Pioneer SC-09TX Operating Instruction

Operating Instructions

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Product Name: AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
Model Number: SC-09TX
Responsible Party Name: PIONEER ELECTRONICS SERVICE, INC.
Address: 1925 E. DOMINGUEZ ST. LONG BEACH, CA 90801-1760, U.S.A.
Phone: [phone]

IMPORTANT NOTICE – THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN THE REAR.

PLEASE WRITE THIS SERIAL NUMBER ON YOUR ENCLOSED WARRANTY CARD AND
KEEP IN A SECURE AREA. THIS IS FOR YOUR SECURITY.

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NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to

Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in
a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Information to User

Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user’s right to operate
the equipment.

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CAUTION: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the

unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electric appliances such as radios and
televisions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections.

CAUTION

The STANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not
completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. Since the
power cord serves as the main disconnect device for the

WARNING

To prevent a fire hazard, do not place any naked
flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the
equipment.

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unit, you will need to unplug it from the AC outlet to shut
down all power. Therefore, make sure the unit has been
installed so that the power cord can be easily unplugged
from the AC outlet in case of an accident. To avoid fire
hazard, the power cord should also be unplugged from the
AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time (for
example, when on vacation).

VENTILATION CAUTION

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

Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for

Operating Environment

Operating environment temperature and humidity:
+5 ºC to +35 ºC (+41 ºF to +95 ºF); less than 85 %RH
(cooling vents not blocked)
Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area, or in
locations exposed to high humidity or direct sunlight (or
strong artificial light)

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ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the
product, and to protect it from overheating. To
prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be
blocked or covered with items (such as newspapers,
table-cloths, curtains) or by operating the
equipment on thick carpet or a bed.

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IMPORTANT

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,
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.

1)

Read these instructions.

2)

Keep these instructions.

3)

Heed all warnings.

4)

Follow all instructions.

5)

Do not use this apparatus near water.

6)

Clean only with dry cloth.

7)

Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in

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.

accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions.

8)

Do not install near any heat sources such as
radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other
apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce
heat.

9)

Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized
or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two
blades with one wider than the other. A
grounding type plug has two blades and a third
grounding prong. The wide blade or the third
prong are provided for your safety. If the provided
plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an
electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10)

Protect the power cord from being walked on or
pinched particularly at plugs, convenience
receptacles, and the point where they exit from
the apparatus.

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.

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Only use attachments/accessories specified by

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the manufacturer.
Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or

12)
table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with
the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution
when moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.

Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms

13)
or when unused for long periods of time.
Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
Servicing is required when the apparatus has

14)
been damaged in any way, such as power-supply
cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled
or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the
apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture,
does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

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WARNING

This equipment is not waterproof. To prevent a fire
or shock hazard, do not place any container filled
with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or
flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain
or moisture.

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WARNING

Before plugging in 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., 230 V
or 120 V) written on the rear panel.

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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.

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WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or

cords associated with accessories sold with the
product will expose you to chemicals listed on
proposition 65 known to the State of California and
other governmental entities to cause cancer and
birth defect or other reproductive harm.

Wash hands after handling

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If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC
outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed
and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and
mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of
this unit should be performed only by qualified
service personnel. If connected to an AC outlet, the
cut-off plug can cause severe electrical shock. Make
sure it is properly disposed of after removal.
The equipment should be disconnected by removing
the mains plug from the wall socket when left
unused for a long period of time (for example, when
on vacation).

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This product contains mercury. Disposal of this
material may be regulated due to environmental
considerations. For disposal or recycling
information, please contact your local authorities or
the Electronics Industries Alliance : www.eiae.org.

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For U.S. and Australia Model

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.

Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

02 Simple Home Theater Guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Selecting the speaker layout/usage pattern . . . . . . . . 10

Normal surround connections (default setting). . . . 10

5.2-channel Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . 10

7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7.2-channel + speaker B connections . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Positioning and connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 11

Normal surround connections (default setting). . . . 12

5.2-channel Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections . . . . . . . . . . . 12

7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

7.2-channel + speaker B connections . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Automatically setting up for surround sound

(MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 14

Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Better sound using Phase Control and

Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using Phase Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using Full Band Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

03 Connecting your equipment

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

When making cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

About HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting your TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting your Blu-ray disc player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or

other set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and

other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connecting a component to the front panel inputs

Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

. . . 27

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

FM wire antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

04 Controls and displays

Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 33

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Standard surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Home THX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Selecting MCACC presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using surround back channel processing . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the Virtual Surround Back mode . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the genre synchronizing function. . . . . . . . . . . 41

06 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using the noise cut mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Neural THX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

07 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from

the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Automatic MCACC (Expert) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Speaker output setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Manual MCACC setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Fine-adjusting the positions of the speakers

(Precision Distance). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Standing Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Full Band Phase Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

X-Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

THX Audio Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

08 Other connections

Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Connecting your iPod to the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

iPod playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Watching photos and video content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Switching the iPod operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connecting your XM Radio receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Listening to XM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using XM HD Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Saving channel presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using the XM Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using SIRIUS Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Connecting your SIRIUS Connect Tuner. . . . . . . . . . 64

Listening to SIRIUS Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Saving channel presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using the SIRIUS Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using the i.LINK interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Checking the i.LINK inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

About i.LINK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

About PQLS rate control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Creating an i.LINK network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Connecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . . . . . . 67

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . 68

Switching the speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Switching the speaker system according to

the playback environment (Application Manual) . . . .69

Setting the speaker system for high sound quality

multi-channel music sources

(DVD Audio discs and SACDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Setting the speaker system for movie sources. . . . . 69

Bi-amping your speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Bi-wiring your speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Connecting an IR receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Switching components on and off using the 12 volt

trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display . . . 75
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display

Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output . . . . . 77

Advanced MCACC output using your PC . . . . . . . . . 77

. . . 76

09 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY
inputs

Enjoying the Home Media Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Usable free media servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

PlaysForSure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

DLNA CERTIFIED™ Audio/Video/Image Player . . . . 78

Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting to the network through LAN interface

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

. . . . 79

Confirming the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Connecting a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Readable USB devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Readable data files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Starting the Home Media Gallery function . . . . . . . . . 81

Navigating the files and folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Selectable screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the Tool Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Media Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Screen Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

My Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Enjoying movie files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Screen Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Movie Player key guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Time Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Slow Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Add to My Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Fast Forward/Fast Reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Forward/Reverse (15 sec.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

A-B Repeat Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Repeat Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Random Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Enjoying music files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Screen Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Music Player key guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

A-B Repeat Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Repeat Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Random Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Enjoying photo files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Screen Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Photo Player key guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Setting up the slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Setting up BGM for the slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Starting the slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Rotating the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Repeating the slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Playing the slideshow at random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Other useful functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Sort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Adding files to My Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Switching the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Resetting to default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Other convenient features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Confirming the existing Home Media Gallery

version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) . . . . . . . . . . 95

DNS (Domain Name Service) Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

IP (Internet Protocol) Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

LAN Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

MAC (Media Access Control) Address . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Mass Storage Class devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

PlaysForSure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Subnet mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

USB (Universal Serial Bus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Windows Media Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Windows Media DRM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Details of compatible formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

10 HDMI Control

Making the HDMI Control connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Setting the HDMI options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Setting the HDMI Control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Before using synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Synchronized amp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Synchronized amp mode operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Canceling synchronized amp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

About HDMI Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

11 Other Settings

The Input Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Input function default and possible settings . . . . . 102

Changing the OSD display language

(OSD Language) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

The Other Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Multi Channel Input Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

ZONE Video Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

ZONE Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays. . . . . . . . . 104

Select the OSD display’s background pattern

(Display Image) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

12 Using other functions

Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Adjusting the surround B speaker delay

(Surr B DELAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Setting the Video options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Playing a different source when recording. . . . . . . 109

Reducing the level of an analog signal . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Switching the contents displayed on the LCD . . . . . 110

Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Switching the HDMI output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Checking the settings of the sound

currently playing, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Default system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

13 Controlling the rest of your system

Setting the remote to control other components . . . 113

Selecting preset codes directly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Programming signals from other remote controls
Erasing one of the remote control button settings

Resetting the remote control presets . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Confirming preset codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Renaming input source names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

. . . 113
. . . 114

Multi Operation and System Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Programming a multi-operation or

a shutdown sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using multi operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using System off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Operating other Pioneer components with

this unit’s sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

14 Additional information

Speaker Setting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Positional relationship between speakers and

monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

No sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Other audio problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Professional Calibration EQ graphical output. . . . 125

Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

i.LINK interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Important information regarding

the HDMI connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

HOME MEDIA GALLERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

iPod messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

XM radio messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

SIRIUS radio messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

i.LINK messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Meaning of messages displayed when

the HDMI control function is set to ON . . . . . . . . . 131

HOME MEDIA GALLERY messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Surround sound formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Dolby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

DTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Windows Media Audio 9 Professional . . . . . . . . . . 134

About THX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

About Neural - THX Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

About XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

About open source related licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Listening modes with different input signal formats
Stream direct with different input signal formats

Cautions on Handing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Liquid crystal screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Liquid crystal backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Cleaning the shiny surfaces of the panel and

the liquid crystal display window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Our philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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Before you start

Chapter 1:

Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

An accessory box is supplied with this receiver. It can be
used to store the supplied accessories other than the
Warranty card.

Please check that you’ve received the following supplied
accessories:

• Setup microphone (cable: 5 m (16.4 ft.))

• Remote control unit

• AA/IEC R6P dry cell batteries x2

• AM loop antenna

•FM wire antenna

• iPod control cable

•Power cord

• Wiping cloth

• Warranty card

• These operating instructions

Installing the receiver

• When installing this unit, make sure to put it on a
level and stable surface.

Don’t install it on the following places:
– on a color TV (the screen may distort)
– near a cassette deck (or close to a device that gives off
a magnetic field). This may interfere with the sound.
– in direct sunlight
– in damp or wet areas
– in extremely hot or cold areas
– in places where there is vibration or other movement
– in places that are very dusty
– in places that have hot fumes or oils (such as a kitchen)

• Do not touch this receiver’s bottom panel while the
power is turned on. The bottom panel gets hot when
the power is on, and touching it could cause burns.

Loading the batteries

Caution

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.

