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A UDIO/VIDEO MUL TI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-1019AH -K VSX-919AH -K/-S Operating Instructions VSX-1019_DF.book 1 ページ ２ ００９年３月 １３日 金曜 日 午前９時 ５８分.
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VENTILATION CAUTION When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 60 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and 30 cm at each side). WARNING Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the product, and to protect it from overheating.
Contents 01 Before you start Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing the r eceive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Loading the batte r ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 02 Controls and displays F r ont p anel .
English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch 07 KURO LINK Making the KURO LINK connections . . . . . . . 59 Cautions on the KURO LINK function . . . . . . 60 About connections with a pr oduct of a diffe r ent b r and that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK function .
6 En Flow of settings on the receiver The unit is a full-fledged AV r eceive r equi pp ed with an abundance of functions and te r minals. It can be used easily afte r following the pr ocedu r e below to make the connections and settings.
Before you start 01 7 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in t he box Please check that you’ve r eceived the following su pp lied accesso r ies: •S e t u p mic r o p hon e (cable: 5 m.
Controls and display s 02 8 En Chapter 2: Controls and displays Front panel 1 INPUT SELE CTOR dial Use to select an in p ut function. 2 STANDBY/ON Switches the r eceive r between on and standby.
Controls and displays 02 9 En 9 PHONES jack Use to connect head p hones. W hen the head p hone s a r e connected, the r e is no sound out p ut f r om the s p eake r s. 10 Listening mode buttons AUTO SURR / ALC / STREAM DIRECT – Switches b etween Auto Su rr ound ( p age 52) , Auto level cont r ol mode and St r eam Di r ect mode ( p age 55) .
Controls and display s 02 10 En 4 S.RTRV Lights when the Sound Ret r ieve r func tion is active ( p age 64) . 5 MULTI-ZONE Lights when the MULTI-ZONE featu r e is active ( p age 68). 6 DSD PCM – Light du r ing DSD ( Di r ect St r eam Digital) to PC M conve r sion with SACDs.
Controls and displays 02 11 En Remote cont rol The remote has been c onveniently color-coded according to component control using the following syste m: • White – Receive r cont r ol, TV Cont r ol • Blue – Othe r cont r ols 1 RECEIVER This switches between standby and on fo r this r eceive r .
Controls and display s 02 12 En P r ess TUNER fi r st to access: D.ACCESS – Afte r pr essing, you can access a r adio station di r ectly using the numbe r buttons ( p age 50). CLASS – Switches between th e seven banks (c lasses) of r adio station pr esets ( p age 51).
Controls and displays 02 13 En 9 AUDIO – Changes the audio o r channel on DVD o r BD discs. DISPLAY – Switches between named station pr esets and r adio f r equencies.
Connecting your equipment 03 14 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This r eceive r pr ovid es you with many conn ection p ossibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. T h is p age ex p lains the kinds of com p onents you can connect to make u p you r home theate r syst em.
Connecting your equipment 03 15 En Determining the speakers’ application Su rr ound sound with a st r ong sense of pr esence can be enjoyed by connecting 7 s p eake r s and 1 subwoofe r . It is also p ossi ble to achieve high sound quality using bi-am p connections and to enjoy music in othe r r ooms using the MULT I-ZONE featu r e.
Connecting your equipment 03 16 En [4] 5.1ch surround & Speaker B connection With these connections you c an simultaneously enjoy 5.1-cha nnel su rr ound sound in the main zone with ste r eo p layba ck of the same sound on the B s p eake r s.
Connecting your equipment 03 17 En Placing the speakers To achieve the best p ossible su rr ound sound, install you r s p eake r s as shown below. 5.1 channel su rround system : 6.
Connecting your equipment 03 18 En Connecting the speakers Each s p eake r connection on the r eceive r com pr ises a p ositive (+) and negative (–) te r minal. Make su r e to match these u p with the te r minals on the s p eake r s themselves. CAUTION •T h e s e s p eake r te r minals ca rr y HAZARDOUS LIVE voltage .
