX-D914Operating InstructionsVSX_D912.book.fm 1 ページ ２００３年１２月５日　金曜日　午前９時４３分

5 minute guide02 10 En 3 Connect your speakers. A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here but everyone’s home setup

5 minute guide 02 11 En • If you select subwoofer ( SB SW ) in the Surround back speaker setting on page 44 you can hook up a subwoofer instead of

5 minute guide02 12 En Using the Quick Setup You can use the Quick Setup to get your system up and running with just a few button presses. The receiv

5 minute guide 02 13 En 6 Press ENTER.7 Use the MULTI JOG dial to choose your listening position. You can cycle between the following choices: FWD –

Quick surround sound setup03 14 En Chapter 3: Quick surround sound setup VSX-D914 model only Automatically calibrating your listening area (MCACC) T

Quick surround sound setup 03 15 En If you see an ERR message in the display, there may be a problem with your mic or the speaker connections. Turn

Connecting up04 16 En Chapter 4: Connecting up • Before making or changing any connec-tions, switch off the power and discon-nect the power cord from

Connecting up 04 17 En Connecting digital components The easiest way to hook up this receiver for surround sound is to use a digital input. You can d

Connecting up04 18 En Connecting audio components To begin set up, connect your analog audio components (such as a cassette deck) to the jacks. For c

Connecting up 04 19 En Connecting video components Connect your video components to the jacks as shown below. With digital video components (like a D

WARNING – TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. D1-4-2-1_EnIMPORTANT NOTICE – THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR

Connecting up04 20 En Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as shown below. To improve reception and sound quality,

Connecting up 04 21 En Connecting the speakers A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown below, but everyone’s home setu

Connecting up04 22 En • When using the speaker on your TV as the center speaker ( C ), connect the CENTER PREOUT jack on this unit to the audio inp

Connecting up 04 23 En • Place the front left and right speakers at equal distances from the TV.• When placing speakers near the TV, we recommend usi

Connecting up04 24 En Connecting additional amplifiers This receiver has more than sufficient power for any home use, however it is possible to add

Connecting up 04 25 En AC outlet Power supplied through this outlet is turned on and off by the receiver's power switch. Total electrical power

Connecting up04 26 En Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display If you have a Pioneer plasma display (models PRO-1110HD, PRO-910HD, PDP-5040H

Controls and displays 05 27 En Chapter 5: Controls and displays Front panel 1  STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. 2 Input se

Controls and displays05 28 En 9 STATION +/– buttons Selects station presets when using the tuner (page 54). 10 TUNING +/– buttons Selects the frequ

Controls and displays 05 29 En Display 1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Lights to indicate the type of input signal assigned for the current component: AUT

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing)

Controls and displays05 30 En 11 Character display12 Neo:6 When the ( STANDARD ) NEO:6 mode of the receiver is on, this lights to indicate NEO:6 proc

Controls and displays 05 31 En Remote control 1 RECEIVER  This switches between standby and on for this receiver. 2 INPUT SELECT Use to select the

Controls and displays05 32 En GUIDE Displays the guides on a digital TV. CLASS Switches between the three banks (classes) of radio station presets

Controls and displays 05 33 En The following DVR controls can be accessed by pressing SHIFT :  REC Starts recording. REC STOP Stops recording. HDD

Controls and displays05 34 En 13 RECEIVER Switches the remote to control the receiver (used to select the features above the number buttons ( INPUT A

Listening to your system 06 35 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Listening in surround sound Using this receiver, you can listen to any source i

Listening to your system06 36 En • ADV. MUSIC – Simulates the acoustic environment of a large concert hall and is suitable for music or musical sour

Listening to your system 06 37 En • If you switch on Midnight listening, Loud-ness, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver auto

Listening to your system06 38 En Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH) • Default setting: SB ON You can have the receiver automatically switch to

Listening to your system 06 39 En Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) Selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual back channel through yo

Contents 01 Before you start Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6M

Listening to your system06 40 En Using Loudness and Midnight listening The Loudness listening feature can be used to get good bass and treble from mu