• WARNING
Do not use or store batteries in direct sunlight or
other excessively hot place, such as inside a car or
near a heater. This can cause batteries to leak,
overheat, explode or catch fire. It can also reduce the
life or performance of batteries.

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Chapter 2:

Simple Home Theater Guide

5 Use the on-screen Auto MCACC Setup to set up your

Introduction to home theater

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 your speaker setup, but also on the
source and the sound settings of the receiver.

This receiver will automatically decode multichannel
Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround sources 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 multichannel
surround sound) are explained in Listening to your
system on page 36.

system.

See Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC
& Full Band Phase Control) on page 12 for more on this.

6 Play a DVD, and adjust the volume to your liking.

Make sure that DVD/LD is showing in the receiver’s
display, indicating that the DVD input is selected. If it
isn’t, press DVD on the remote control to set the receiver
to the DVD input.

In addition to the basic playback explained in Playing a
source on page 14, there are several other sound options
you can select. See Listening to your system on page 36
for more on this.

See also Making receiver settings from the System Setup
menu on page 44 for more setup options.

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Listening to Surround Sound

This receiver has been designed with the easiest possible
setup in mind. However, before proceeding to the quick
setup guide given below, you have to decide the purpose
of your speaker system and hook up your system for
surround sound. After the following quick setup, you can
simply leave the receiver in the default settings in most
cases.

• Be sure to complete all connections before
connecting this unit to an AC power source.

1 Select the speaker usage method.

See Selecting the speaker layout/usage pattern on
page 10.

2 Connect your speakers and place them for optimum
surround sound.

Connect your speakers as shown in Positioning and
connecting the speakers on page 11.

3 Connect your TV and DVD player.

See Connecting your TV and DVD player on page 21 to do
this. For surround sound, you’ll want to hook up using a
digital connection from the DVD player to the receiver.

4 Plug in the receiver and switch it on, followed by
your DVD player, your subwoofer and the TV.

Plug the power cable into the AC outlet and switch on the
receiver.

to this receiver. Check the manual that came with the TV
if you don’t know how to do this.

1 After this receiver is connected to an AC outlet, a 15-second HDMI initialization process begins. You cannot carry out any operations during this process.
The HDMI indicator in the front LCD display blinks during this process, and you can turn on this receiver once it has stopped blinking. When you set the
HDMI Control mode to OFF, you can skip this process. For details about the HDMI Control feature, see HDMI Control on page 98.

1

Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV

• Set the subwoofer volume to a comfortable level.

Note

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Selecting the speaker layout/usage
pattern

This receiver is equipped with speaker terminals for 10
channels, and the speaker layout/usage pattern can be
selected to suit the user’s tastes. There are five speaker
layout/usage patterns, as described below. When using
this receiver, be sure to select one of the five patterns
below before proceeding with the connections, settings

and playback operations.
Once you have decided on the speaker layout/usage

pattern, connect the speakers. Proceed to Positioning
and connecting the speakers on page 11.

Normal surround connections (default
setting)

Front

left (L)

Surround

left A (SL A)

1

Subwoofer

TV

Center (C)

right A (SR A)

Surround

Front

right (R)

5.2-channel Bi-amp connections

Subwoofer

TV

Front

left (L)*

Surround

left (SL)*

Center (C)*

*: bi-amp compatible speakers

Features: The front, center and surround channels are all
reproduced with high quality (bi-amp). Fewer speakers
are used than with other patterns and the maximum
number of channels is 5.2, but this pattern provides the
highest sound quality.

Speakers used: Total 5 bi-amp compatible speakers (2
front, 1 center, 2 surround)

Applicable listening rooms: Suited to all listening
rooms

Output Setup: All Ch Bi-Amp

Front

right (R)*

Surround

right (SR)*

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Surround

left B (SL B)

Surround back

left (SBL)

Features: Connections can be made in the ways from 2
channels for stereo playback to 5.1 (the basic

Surround

right B (SR B)
Surround back

right (SBR)

7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections

Subwoofer

TV

Front

left (L)*

Center (C)*

Front

right (R)*

requirement for a home theater) or 7.1 channels, and on
this receiver it is even possible to connect 9.2 channels.
With 9.1-channel (or 9.2-channel) connections, two
surround speakers are used on each of the left and right
sides, a speaker layout similar to that used in movie
theaters. Furthermore, the set can be used for both

Surround

left (SL)

Surround back

left (SBL)

Surround
right (SR)

Surround back

right (SBR)

movies and for high sound quality multi-channel music
sources such as SACD and DVD Audio discs.

Speakers used: Total maximum 9 (2 front, 1 center, 4
surround, 2 surround back)

Applicable listening rooms: The conditions in any
listening room can be accommodated, but when using

9.2 channels of speakers, ideally the space should be
large enough for the speakers.

Output Setup: Normal

Features: Provides up to 7.2-channel surround playback

with high quality sound (bi-amp) from the front and
center speakers.

Speakers used: Total 7 (2 front (bi-amp compatible), 1
center (bi-amp compatible), 2 surround, 2 surround
back)

Applicable listening rooms: Rooms with space to place

*: bi-amp compatible speakers

the surround back speakers behind or above the listening
position

Output Setup: Front Bi-Amp

Note

1 If you want to expand the system into a surround playback environment though there are currently only two speakers, or if you want to make bi-amp
connections though you do not have enough speaker cables, select the pattern you are thinking of trying. For either pattern, the optimum playback
environment can be achieved using Auto MCACC Setup, regardless of the number of speakers.

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7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections

Main Zone

Subwoofer

TV

Front

left (L)

Surround

left (SL)

Surround back

left (SBL)

Center (C)

Surround back

right (SBR)

Front

right (R)

Surround
right (SR)

Features: Up to 7.2-channel playback in the main zone
with playback of a different device in Zone 2.

Speakers used: Total 9 (4 front, 1 center, 2 surround, 2
surround back)

Applicable listening rooms: When there are two
listening rooms

Output Setup: 7.2ch + ZONE 2

7.2-channel + speaker B connections

Front

left (L)

Zone 2

TV

Front

right (R)

Positioning and connecting the
speakers

For the speaker layout, refer to Selecting the speaker
layout/usage pattern on page 10. We recommend

positioning the speakers before connecting them. Use
one of the five connection examples below according to

the speaker layout/usage pattern selected.
commercially available speaker cords to make the
connections.

Bare wire connections

Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going to use is
properly prepared with about 10 mm (
stripped from each wire, and the exposed wire strands
twisted together (fig. A).

To connect a terminal, unscrew the terminal a few turns
until there is enough space to insert the exposed wire
(fig. B). Once the wire is in position, tighten the terminal
until the wire is firmly clamped (fig. C).

(fig. A) (fig. B) (fig. C)

3

/8 in.)

10 mm (

1

Use

3

/8 in.) of insulator

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Front

left (L)

Subwoofer

TV

Center (C)

Front

right (R)

Speaker B

Speaker B

Banana plug connections

If you want to use speaker cables terminated with banana
plugs, screw the speaker terminal fully shut, then plug
the banana plug into the end of the speaker terminal.

Surround

left (SL)

Surround back

left (SBL)

Surround
right (SR)

Surround back

right (SBR)

Features: Up to 7.2-channel playback in the normal
listening room plus stereo playback of the same sound in
another room (for example a kitchen). Furthermore,
different front speakers can be used for movies (multi­channel playback) and music (stereo playback).

Speakers used: Total 9 (4 front, 1 center, 2 surround, 2

Important

• Before connecting the equipment, make sure that
the power is turned off and the power cords are
unplugged from the power outlets.

surround back)
Applicable listening rooms: When there is a main

listening room + a kitchen, etc.
Output Setup: 7.2ch + Speaker B

Note

1 • You can use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6 Ω and 16 Ω (or between 4 Ω and 16 Ω for the R1/L1 terminals).

• Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a positive (+) and negative (–) terminal. Make sure to match these up with the terminals on the

speakers themselves.

• Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the speaker terminal. If any of the bare speaker wire touches the back

panel it may cause the power to cut off as a safety measure.

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Normal surround connections (default
setting)

When using only one surround back speaker, connect it
to the L4 (Single) terminals.

When only two surround speakers are connected,
connect them to the L2 (SL A) and R2 (SR A) terminals.

Front
right (R)

R1 R2

Normal

FRONT FRONTCENTER

LOW HIGH

FRONT

All ch Bi-Amp.

Surround

right A (SR A)

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SUR-

ROUND-A

ROUND-B

LOW HIGH

R

SURROUND

Surround

right B (SR B)

Surround back

right (SBR)

Center (C)

SURROUND

BACK

R

SURROUND
BACK
(Single)

LOW HIGH

CENTER

Surround back
left (SBL)

L4 L3 L2 L1

SUR­ROUND-B

HIGH LOW

L

SURROUND

Surround

left B (SL B)

SUR­ROUND-A

HIGH LOW

FRONT

Surround
left A (SL A)

Front

left (L)

L

If the center speaker is bi-amp compatible, make bi-amp
connections to achieve high quality sound.

5.2-channel Bi-amp connections

Make bi-amp connections using speakers that are all bi­amp compatible.

Front
right (R)

R1 R2

Normal

SUR-

FRONT FRONTCENTER

ROUND-A

LOW HIGH

R

FRONT

All ch Bi-Amp.

Surround
right (SR)

Center (C)

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SURROUND

ROUND-B

BACK

LOW HIGH

R

SURROUND

LOW HIGH

CENTER

Front

left (L)

L4 L3 L2 L1

SURROUND

SUR-

BACK

ROUND-B

(Single)

HIGH LOW

L

SURROUND

Surround
left (SL)

SUR­ROUND-A

HIGH LOW

L

FRONT

7.2-channel + Zone 2 connections

When using only one surround back speaker, connect it
to the L4 (Single) terminals.

Front

right (R)

Front

right (R)

Normal

Center (C)

R1 R2

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SUR-

FRONT FRONTCENTER

ROUND-A

ROUND-B

LOW HIGH

LOW HIGH

R

FRONT

All ch Bi-Amp.

Surround
right (SR)

SURROUND

BACK

R

SURROUND

Surround

back right

(SBR)

LOW HIGH

CENTER

L4 L3 L2 L1

SURROUND
BACK
(Single)

HIGH LOW

SURROUND

Surround

back left

(SBL)

SUR­ROUND-B

L

SUR­ROUND-A

HIGH LOW

L

FRONT

Surround

left (SL)

Front

left (L)

Front

left (L)

If the center speaker is bi-amp compatible, make bi-amp
connections to achieve high quality sound.