Connecting your equipment 03 19 En Installing your speaker system At the ve r y least, f r on t left and r ig ht s p eake r s only a r e necessa r y. No te that you r main su rr ound s p eake r s shou.
Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Bi-amping your spe akers Bi-am p ing is when you connect the high f r equency d r ive r and low f r equency d r ive r of you r s p eake r s to diffe r ent am p lifie r s fo r bette r c r ossove r p e r fo r mance.
Connecting your equipment 03 21 En Selecting the Surr Back system The su rr ound back te r m inals can be used fo r bi-am p ing, S p eake r B and ZONE 2 connections, in addition to fo r the su rr ound back s p eake r s. Make this setting acco r ding to the a pp licatio n.
Connecting your equipment 03 22 En About the audio connection The r e a r e seve r al ty p es of audio in p ut and out p ut te r minals on this r eceive r . The r eceive r selects the fi r st available sign al in the f ollowing o r de r : • With an HDMI cable, video and audio signals can be t r ansfe rr ed in high quality ove r a single cable.
Connecting your equipment 03 23 En Connecting your TV and playback components Connecting using HDMI If you have an HDMI o r DVI (with HDCP) equi pp ed com p onent (Blu- r ay disc p laye r , etc.), you can connect it to this r eceive r using a comme r cially availa ble HDMI c able.
Connecting your equipment 03 24 En • The sound of the TV canno t be hea r d ove r the r eceive r if th e TV is connect ed using an HDMI cable. If you want to listen to the sound of the TV ove r the r eceive r , connec t the r eceive r and TV with audio cables.
Connecting your equipment 03 25 En Connecting your DVD player with n o HDMI output This diag r am shows connections of a TV (with HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback com p onent with no HDMI out p ut) to the r eceive r .
Connecting your equipment 03 26 En Connecting your TV with no HDMI input This diag r am shows connections of a TV (wit h no HDMI in p ut) and DVD p laye r (o r othe r p layback com p onent) to the r eceive r . • With these connections, the p ictu r e is not out p ut to the TV even if the DVD p laye r is connected with an HDMI cable.
Connecting your equipment 03 27 En •I f y o u r DVD p laye r has multichan nel analog ou t p uts, you ca n connect these instead. See also see Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on p age 28. •T h e i n p ut function s below a r e assigned by default to the r eceive r ’s dif fe r ent in p ut te r minals .
Connecting your equipment 03 28 En Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video so urces This r eceive r has two sets of audio/video in p uts and out p uts suitable fo r connecting anal og o r digital video devices, including HDD/DVD r eco r de r s and VCRs.
Connecting your equipment 03 29 En Connecting other audio components This r eceive r has both digital and analog in p uts, allo wing you to connect au dio com p onents fo r p layback. This r eceive r featu r es five ste r eo audio -only in p uts. One of thes e in p uts have co rr es p onding out p uts fo r use with audio r eco r de r s.
Connecting your equipment 03 30 En Connecting AM/FM antennas Connect the AM loo p antenna and the FM wi r e antenna as shown below. To im pr ove r ece p tion and sound quality, connect exte r nal antennas (see Connecting ext ernal antennas below). 1 Pull off the protective shield s of both AM antenna wires.
Connecting your equipment 03 31 En MULTI-ZONE setup This r eceive r can p owe r u p to two inde p endent systems in se p a r ate r ooms afte r you have made the pr o p e r MULTI-ZONE connection s. Diffe r ent sou r ces can be p laying in two zones at the same time o r , de p ending on you r needs, the same sou r ce can also be used.
Connecting your equipment 03 32 En Connecting an IR receiver If you kee p you r ste r eo com p onents in a cl osed cabinet o r shelving unit, o r yo u wish to use the sub zone r emote cont r ol in ano.
Connecting your equipment 03 33 En 2 C onnect the CONTROL OUT jack of that component to the CONTROL IN jack of another Pioneer component. Use a cable with a mono mini- p lug on each end fo r the connection. Continue the chain in the same way fo r as many com p onents as you have.
