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Pioneer VSX-D914 User Manual

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Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating range of remote control unit. . . . 7

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

03 Quick surround sound setup

Automatically calibrating your listening
area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

04 Connecting up

Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Digital audio coaxial cords/
Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting DVD 5.1 channel
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting to the front panel
video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AM loop antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A and B speaker systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . 24
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 25
Using this receiver with a Pioneer
plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

05 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

06 Listening to your system

Listening in surround sound. . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the Advanced surround effects. . . 35

Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Surround Back Channel
(SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode (VSB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Loudness and Midnight listening . . 40
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting the multi-channel analog
inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

07 Setting up the receiver

Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 44
Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Crossover frequency setting. . . . . . . . . . . 44
LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 45
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 45
Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 46
Surround right speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Surround back speaker distance
setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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