7.2-channel + speaker B connections

When using only one surround back speaker, connect it
to the L4 (Single) terminals.

Front

right (R)

Front

right (R)

R1 R2

LOW HIGH

FRONT

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SUR-

ROUND-A

ROUND-B

R

Normal

FRONT FRONTCENTER

All ch Bi-Amp.

LOW HIGH

SURROUND

SURROUND

R

Front

Center (C)

L4 L3 L2 L1

SURROUND

LOW HIGH

CENTER

BACK
(Single)

HIGH LOW

SURROUND

BACK

left (L)

SUR-

SUR-

ROUND-A

ROUND-B

HIGH LOW

L

L

FRONT

Front

left (L)

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7.2-channel front Bi-amp connections

For details about the bi-amp connections, see Bi-amping
your speakers on page 70.

When using only one surround back speaker, connect it
to the L4 (Single) terminals.

Make bi-amp connections using speakers that are bi­amp compatible for the front and center.

Front
right (R)

R1 R2

Normal

SUR-

FRONT FRONTCENTER

ROUND-A

LOW HIGH

R

FRONT

All ch Bi-Amp.

Surround
right (SR)

Center (C)

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SURROUND

ROUND-B

BACK

LOW HIGH

R

SURROUND

Surround

back right

(SBR)

LOW HIGH

CENTER

L4 L3 L2 L1

SURROUND
BACK
(Single)

HIGH LOW

SURROUND

Surround

back left

(SBL)

Front

left (L)

SUR­ROUND-B

L

Surround
left (SL)

SUR­ROUND-A

HIGH LOW

L

FRONT

Surround
right (SR)

Surround

back right

(SBR)

Surround

back left

(SBL)

Surround

left (SL)

If the center speaker is bi-amp compatible, make bi-amp
connections to achieve high quality sound.

Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase
Control)

The Auto MCACC Setup measures the acoustic
characteristics of your listening area, taking into account
ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for
both channel delay and channel level. After you have set
up the microphone provided with your system, the
receiver uses the information from a series of test tones
to optimize the speaker settings and equalization for your
particular room, and also to calibrate the frequency­phase characteristics of the speakers connected.

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Make sure you do this before moving on to Playing a
source on page 14.

Important

• Make sure the microphone and speakers are not
moved during the Auto MCACC Setup.

• Using the Auto MCACC Setup will overwrite any
existing settings for the MCACC preset you select.

• Before using the Auto MCACC Setup, the
headphones should be disconnected and the iPod,
HOME MEDIA GALLERY, XM or SIRIUS Radio
function should not be selected as an input source.

Caution

• The test tones used in the Auto MCACC Setup are
output at high volume.

SOURCE

SOURCE

TV RCV

MAIN

RECEIVER SOURCE

RECEIVER

ZONE2 3

MULTI

BD TV SAT

DVR2

CD

PHONO

XM SIRIUS

OPERATION

VIDEO1 VIDEO2

CD-R

SACD

iPod HDMI

INPUT SELECT

DVD

DVR1

HOME MEDIA

GALLERY

TUNER

TV RCV

CH

VOL

TV CONTROL

INPUT MUTE

AUDIO

PARAMETER

TUNE

TOP MENU

BAND

Enter

ENTER

ST ST

SETUP

SETUP

SETUP

TUNE

CATEGORY

VOL

MUTE

VIDEO

PARAMETER

MENU
T.EDIT

RETURN

1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.

2 Connect the microphone to the

MCACC SETUP MIC

jack on the front panel.

Place the microphone so that it’s about ear level at your
normal listening position (use a tripod if possible). Make
sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and
the microphone.

• Push down on the lower portion of the front panel
door to access the MCACC SETUP MIC jack:

LCD

ZONE2 ZONE3

CTRL

MULTI-ZONE CONTROL

SPEAKERS AUTO SURROUND

/STREAM DIRECT

PARAMETER

AUDIO VIDEO

(TUNE)

TUNER EDITBAND

(ST) (ST)

ENTER

MCACC

(TUNE)

PHONES

SETUP MIC

SETUP

RETURN

USB

VIEW

STATUS

DIMMER

VIDEO/GAME 2 INPUT

DIGITAL INS-VIDEO VIDEO L R

AUDIO

The Auto MCACC display appears once the microphone
is connected.

3 Make sure ‘
preset

1

Normal

3

, then select

DVD/LD

1. Auto MCACC
Output Setup
[ Normal ]

Save SYMMETRY to
[ M1. MEMORY 1 ]

START
ENTER:Start :Cancel

-

55.0

dB

’ is selected,2 select an MCACC

4

START

.

4 Follow the instructions on-screen.

Make sure the microphone is connected, and if you’re
using a subwoofer, make sure it is switched on and set to
a comfortable volume level.

5 Wait for the test tones to finish, then confirm the
speaker configuration in the OSD.

A progress report is displayed on-screen while the
receiver outputs test tones to determine the speakers
present in your setup. Try to be as quiet as possible while

it’s doing this.

5

If no operations are performed for 10 seconds while the
speaker configuration check screen is being displayed,
the Auto MCACC Setup will resume automatically. In this
case, you don’t need to select ‘OK’ and press ENTER in
step 6.

• With error messages (such as Too much ambient
noise! or Check Microphone) select RETRY after
checking for ambient noise (see Problems when
using the Auto MCACC Setup below) and verifying the
mic connection. If there doesn’t seem to be a
problem, you can simply select GO NEXT and
continue.

DVD/LD 0.0

1. Auto MCACC
Now Analyzing… ( 2/10)

Environment Check
Ambient Noise [ OK ]
Microphone [ ]
Speaker YES/NO [ ]

dB

:Cancel

DVD/LD 0.0

1. Auto MCACC
CHECK
Front [ YES ]
Center [ YES ]
Surr A [ YES ]
Surr B [ YES ]
SB [ YESx2 ]
SW [ YESx2 ]

OK

10:Next

:Cancel

The configuration shown on-screen should reflect the
actual speakers you have.

6

dB

Note

1 • You can’t use the System Setup menu in either the main or sub zone when the iPod, HOME MEDIA GALLAERY, XM or SIRIUS Radio input source is
selected. When you set ZONE 2, ZONE 3 or ZONE 2&3 to ON (page 74), you can’t use the System Setup menu.

• If you cancel the Auto MCACC Setup, or leave an error message for over three minutes, the screen saver will appear.
2 • The setting you should select differs according to the selected speaker layout/usage method (for example if you are planning to make bi-amp
connections, to set up another speaker system, etc.). For details see Selecting the speaker layout/usage pattern on page 10 and Speaker output setting on
page 47.

• If you have THX-certified speakers, select CUSTOM and choose YES for the THX Speaker setting.
3 The six MCACC presets are used for storing surround sound settings for different listening positions. Simply choose an unused preset for now (you can
rename it later in Data Management on page 54).
4 Note that correction curves are saved only when set to SYMMETRY. Select CUSTOM to save other correction curves (such as ALL CH ADJUST and
FRONT ALIGN). See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 44 for more on this.
5 Do not adjust the volume during the test tones. This may result in incorrect speaker settings.
6 If you’re using the front LCD display, the diagram in Listening to Surround Sound above indicates (in bold) how each speaker is displayed.

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DVD

RECEIVER SOURCE

MAIN

MULTI
OPERATION

ZONE2 3

DVR1

GALLERY

HOME MEDIA

INPUT SELECT

CD

TUNER

iPod HDMI

PHONO

CD-R

DVR2

VIDEO1 VIDEO2

BD TV SAT

SACD

XM SIRIUS

RECEIVER

DVD

GALLERY

HOME MEDIA

INPUT SELECT

CD

TUNER

iPod HDMI

PHONO

CD-R

BD TV SAT

SACD

XM SIRIUS

DVR1 DVR2

VIDEO1 VIDEO2

AUDIO

PARAMETER

VIDEO

PARAMETER

SOURCE

TV RCV

INPUT MUTE

TUNE

MUTE

VOL

VOL

TV CONTROL

CH

VOL

CATEGORY

STATUS

THX MPX MEMORY

CH LEVEL

SETUP

TUNE

STEREO/
F.S.SURR

SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO

iPod CTRL

DIMMER

SR+ SBch PHASE

DISP

AUTO/
DIRECT

STANDARD ADV SURR

AUTO/
DIRECT

RETURN

Simple Home Theater Guide

If you see an error message (ERR) in the right side
column (or the speaker configuration displayed isn’t
correct), there may be a problem with the speaker
connection. If selecting RETRY doesn’t work, turn off the
power and check the speaker connections. If there
doesn’t seem to be a problem, you can simply use /
to select the speaker and / to change the setting
(and number for surround back) and continue.

6 Make sure ‘OK’ is selected, then press

A progress report is displayed on-screen while the
receiver outputs more test tones to determine the
optimum receiver settings for Channel Level, Speaker
Distance, Standing Wave, Acoustic Cal EQ and Full Band
Phase Control.

Again, try to be as quiet as possible while this is
happening. It may take 3 to 10 minutes.

7 The Auto MCACC Setup has finished! Press
to go back to the System Setup menu.

Be sure to disconnect the microphone from this receiver
upon completion of the Auto MCACC setup.

The settings made in the Auto MCACC Setup should give
you excellent surround sound from your system, but it is
also possible to adjust these settings manually using the

System Setup menu (starting on page 44).

Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup

If the room environment is not optimal for the Auto
MCACC Setup (too much background noise, echo off the
walls, obstacles blocking the speakers from the
microphone) the final settings may be incorrect. Check
for household appliances (air conditioner, fridge, fan,
etc.), that may be affecting the environment and switch
them off if necessary. If there are any instructions
showing in the front LCD display, please follow them.

• Some older TVs may interfere with the operation of
the microphone. If this seems to be happening,
switch off the TV when doing the Auto MCACC Setup.

1

ENTER

2

.

RETURN

Playing a source

Here are the basic instructions for playing a source (such
as a DVD disc) with your home theater system.

1 Switch on your system components and receiver.

Start by switching on the playback component (for
example a DVD player), your TV

have one), then the receiver (press RECEIVER).

• Make sure the setup mic is disconnected.