Connecting your equipment 03 34 En Connecting an iPod This r eceive r has a dedicate d iPod te r minal that will allow y ou to cont r ol p layback of audio content f r om you r iPod usin g the co nt r ols of this r eceive r .
Connecting your equipment 03 35 En Plugging in the receiver Afte r you’ve finished making all conn ections, p lug the r eceive r into an AC o utlet. The ty p e of co r d and the p lug conve r te r which can be used de p ends on the p owe r voltage in each r egion o r count r y.
Basi c Setu p 04 36 En Chapter 4: Basic Setup Switching the speaker impedance We r ecomme nd using s p eake r s of 8 Ω with this system, bu t it is p ossible to switch the im p edance setting if you p lan to use s p eake r s with a 6 Ω im p edance r ating.
Basic Setup 04 37 En 2 Select ‘ System Setup ’ from t he HOME MENU . 3 Select ‘ OSD Language ’ from the System Setup menu. 4 Select the desired language. • English • French • German • Italian • Spanish • Dutch • Russian 5 Select ‘ OK ’ to change the language.
Basi c Setu p 04 38 En 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. 2 Con nect the mi crophone to th e MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel. •P u s h d o w n o n t h e PUSH OPEN tab to access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack.
Basic Setup 04 39 En The configu r at ion shown o n-sc r een should r eflect the actual s p eake r s you have. • If you see an ER R message (o r the s p eake r configu r ation dis p layed isn’t co rr ect), the r e may be a pr oblem with the s p ea ke r connection .
Basi c Setu p 04 40 En Problems when using the A uto MCACC Setup If the r oom envi r onment is not o p timal fo r the Auto MCACC Setu p (too much backg r ound noise, echo off the wall s, obstacle s blocking the s p eake r s f r om the mic r o p hone) the f inal settings may be inco rr ect.
Basic Setup 04 41 En 7 When yo u’re finished, proceed to the settings for other in puts. The r e a r e th r ee o p tional settings in addition to the assignment of the in p ut jacks: • Input Name – You can choose to r ename the in p ut function fo r easie r identification.
Basic p laybac k 05 42 En Chapter 5: Basic playback Playing a source He r e a r e the basic inst r uctions f o r p laying a sou r ce (such as a DVD disc) with you r home theate r system.
Basic playback 05 43 En Playing a source with HDMI connection •U s e INPUT SELECT to select the HDMI input you’ve co nnected to (for example, HDMI 1 ). You can also p e r fo r m the same o p e r ation by using the INPUT SEL ECTOR dial on the f r ont p anel o r by pr essing HDMI on the r emote cont r ol r e p eatedly.
Basic p laybac k 05 44 En 2 Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod/USB . Loading a pp ea r s in the GUI sc r een while the r eceive r ve r ifies the connectio n and r et r ieves data f r om the iP od. When the dis p lay shows iPod to p menu you’ r e r eady to p lay music f r om the iPod.
Basic playback 05 45 En Navigation th r ough catego r ies on you r iPod looks like this: Playlists Songs A r tists Albums Songs Albums Songs Songs Podcasts Gen r es A r tists A.
Basic p laybac k 05 46 En Playing a USB device It is p ossible to p layback files 1 using the USB inte r face on the f r ont of t his r eceive r . 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. See Connecting a USB d evice on p age 34. 2 2P r e s s iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod/USB .
Basic playback 05 47 En 1U s e / to select ‘ Music’ from the USB Top menu. 2U s e / to select a folder, then press ENTER to browse that folder. •T o r etu r n to the pr evious level any time, pr ess RETURN . 3 C ontinue browsing until you arr ive at what you want to play, then press to start playback.
Basic p laybac k 05 48 En Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 1 1U s e / to s e l ec t ‘ Photo s’ from the USB Top menu. 2U s e / to select a folder, then press ENTER to browse that fold er. • To r etu r n to the pr evious level any time, pr ess RETURN .
Basic playback 05 49 En About playable file format s The USB functi on of this r eceive r su pp o r ts the following file fo r mats. Note that some file fo r mats a r e not available fo r p layback although they a r e listed as p layable file fo r mats.
