Pioneer VSX-D814 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents

Contents01 Before you startChecking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Operating range of remote control unit. . . . 702 5 minute guideIntroduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203 Quick surround sound setupAutomatically calibrating your listeningarea (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1404 Connecting upAudio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Digital audio coaxial cords/Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . . 17Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . . 18Connecting DVD 5.1 channelcomponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . . 19Connecting to the front panelvideo terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20AM loop antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22A and B speaker systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . 22Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . 24AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 25Using this receiver with a Pioneerplasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2605 Controls and displaysFront panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3106 Listening to your systemListening in surround sound. . . . . . . . . . . . 35Using the Advanced surround effects. . . 35Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Using the Surround Back Channel(SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Using the Virtual Surround Backmode (VSB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Using Loudness and Midnight listening . . 40Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Selecting the multi-channel analoginputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4107 Setting up the receiverChoosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . . 42Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 44Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Crossover frequency setting. . . . . . . . . . . 44LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 45Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 45Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 46Surround right speaker distancesetting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Surround back speaker distancesetting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46