2 Select the input source you want to play.

You can use the input source buttons on the remote
control, INPUT SELECT, or the front panel INPUT

SELECTOR dial.

3 Press
DIRECT

4

AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURROUND/STREAM

) to select ‘

AUTO SURROUND

playback of the source.

If you’re playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound
DVD disc, you should hear surround sound. If you are
playing a stereo source, you will only hear sound from the
front left/right speakers in the default listening mode.

• See also Listening to your system on page 36 for
information on different ways of listening to sources.

It is possible to check on the LCD whether or not multi­channel playback is being performed properly.

When using a surround back speaker, DOLBY D + PLIIx
MOVIE is displayed when playing Dolby Digital signals,
and DTS+Neo:6 is displayed when playing DTS 5.1­channel signals.

When not using a surround back speaker, Dolby Digital
is displayed when playing Dolby Digital signals.

3

and subwoofer (if you

’ and start

5

1 You can also choose to view the settings from the MCACC Data Check screen. See Automatic MCACC (Expert) on page 44 for more on this.
2 • Depending on the characteristics of your room, sometimes identical speakers with cone sizes of around 12 cm (5 inches) will end up with different size
settings. You can correct the setting manually using the Manual speaker setup on page 56.

room characteristics into account) and generally does not need to be changed.

the settings manually.
3 Make sure that the TV’s video input is set to this receiver (for example, if you connected this receiver to the VIDEO 1 jacks on your TV, make sure that the
VIDEO 1 input is now selected).
4 If you need to manually switch the input signal type press SIGNAL SEL (page 39).

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5 • You may need to check the digital audio output settings on your DVD player or digital satellite receiver. It should be set to output Dolby Digital, DTS and

88.2 kHz / 96 kHz PCM (2 channel) audio, and if there is an MPEG audio option, set this to convert the MPEG audio to PCM.

multichannel listening mode (see Listening in surround sound on page 36 if you need to do this) if you want multichannel surround sound.

• The subwoofer distance setting may be farther than the actual distance from the listening position. This setting should be accurate (taking delay and

• If Auto MCACC Setup measurement results are incorrect due to the interaction of the speakers and viewing environment, we recommend adjusting

• Depending on your DVD player or source discs, you may only get digital 2 channel stereo and analog sound. In this case, the receiver must be set to a

Simple Home Theater Guide

02

For other details, see Listening modes with different input
signal formats on page 149. If the display does not

correspond to the input signal and listening mode, check
the connections and settings.

Phase Control ON

Front speaker

Listening

position

4 Use the volume control to adjust the volume level.

Turn down the volume of your TV so that all sound is
coming from the speakers connected to this receiver.

Better sound using Phase Control and
Full Band Phase Control

This receiver is equipped with the two types of functions
that correct phase distortion and group delay: Phase
Control and Full Band Phase Control. Activating Full
Band Phase Control is strongly recommended because it
also involves the effects of Phase Control. For details on
each of these two features, refer to the following
explanations.

Using Phase Control

During multichannel playback, LFE (Low-Frequency

Sound
source

Subwoofer

• Rhythms with crystal-like clarity

• Bass sound with no loss of depth

• Sound of musical instruments with superb reality
Phase Control technology provides coherent sound
reproduction through the use of phase matching

optimal sound image at your listening position. The
default setting is on and we recommend leaving Phase
Control switched on for all sound sources.

VOL

SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO

A.ATT GENRE

SOURCE

SOURCE

TV RCV

TV RCV

VOLCH

DIMMER

SR+ SBch PHASE

PHASE

HDMI OUT

Original sound
preserved with no
loss of clarity

1

for an

iPod CTRL

DISP

Effects) signals as well as low-frequency signals in each
channel are assigned to the subwoofer or other the
subwoofer and the most appropriate speaker. At least in
theory, however, this type of processing involves a group
delay that varies with frequency, resulting in phase

• Set the operation selector switch to RCV, then
press PHASE (PHASE CONTROL) to select PHASE
CONTROL.

The PHASE CONTROL indicator on the front panel lights.

distortion where the low-frequency sound is delayed or
muffled by the conflict with other channels. With the
Phase Control mode switched on, this receiver can
reproduce powerful bass sound without deteriorating the
quality of the original sound (see illustration below).

Phase Control OFF

Front speaker

Listening

position

Using Full Band Phase Control

The Full Band Phase Control feature calibrates the
frequency-phase characteristics of the speakers
connected.

Standard speakers designed exclusively for audio use
generally reproduce sound with the divided frequency
bands output from a speaker system consisting of
multiple speakers (in case of typical 3-way speakers, for
instance, the tweeter, the squawker (midrange), and the
woofer output sound in the high-, middle-, and low­frequency ranges, respectively). Though these speakers

Sound
source

Subwoofer

Sound muffled due
to a delay in time

are designed to flatten the frequency-amplitude
characteristics across wide ranges, there are cases
where the group delay characteristics are not effectively

• Rhythms blurred and difficult to hear

• Bass sound with loss of depth

• Sound of musical instruments with no reality

Note

1 • Phase matching is a very important factor in achieving proper sound reproduction. If two waveforms are ‘in phase’, they crest and trough together,
resulting in increased amplitude, clarity and presence of the sound signal. If a crest of a wave meets a trough (as shown in the upper section of the diagram
above), then the sound will be ‘out of phase’ and an unreliable sound image will be produced.

• The PHASE CONTROL feature is available even when the headphones are plugged in.

• If your subwoofer has a phase control switch, set it to the plus (+) sign (or 0°). However, the effect you can actually feel when PHASE CONTROL is set
to ON on this receiver depends on the type of your subwoofer. Set your subwoofer to maximize the effect. It is also recommended you try changing the
orientation or the place of your subwoofer.

• Set the built-in lowpass filter switch of your subwoofer to OFF. If this cannot be done on your subwoofer, set the cutoff frequency to a higher value.

• If the speaker distance is not properly set, you may not have a maximized PHASE CONTROL effect.

• The PHASE CONTROL mode cannot be set to ON in the following cases:

– When the PURE DIRECT mode is switched on.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 106.

flattened. This phase distortion of the speakers
subsequently causes group delay (the delay of low­frequency sound against high-frequency sound) during
audio signal playback.

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Simple Home Theater Guide

This receiver analyzes the frequency-phase
characteristics of the speakers by calibrating test signals
output from the speakers with the supplied microphone,
therefore flattening the analyzed frequency-phase

characteristics during audio signal playback

1

– the same
correction is made for a pair of left and right speakers.
This correction minimizes group delay between the
ranges of a speaker and improves the frequency-phase
characteristics across all ranges.

Furthermore, the enhanced frequency-phase
characteristics between channels ensure better

surround sound integration for multichannel setting.

2

Full Band Phase Control OFF

Tweeter

Midrange

Woofer

Group Delay Characteristics

ms

Hz

Sound in the middle- and low-frequency ranges is
delayed against the high-frequency sound due to group
delay.

Full Band Phase Control ON

Tweeter

Midrange

Woofer

Group Delay Characteristics

ms

Hz

With the phase distortion corrected, the frequency-phase
characteristics are improved across all ranges.

• Sound with live dynamics

• Sound of musical instruments with superb reality

• Sound so accurately reproduced that you can even
hear the lip movement of the singer

• Speech heard with no loss of clarity

• Surround sound with excellent integration

SIGNAL SEL SLEEP AUDIO

SOURCE

SOURCE

TV RCV

TV RCV

VOLCH

VOL

DIMMER

SR+ SBch PHASE

HDMI OUT

A.ATT GENRE

PHASE

iPod CTRL

DISP

• Set the operation selector switch to RCV, then
press PHASE (PHASE CONTROL) to select

FULLBAND PHASE.

3

Both the Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control
functions are switched on. The PHASE CONTROL
indicator lights on the front LCD display.

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Note

1 To calibrate and analyze the frequency-phase characteristics of the speakers, follow the procedures in Auto MCACC Setup (see Automatically setting up
for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) on page 12) or FULL BAND PHASE CTRL in the System Setup (see Full Band Phase Control on

page 53). Select ALL when you perform the Auto MCACC Setup with CUSTOM. Upon calibration of the frequency-phase characteristics of the speakers,
the FULL BAND PHASE CTRL feature is automatically switched on. Note that FULLBAND PHASE cannot be selected unless the frequency-phase
characteristics of the speakers are calibrated.
2 The original characteristics of group delay of the speakers calibrated and the targeted characteristics after correction can be displayed graphically in the
OSD (see Full Band Phase Control on page 53). Also, when your PC is connected to this receiver, the original characteristics of group delay of the speakers
calibrated and the corrected characteristics of group delay can be displayed in 3-dimension on your PC (see Advanced MCACC output using your PC on
page 77).
3The FULL BAND PHASE CTRL mode cannot be set to ON in the following cases:

– When headphones are plugged in.
– When the PURE DIRECT mode is switched on.
– When the HDMI audio output parameter is set to THROUGH in Setting the Audio options on page 106.

Connecting your equipment

Chapter 3:

Connecting your equipment

This receiver provides you with many connection possibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. This page explains the
kinds of components you can connect to make up your home theater system.

Rear panel

YP

18

IN

(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

19

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

COMPONENT
VIDEO

CONTROL

IN

20

ABLE

21

RS­232C

IN

1

22

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

3

OUT

4

OUT

IR

1

2

3

4

5

)

ASSIGNABLE

2

COAXIAL

(AUDIO)

1

XM

IN

1

IN

(

)

DVD/LD

1 4

2

IN
(BD)

3

IN
(CD)

4

IN

(SACD)

ZONE2

3

OUT

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

SOURCE
OUT

HDMI

4

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

5

S400S400

RF IN

(

)

For LD

1

IN
(TV)

2

IN

(SAT)

3

IN
(DVR/
VCR 1)

4

IN
(DVR/
VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN
(CD-R/

TAPE/

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

ASSIGNABLE

6

LAN (10/100)

61

AM
LOOP

7910

ANTENNA

iPod

8

IN

SIRIUS

IN

SUB
WOOFER

CENTER

FRONT

SUR­ROUND

SURROUND
BACK

R

EXTRA

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

12

ZONE2

1311

OUT

L

R

(

)

Single

R

PRE OUT

ZONE3
OUT

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

L

R

12

FRONT

SUB W.