Basic p laybac k 05 50 En Listening to the r adio The followin g ste p s show you how to tune in to FM and AM r adio b r oadcas ts using the automatic (sea r ch) and manual (ste p ) tuning function s. If yo u al r eady kn ow the f r equency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below.
Basic playback 05 51 En Saving station presets If you often listen to a p a r ticula r r adio station, it’s convenient to have the r eceive r sto r e the f r equency fo r easy r ecall wheneve r you wa nt to listen to that station. This saves the effo r t of manually tuning in each time.
Listening to your system 06 52 En Chapter 6: Listening to your system Important • The listening modes and m any featu r es desc r ibed in this section may not be available de p endi ng on the c u rr ent sou r ce, settings and status of the r eceive r .
Listening to your system 06 53 En With two channel sources , you can select f r om: • 2 Pro Logic II x MOVIE – U p to 7.1 c hannel sound, es p ecially suited to m ovie sou r ces • 2 Pro Logic IIx MUSIC – U p to 7. 1 channel sound, es p ecially suited to m usic sou r ces 1 • 2 Pro Logic IIx GAME – U p to 7.
Listening to your system 06 54 En • UNPLUGGED – Suitable fo r acoustic music sou r ces • EXT.STEREO – Gives multichanne l sound to a ste r eo sou r ce, using all of you r s p eake r s • PHONES SURR – When listening th r ough head p hones, you can still get the effect o f ove r all su rr ound.
Listening to your system 06 55 En Using Stream Direct Use the St r eam Di r ect modes when you want to hea r the t r uest p ossible r e pr oduction of a sou r ce. All unnecessa r y signal pr ocessing is by p assed, and you’ r e left with the p u r e analog o r digital sound sou r ce.
Listening to your system 06 56 En Using the Virtual Surround Back mode • Default setting: OFF When you’ r e not using su rr ound back s p eake r s, selecting this mode allo ws you to hea r a vi r tual su rr o und back channel th r ough you r su rr ound s p eake r s.
Listening to your system 06 57 En Selecting MCACC presets •D e f a u l t s e t t i n g : MEMORY 1 If you have c alib r ated you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions 1 , you can switch betw.
Listening to your system 06 58 En – WMA9 Pro lights to indicate tha t a WMA9 P r o signal is being decoded. • HDMI is not assigned by default. To select an HDMI signal, conduct th e in p ut setu p pr ocedu r e (see The Input Setup menu on p age 40).
KURO LINK 07 59 En Chapter 7: KURO LINK Synch r onized o p e r ation with a KURO LINK- com p atible Pionee r flat sc r een TV o r Blu- r ay disc p laye r o r wit h a com p onent of ano the r make that su pp o r ts the KURO LINK functi on is p ossible when the com p onent is connected to the r eceive r using an HDMI cable.
KURO LINK 07 60 En Cautions on the KURO LINK function • Connect the TV di r ectly to this r eceive r . Inte rr u p ting a di r ect connection with othe r am p s o r a n A V c o n v e r te r (such as an HDMI switch) ca n cause o p e r atio nal e rr o r s.
KURO LINK 07 61 En KURO LINK Setup You must adjust the settings of this r eceive r as well as KURO LINK-com p atible connected com p onents in o r de r t o m a k e u s e o f t h e K U R O LINK function. Fo r mo r e info r mation see th e o p e r ating inst r uctions fo r ea ch com p onent.
KURO LINK 07 62 En Before using synchronization Once you have finished all co nnections and settings, you must: 1 Put al l components into standby mode. 2 Turn the power on fo r all components, with the power for the flat screen TV being turned on last.
Using other functions 08 63 En Chapter 8: Using other functions Setting the Audi o options The r e a r e a numbe r of addition al sound settings you can make using the AUDIO PARAMETER menu.
