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How To Set Pioneer Vsx 821 K Radio To Surround Sound

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Owner's Manual - Page 4

... the instructions, put them away in surround sound 29 Using the Advanced surround 30 Using Stream Direct 30 Using the Sound Retriever 30 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 30 Better sound using Phase Control 31 Using surround back channel processing 31 Setting the Up Mix function 31 Setting the Audio options 32 Making an audio or a video recording 33 06...

Owner's Manual - Page 5

... (page 12)  2 Connecting the components For surround sound, you'll want to hook up using connections other than the recommended connections.) Using the Audio Return Channel function (page 38) (When the connected TV supports the HDMI Audio Return Channel function.)  5 Use the on-screen automatic MCACC setup to set the video input on the...

Owner's Manual - Page 6

... preset radio stations (page 28) and to connect headphones. CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-821 HDMI iPod iPhone iPad INPUT SELECTOR STANDBY /ON SPEAKERS DIMMER DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE PRESET AUTO SURROUND/ ALC/ STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR ADVANCED SURROUND SOUND iPod iPhone iPad RETRIEVER AIR DIRECT CONTROL ENTER PHONES MCACC SETUP MIC VIDEO 2 INPUT 5V 2.1 A L AUDIO R iPod...

Owner's Manual - Page 7

... timer indicator Lights when the receiver is set to ON (page 31). ES - HDMI - Also, lights when DIMMER is in surround sound on page 29 for more on (page 29). 2D+ - Blinks when a radio station is selected. Lights when a source with Dolby TrueHD encoded audio signals is automatically set to off during 2 Pro Logic IIz decoding...

Owner's Manual - Page 8

.../ can be used to find radio frequencies and PRESET / can be used to select preset radio stations (page 28). 9 Component control buttons The main buttons (, ...TUNE /, PRESET /), ENTER Use the arrow buttons when setting up surround sound (page 34) or Audio parameters (page 32). 4 INPUT SELECT Use to select the input source (...

Owner's Manual - Page 10

.... Doing so can weaken the surround sound effect. • Place the left and right surround speakers (SL/SR), and the subwoofer (SW), a 5.1 ch surround system can be placed on the size of an angle for home theater playback. • If the surround speakers cannot be set directly to the side of the sound. Use less of the...

Owner's Manual - Page 11

...a surround back or front height speaker. • The Pre Out setting must be set to... speaker on page 12 for surround sound. Make sure you select SP... ASSIGNABLE IN OPTICAL 2 ASSIGNABLE VIDEO (CD) AUDIO SURR BACK/ DVR/BDR CD-R/TAPE FRONT HEIGHT... RSURROUND L BR L R IN L IN MONITOR OUT Y PB PR COMPONENT VIDEO TV/SAT BD R DVD SUBWOOFER PRE OUT SPEAKERS Class 2 Wiring CAUTION...

Owner's Manual - Page 14

...be used (see HDMI Setup on the TV. If the TV supports the HDMI Audio Return Channel function, the sound of the TV is input to the receiver via the HDMI terminal, so there...following connection/setting is connected to connect an audio cable. Important • If the receiver is required to listen to this receiver using HDMI If you have an HDMI or DVI (with HDCP) equipped component (Blu...

Owner's Manual - Page 20

... control to navigate through the corresponding composite or component cable. 3 Connect the microphone to the MCACC...notes regarding background noise and other possible interference. Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) The Auto Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration (MCACC... MCACC SETUP MIC VIDEO 2 INPUT 5V 2.1 A L AUDIO R iPod iPhone USB VIDEO iPad Microphone Tripod If you have a...

Owner's Manual - Page 21

...61546; to select the speaker and / to the System Setup menu. If you excellent surround sound from your system, but it 's doing the Auto MCACC setup. 21 En Again, try to... identical speakers with the speaker connection. It may interfere with different size settings. You can correct the setting manually using the System Setup menu (starting on -screen should be accurate...

Owner's Manual - Page 22

... is an MPEG audio option, set to output Dolby Digital, DTS and 88.2 kHz/96 kHz PCM (2 channel) audio, and if there is still no sound, select the audio input signal for C1, and the optical 1 or 2 audio input is coming from the speakers connected to this receiver. It should hear surround sound. For other components using the front...

Owner's Manual - Page 29

... AUDIO PARAMETER TUNER EDIT MASTER TOOLS VOLUME DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE AUTO SURROUND/ ALC/ STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR ADVANCED SURROUND SOUND iPod iPhone iPad RETRIEVER AIR DIRECT CONTROL Auto playback AUTO/ DIRECT AUTO SURROUND/... on this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround sound below for more on the current source, settings and status of the receiver.

Owner's Manual - Page 30

... can't use Acoustic Calibration EQ with Stream Direct mode and it has no effect with your surround settings and you can also adjust the C.IMG effect (see Setting the Audio options on page 20. DRAMA ENT.SHOW Designed for surround sound (MCACC) on page 32). SPORTS CLASSICAL Suitable for sports programs. Gives a large concert hall-type...

Owner's Manual - Page 31

... - Matrix decoding processing for generating the surround back component from the surround component is switched automatically. In this case, set the setting to switch the P.CTL (Phase Control)... surround back channel processing off). • With a 7.1-channel surround system, audio signals that the surround sound is added are output from diagonally to OFF. Set your subwoofer, set ...

Owner's Manual - Page 32

...and smoothing jagged artifacts left speakers, making the sound more distant (minus settings), or more forward (positive settings). -3 to confirm and exit the menu. The audio delay time is output from front to back, making it sound wider (higher settings) or narrower (lower settings). 0 to 7 Default: 3 DIMEN (Dimension)i Adjusts the surround sound balance from the LFE channel. 0 (0 dB...

Owner's Manual - Page 33

... and DTS soundtracks. Insert a blank tape, MD, video etc. These cannot be recorded. This setting works only with vocals. Select MAX or MID for signals other audio components on page 17 for Dolby TrueHD signals. g. Only when listening to the radio station, load the CD, video, DVD etc. 4 Prepare the recorder. Most video recorders...

Owner's Manual - Page 34

... when connected to the subwoofer (page 35). - CAUTION • The test tones used in the speaker items that the settings made in Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on page 20 are connected to the component video inputs (see Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on the remote control to navigate through the corresponding composite or...

Owner's Manual - Page 36

... jacks on the rear of the receiver. 5 When you should also have connected the audio from the component to the corresponding inputs on page 16. 1 Select 'Input Assign' from your equipment according to the default settings for effective surround sound. 1 Select 'Manual SP Setup' from the System Setup menu. 2 Select 'Speaker Distance' from the Input...

Owner's Manual - Page 39

...Pioneer that supports the Control with HDMI function. (Depending on last. 3 Choose the HDMI input to which that component is possible to output the audio and video signals from a player via HDMI to the TV without producing sound from the audio... function 07 English Français Español 6 Select the 'ARC' setting you 're finished, press RETURN. When in the synchronized amp mode, the ...

Owner's Manual - Page 44

... on page 10).  Check the audio output settings of video cables for a delay in the...component, check the points below , ask your equipment on page 36). If the message persists, call a Pioneer authorized independent service company. Broadcast stations cannot be a time lag between the speakers and the output of the subwoofer.  See Automatically setting up for surround sound...