L

CENTER

LR

L

SUR­ROUND

LR

SUR­ROUND
BACK

MULTI CH

IN

AUDIO

PHONO

LR

14

REC
SEL
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

IN

CD

IN

SACD

IN

AUX

IN

IN

LR

REC SEL

DVR/
VCR 1

REC SEL

DVD/LD

VIDEO/
GAME 1

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

IN

IN

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

IN

ASSIGN­ABLE

BD

IN

15

MONITOR
OUT

TV
IN

VIDEO

SAT

IN

IN

VIDEOAUDIO

ZONE2

16

OUT

12 V TRIGGER

17

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOT AL 250 mA MAX

ZONE3
OUT

03

SPEAKERS

23

SELECTABLE

SELECTABLE

R1 R5
L1

L5

SEE
INSTRUCTION
MANUAL

VOIR LE MODE
D'EMPLOI

R2

Normal

FRONT FRONTCENTER

LOW HIGH

R

FRONT

All ch Bi-Amp.

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SUR-

ROUND-B

ROUND-A

LOW HIGH

SURROUND

SURROUND

R

BACK

LOW HIGH

CENTER

R1

Caution

• Before making or changing the connections, switch
off the power and disconnect the power cord from the
power outlet. Plugging in should be the final step.

1 XM Radio input

 See Using XM Radio on page 62.

2 Optical and coaxial digital audio inputs (x10)

Use for digital audio sources, including DVD players/
recorders, digital satellite receivers, CD players, etc.
There’s also an RF IN jack for connection to an LD player
with a 2 RF output.
 See also The Input Setup menu on page 101 to assign
the inputs.

3 Optical and coaxial digital audio outputs (x3)

Use for recording to a CD or MiniDisc recorder.
 See Connecting digital audio sources on page 26.

These jacks are also used for MULTI-ZONE connections.
 See MULTI-ZONE listening on page 71.

4 S-400 i.LINK connectors (x2)

Use to connect other i.LINK audio devices for high­resolution, multichannel digital audio input/output.
 See Using the i.LINK interface on page 65.

L4 L3 L2 L1

SURROUND
BACK
(Single)

HIGH LOW

SURROUND

SUR­ROUND-B

L

SUR­ROUND-A

HIGH LOW

FRONT

L

24

AC IN

5 HDMI connectors (x8)

Multiple inputs and two outputs for high-quality audio/
video connection to compatible HDMI devices.
 See Connecting using HDMI on page 19.
 See Switching the HDMI output on page 110.

6 LAN (10/100) terminal

 See Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs on
page 78.

7 AM and FM antenna terminals

Use to connect indoor or outdoor antennas for radio
broadcasts.
 See Connecting antennas on page 30.

8 iPod input terminal

Use to connect your Apple iPod as an audio or video
source.
 See Connecting an iPod on page 60.

9 SIRIUS Radio input

 See Using SIRIUS Radio on page 64.

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10 Multichannel pre-amplifier outputs

Use to connect separate amplifiers for front, center,
surround, surround back and subwoofer channels.
 See Connecting additional amplifiers on page 71 (see
also Installing your speaker system on page 28 for
powered subwoofer connection).

11 MULTI-ZONE audio outputs

Use to connect a second or third amplifier in a separate
room.
 See MULTI-ZONE listening on page 71.

12 Multichannel analog audio inputs

7.1 channel inputs for connection to a DVD player with
multichannel analog outputs.
 See Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on
page 67.

13 Stereo analog audio source inputs/(outputs) (x5)

Use for connection to audio sources such as CD players,
tape decks, turntables, etc.
 See Connecting analog audio sources on page 27.

14 Audio/video source inputs/(outputs) (x7)

Use for connection to audio/visual sources, such as DVD
players/recorders, VCRs, etc. Each set of inputs has jacks

for composite video, S-Video
 See Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other

video sources on page 24.

15 Composite, S-Video and Component monitor
outputs

Use to connect monitors and TVs.
 See Connecting your TV and DVD player on page 21.
 See Using the component video jacks on page 25.

16 MULTI-ZONE video outputs

Use to connect monitors or TVs in a separate room.
 See MULTI-ZONE listening on page 71.

17 12 V trigger jacks

Use to switch components in your system on and off
according to the input function of the receiver.
 See Switching components on and off using the 12
volt trigger on page 75.

18 Component video inputs (x5)

Use the inputs to connect any video source that has
component video output, such as a DVD recorder.
 See Using the component video jacks on page 25.

19 MULTI-ZONE component video output

Use to connect monitors or TVs in a separate room.
 See MULTI-ZONE listening on page 71.

1

and stereo analog audio.

(total 50 mA max.)

(x4)

20 Control input/output

Use to connect other Pioneer components so that you
can control all your equipment from a single IR remote
sensor.

 See Operating other Pioneer components with this
unit’s sensor on page 118.

21 RS-232C connector

Use for connection to a PC for graphical output when
using Advanced MCACC or Full Band Phase Control.
 See Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output on
page 77.

22 Remote inputs (MULTI-ZONE and source)

Use for connection to an external remote control sensor
for use in a MULTI-ZONE setup, for example.
 See Connecting an IR receiver on page 74.

23 Speaker terminals

Use for connection to the main front, center, surround
and surround back speakers.
 See Installing your speaker system on page 28.

24 AC power inlet

Connect the supplied power cord here.

When making cable connections

• To avoid hum, do not lay connected cables over the
top of the receiver.

• When connecting optical cables, be careful when
inserting the plug not to damage the shutter
protecting the optical socket.

• When storing optical cable, coil loosely. The cable
may be damaged if bent around sharp corners.

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Note

1 You must assign the input source to the S-Video input to which you’ve connected your video component (see The Input Setup menu on page 101).

Connecting your equipment

About the video converter

The video converter ensures that all video sources are
output through all of the MONITOR VIDEO OUT jacks.
The only exception is HDMI: since this resolution cannot
be downsampled, you must connect your monitor/TV to
the receiver’s HDMI video outputs when connecting this

video source.
If several video components are assigned to the same

input function (see The Input Setup menu on page 101),
the converter gives priority to HDMI, component, S­Video, then composite (in that order).

High picture quality

1

Terminal for connection

with source device

HDMI IN

COMPONENT VIDEO IN

S-VIDEO IN

VIDEO IN

Video signals can be output

Terminal for connection

with TV monitor

HDMI OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO

MONITOR OUT

S-VIDEO

MONITOR OUT

VIDEO

MONITOR OUT

• For optimal video performance, THX recommends
switching Digital Video Conversion (in Setting the

Video options on page 108) OFF.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is
protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other
intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and
other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology
must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended
for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise
authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or
disassembly is prohibited.

Connecting using HDMI

If you have a HDMI or DVI (with HDCP) equipped
component, you can connect it to this receiver using a

commercially available HDMI cable.
The HDMI connection transfers uncompressed digital

vid eo , as w el l a s alm os t eve ry ki nd of di gi tal a ud io that th e
connected component is compatible with, including
DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby
TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio (see below for
limitations), Video CD/Supers VCD, CD and MP3. See
About the video converter on page 19 for more on HDMI
compatibility.

When connecting to an HDMI/DVI-compatible monitor or
a plasma display using the HDMI OUT 2 terminal, switch
the HDMI output setting to HDMI OUT2. See Switching
the HDMI output on page 110.

2

03

Note

1 • If the video signal does not appear on your TV or plasma display, try adjusting the resolution settings on your component or display. Note that some
components (such as video game units) have resolutions that may not be converted. In this case, try switching Digital Video Conversion (in Setting the Video
options on page 108) OFF.

• The ZONE 2 video input can also be converted. For details, see ZONE Video Setup on page 103.
2 • An HDMI connection can only be made with DVI-equipped components compatible with both DVI and High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
(HDCP). If you choose to connect to a DVI connector, you will need a separate adaptor (DVIHDMI) to do so. A DVI connection, however, does not support
audio signals. Consult your local audio dealer for more information.

• If you connect a component that is not compatible with HDCP, a HDCP ERROR message is displayed on the front LCD display. Some components that
are compatible with HDCP still cause this message to be displayed, but so long as there is no problem with displaying video this is not a malfunction.

• This receiver has been designed to be compliant with HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Version 1.3a. Depending on the component you
have connected, using a DVI connection may result in unreliable signal transfers.

• This receiver supports SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. To take advantage of these formats, however, make sure
that the component connected to this receiver also supports the corresponding format.

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Connecting your equipment

SC-09TX

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

(AUDIO)

SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/
VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN
(CD-R/
TAPE/

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

XM

(

DVD/LD

1 4

(SACD)

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

61

61

HDMI

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

ASSIGNABLE

1

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

ANTENNA

iPod

SIRIUS

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

R

EXTRA

(

Single

R

PRE OUT

HDMI OUT

)

HDMI/DVI-equipped component

1 Use an HDMI cable to connect one of the HDMI IN
interconnects on this receiver to an HDMI output on
your HDMI component.
HDMI indicator lights on the front panel when an HDMI-

equipped component is connected.

2 Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI OUT
interconnect on this receiver to an HDMI interconnect
on a HDMI-compatible monitor.

• The arrow on the cable connector body should be
facing right for correct alignment with the connector
on the player.

3Use the

INPUT SELECT

button to select the HDMI

input you’ve connected to (for example, HDMI 2).

You can also perform the same operation by using the

INPUT SELECTOR dial on the front panel or by pressing
HDMI on the remote control repeatedly.

• Set the HDMI parameter in Setting the Audio options
on page 106 to THROUGH if you want to hear HDMI
audio output from your TV or plasma display (no
sound will be heard from this receiver).

• If the video signal does not appear on your TV or
plasma display, try adjusting the resolution settings
on your component or display. Note that some
components (such as video game units) have
resolutions that may not be converted. In this case,
use an analog video connection.

• You can’t hear HDMI audio through this receiver’s
digital out jacks.

YP

ZONE3
OUT

IN
(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

1

2

3

4

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

4

IN

OUT

)

IR

OUT1

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

(HDMI CTRL)

12

L

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

R

SUB W.

