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Operating Instructions A UDIO/VIDEO MUL TI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX_94TXH.book Page 1 Frid ay, April 27, 2007 8:21 PM.
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4 En Contents 01 Before you start Checking what’s in th e box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 En Using XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Connecting your XM Radio receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Listening to XM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Using XM HD Su rround . . . .
Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Please check that you’ve rece ived the follo wing supplied accessories: • Setup microphone (ca ble: 5 m (16.
5 minute guide 02 7 En Chapter 2: 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater Home theater refers to the use of mu ltiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effe ct, making you feel like you're in the middle of the action or co ncert.
5 minute guide 02 8 En Automatically sett ing up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) The Auto MCACC Setup me asur es the acoustic characteristics of your listen ing area, taking into a ccount ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for both channel delay and chan nel level.
5 minute guide 02 9 En • 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.
5 minute guide 02 10 En 3 Press S.DIRECT ( STREAM DIRECT ) to select ‘AUTO SURROUND’ and start pl ayback of the source. 1 If you’re playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surro und sound DVD disc, you should hear surround sound.
5 minute guide 02 11 En Using Full Band Phase Control The Full Band Phase Control featur e calibrates the frequency-phase characteri stics of the speakers connected.
Connecting your equipment 03 12 En Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This receiver pro vides you with man y connection poss ibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. This page explains th e kinds of components you can c onnect to make up your home theater system.
Connecting your equipment 03 13 En 12 Audio/video source inpu ts/(outputs) (x6) Use for connection to audio/vi sual sources, such as DVD players/recorders, VCRs, etc. Each set of inputs has j acks for composite video, S-video 1 and stereo analog audi o.
Connecting your equipment 03 14 En Connecting your TV and DVD player The diagram shows a basic setup of t his receiver together with a TV and D VD player, with S-video or co mposite video connections. Different TVs and DVD players may offer alternative connectio ns.
Connecting your equipment 03 15 En The diagram shows a basic setup of this re ceiver together with a Blu-ray disc player, with S-video or composite video connections. See also Using the component video jacks on page 16 if your Blu-ray disc player has component video inputs/outputs.
Connecting your equipment 03 16 En Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources This receiver has two sets of audio/video inputs and outputs suit able for connec ting analog or digital video devices, including DVD/HDD recorders and VCRs.
Connecting your equipment 03 17 En • Since they are assignable, it doesn’t matter which comp onent vi deo inpu ts you use for wh ich sou rce. Afte r connecti ng everyth ing, you’ ll need to assign t he component video inputs—s ee The Input Setup menu on page 67.
Connecting your equipment 03 18 En About the WMA9 Pro decoder This unit has an on-board Windows Media™ Audio 9 Professional 1 (WMA9 Pro) decod er, so it is po ssible to playback WM A9 Pro-encoded aud i o using a coaxial or optical digital conne ction when connected to a WMA9 Pro- compatible player.
Connecting your equipment 03 19 En Installing your speaker system To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilitie s connect front, center, su rround and surround back speakers, as well as a subwoofer.
Connecting your equipment 03 20 En Bare wire connection s Make sure that the speaker cable you’re going to use is properly prepared with about 10 mm ( 3 / 8 in.) of in sulator stripped from each wire, and the exposed wire strands twisted together ( fig.
Connecting your equipment 03 21 En 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 orientatio n with two surround back speakers connected.
Connecting your equipment 03 22 En FM wire antenna • Connect the FM wire antenna to the FM UNBAL 75 Ω in the same way as the AM antenn a. For best results, extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or door frame . Don’t drap e loosely or leave coiled up.
Controls and displays 04 23 En Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel Illustration shows the VSX-94 TXH front pane l 1 INPUT SELE CTOR dial Use to selec t an input source. 2 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and stan dby. Power indicator lights when the receiver is o n.
Controls and displays 04 24 En DIGITAL VIDEO SCALER indicator – Lights when Resolution is set to a set ting other than PURE (for example, when the video input signal is upscaled) (page 71). HDMI indi cator – Blinks w hen connecting an H DMI- equipped component; lights when the component is connected (page 55).
Controls and displays 04 25 En Display 1 SIGNAL indicators Light to ind icate the current ly selected i nput signal . AUTO lights when the receiver is set to select the input signal automatically (page 31). 2 Program format indicators These change according to which ch annels are active in digital so urces.
Controls and displays 04 26 En Remote control Illustration shows th e VSX-94TXH remo te control The remote has been co nveniently col or-coded accor ding to component control using th e following syst.
Controls and displays 04 27 En 7 TV CONTROL buttons These buttons are dedica ted to control the TV assigned to the TV CTR L button. Thus if you on ly have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the TV CTRL input source button. If you have two TVs, assign the main TV to the TV CTRL bu tton (see page 77 for mor e on this).
Listening to y our system 05 28 En Chapter 5: Listening to your system Important • The listening modes a nd many features described in this section may not be available depending on the current source, settings and status of the receiver. See Listening modes wi th different i nput signal formats on page 93 for more on this.
Listening to your system 05 29 En • Neural THX – Up to 7.1 channel sou nd, especially suited to music sources 1 • XM HD Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources 2.