Using othe r functions 08 64 En BASS c Adjusts the am ount of bass. –6 to +6 (dB) Default: 0 (dB) TREBLE c Adjusts the amo unt of t r eble. –6 to +6 (dB) Default: 0 (dB) S.
Using other functions 08 65 En C. WIDTH i (Cente r Width) (A pp licable only when using a cente r s p eake r ) P r ovides a bette r blend of the f r ont s p eake r s by s pr eading the cente r channel between t he f r on t r ight and left s p ea ke r s, making it sound wide r (highe r settings) o r na rr owe r (lowe r sett ings).
Using othe r functions 08 66 En Setting the Video options The r e a r e a numbe r of additional p ictu r e settings you can make using the VIDEO PARAMETER menu.
Using other functions 08 67 En PCINEMA c,e ,f (Pu r eCinema) This setting o p timizes the p ictu r e fo r film mate r ial when the video out p ut is set t o pr og r essive. Usually set to AUTO ; but t r y switching to OFF if the p ictu r e a pp ea r s unnatu r al.
Using othe r functions 08 68 En Switching the speaker system If you selected Speaker B in Surround bac k speaker settin g on p age 93, th r ee s p eake r system settings a r e p ossible using SPEAKERS . If you selected Normal , Front Bi-Amp o r ZONE 2 , the button will sim p ly switch you r main s p eake r system on o r off.
Using other functions 08 69 En 4U s e t h e MASTER VOLUME dial to adjust the volume for the sub zone. This is only p ossible if you selected the Variable volu me cont r ol in ZONE Audio Setup on p age 98. 1 5 When yo u’re finished, press MULTI-ZONE CONTROL again to return to t he main zone controls.
Using othe r functions 08 70 En 3 Prepare t he recorder. Inse r t a blank ta p e, MD, v ideo etc. into the r eco r ding device and set the r eco r ding levels. Refe r to the inst r uctions that came with the r eco r de r if you a r e unsu r e how to do this.
Using other functions 08 71 En Resetting the system Use this pr ocedu r e to r ese t all the r eceive r ’s settings to the fact o r y defaul t. Use the f r ont p anel cont r ols to do this. Se t MULTI- ZONE to OFF . • Disconnect the iPod an d USB memo r y device f r om the r eceive r befo r eh and.
Controlling the rest of your system 09 72 En Chapter 9: Controlling the rest of your system Operating multiple receivers The r emote cont r ol inc luded with th is r eceive r can be used to o p e r ate u p to th r ee othe r r eceive r s (of the same model as this r eceive r ) in addition to this r eceive r .
Controlling the rest of your system 09 73 En When the pr eset code is fully in p ut, the LED flashes once to indicate that the setting is com p leted. 4 R epeat steps 1 thro ugh 3 for the other components you want to control. To t r y out the r emote cont r ol, switch the com p onent on o r off (into standby) by pr essing SOURCE .
Controlling the rest of your system 09 74 En Button(s) TV TV (Mon itor) BD/DVD HDD/DVR VCR SAT/CATV SOURCE POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF Numbe.
Controlling the rest of your system 09 75 En a. Cont r ols fo r SACD. b. Co nt r ols fo r MD. Button(s) LD CD/CD-R/ SACD MD/DAT TAPE SOURCE POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF POWER ON/ OFF .
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 76 En Chapter 10: The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu The Advanced MCACC (Multi Channe l ACoustic Ca lib r ation) system was develo.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 77 En Automatic MCACC (Expert) If you r setu p r equi r es mo r e detailed settings than those pr ovided in Automatically setti ng up for surround sound (Auto MCACC ) on p age 37, you can customize you r setu p o p tions below.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 78 En • Auto MCACC – The default is ALL ( r ecommended), but you can limit the system calib r ation to only o ne setting (to save time) if you want. 1 The availa ble o p tions a r e ALL , Keep SP System , 2 Speaker Setting , Ch annel Level , Speaker Distance and EQ Pro & S-Wa ve .