L

L

MULTI CH

REC
SEL
OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

ZONE3

IN

OUT

CD

L

FRONT

CENTER

LR

SUR-
ROUND

LR

SUR-
ROUND
BACK

IN

IN

SACD

IN

AUX

IN

IN

PHONO

LR

AUDIO

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT
DVR/

VCR 1

IN

IN

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

DVD/LD

IN

ASSIGN­ABLE

BD
IN

MONITOR
OUT

TV
IN

VIDEO

SAT

ZONE2

IN

OUT

12 V TRIGGER
VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

VIDEOAUDIO

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

LR

HDMI IN

HDMI/DVI-compatible monitor or
plasma display

About HDMI

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) supports
both video and audio on a single digital connection for
use with DVD players, DTV, set-top boxes, and other AV
devices. HDMI was developed to provide the
technologies of High Bandwidth Digital Content
Protection (HDCP) as well as Digital Visual Interface
(DVI) in one specification. HDCP is used to protect digital
content transmitted and received by DVI-compliant
displays.

HDMI has the capability to support standard, enhanced,
or high-definition video plus standard to multi-channel
surround-sound audio. HDMI features include
uncompressed digital video, one connector (instead of
several cables and connectors), and communication
between the AV source and AV devices such as DTVs.

HDMI, the logo and High-Definition
Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered
trademarks of HDMI licensing LLC.

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Connecting your TV and DVD player

03

SC-09TX

(AUDIO)

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

1

IN

IN

)

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

3

IN

IN

4

IN

(DVR/

(DVR/

(SACD)

VCR 1)

VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

ZONE3

1)

/SOURCE
OUT

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

COAXIAL AUDIORL

DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

XM

(

(

DVD/LD

DVD/LD

1 4

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

iPod

SIRIUS

ANTENNA

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

(

Single

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

S-VIDEOOPTICAL

12

L

12

LR

)

L

L

3 2 4

DVD player

The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together
with a TV and DVD player, with S-Video or composite
video connections. Different TVs and DVD players may
offer alternative connections. See also Using the
component video jacks on page 25 if your TV and/or DVD
player has component video inputs/outputs. If your DVD
player offers multichannel analog audio outputs, see
Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on page 67.

1 Connect the

MONITOR OUT

video jack to a video

input on your TV.

Use a standard RCA/phono jack video cable to connect to
the composite video jack, or for higher quality video, use
an S-Video cable to connect to the S-Video jack.

2 Connect a composite or S-Video output on your
DVD player to the

DVD/LD VIDEO

or

DVD/LD S-VIDEO

input.

Connect using a standard video cable or an S-Video
cable.

YP

ZONE3
OUT

IN
(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

IN

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

1

2

3

4

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

)

4

IN

OUT

IR

R

R

SUB W.

6

AUDIO

ANALOG OUT

OUT1
(HDMI CTRL)

L

MULTI CH

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

OUT2

ZONE2
OUT

ZONE3
OUT

L

FRONT

CENTER

LR

SUR­ROUND

LR

SUR­ROUND
BACK

AUDIO

IN

REC SEL

OUT

OUT
DVR/

VCR 1

IN

REC
SEL
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

IN

CD

IN

SACD

IN

AUX

IN

IN

PHONO

LR

R

IN

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

(DVD/LD)

DVD/LD

DVD/LD

IN

IN

ASSIGN-

ASSIGN­ABLE

ABLE

BD
IN

MONITOR

MONITOR

OUT

OUT

TV
IN

VIDEO

SAT

ZONE2

IN

OUT

12 V TRIGGER
VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

1 2 34

LR

L

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

VIDEOAUDIO

VIDEOAUDIO

VIDEOINS-VIDEO

1

TV

• If your DVD player has multichannel analog outputs,
you can connect these instead. See also Connecting
the multichannel analog inputs on page 67.

5 If the source component is an LD player with a
RF

digital audio output, connect this to the

on this receiver.

To ensure compatibility with all laserdiscs, connect both
the PCM and 2 RF outputs from your LD player.

• Use a coaxial cable designed for digital audio for the
2 RF connection.

• You may need to assign the RF IN digital input when
setting up the receiver (see also The Input Setup
menu on page 101).

RF IN

2

input

3 Connect a coaxial-type1 digital audio output on
your DVD player to the

COAXIAL IN 1 (DVD/LD

) input.

Use a coaxial cable designed for digital audio.

4 Connect the stereo audio outputs on your DVD
player to the

DVD/LD AUDIO

inputs.

Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack cable.

Note

1 If your DVD player only has an optical digital output, you can connect it to one of the optical inputs on this receiver using an optical cable. When you set
up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the player to (see The Input Setup menu on page 101).

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03

Connecting your equipment

Connecting your Blu-ray disc player

SC-09TX

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

(AUDIO)

S400S400

XM

IN

RF IN

1

IN

(

)

DVD/LD

1 4

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

2

IN

IN

(TV)

(BD)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/

(SACD)

VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

ZONE3

1)

/SOURCE
OUT

6

6

IN

IN

(CD-R/

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

COAXIAL AUDIORL

DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

SIRIUS

ANTENNA

iPod

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

(

)

Single

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

S-VIDEOOPTICAL

3 2 4

Blu-ray disc player

The diagram shows a basic setup of this receiver together
with a Blu-ray disc player, with S-Video or composite
video connections. See also Using the component video
jacks on page 25 if your Blu-ray disc player has
component video inputs/outputs. If your Blu-ray disc
player offers multi-channel analog audio outputs, see
Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on page 67.

1 Connect a composite video output on your Blu-ray
disc player to the

BD VIDEO

input.

Connect using a standard video cable or an S-Video1
cable.

YP

ZONE3
OUT

1

IN
(DVD/LD)

2

IN
(BD)

3

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

4

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

5

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

)

4

IN

OUT

IR

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

12

L

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

L

R

SUB W.

L

LR

L

LR

MULTI CH

REC
SEL
OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

ZONE3

IN

OUT

CD

IN

SACD

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

SUR­ROUND
BACK

IN

IN

AUX

IN

IN

PHONO

LR

AUDIO

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT
DVR/

VCR 1

IN

IN

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

(DVD/LD)

DVD/LD

IN

ASSIGN-

ASSIGN­ABLE

ABLE

BD

BD

IN

IN

MONITOR
OUT

TV

IN

VIDEO

SAT

ZONE2

IN

OUT

12 V TRIGGER
VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

VIDEOAUDIO

VIDEOAUDIO

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

LR

LR

ANALOG OUT

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En

2 Connect an coaxial-type2 digital audio output on
your Blu-ray disc player to the

COAXIAL IN 2 (BD)

input.

Use a coaxial cable designed for digital audio.

3 Connect the stereo audio outputs on your Blu-ray
disc player to the

BD AUDIO

inputs.

Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack cable.

• If your Blu-ray disc player has multi-channel analog
outputs, you can connect these instead. See also
Connecting the multichannel analog inputs on
page 67.

Note

1 See The Input Setup menu on page 101 to assign the S-VIDEO input to the BD input function if you make this connection.
2 If your Blu-ray disc player only has an optical digital output, you can connect it to one of the optical inputs on this receiver using an optical cable. When
you set up the receiver, you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the player to (see The System Setup menu on page 44).

Connecting your equipment

Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box

Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV tuners are all examples of so-called ‘set-top boxes’.

SC-09TX

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

1 4

(AUDIO)

(SACD)

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

1

IN

IN

)

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

2

IN

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/
VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

XM

(

(

DVD/LD

DVD/LD

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

iPod

SIRIUS

ANTENNA

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

(

Single

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

OUT1

6

OUT2

(HDMI CTRL)

12

L

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

L

R

)

SUB W.

L

LR

L

LR

MULTI CH

REC
SEL
OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

ZONE3

IN

OUT

CD

IN

SACD

FRONT

IN

AUX

CENTER

IN

SUR-

IN

ROUND

PHONO

SUR­ROUND
BACK

LR

AUDIO

IN

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT
DVR/

VCR 1

IN

REC SEL

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

DVD/LD

IN

BD

IN

TV

IN

SAT

SAT

IN

IN

VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

LR

LR

VIDEOAUDIO

VIDEOAUDIO

IN

REC SEL

OUT

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

(DVD/LD)

ASSIGN-

ASSIGN­ABLE

ABLE

MONITOR
OUT

VIDEO

ZONE2
OUT

12 V TRIGGER

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

ZONE3
OUT

IN
(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

DIGITAL OUT

VIDEOS-VIDEO AUDIORL

AV OUT

YP

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

1

2

3

4

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

)

4

IN

OUT

IR

03

STB

1 Connect the audio/video outputs on the set-top
box to the

SAT AUDIO

and

VIDEO

inputs.

Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack cable and a

1

video or S-Video

cable.

2 Connect an optical-type2 digital audio output from
your set-top box to the

OPTICAL IN 2 (SAT)

input.

3

Use an optical cable for the connection.

Note

1See The Input Setup menu on page 101 to assign the S-VIDEO input to the SAT input function if you make this connection.
2 If your set-top box only has a coaxial digital output, you can connect it to one of the coaxial inputs on this receiver using a coaxial digital audio cable.
When you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the set-top box to (see The Input Setup menu on page 101).
3 If your satellite/cable receiver doesn’t have a digital audio output, you can skip this step.

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03

Connecting your equipment

Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources

This receiver has two sets of audio/video inputs and outputs suitable for connecting analog or digital video devices,
including DVD/HDD recorders and VCRs.

SC-09TX

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

(AUDIO)

XM

(

DVD/LD

1 4

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

3

IN

IN

4

4

IN

IN

(DVR/

(DVR/

(SACD)

(SACD)

VCR 1)

VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

ANTENNA

iPod

SIRIUS

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

(

Single

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

1 Connect the audio/video outputs of the video
player/recorder to the

DVR/VCR 1 AUDIO

and

VIDEO

inputs.

Use a stereo RCA/phono jack audio cable for the audio
connection and a video or S-Video cable for the video
connection.

• For a second recorder, use the DVR/VCR 2 IN inputs.

2 If the device can record, connect the
AUDIO

and

VIDEO

outputs to the recorder’s audio/

DVR/VCR 1

video inputs.

Use a stereo RCA/phono jack audio cable for the audio
connection and a video or S-Video cable for the video
connection.

• For a second recorder, use the DVR/VCR 2 OUT
outputs.

YP

ZONE3
OUT

IN
(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

1

2

3

4

5

ABLE

RS­232C

OUT

OUT

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

OUT

CONTROL

IN

OUT

)

IR

VIDEOS-VIDEO

AV IN

12

L

12

LR

)

L

L

DIGITAL OUT

S-VIDEO

OUT1

6

OUT2

(HDMI CTRL)

REC
SEL
OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

ZONE3

IN

OUT

L

R

AUDIO

R

SUB W.

