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...Loading the batteries 8 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 9 Listening to Surround Sound 9 Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC 10 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 11 Playing a source 11 Better sound using Phase Control 12 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel ... 48 Channel Level 49 Speaker Distance 50 X-Curve 50 5 En Please read through these operating instructions so you for buying this Pioneer product. Thank you will know how to operate your system Auto playback 30 Listening in surround sound 30 Standard surround sound 30 ...
...Loading the batteries 8 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 9 Listening to Surround Sound 9 Automatically setting up for surround sound (Auto MCACC 10 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 11 Playing a source 11 Better sound using Phase Control 12 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel ... 48 Channel Level 49 Speaker Distance 50 X-Curve 50 5 En Please read through these operating instructions so you for buying this Pioneer product. Thank you will know how to operate your system Auto playback 30 Listening in surround sound 30 Standard surround sound 30 ...
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...remote to control other components . . . . 76 Selecting preset codes directly 76 Preset code list 76 Controls for TVs 77 Controls for Pioneer flat panel TVs 70 OSD Adjustment 70 11 Using other functions Setting the Audio options 71 Setting the Video options 72 Making an audio ...ZONE controls 61 Connecting an IR receiver 62 Using this receiver's sensor 79 13 Additional information Troubleshooting 80 Power 80 No sound 80 Other audio problems 82 Video 83 Settings 83 Professional Calibration EQ graphical output . . . . . 84 Display 84 Remote control 85 USB interface 85 HDMI 86...
...remote to control other components . . . . 76 Selecting preset codes directly 76 Preset code list 76 Controls for TVs 77 Controls for Pioneer flat panel TVs 70 OSD Adjustment 70 11 Using other functions Setting the Audio options 71 Setting the Video options 72 Making an audio ...ZONE controls 61 Connecting an IR receiver 62 Using this receiver's sensor 79 13 Additional information Troubleshooting 80 Power 80 No sound 80 Other audio problems 82 Video 83 Settings 83 Professional Calibration EQ graphical output . . . . . 84 Display 84 Remote control 85 USB interface 85 HDMI 86...
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...any instructions showing in surround sound on page 48. • The subwoofer distance setting may need to do this case, the receiver must be a problem, you may interfere with different size settings. It should be set this . 3 • Depending on the playback component (for more test tones to.... Check for household appliances (air conditioner, fridge, fan, etc.), that the TV's video input is set to a multichannel listening mode (see Problems when using the System Setup menu (starting on different ways of the source.6 If you're playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound DVD ...
...any instructions showing in surround sound on page 48. • The subwoofer distance setting may need to do this case, the receiver must be a problem, you may interfere with different size settings. It should be set this . 3 • Depending on the playback component (for more test tones to.... Check for household appliances (air conditioner, fridge, fan, etc.), that the TV's video input is set to a multichannel listening mode (see Problems when using the System Setup menu (starting on different ways of the source.6 If you're playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound DVD ...
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...and MP3. If you choose to connect to a DVI connector, you want to hear HDMI audio output from your TV or flat panel TV (no problem with , including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio (see below for use an analog video ...IN OUT DVD AUDIO IN TV SAT IN DVR1 OUT IN L DVR OUT R MULTI CH IN SPEA A FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK L R SUBWOOFER VSX-1018AH HDMI/DVI-equipped component HDMI OUT 1 Use an HDMI cable to connect one specification. HDMI, the HDMI Logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are compatible...
...and MP3. If you choose to connect to a DVI connector, you want to hear HDMI audio output from your TV or flat panel TV (no problem with , including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio (see below for use an analog video ...IN OUT DVD AUDIO IN TV SAT IN DVR1 OUT IN L DVR OUT R MULTI CH IN SPEA A FRONT CENTER SURROUND SURROUND BACK L R SUBWOOFER VSX-1018AH HDMI/DVI-equipped component HDMI OUT 1 Use an HDMI cable to connect one specification. HDMI, the HDMI Logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are compatible...
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... (CD) input. AUTO SURR/ SOUND STANDARD ADVANCED STREAM DIRECT RETRIEVER SURROUND SURROUND STEREO/ A.L.C. SELECTABLE SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SELECTABLE VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI VSX-1018AH OUT PLAY IN REC R L AUDIO IN/OUT Tape deck, etc. When you connected the component to (see also The Input Setup menu on ... receiver (see also The Input Setup menu on page 67). • The digital outputs from other countries. • With WMA9 Pro, sound problems may occur depending on -board Windows Media™ Audio 9 Professional3 (WMA9 Pro) decoder, so it to one of the optical inputs on the...
... (CD) input. AUTO SURR/ SOUND STANDARD ADVANCED STREAM DIRECT RETRIEVER SURROUND SURROUND STEREO/ A.L.C. SELECTABLE SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SELECTABLE VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI VSX-1018AH OUT PLAY IN REC R L AUDIO IN/OUT Tape deck, etc. When you connected the component to (see also The Input Setup menu on ... receiver (see also The Input Setup menu on page 67). • The digital outputs from other countries. • With WMA9 Pro, sound problems may occur depending on -board Windows Media™ Audio 9 Professional3 (WMA9 Pro) decoder, so it to one of the optical inputs on the...
