Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating range of the remote
control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
03 Connecting up
Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio coaxial cords/
Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting DVD multi-channel
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to the front panel
video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AM loop antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the speakers (VSX-D712) . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers (VSX-D812) . . . . 22
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A and B speaker systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . 26
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power cord caution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operating other Pioneer components . . . . 28
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
05 Playing sources
Introduction to Sound Modes . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Standard mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Advanced Surround modes . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening to multi-channel playback . . . . . 38
Using Stereo/Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Advanced Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Surround Back
Channel (SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode (VSB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . . 42
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting the multi-channel
analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
06 Setting up the receiver
Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 46
Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Crossover frequency setting. . . . . . . . . . . 46
LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 47
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 47
Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 48
Surround right speaker
distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Surround back speaker
distance setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