MULTI CH

CD

L

LR

LR

IN

SACD

FRONT

IN

AUX

CENTER

IN

SUR-

IN

ROUND

PHONO

SUR­ROUND
BACK

LR

AUDIO

IN

OPTICALCOAXIAL

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

OUT

OUT

DVR/

DVR/

VCR 1

VCR 1

IN

IN

IN

IN

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

DVD/LD

IN

ASSIGN­ABLE

BD
IN

MONITOR
OUT

TV
IN

VIDEO

SAT

ZONE2

IN

OUT

12 V TRIGGER
VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

LR

LR

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

VIDEOAUDIO

VIDEOAUDIO

VIDEOAUDIORL

S-VIDEO AUDIORL

AV OUT

1 23

DVR, VCR, etc.

3 If the device can output digital audio, connect an
optical-type

the

OPTICAL IN 3 (DVR/VCR 1

1

digital audio output from the recorder to

) input.

Use an optical cable for the connection.

• For a second recorder, use the OPTICAL IN 4 (DVR/
VCR 2) input.

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

1

2

3

4

2

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En

Note

1 • In order to record, you must connect the analog audio cables (the digital connection is for playback only).

• If your video component doesn’t have a digital audio output, you can skip this step.
2 If your recorder only has a coaxial digital output, you can connect it to one of the coaxial inputs on this receiver using a coaxial digital audio cable. When
you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the recorder to (see also The Input Setup menu on page 101).

Connecting your equipment

Using the component video jacks

Component video should give superior picture quality when compared to composite or S-Video. You can also take
advantage of progressive scan video (if your source and TV are both compatible), which delivers a very stable, flicker­free picture. See the manuals that came with your TV and source component to check whether they are compatible
with progressive-scan video.

1

YPBPR

COMPONENT

VIDEO

BPR

YPBPR

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

REC
SEL
OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

ZONE3

IN

OUT

L

R

AUDIO

L

LR

LR

MULTI CH

CD

IN

SACD

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

SUR­ROUND
BACK

IN

IN

AUX

IN

IN

PHONO

LR

AUDIO

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 1

IN

REC SEL

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

DVD/LD

IN

BD

IN

TV

IN

SAT

IN

VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

LR

VIDEOAUDIO

IN

REC SEL

OUT

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

ASSIGN­ABLE

MONITOR
OUT

VIDEO

ZONE2
OUT

12 V TRIGGER

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

ZONE3
OUT

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

(DVD/LD)

IN

IN

(BD)

(BD)

IN

IN

(VIDEO/

(VIDEO/

GAME

GAME

1)

1)

IN

IN

(DVR/VCR 1)

(DVR/VCR 1)

IN

IN

(DVR/VCR 2)

(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

YP

ASSIGN-

ASSIGN-

5

1 5

1

ABLE

1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

4

IN

OUT

)

IR

SC-09TX

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

1 4

DVD player

(AUDIO)

XM

(

DVD/LD

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/

(SACD)

VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

iPod

SIRIUS

ANTENNA

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

(

)

Single

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

12

L

12

LR

R

SUB W.

L

L

03

TV

1 Connect the component video outputs of your
source to a set of

ASSIGNABLE COMPONENT VIDEO

inputs.

Connect using a three-way component video cable.

• Since they are assignable, it doesn’t matter which
component video inputs you use for which source.
After connecting everything, you’ll need to assign the
component video inputs—see The Input Setup menu
on page 101.

2 Connect the

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

jacks to the

component video inputs on your TV or monitor.

Use a three-way component video cable.

2

YPBPR

COMPONENT

VIDEO

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03

Connecting your equipment

Connecting digital audio sources

This receiver has both digital inputs and outputs, allowing you to connect digital audio components for playback and
for making digital recordings.

Most digital components also have analog connections. See Connecting analog audio sources on the following page if
you want to connect these too.

SC-09TX

COAXIAL

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

ASSIGNABLE

1 4

1 4

(AUDIO)

XM

(

DVD/LD

(SACD)

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

3

IN

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/
VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

6

IN

IN

(CD-R/

(CD-R/

SOURCE

SOURCE

TAPE/

TAPE/

OUT

OUT

MD)

MD)

OPTICAL

OPTICAL

1 6

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

ASSIGNABLE

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

LAN (10/100)

SIRIUS

iPod

ANTENNA

(

)

Single

SURROUND
BACK

R

IN

R

EXTRA

IN

PRE OUT

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

12

L

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

R

SUB W.

L

L

MULTI CH

REC
SEL
OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

ZONE3

IN

OUT

CD

L

FRONT

CENTER

LR

SUR­ROUND

LR

SUR­ROUND
BACK

IN

IN

SACD

IN

AUX

IN

IN

PHONO

LR

AUDIO

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 1

IN

REC SEL

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

DVD/LD

IN

BD

IN

TV

IN

SAT

IN

VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

LR

VIDEOAUDIO

IN

REC SEL

OUT

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

ASSIGN­ABLE

MONITOR
OUT

VIDEO

ZONE2
OUT

12 V TRIGGER

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

ZONE3
OUT

IN
(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

YP

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

1

2

3

4

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

)

4

IN

OUT

IR

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En

OPTICAL

DIGITAL IN

OPTICAL COAXIAL

DIGITAL OUT

12

CD-R, MD, DAT, etc.

1 Connect an optical-type1 digital audio output on
your digital component to the
TAPE/MD)

input.

OPTICAL IN 6 (CD-R/

Use an optical cable for the connection.

2 For recording equipment, connect one of the
optical-type

DIGITAL

outputs to a digital input on the

recorder.
Use an optical cable to connect to the SOURCE OUT or

ZONE3/SOURCE OUT.

2

About the WMA9 Pro decoder

This unit has an on-board Windows Media™ Audio 9
Professional

playback WMA9 Pro-encoded audio using a coaxial or
optical digital connection when connected to a WMA9
Pro-compatible player. However, the connected PC, DVD
player, set-top box, etc. must be able to output WMA9 Pro
format audio signals through a coaxial or optical digital
output.

3

(WMA9 Pro) decoder, so it is possible to

Note

1 • If your digital component only has a coaxial digital output, you can connect it to one of the coaxial inputs on this receiver using a coaxial cable. When
you set up the receiver you’ll need to tell the receiver which input you connected the component to (see also The Input Setup menu on page 101).

• The digital outputs from other components can be connected to any spare digital audio inputs on this receiver. You can assign them when setting up
the receiver (see also The Input Setup menu on page 101).
2 • You must switch ZONE 3 ON in Using the MULTI-ZONE controls on page 74 to hear audio from the DIGITAL OUT1.

• In order to record some digital sources, you must make analog connections as explained in Connecting analog audio sources on page 27.
3• Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

• With WMA9 Pro, sound problems may occur depending on your computer system. Note that WMA9 Pro 96 kHz sources will be downsampled to 48 kHz.

Connecting your equipment

Connecting analog audio sources

This receiver features five stereo audio-only inputs. One of these inputs have corresponding outputs for use with audio
recorders.

One of the audio inputs (PHONO) is a dedicated turntable input which should not be used for any other type of
component. This input also has a grounding terminal that most turntables require.

03

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COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

(AUDIO)

(SACD)

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/
VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

XM

(

DVD/LD

1 4

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM
LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

ANTENNA

SURROUND

iPod

BACK

R

IN

LAN (10/100)

R

SIRIUS

EXTRA

IN

2

PRE OUT

Turntable

Tape deck, etc.

1 Connect the analog audio outputs of the source
component to one of the

AUDIO

inputs.

Connect using a stereo RCA/phono jack audio cable.

• If you’re connecting a tape deck, MD recorder, etc.,
connect the analog audio outputs (RECSEL OUT) to
the analog audio inputs on the recorder.

YP

ZONE3
OUT

IN
(DVD/LD)

IN
(BD)

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

1

2

3

4

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

)

4

IN

OUT

IR

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

REC

12

L

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

L

R

(

)

Single

SUB W.

L

LR

L

LR

MULTI CH

REC

SEL

SEL

OUT

OUT

ZONE2
OUT

CD-R/

CD-R/

TAPE/

TAPE/

MD

MD

ZONE3

IN

IN

OUT

CD
IN

SACD

FRONT

IN

AUX

CENTER

IN

SUR-

IN

IN

ROUND

PHONO

PHONO

SUR­ROUND
BACK

LR

LR

AUDIO

AUDIO

IN

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 1

IN

IN

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 2

IN

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

DVD/LD

IN

ASSIGN­ABLE

BD

IN

MONITOR
OUT

TV

IN

VIDEO

SAT

ZONE2

IN

OUT

12 V TRIGGER
VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

VIDEOAUDIO

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

LR

1

OUT

PLAY

IN

REC

R L

AUDIO IN/OUT

2

Turntables only:

the

PHONO

Connect the stereo audio outputs to

inputs.

• If your turntable has a grounding wire, secure it to the
ground terminal on this receiver.

• If your turntable has line-level outputs (i.e., it has a
built-in phono pre-amp), connect it to the CD inputs
instead.

Connecting a component to the front panel inputs

The front panel inputs comprise a composite video jack
(VIDEO), a n S-V ideo jack (S-VIDEO), stereo analog audio
inputs (AUDIO L/R) and an optical digital audio input
(DIGITAL IN). You can use these connections for any kind
of audio/video component, but they are especially
convenient for portable equipment such as camcorders,
video games and portable audio/video equipment.

• Push down on the lower portion of the front panel
door to access the front video connections.

ZONE2 ZONE3

CTRL

MULTI-ZONE CONTROL

SPEAKERS AUTO SURROUND

/STREAM DIRECT

TV game, video camera,
etc.

• Select these inputs using INPUT SELECT (remote) or
the INPUT SELECTOR dial (front panel) to select
VIDEO/GAME 2.

