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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read
through these operating instructions so you will know
operate your model properly.
Before you start
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Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Flow of settings on the receiver
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01 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
02 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the speakers .
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
(VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Switching the speaker terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Analog audio cables . . .
Digital audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Video cables . . . . . . . . .
About video outputs connection. . . . . .
Connecting a TV and playback components . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting optional Bluetoo
®
ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . . 19
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting an IR receiver (VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use a dedicated cable to enjoy . . . . . . . .
Connecting a USB device.
Connecting an MHL-compatible device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting an HDMI-equipped compone
panel input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
03 Basic Setup
Before setting up (for Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the TV format setting (for Australia). . . . . 24
Canceling the Auto Power Down (for Europe, R
U.K.) . . . . . . . 24
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup. . .
04 Basic playback
Playin . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Playin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing back files stored on an . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Basic playback controls. . 30
Watching photos and video content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing . . . . . 30
Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing an MHL-compatible device. . . . . 32
Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wireless music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Blu wireless
techn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless
technology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AIR JAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . 35
Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing the radio frequency step (for Australia) . . 35
An introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Searching for RDS programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
05 Listening to your
Choosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Sound Retriever .
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using surround back channel processing
(VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting the Up Mix function (VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting the Audio options . .
06 Playback with NETW
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About playable DLNA network devices. .
Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and
iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About the DHCP server function . . . . . .
Authorizing this receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About HTC Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Playback with Network functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Listening to Internet r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Playing back audio files stored o
network . . . .
Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . .
The Network Setup menu . .
Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Language. . .
Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Network setting using Safari . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Friendly Name setting using Safari browser. . . . . . . .
Firmware update using Safari browser. .
Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Content playable over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About playback beha . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
07 Home Me
Using the Home Menu . . . .
Manual speaker setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
X.Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Speaker Distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Analog Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents
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