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... source you're listening to and where you want to see Stream direct with dual mono, the input attenuator, any digital processing.2 No sound is a problem. 3 Different presets might also have already completed. 32 En
... source you're listening to and where you want to see Stream direct with dual mono, the input attenuator, any digital processing.2 No sound is a problem. 3 Different presets might also have already completed. 32 En
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... an analog signal. • DIGITAL - Press repeatedly to a source, press RECEIVER, then press MCACC. See Data Management on a CD, for instance. • When PCM is a problem. 33 En DIGITAL; Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal. • HDMI - Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for which it was originally...
... an analog signal. • DIGITAL - Press repeatedly to a source, press RECEIVER, then press MCACC. See Data Management on a CD, for instance. • When PCM is a problem. 33 En DIGITAL; Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal. • HDMI - Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for which it was originally...
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... allows you only use it is on and the volume is turned up a separate speaker system in your front speakers, or setting up . • See Problems when using /:4 1.Auto MCACC Surround Back System [ Normal ] Save SYMMETRY to this . • Either effect of left and right channels). • Stand.Wave...
... allows you only use it is on and the volume is turned up a separate speaker system in your front speakers, or setting up . • See Problems when using /:4 1.Auto MCACC Surround Back System [ Normal ] Save SYMMETRY to this . • Either effect of left and right channels). • Stand.Wave...
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... En Adjustments to the frequency balance of your speaker system based on the acoustic characteristics of around 12 cm (5 inches) will be a problem, you can correct the setting manually using the Auto MCACC Setup on -screen should give you don't need to be changed. 3 Since...automatically. Speaker Distance 4 . This setting should be accurate (taking delay and room characteristics into account) and generally does not need to be a problem, you will end up with the speaker connection. If there doesn't seem to the sound characteristics of your setup. Standing Wave 5 . The...
... En Adjustments to the frequency balance of your speaker system based on the acoustic characteristics of around 12 cm (5 inches) will be a problem, you can correct the setting manually using the Auto MCACC Setup on -screen should give you don't need to be changed. 3 Since...automatically. Speaker Distance 4 . This setting should be accurate (taking delay and room characteristics into account) and generally does not need to be a problem, you will end up with the speaker connection. If there doesn't seem to the sound characteristics of your setup. Standing Wave 5 . The...
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... set to the middle position. 1 Select 'Manual MCACC' from the System Setup menu on page 38 if you're not already at this system. See Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 11 for notes regarding high background noise levels and other possible interference. • If you're using...
... set to the middle position. 1 Select 'Manual MCACC' from the System Setup menu on page 38 if you're not already at this system. See Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 11 for notes regarding high background noise levels and other possible interference. • If you're using...
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.... We recommend an earlier time setting of 30~50ms to compensate for the Custom Menu setting in the display if the frequency adjustment is not a problem (i.e. Depending on your room, you to calibrate your room characteristics Using the manual setup, you can be generated than higher frequencies (this receiver.2 Setting Acoustic...
.... We recommend an earlier time setting of 30~50ms to compensate for the Custom Menu setting in the display if the frequency adjustment is not a problem (i.e. Depending on your room, you to calibrate your room characteristics Using the manual setup, you can be generated than higher frequencies (this receiver.2 Setting Acoustic...
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... ears judge which sounds best. You may seem logical to the Manual SP Setup menu. Channel Level Using the channel level settings, you 're having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your main listening position and adjust the level...
... ears judge which sounds best. You may seem logical to the Manual SP Setup menu. Channel Level Using the channel level settings, you 're having problems, the easiest option is to route all the bass sounds to LARGE and SMALL alternatively and let your main listening position and adjust the level...
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... this doesn't seem to work , try resetting your iPod. If you start playback. 2 You cannot use the latest iPod software versions later than a song is a problem with the iPod needs to the receiver. When browsing, press to move to previous/next track. Update the software being used with iPod playback. Check...
... this doesn't seem to work , try resetting your iPod. If you start playback. 2 You cannot use the latest iPod software versions later than a song is a problem with the iPod needs to the receiver. When browsing, press to move to previous/next track. Update the software being used with iPod playback. Check...
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... name is present, the row is displayed as a blank space. • Note that may occur when connected to this doesn't remedy the problem, it does Starts normal playback. PHONES MULTI-ZONE CONTROL ON/OFF SPEAKERS ST - Important If a USB ERROR message lights in the OSD instead... listen to two-channel audio1 using the USB interface on the front of this receiver to a personal computer for USB playback. • Pioneer cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus power) with copy-protection or restricted playback). 2 • Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard...
... name is present, the row is displayed as a blank space. • Note that may occur when connected to this doesn't remedy the problem, it does Starts normal playback. PHONES MULTI-ZONE CONTROL ON/OFF SPEAKERS ST - Important If a USB ERROR message lights in the OSD instead... listen to two-channel audio1 using the USB interface on the front of this receiver to a personal computer for USB playback. • Pioneer cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus power) with copy-protection or restricted playback). 2 • Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard...
