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Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

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Loading the batteries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Operating range of remote control unit

. . . . . . 5

Installing the receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Listening to Surround Sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Quick Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

03 Quick surround sound setup

Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC)

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Other problems during Auto MCACC

. . . . . 10

04 Connecting up

Making cable connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Analog audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Digital audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Video cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting a TV and DVD player

. . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs

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Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting other audio components

. . . . . . 14

About the WMA9 Pro decoder

. . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting other video components

. . . . . . 15

Connecting antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using external antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting the speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Speaker terminals

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Hints on speaker placement

. . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Speaker placement diagrams

. . . . . . . . . . . 19

05 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Remote control (VSX-516)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Remote control (VSX-416)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

06 Listening to your system

Auto playback

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Listening in surround sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Advanced surround effects

. . . . 29

Setting the effect options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Listening in stereo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . 30

Choosing the input signal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using surround back channel processing

. . 31

Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)

. . . . . . . 32

Using Midnight and Loudness

. . . . . . . . . . . 33

Enhancing dialog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the tone controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Sound Retriever

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Playing other sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . 33

07 The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu

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Manual MCACC speaker setup

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Fine Channel Level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fine Speaker Distance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Manual speaker setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Speaker setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Crossover network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Channel level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Speaker Distance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

The Input Assign menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

The Other setup menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dynamic Range Control Setup

. . . . . . . . . 40

Dual Mono Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

LFE Attenuator Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

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Tuning directly to a station

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Saving station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Naming station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Listening to station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Changing the frequency step

. . . . . . . . . . . . 42

09 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording

. . . . . 43

10 Controlling the rest of your system

Setting the remote to control other
components

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Selecting preset codes directly

. . . . . . . . . . 44

Direct function

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Clearing all the remote control settings

. . . . 45

Controls for TVs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Controls for other components

. . . . . . . . . . 47

Preset Code List

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

11 Additional information

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Resetting the main unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Switching the speaker impedance

. . . . . . . . 52

Power cord caution

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Cleaning the unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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