PHONES

TUNER EDITBAND

MCACC

SETUP MIC

PARAMETER

AUDIO VIDEO

(TUNE)

(ST) (ST)

ENTER

(TUNE)

SETUP

RETURN

STATUS

DIGITAL OUT

LCD

DIMMER

VIEW

VIDEO/GAME 2 INPUT

VIDEO/GAME 2 INPUT

VIDEO OUTPUT

USB

DIGITAL INS-VIDEO VIDEO L R

DIGITAL INS-VIDEO VIDEO L RAUDIO

AUDIO

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03

Connecting your equipment

Installing your speaker system

To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound
capabilities connect front, center, surround A, surround

B and surround back speakers, as well as subwoofers.
Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer
speakers—no subwoofer or no center speaker, or even no
surround speakers—will work. At the very least, front left
and right speakers only are necessary. Note that your
main surround speakers should always be connected as
a pair, but you can connect just one surround back

Front

COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SELECTABLE

SELECTABLE

SELECTABLE

SELECTABLE

R1 R5

R1 R5
L1

L5

L1

L5

SEE

SEE

INSTRUCTION

INSTRUCTION

MANUAL

MANUAL

VOIR LE MODE

VOIR LE MODE

D'EMPLOI

D'EMPLOI

right

Subwoofer 2

(AUDIO)

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

XM

(

DVD/LD

1 4

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/

(SACD)

VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

ZONE3

1)

/SOURCE
OUT

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

R1

R2

R1

R2

Normal

Normal

All ch Bi-Amp.

All ch Bi-Amp.

SUR-

SUR-

FRONT FRONTCENTER

FRONT FRONTCENTER

ROUND-A

ROUND-A

LOW HIGH

LOW HIGH

R

R

FRONT

FRONT

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

61

AM
LOOP

ANTENNA

iPod

IN

LAN (10/100)

SIRIUS

IN

R3 R4 R5 L5

R3 R4 R5 L5

SUR-

SURROUND

SUR-

SURROUND

ROUND-B

ROUND-B

LOW HIGH

LOW HIGH

SURROUND

SURROUND

BACK

BACK

R

R

Center

2

SUB

SUB

WOOFER

WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

SUR­ROUND

(

)

Single

SURROUND
BACK

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

LOW HIGH

LOW HIGH

CENTER

CENTER

speaker if you like (it must be connected to the left
surround back terminal). The following connections

1

example is for 9.2-channel surround connections. Note
that many other speaker layouts and usage patterns are
also possible. For details see Selecting the speaker layout/
usage pattern on page 10.

You can use speakers with a nominal impedance
between 6 Ω and 16 Ω (or between 4 Ω and 16 Ω for the
R1/L1 terminals).

Front

left

Subwoofer 1

LINE LEVEL

INPUT

YP

ZONE3
OUT

1

IN
(DVD/LD)

2

IN
(BD)

3

IN
(VIDEO/
GAME

1)

4

IN
(DVR/VCR 1)

5

IN
(DVR/VCR 2)

ZONE2
OUT

BPR

ASSIGN-

1

5

ABLE

RS­232C

IN

1

IN

2

IN

3

IN

4

OUT

1

OUT

2

OUT

COMPONENT
VIDEO

3

OUT

CONTROL

)

4

IN

OUT

IR

AC IN

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL) OUT2

1

12

ZONE2
OUT

L

LR

ZONE3
OUT

12

L

R

AUDIO

LR

L

R

FRONT

SUB W.

L

CENTER

LR

L

SUR­ROUND

LR

SUR­ROUND
BACK

MULTI CH

IN

L4 L3 L2 L1

L4 L3 L2 L1

SURROUND

SURROUND

BACK

BACK

(Single)

(Single)

AUDIO

HIGH LOW

HIGH LOW

SURROUND

SURROUND

PHONO

LR

SUR-

SUR-

ROUND-B

ROUND-B

L

L

S-VIDEO

REC SEL

REC SEL

OUT

OUT

DVR/
VCR 1

IN

REC SEL

OUT

IN

DVD/LD

IN

BD

IN

TV

IN

SAT

IN

VIDEO/
GAME 1

IN

LR

HIGH LOW

HIGH LOW

FRONT

FRONT

DVR/
VCR 2

VIDEOAUDIO

L

L

IN

REC SEL

OUT

IN

IN

(DVD/LD)

ASSIGN­ABLE

MONITOR
OUT

VIDEO

ZONE2
OUT

12 V TRIGGER

1 2 34

(

DC OUT 12V TOTAL 250 mA MAX

REC
SEL
OUT

CD-R/
TAPE/
MD

IN

CD

IN

SACD

IN

AUX

IN

IN

SUR-

SUR-

ROUND-A

ROUND-A

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Surround

right A

Surround

right B

Surround
back right

Surround

back left

Surround

left B

Note

1 • When using one subwoofer, connect it to the SUBWOOFER 1 terminal.

• When using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the L4 (Single) terminals.

• When only two surround speakers are connected, connect them to the L2 (SL A) and R2 (SR A) terminals.

Surround

left A

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03

Connecting the speakers

Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a
positive (+) and negative (–) terminal. Make sure to
match these up with the terminals on the speakers
themselves.

Caution

• These speaker terminals carry HAZARDOUS LIVE
voltage. To prevent the risk of electric shock when

connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables,
disconnect the power cord before touching any
uninsulated parts.

• Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted
together and inserted fully into the speaker terminal.
If any of the bare speaker wire touches the back panel
it may cause the power to cut off as a safety measure.

Bare wire connections

Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going to use is
properly prepared with about 10 mm (
stripped from each wire, and the exposed wire strands
twisted together (fig. A).

To connect a terminal, unscrew the terminal a few turns
until there is enough space to insert the exposed wire
(fig. B). Once the wire is in position, tighten the terminal
until the wire is firmly clamped (fig. C).

fig. A fig. B fig. C

3

/8 in.)

10 mm (

Banana plug connections

If you want to use speaker cables terminated with banana
plugs, screw the speaker terminal fully shut, then plug
the banana plug into the end of the speaker terminal.

3

/8 in.) of insulator

Placing the speakers

Where you put your speakers in the room has a big effect
on the quality of the sound. The following guidelines
should help you to get the best sound from your system.

• The subwoofer can be placed on the floor. Ideally, the
other speakers should be at about ear-level when
you’re listening to them. Putting the speakers on the
floor (except the subwoofer), or mounting them very
high on a wall is not recommended.

• For the best stereo effect, place the front speakers
2 m to 3 m (6 ft. to 9 ft.) apart, at equal distance from
the TV.

• When placing speakers near the TV, we recommend
using magnetically shielded speakers to prevent
possible interference, such as discoloration of the
picture when the TV is switched on. If you do not have
magnetically shielded speakers and notice
discoloration of the TV picture, move the speakers
farther away from the TV.

• If you’re using a center speaker, place the front
speakers at a wider angle. If not, place them at a
narrower angle.

• Place the center speaker above or below the TV so
that the sound of the center channel is localized at
the TV screen. Also, make sure the center speaker
does not cross the line formed by the leading edge of
the front left and right speakers.

• It is best to angle the speakers towards the listening
position. The angle depends on the size of the room.
Use less of an angle for bigger rooms.

• Surround and surround back speakers should be
positioned 60 cm to 90 cm (1.5 ft. to 3 ft.) higher than
your ears and titled slight downward. Make sure the
speakers don’t face each other. For DVD-Audio, the
speakers should be more directly behind the listener
than for home theater playback.

• Try not to place the surround speakers farther away
from the listening position than the front and center
speakers. Doing so can weaken the surround sound
effect.

Important

• Please refer to the manual that came with your
speakers for details on how to connect the other end
of the speaker cables to your speakers.

• If you are using a THX certified subwoofer use the
THX INPUT jack on the subwoofer (if your subwoofer
has one) or switch the filter position to THX on your
subwoofer.

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03

)

Connecting your equipment

• To achieve the best possible surround sound, install
your speakers as shown below. Be sure all speakers
are installed securely to prevent accidents and
improve sound quality.

Front

left

Subwoofer

Surround

left A

Surround

left B

Listening position

Surround back left

Single surround back speaker

Center

Subwoofer

Surround back right

Front

right

Surround

right A

Surround

right B

Caution

• Make sure that all speakers are securely installed.
This not only improves sound quality, but also
reduces the risk of damage or injury resulting from
speakers being knocked over or falling in the event of
external shocks such as earthquakes.

The diagrams below show suggested surround and
surround back speaker orientation. The first diagram (fig.
A) shows orientation with one surround back speaker (or
none) connected. The second (fig. B) shows orientation
with two surround back speakers connected.

90° to 120°

LS

LS

RS

RS

THX speaker system setup

If you have a complete THX speaker system, follow the
diagram below to place your speakers. Note that the

surround speakers ( indicates bi-polar radiating
speakers) should output at an angle parallel to the
listener.

L

SL

Surround

C

SBL

Surround back

R

SR

Surround

SBR

• If you have two surround back speakers THX
recommends placing them together and the same
distance from your listening position for the following
THX modes: THX Ultra2 CINEMA, THX Ultra2
MUSIC and THX Ultra2 GAMES.

See also THX Audio Setting on page 58 to make the
settings that will give you the best sound experience
when using the Home THX modes (page 37).

Connecting antennas

The supplied antennas provide a simple way to listen to
AM and FM radio. If you find that reception quality is
poor, an outdoor antenna should give you better sound
quality—see Connecting external antennas on page 31.

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0° to 60°

LS

SB

fig. A

RS

SBL

SBL

SBR

fig. B

• If you have two surround back speakers THX
recommends placing them together and the same
distance from your listening position (see below).

SBR

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COAXIAL

ASSIGNABLE

1 4

(AUDIO)

(SACD)

ZONE3
/SOURCE
OUT

S400S400

IN

RF IN

1

IN

)

(

)

For LD

1

IN

2

IN

(TV)

(BD)

2

IN

3

IN

(SAT)

(CD)

3

IN

4

IN

(DVR/
VCR 1)

4

IN

(DVR/

ZONE2
OUT

VCR 2)

5

IN

(VIDEO/

GAME

1)

6

IN

(CD-R/

SOURCE

TAPE/

OUT

MD)

OPTICAL

1 6

ASSIGNABLE

XM

(

DVD/LD

61

HDMI

ASSIGNABLE

IN1IN2IN3IN4IN5IN

AM

AM

LOOP

LOOP

SUB
WOOFER

R

FRONT

CENTER

FM
UNBAL
75

SUR­ROUND

ANTENNA

LAN (10/100)

ANTENNA

iPod

SIRIUS

IN

IN

SURROUND
BACK

(

Single

R

R

EXTRA

PRE OUT

OUT1

6

(HDMI CTRL

12

ZONE2
OUT

L

ZONE3
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