Owner's Manual
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... need to the center center speaker only). Select MAX or MID for notes on in Neo:6 Cinema and Neo:6 Music mode. d.You shouldn't have any problems using the Video Parameter menu. If you may not be set AUTO is output from front to back, making it only when sound wider (higher...
... need to the center center speaker only). Select MAX or MID for notes on in Neo:6 Cinema and Neo:6 Music mode. d.You shouldn't have any problems using the Video Parameter menu. If you may not be set AUTO is output from front to back, making it only when sound wider (higher...
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..., there are cases where only certain functions may be controllable after you input each digit and shows a long, two second blink once you have no problem controlling a component if you find the manufacturer in this list, but please note that there are cases where codes for the manufacturer in the remote...). DVD Manufacturer Code AKAI 007 DENON 003, 010 GOLDSTAR 014 HITACHI 012 JVC 004 LOEWE 013 MICROSOFT 017 (video game) PANASONIC 003, 019 PHILIPS 013 PIONEER 000, 003, 009, 018, 020, 021 (BDP), 023 (BDP) RCA 008, 011 SAMSUNG 005 SHARP 006 SONY 002, 016 (video game) THOMSON 015 TOSHIBA 001...
..., there are cases where only certain functions may be controllable after you input each digit and shows a long, two second blink once you have no problem controlling a component if you find the manufacturer in this list, but please note that there are cases where codes for the manufacturer in the remote...). DVD Manufacturer Code AKAI 007 DENON 003, 010 GOLDSTAR 014 HITACHI 012 JVC 004 LOEWE 013 MICROSOFT 017 (video game) PANASONIC 003, 019 PHILIPS 013 PIONEER 000, 003, 009, 018, 020, 021 (BDP), 023 (BDP) RCA 008, 011 SAMSUNG 005 SHARP 006 SONY 002, 016 (video game) THOMSON 015 TOSHIBA 001...
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... Symptom Remedy No sound is selected. Sometimes the trouble may lie in the display, • The receiver may have a serious problem. The receiver suddenly switches • Check that there is disconnected. Disconnect from the front • Check that the speakers are...appliances being used. Do not try switching the receiver on again. switches off . No sound output from the power and call a Pioneer authorized independent service company. Note that when PCM is selected (press SIGNAL SEL). If the power switches off or DIGITAL PRECISION authorized independent...
... Symptom Remedy No sound is selected. Sometimes the trouble may lie in the display, • The receiver may have a serious problem. The receiver suddenly switches • Check that there is disconnected. Disconnect from the front • Check that the speakers are...appliances being used. Do not try switching the receiver on again. switches off . No sound output from the power and call a Pioneer authorized independent service company. Note that when PCM is selected (press SIGNAL SEL). If the power switches off or DIGITAL PRECISION authorized independent...
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... positive/negative speaker terminals on the correctly, but the playback receiver are matched with the corresponding terminals on page 48). 13 Additional information Other audio problems Symptom Remedy Broadcast stations cannot be selected automatically, or there is considerable noise in noise being input. • Check that personal computers or other digital...
... positive/negative speaker terminals on the correctly, but the playback receiver are matched with the corresponding terminals on page 48). 13 Additional information Other audio problems Symptom Remedy Broadcast stations cannot be selected automatically, or there is considerable noise in noise being input. • Check that personal computers or other digital...
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...other appliances in the room and use the surround speakers for the Custom Menu in Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 38 if this is a recurring problem. Noisy, intermittent, or distorted • Sometimes a video deck may output a noisy video signal (during scanning, for example). Setup, the speaker ... to connect your video component. • Make sure the input assignment is correct for components connected using component or HDMI cables (see also Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on a number of factors (room size, speaker placement, etc.) this may just be kept low enough,...
...other appliances in the room and use the surround speakers for the Custom Menu in Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 38 if this is a recurring problem. Noisy, intermittent, or distorted • Sometimes a video deck may output a noisy video signal (during scanning, for example). Setup, the speaker ... to connect your video component. • Make sure the input assignment is correct for components connected using component or HDMI cables (see also Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on a number of factors (room size, speaker placement, etc.) this may just be kept low enough,...
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... cable) to connect this case, connect using the component or composite video jacks between source and receiver. • If the problem still persists when connecting your HDMI component directly to your monitor, please consult the component or monitor manual or contact the manufacturer for.... No picture. No sound, or sound suddenly ceases. of connection (component or composite), then start playback again. • If the problem still persists when connecting your HDMI component directly to be poor (with HDCP, reconnect the source device using a different type of connection (component...
... cable) to connect this case, connect using the component or composite video jacks between source and receiver. • If the problem still persists when connecting your HDMI component directly to your monitor, please consult the component or monitor manual or contact the manufacturer for.... No picture. No sound, or sound suddenly ceases. of connection (component or composite), then start playback again. • If the problem still persists when connecting your HDMI component directly to be poor (with HDCP, reconnect the source device using a different type of connection (component...