AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER SINTOAMPLIFICATORE AUDIO/VIDEO MULTICANALE VSX-D712 VSX-D812 VSX-D912 Operating Instructions Istruzioni per l'uso Installing the Receiver VENTILATION: When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 60 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and 30 cm at each side). WARNING: Slot and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, to prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be blocked and covered with items, such as newspapers, tablecloths, curtains, etc. Also do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed, sofa, or fabric having a thick pile. H040 En This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period. K041_En Operating Environment H045 En Operating environment temperature and humidity: +5°C ­ +35°C (+41°F ­ +95°F); less than 85%RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install in the following locations · Location exposed to direct sunlight or strong artificial light · Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly ventilated location Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference. 01 Before you start Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating range of remote control unit . . . 5 5 5 5 6 Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 27 English 05 Controls and displays Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Italiano 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 06 Playing sources Introduction to Sound Modes . . . . . . . . . . 35 Stereo/Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Advanced Surround modes. . . . . . . . . . . 36 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Listening to multi-channel playback . . . . . 37 Using Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using Advanced Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using Midnight and Loudness listening . .41 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Selecting the multi-channel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 03 Quick surround sound setup (VSX-D912 only) Automatically calibrating your listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Français 04 Connecting up Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital audio coaxial cords/ Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . Connecting DVD multi-channel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . Connecting to the front panel video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting the speakers (VSX-D712) . . . . Connecting the speakers (VSX-D812/D912) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 23 24 24 24 26 27 Deutsch Nederlands 07 Setting up Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 43 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 45 Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 45 LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 46 Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 46 Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 47 Surround right speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Surround back speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Español Surround left speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subwoofer distance setting . . . . . . . . . . Dynamic range control setting. . . . . . . . Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surround back channel input setting (VSX-D812/D912 only) . . . . . . . . Digital input settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manually calibrating your listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting separate channel levels for listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 47 48 48 48 48 49 51 Programming signals from other remote controls (VSX-D812/D912 only) . . .61 Erasing all of your programmed settings (VSX-D812/D912 only) . . . . . . . . . 62 Clearing all the remote control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . 64 Preset Code List (VSX-D712 only). . . . . . . . 67 Preset Code List (VSX-D812/D912 only) . . .68 11 Additional information 08 Using the tuner Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . Using the RF attenuator. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuning directly to a station. . . . . . . . . . . Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . Searching for RDS programs. . . . . . . . . An introduction to EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using EON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearing all stations from the RDS and EON searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 52 52 52 53 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Amplifier section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Video Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 FM Tuner Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 AM Tuner Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 "DTS" ,"DTS-ES Extended Surround" and "Neo:6" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. 09 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording . . . 59 10 Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Selecting preset codes directly. . . . . . . . . 60 Before you start 01 Chapter 1: English Before you start Checking what's in the box Please check that you've received the following supplied accessories: · AM loop antenna · FM wire antenna · Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2 · Remote control · Microphone (VSX-D912 only) · Microphone stand (VSX-D912 only) · These operating instructions Making cable connections Make sure not to bend the cables over the top of this unit (as shown in the illustration). If this happens, the magnetic field produced by the transformers in this unit may cause a humming noise from the speakers. Italiano Français Installing the receiver Please note the following points: Deutsch · Do not place objects directly on top of this unit. This prevents proper heat dispersal. · When installing on a rack, shelf, etc., be sure to leave more than 20 cm. of space above the receiver. Loading the batteries Nederlands Español 5 En 01 Before you start Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards as leakage and bursting. Observe the following precautions: · Never use new and old batteries together. · Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case. · Batteries with the same shape may have different voltages. Do not use different batteries together. · 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 located near a device that is emitting infrared rays. · The receiver is operated simultaneously with another infrared remote control unit. 30 30 7m 6 En 5 minute guide 02 Chapter 2: English 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 surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on the speakers you have set up in your room, but also on the source and the sound settings of the receiver. DVD-Video has become the basic source material for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use. Depending on the DVD, you can have up to seven different audio tracks coming from one disc, all of them being sent to different speakers in your system. This is what creates a surround sound effect and gives you the feeling of `being there'. This receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your speaker setup. In most cases, you won't have to make changes for realistic surround sound, but other possibilities (like listening to a CD with multi-channel surround sound) are explained in Playing sources on page 35. Italiano Français Deutsch Nederlands Español 7 En 02 5 minute guide 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, you'll want to hook up using a digital connection from the DVD player to the receiver. You can do this with either a coaxial, or an optical connection (you don't need to connect both). If you hook up using an optical cable, you should refer to Digital input settings on page 48 to assign the optical input to DVD. Use a video cord to connect the video output on your DVD player to the receiver using the jacks shown below. 2 Hook up your TV. Use a video cord to connect your receiver to the TV using the jacks as shown below. Optical cable VIDEO IN TV Video cord DIGITAL OUT OPT This receiver* AM LOOP IN DIGITAL OUT AUX FM UNBAL 75 CENTER DIGITAL OUT Coaxial cable OPT 2 (CD-R/TAPE/MD) OPT OPT SUB WOOFER PREOUT SURROUND L L SURROUND BACK IN CD ANTENNA MONITOR OUT R L SURROUND BACK 1 (TV / SAT) ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL IN DVD PLA YER OPT OUT 2 1 VCR / DVR OUT IN CONTROL OUT VCR / DVR IN TV/ SAT IN DVD / LD IN S-VIDEO R DVD 7.1CH INPUT L R FRONT R SURROUND CENTER COAX (CD-R/TAPE/MD) OPT IN TV / SAT DVD / LD FRONT IN VIDEO OUT 2 (TV / SAT) IN ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL IN COAX ( ...