Listening to your system 06 41 En Selecting the multi-channel analog inputs If you have connected a decoder or a DVD player with multi-channel analog

Setting up the receiver07 42 En Chapter 7: Setting up the receiver Choosing your receiver setup To ensure the best possible surround sound, be sure t

Setting up the receiver 07 43 En Surround right speaker distance setting (page 46)Specify the distance from your listening position to your surround

Setting up the receiver07 44 En • Cycle through the available choices using  or  and choose a configuration that matches your speaker setup. On

Setting up the receiver 07 45 En We recommend setting this to 200 Hz if your S speakers are smaller bookshelf-type speakers. • Use  or  to

Setting up the receiver07 46 En • Use  or  to set the distance of the center speaker from the main listening position (within the range of 0.5

Setting up the receiver 07 47 En • Use  or  to set the distance of the subwoofer from the main listening posi-tion (within the range of 0.5 ft

Setting up the receiver07 48 En Coaxial digital 1: • Default setting: DVD• Use  or  to assign the coaxial digital 1 input (DVD, TV, CD, CDR, D

Setting up the receiver 07 49 En Function setting for VIDEO input • VIDEO:1 – VIDEO:5 or TV – Matches the VIDEO function of the receiver with

Surround left speaker distance setting . . 46Subwoofer distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . 46Dynamic range control setting. . . . . . . . . 47Dua

Setting up the receiver07 50 En 4 Specify the distance from the front left speaker to your listening position using  and  then press ENTER.5 Us

Setting up the receiver 07 51 En 3 Press TEST TONE to output the test tone. The test tone is output in the following order (depending on the speaker

Setting up the receiver07 52 En • The automatic volume muting feature is enabled separately; see SR+ control for Pioneer plasma displays on page 48

Using the tuner 08 53 En 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 tuner08 54 En 3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access).4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of the radio station. For example, to tune t

Using the tuner 08 55 En 2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT). The display shows ST. NAME , then a blinking cursor at the first character position. 3 Input t

Making recordings09 56 En Chapter 9: Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording You can make an audio or a video recording from the built

Controlling the rest of your system 10 57 En Chapter 10: Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components Most comp

Controlling the rest of your system 10 58 En 4 Use  and  to select the first letter of the brand name of your component then press ENTER. This

Controlling the rest of your system 10 59 En Certain buttons represent operations that cannot be learned from other remote controls. The buttons avai

Before you start016EnChapter 1:Before you startChecking what’s in the boxPlease check that you've received the following supplied accessories:• A

Controlling the rest of your system 10 60 En 5 Repeat step 4 to erase other buttons.6 Press the RECEIVER button when you’re done. Erasing all of the

Controlling the rest of your system 10 61 En Controls for TVs This remote control can control components after entering the proper codes or teaching

Controlling the rest of your system 10 62 En • The four TV CONTROL buttons on the remote control are dedicated to control the TV assigned to the T

Controlling the rest of your system 10 63 En  Stops playback (on some models, pressing this when the disc is already stopped will cause the disc tra

Controlling the rest of your system 10 64 En SUBTITLE Displays/changes the subtitles on multilingual DVDs. DVD/DVR Player HDD (SHIFT + CH–) Switches

Additional information 11 65 En Chapter 11: Additional information Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfuncti

Additional information 11 66 En Broadcast stations cannot be selected automatically.• Connect an outdoor antenna (refer to page 20).No sound from sur

Additional information 11 67 En • If the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electricity discon-nect the power plug

Additional information 11 68 En Specifications Amplifier section Continuous average power output of 110 watts ( VSX-D914) / 100 watts ( VSX-D814) *

Additional information 11 69 En Frequency response DVD/LD, TV/SAT  MONITOR . . . 5 Hz to 40 MHz dBSignal-to-Noise Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . .

Before you start 01 7 En • When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public instruction’s rules

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5 minute guide02 8 En Chapter 2: 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but

5 minute guide 02 9 En Listening to Surround Sound This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quick se