AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER SINTOAMPLIFICATORE AUDIO/VIDEO MULTICANALE VSX-D714 VSX-D814 Operating Instructions Istruzioni per l'uso IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. D3-4-2-1-1_En Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel. IMPORTANT FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue : Neutral Brown : Live If the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket outlets, the plug must be cut off and a suitable plug fitted. The cut-off plug should be disposed of and must not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can result in electric shock. The plug or adaptor or the distribution panel should be provided with 5 A fuse. As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows ; The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red. Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a three pin plug. NOTE After replacing or changing a fuse, the fuse cover in the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which corresponds to the colour of the insert in the base of the plug or the word that is embossed on the base of the plug, and the appliance must not be used without a fuse cover. If lost replacement fuse covers can be obtained from your dealer. Only 5 A fuses approved by B.S.I or A.S.T.A to B.S.1362 should be used. D3-4-2-1-2-2_En WARNING: The apparatus is not waterproofs, to prevent fire or shocks hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture and do not put any water source near this apparatus, such as vase, flower pot, cosmetics container and medicine D3-4-2-1-3_En bottle etc. 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 WARNING: BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME, READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY. The voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or region. Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area where this unit will be used meets the required voltage (e.g., 230V or 120V) written on the rear panel. D3-4-2-1-4_En 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, table-cloths, curtains, etc. Also do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed, D3-4-2-1-7b_En sofa, or fabric having a thick pile. WARNING: No naked flame sources, such as lighted candle, should be placed on the apparatus. If naked flame sources accidentally fall down, fire spread over the apparatus then may cause fire. D3-4-2-1-7a_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 Operating environment temperature and humidity: +5 ºC ­ +35 ºC (+41 ºF ­ +95 ºF); 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 D3-4-2-1-7c_En The STANDBY/ON switch is secondary connected and therefore, does not separate the unit from mains power in STANDBY position. Therefore install the unit suitable places easy to disconnect the MAINS plug in case of the accident. The MAINS plug of unit should be unplugged from the wall socket when left D3-4-2-2-2a_En unused for a long period of time. This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC), EMC Directives (89/336/EEC, amended by 92/31/EEC and D3-4-2-1-9a_En 93/68/EEC). 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating range of remote control unit . . . 5 5 5 5 05 Controls and displays Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 English 06 Listening to your system 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using the Advanced surround effects . . .34 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using Midnight and Loudness listening . .39 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Italiano 03 Quick surround sound setup Automatically calibrating your listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Français 04 Connecting up Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital audio coaxial cords/ Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . Connecting DVD 5.1 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-D714) . . . . Connecting the speakers (VSX-D814) . . . . Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating other Pioneer components . . . Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 15 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 23 25 26 26 27 Deutsch 07 Setting up the receiver Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 41 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 43 Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 44 LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 44 Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 44 Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 45 Surround right speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Surround back speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Surround left speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . 45 Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . 46 Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Component video input settings . . . . . . . 46 Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Nederlands Español SR+ control for Pioneer plasma displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manually calibrating your listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting separate channel levels for listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 48 49 50 08 Using the tuner Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . 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 53 54 54 54 55 56 56 57 57 Programming signals from other remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Erasing all of your programmed settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Clearing all the remote control settings . . .61 Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . 63 Preset Code List (VSX-D714) . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Preset Code List (VSX-D814) . . . . . . . . . . . 67 11 Additional information Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . 71 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 "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 . . . 58 10 Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Selecting preset codes directly. . . . . . . . . 59 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-D814 only) · Microphone stand (VSX-D814 only) · These operating instructions 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. Italiano Français 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. Deutsch 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. Nederlands Español Loading the batteries · The receiver is operated sim ...