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VSX_D912.book.fm 1 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL
RECEIVER
VSX-D814
VSX-D914
Operating Instructions
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VSX_D912.book.fm 2 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. CAUTION – PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO Please read through these operating instructions NOT USE THIS (POLARIZED) PLUG so you will know how to operate your model WITH AN EXTENSION CORD. properly. After you have finished reading the RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET instructions, put them away in a safe place for future UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE reference. FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE. If the socket o
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VSX_D912.book.fm 3 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead, within CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC triangle is intended to alert the user to the the user to the presence of uninsulated SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR presence of important operating and "dangerous voltage" within the product's BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS mainte
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VSX_D912.book.fm 4 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Contents Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 25 01 Before you start Using this receiver with a Pioneer Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 05 Controls and displays Opera
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VSX_D912.book.fm 5 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Surround left speaker distance setting . . 46 10 Controlling the rest of your Subwoofer distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . 46 system Dynamic range control setting. . . . . . . . . 47 Setting the remote to control other Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Component video input settings . . . . . . . 47 Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . .
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01_before_you_start.fm 6 ページ ２００３年１２月９日 火曜日 午前１１時１分 01 Before you start Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Making cable connections Please check that you've received the Make sure not to bend the cables over the top following supplied accessories: of this unit (as shown in the illustration). If this happens, the magnetic field produced by the • AM loop antenna transformers in this unit may cause a • FM wire antenna humming noise from the speakers. • AA/LR6 dry cell batter
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VSX_D912.book.fm 7 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Before you start 01 When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public instruction’s rules that apply in your country or area. Operating range of remote control unit The remote control may not work properly if: There are obstacles between the remote control and the receiver's remote sensor. Direct sunlight or fluorescent light is shining onto the remote sensor. The receiver is loc
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VSX_D912.book.fm 8 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 02 5 minute guide Chapter 2: 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater systems that give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening to soundtracks. Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you're in the middle of the action or concert. The surrou
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VSX_D912.book.fm 9 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 5 minute guide 02 Listening to Surround Sound This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quick setup guide, you should have your system hooked up for surround sound in no time at all. In most cases, you can simply leave the receiver in the default settings. Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source. 1 Hook up your DVD player. For surround sound
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VSX_D912.book.fm 10 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 02 5 minute guide 3 Connect your speakers. A complete setup of eight speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here but everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below. The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best. Make sure you connect the speaker on
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VSX_D912.book.fm 11 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 5 minute guide 02 If you select subwoofer (SB SW) in the Surround back speaker setting on page 44 you can hook up a subwoofer instead of speakers to the surround back speaker terminals. Connect the wires just as above (and as shown below), connecting the positive wire to the right channel (+) terminal, and the negative wire to the left channel (–) terminal. Surround back speaker (or subwoofer) SURROUND
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VSX_D912.book.fm 12 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 02 5 minute guide 3 Use the MULTI JOG dial to choose your Using the Quick Setup speaker setup. You can use the Quick Setup to get your When a subwoofer was detected in step 2, you system up and running with just a few button can cycle between the following choices: presses. The receiver automatically makes the necessary settings after you have selected 2.1ch 3.1ch your speaker setup, room size and listening posi
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VSX_D912.book.fm 13 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 5 minute guide 02 6 Press ENTER. 7 Use the MULTI JOG dial to choose your listening position. You can cycle between the following choices: FWD MID BACK FWD – If you are nearer to the front speakers than the surround speakers MID – If you are equal distance from the front and surround speakers BACK – If you are nearer to the surround speakers than the front speakers 8 Press ENTER to confirm your setup. The display shows the speaker se
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VSX_D912.book.fm 14 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 03 Quick surround sound setup Chapter 3: Quick surround sound setup VSX-D914 model only Make sure the mic and speakers are not Automatically calibrating moved during the MCACC setup. your listening area (MCACC) 1 Connect the microphone to the The Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the front panel. (MCACC) system measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening area, taking ADVANCED STER
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VSX_D912.book.fm 15 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Quick surround sound setup 03 If you see an ERR message in the display, 9 Press ENTER to finish the auto there may be a problem with your mic or the surround setup. speaker connections. The system checks for speaker size, channel delay and channel level. If you have Turn off the power, and check the problem connected a subwoofer, it will check for indicated by the ERR message (see below), a
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PB Y PR L VIDEO R S VIDEO VSX_D912.book.fm 16 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 04 Connecting up Chapter 4: Connecting up Component video cords Use component video cords to get the best possible color reproduction of your video Before making or changing any connec- source. The color signal of the TV is divided tions, switch off the power and discon- into the luminance (Y) signal and the color nect the power cord from the AC outlet. (PB and PR) signals and then output. In thi
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VSX_D912.book.fm 17 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Connecting up 04 Connecting digital components The easiest way to hook up this receiver for surround sound is to use a digital input. You can do this by either coaxial or optical connections (you do not need to do both). The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some digital components only have one type of digital terminal, it is a matter of matching like with like (for example, the coaxial output from the c
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VSX_D912.book.fm 18 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 04 Connecting up Connecting audio components To begin set up, connect your analog audio components (such as a cassette deck) to the jacks. For components you want to record with, you need to hook up four plugs to the receiver (a set of stereo inputs and a set of stereo outputs), but for components that only play, you only need to hook up one set of stereo plugs. You must also hook up your digital components to analog audio jacks if you
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VSX_D912.book.fm 19 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 Connecting up 04 Connecting video components Connect your video components to the jacks as shown below. With digital video components (like a DVD player), you must use the connections shown on this page for the video signal, but in order to hear a digital source (like a DVD) you should hook up the audio to a digital input (see page 17). It is also a good idea to hook up your digital components with analog audio connec- tions (see page 18
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VSX_D912.book.fm 20 ページ ２００３年１２月５日 金曜日 午前９時４３分 04 Connecting up Antenna snap connectors Connecting antennas Twist the exposed wire strands together and Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM insert into the hole, then snap the connector wire antenna as shown below. To improve shut. reception and sound quality, connect external antennas (see Using external antennas below). Always make sure that the receiver is switched off and unplugged from the wall outlet before making