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 79 En 4 When yo u’re finished setting the options, select START then press ENTER . 5 F ollow the instructions on-screen. •M a k e s u r e the mic r o p hon e is connected. •I f y o u ’ r e using a subwoofe r , it is automati cally de tected e ve r y time you switch on the system.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 80 En 8 Make sure ‘ OK ’ is select ed, then press ENTER . A pr og r ess r e p o r t is dis p layed on-sc r een while the r eceive r out p uts mo r e test tones to dete r mine the o p timum r eceive r settings fo r channel level, s p eake r distance, and Acoustic Calib r ation EQ.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 81 En Manual MCACC setup You can use the settin gs in the Manual MCACC setu p menu to make de tailed adjustments when you’ r e mo r e familia r with the system. Befo r e making these settings, you should have al r eady com p leted Automatically setting up for surr ound sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 37.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 82 En Fine Channel Level • Default setting: 0.0dB (a ll chann els) You can achieve be tte r su rr ound sound by pr o p e r ly adjusting the ove r all balance of you r s p eake r system. You can adjust the Channel Level of each s p eake r in 0.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 83 En 1 Select ‘ Fine SP Distance ’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu . 2 A djust the distance of the left channel from the list ening position. 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary. Use / to adjust the delay of the s p ea ke r you selected to match the r efe r ence s p eake r .
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 84 En Standing Wave • Default setting: ON 1 / ATT 0.0dB (all filte r s) Acoustic standing waves occu r when , und e r ce r tain conditions, soun d waves f r om you r s p eake r system r esonate mutua lly with sound waves r eflected off the walls in you r listening a r ea.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 85 En 1 Select ‘ EQ Adjust ’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu . 2 Select the channel(s) you want and adjust to your liking. Use / to select the channel. Use / to select the f r equency a nd / to boost o r cut the EQ.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 86 En Using Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional 1 Select ‘EQ Professional’, then press ENTER. 2 Select an option and press ENTER . • Reverb Measurement – Use thi s to measu r e the r eve r b cha r acte r istics o f you r r oom.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 87 En 4 I f you selected ‘ Reverb View ’, you can check the reverb characteristics for each channel. Press RETURN when you’re do ne. The r eve r b cha r acte r istics a r e dis p layed when the Full Auto MCACC o r Reverb Measu rement measu r ements a r e conducted.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 88 En Checking MCACC Data At the pr ocedu r e of Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC) on p age 37, the pr ocedu r e of Automatic MCACC (Expert) on p age 77 o r afte r fine-adjusting at Manual MCACC setup on p age 81, you can check you r calib r ated settings using the GUI sc r een.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 89 En 1 Select ‘ Channel Level ’ from the MCACC Data Check menu. 2 When ‘MCAC C’ is highlighted, use / to select the MCACC preset you want to check. The level of the va r ious channels set at the selected MCACC pr eset is dis p layed.
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 90 En Data Management This system allows you to sto r e u p to six MCACC pr esets, allowing you to calib r ate you r system fo r diffe r ent listening p ositions (o r f r equency adjustments fo r the same listening p osition) .
The Advanced MCACC menu 10 91 En Copying MCACC preset data If you want to manually adjust the A coustic Calib r ation EQ (see Manual MCACC setup on p age 81), we r ecommend co p ying you r cu rr ent settings 1 to an unused MCACC pr eset. Instead of just a flat EQ cu r ve, this will give you a r efe r ence p oint f r om which to sta r t.
The system and the other setup 11 92 En Chapter 11: The system and the other setup Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following s e ction desc r ibes how to change the s p eake r - r elated settings manually and make va r ious othe r settings (in p ut selection, OSD language selection, etc.
The system and the other setup 11 93 En Manual speaker setup This r eceive r allows you to make detailed settings to o p timize the su rr ound so und p e r fo r mance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you change the p lacement of you r cu rr ent s p eake r system o r add new s p eake r s).
The system and the other setup 11 94 En 2 Select the surround back speaker setting. • Normal – Select fo r no r mal home theate r use with su rr ound back s p eake r s in you r main (s p eake r system A) setu p .
