Pioneer VSX-916-S User Manual

Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

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Loading the batteries

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Installing the receiver

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Ventilation

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02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater

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Listening to Surround Sound

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Using the Quick Setup

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03 Quick surround sound setup

Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)

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Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup

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04 Connecting up

Making cable connections

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Analog audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Digital audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Video cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting a DVD player and TV

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Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs

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Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box

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Connecting other audio components

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About the WMA9 Pro decoder

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Connecting other video components

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Using the component video jacks

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Connecting to the front panel video
terminal

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Connecting antennas

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Using external antennas

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Connecting the speakers

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Hints on speaker placement

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05 Controls and displays

Front panel

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Display

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Remote control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Operating range of remote control

. . . . . . . 27

06 Listening to your system

Auto playback

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Listening in surround sound

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Using the Advanced surround effects

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Setting the effect options

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Listening in stereo

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Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

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Using surround back channel processing

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Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)

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Using Midnight and Loudness

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Using the Sound Retriever

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Enhancing dialog

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Using the tone controls

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Playing other sources

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Choosing the input signal

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Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . . 33

07 USB playback

Using the USB interface

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Basic playback controls

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Compressed audio compatibility

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08 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu

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Surround back speaker setting

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Manual MCACC speaker setup

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Fine Channel Level

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

Fine Speaker Distance

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

Acoustic Calibration EQ

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

Manual speaker setup

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Speaker Setting

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Crossover Network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Channel Level

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Speaker Distance

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09 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

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Improving FM stereo sound

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Tuning directly to a station

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Saving station presets

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

Naming station presets

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

Listening to station presets

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

An introduction to RDS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Displaying RDS information

. . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Searching for RDS programs

. . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using EON

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10 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording

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