The system and the other setup 11 95 En • SB – Select the numbe r of su rr ound back s p eake r s you have (one, two o r none). 1 Select LARGEx2 o r LARGEx1 if you r su rr ound back s p eak e r s r e pr oduce bass f r equencies effectively. Select SMALLx2 o r SMALLx1 to send bass f r equencies to the othe r s p eak e r s o r subwoofe r .
The system and the other setup 11 96 En 3 Con firm your selected setup option. The test tones will sta r t afte r you pr ess ENTER . 4 Adjust the level of each channel using / .
The system and the other setup 11 97 En X-Curve Most soundt r acks mixed fo r cinem a sound too b r ight when p layed back in la r ge r ooms. The X- Cu r ve setting acts as a kind of r e-equalization fo r home theate r listening, and r esto r es pr o p e r tonal balance of movie soundt r acks.
The system and the other setup 11 98 En • Remote Control Mode Setup – Sets this r eceive r ’s r emote cont r ol mode ( p age 100). • Flicker Reduction – Adjusts the way the GUI sc r een looks ( p age 100). 5 Make the adjustments necessary for each setting, pressing RETURN to confirm after each screen.
The system and the other setup 11 99 En • Fixed – Use this setting if you’ve connected a fully inte g r ated am p lifi e r (such as anothe r Pionee r VSX r eceive r ) in the sub r oom and want to use that r eceive r ’s volume cont r ols.
The system and the other setup 11 100 En Remote Contro l Mode Setup • Default setting: 1 This sets this r eceive r ’s r emote cont r ol mode to pr event e rr oneous o p e r ation when multi p le units of the r eceive r a r e being used. 1 1 Select ‘ Remote Contr ol Mode Setup ’ from the Other Setup menu.
Additional information 12 101 En Chapter 12: Additional information Troubleshootin g Inco rr ect o p e r ations a r e often mistaken fo r t r ouble and malfunctions. If you think tha t the r e is something w r ong with this com p onent, check the p oints below.
Additional information 12 102 En No sound AMP ERR blinks in the dis p lay, then the p owe r automatically switche s off. The ADVANCED MCACC blinks and the p owe r does not tu r n on. • The r eceive r m a y have a se r ious pr oblem. Do not t r y switching the r eceive r on.
Additional information 12 103 En No sound f r om su rr ound back s p eake r s. (Continue d) • If the sou r ce does not have 6.1 p layback channels, make su r e that su rr ound back channel pr ocessing is set to SBch ON and a su rr ound mode is selecte d (see Listening in surround sound on p age 52) .
Additional information 12 104 En Other audio problems Symptom Remedy B r oadcast stations cannot be selected automatically, o r the r e is conside r able nois e in r adio b r oadcas ts. For FM broadcasts • Fully extend the FM wi r e antenna, adju st the p osition fo r best r ece p tion and secu r e to a wa ll, etc.
Additional information 12 105 En Video Sympt om Remedy No image is out p ut whe n an in p ut is selected. • Check the video connections of th e sou r ce com p onent ( see p age 28).
Additional information 12 106 En Settings Symptom Remedy The Auto MCACC Se tu p continually shows an e rr o r . • The ambient no ise level may be too high. Kee p the noise level in the r oom a s low as p ossible (see also Problems when using th e Au to MCACC Setup on p age 40).
Additional information 12 107 En Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Sympt om Remedy The EQ r es p onse dis p layed in the g r a p hical out p ut following calib r ation does not a pp ea r enti r ely fl at.
Additional information 12 108 En Remote control Du r ing p layback of a Su rr ound EX o r DTS-ES sou r ce on the SBch AUTO setting, EX o r ES does not a pp ea r , o r the signal is n ot pr o p e r ly pr ocessed. • The sou r ce ma y be Dolby Su rr ound EX/DTS-ES softwa r e, but it ha s no flag to indicate it is 6.
Additional information 12 109 En HDMI Sympt om Remedy The HDMI indic ato r blinks continuo usly. • Check all the p oints below. No p ictu r e o r sound. • This r eceive r is HDCP-c om p atible. C heck that the com p onents you a r e connecting a r e also HDCP-com p atible.
Additional information 12 110 En Important information rega rding the HDMI connection The r e a r e cases whe r e you may no t be able to r oute HDMI signals th r ough this r eceive r (this de p ends on the HDMI-equi pp ed com p onent you a r e conne cting–check with th e manufactu r e r fo r HDMI com p atibility inf o r mation).
Additional information 12 111 En USB interface If the pr oblem is not solved afte r the t r oubleshooting abo ve, if the sc r een f r eezes unex p ectedly o r if the buttons on the r emote cont r ol o.
Additional information 12 112 En Surround sound formats Below is a b r ief desc r i p tion of the main su rr ound sound fo r mats you’ll find on D VDs, satellite, cable and te rr est r ial b r oadcasts, and video cassettes. Dolby The Dolby technologies a r e ex p lained below.
Additional information 12 113 En About Neural – THX Surround Neural-THX ® Surround is taking surroun d sound to the next level. This revolutionary new technolo gy delivers the rich envelopm ent and discrete imag e detail of surroun d sound in a format that is fully comp atible with stereo from various content sources.
Additional information 12 114 En Auto Surround, ALC an d Stream Direct with different input signal formats The follow ing cha r ts show what you will hea r with diffe r ent in p ut sign al fo r mats, de p ending on the St r eam Di r ect mode (see Using Stre am Dire ct on p age 55) you have selected.
Additional information 12 115 En Preset code list You should have no pr oblem co nt r olling a co m p onent if you find the manufactu r e r in this li st, bu t p lease note that the r e a r e cases whe r e codes fo r th e manufactu r e r in the li st will not w o r k fo r the model that you a r e using.
Additional information 12 116 En Polaroid 11498, 11523, 11687, 11766 Samsung 12051 Sanyo 11276 Sharp 10818 Sony 10810 SVA 10587 Syntax 11610 Tatung 11719, 11839, 11857 Teac 11812 Toshiba 12203 Uniden .
Additional information 12 117 En Blu-ray Pioneer 30142, 32442 Denon 32258 LG 30741 Onkyo 32147 Panasonic 31641 Philips 32084 Samsung 30199 Sharp 32250 Sony 31516 HD-DVD Microsoft 32083 Onkyo 31769 Tos.
Additional information 12 118 En Laser Disc Player Pioneer 30241, 32447 Denon 30241 Cassette Deck Pioneer 40027, 42446 Denon 40076 Inkel 40070 JVC 40244 Kenwood 40070 Marantz 40029 Onkyo 40135 Philips.
Additional information 12 119 En Specifications •T h e s e s p ecifications a r e a pp licable when the p owe r su pp ly is 120 V. Audio section Maximum p owe r out p ut F r ont, Cente r , Su rr ound, Su rr ound Back . . . . . . 170 W p e r channel (1 kHz, 6 Ω , 10 %) Rated p owe r out p ut F r ont, Cente r , Su rr ound, Su rr ound Back .
Additional information 12 120 En Cleaning the unit •U s e a p olishing cloth o r d r y cloth to wi p e off dust and di r t. •W h e n t h e s u r face is di r ty, wi p e with a soft cloth di pp ed in some neut r al cleanse r diluted five o r six times with wate r , and w r ung out well, and then wi p e again with a d r y cloth.
Additional information 12 121 En Pioneer Authorized Distributors Pioneer A uthoriz ed Distributor s REP . OF SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA TEK (PTY) L TD. 29 Heronmere Road, Reuven Boo ysens. Johannesburg 2091 P .O.Bo x 121 Linmeyer 2105 TEL: 490 9202 HONG KONG PIONEER (HK) L TD .
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Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Pioneer VSX-919AH-S c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Pioneer VSX-919AH-S - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Pioneer VSX-919AH-S, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Pioneer VSX-919AH-S va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Pioneer VSX-919AH-S, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Pioneer VSX-919AH-S.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Pioneer VSX-919AH-S. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Pioneer VSX-919AH-S ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