Listening to y our system 05 30 En • SPORTS – Suitable for sport s programs • CLASSICAL – Gives a large concert hall-type sound • ROCK/POP – Creates a live concert sound for rock and/or po p music • UNPLUGGED – Suitable fo r acou stic music sources • EXT.
Listening to your system 05 31 En • AUTO SURROUND – See Auto playback on page 28. • DIRECT – Sources are heard accor ding to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel l.
Listening to y our system 05 32 En Using surround back channel processing •D e f a u l t s e t t i n g : SBch ON You can have the receiver au tomatically use 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded so urces (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to alwa ys use 6.
Listening to your system 05 33 En Using the genre synchr onizing function This feat ure automati cally selec ts the most appro priate Advanced Surround mode for the source currently being played back on a Pioneer DVD recorder supporting HDMI Control connec ted to this rec eiver via HDMI .
Using the tuner 06 34 En Chapter 6: Using the tuner Listening to the radi o The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (s earch) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a station below.
Using the tuner 06 35 En Saving station presets If you often listen to a particular r adio station, it’s convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station. This saves the effort of manually tunin g in each ti me.
The System Setup menu 07 36 En Chapter 7: The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following section shows you how to make detailed settings to specify how you’r.
The System Setup menu 07 37 En Important • Make sure the micropho ne/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. 1 • The screen saver will automatically appear after three minutes of inactivity.
The System Setup menu 07 38 En 3 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP MIC jack on the fr ont panel. Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and the microphone. If you have a tripo d, use it to place the microphone so that it’s about ear level at your normal listen ing position.
The System Setup menu 07 39 En You can also choose to view the settings by sele cting individual parameters from the MCACC Data Check screen: • Speaker Setting – The size and number of speak ers y.
The System Setup menu 07 40 En • For some of the settings below, you’ll have to connect the setup microphone to th e front panel and place it about ear level at your normal listen ing position. Press SETUP to display the System Setup menu before you connect the microphone to this re ceiver.
The System Setup menu 07 41 En Fine Speaker Distan ce • Default setting: 10’ 00’’ (all speakers) For proper sound depth and separation with your system, it is necessar y to add a slig ht bit of delay to some speakers so that all sounds will arrive at the listening position at the same time.
The System Setup menu 07 42 En Acoustic Calibration EQ Adjust Acoustic C alibration Equaliza tion is a kind o f room equalizer for your speakers (excluding the subwoofer).
The System Setup menu 07 43 En By analyzing the graph, you sh ould be able to see how your room is respon ding to certain frequencies. Differences in channel level and speaker dista nce are taken into.
The System Setup menu 07 44 En 3 If you selected ‘Reverb Measurement’, select EQ ON or OFF and then START. The following options determine how the reverb characteristics of your list ening area ar.
The System Setup menu 07 45 En 1 Select ‘ FULL BAND PHASE CTRL ’ from th e System Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu above if you’re not already at this screen. 2 Select an option and press ENTER . • Measurement – Calibrates and corrects the frequency-phase characteristics of ea ch speaker.
The System Setup menu 07 46 En 1 Select ‘MCACC Data Check’ f rom the Data Manage ment setu p menu. 2 Select the setting you want to check. • I t i s u se ful to do th is w hi le a so ur ce is pla yi ng so you can compare the different settings. 3 Select the MCACC preset that you want to check.
The System Setup menu 07 47 En Manual speaker se tup This receiver all ows you to make det ailed settings to optimize the surround sound performance. You only need to make these settings once (unless you cha nge the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers).
The System Setup menu 07 48 En • Subwoofer – LFE signals and bass frequencies of channels set to SMALL are output from the subwoofer when YES is selected.
The System Setup menu 07 49 En Important • When Speaker Distance is selected while MCACC is set to OFF , the selection screen for the M CACC memory appears. Select a memory to adjust manually. 1 Select ‘Speaker Distance’ from the Manual SP Setup menu.
Other connections 08 50 En Chapter 8: Other connections Caution • Make sure the powe r is switched off before making or changing the conn ections. Connecting an iPod This receiver h as a dedicated iPod termina l that will allo w you to contro l playback of a udio content from your iPod using the controls of this receiver.
Other connections 08 51 En 2U s e t h e / buttons to browse the selected category (e.g., albums). •U s e / to move to pr evious/next levels. 3 Continue browsing un til you arrive at what you want to play, th en press to start playback.
Other connections 08 52 En 1 Connect an XM Mini-Tuner t o the XM Radio ja ck on the rear of this receiver. You will also need to activate the XM Radio service.
Other connections 08 53 En 4P r e s s ENTER . After pressing ENTER , the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the XM channel. Tip •Y o u c a n a l s o p r e s s MEMORY during receptio n display to save the information of up to five songs.
Other connections 08 54 En 2 Press SIRIUS (SHIFT+TUNER) to switch to the SIRIUS input. For best reception, you may n eed to move the SIRIUS Connect tuner antenna n ear a window (refer to th e manual for the SiriusConn ect Home tuner for antenna placement recommendations).
Other connections 08 55 En Using the SIRIUS Menu The SIRIUS Menu provi des additional SIRIUS Radio features. 1 1P r e s s TOP MENU . 2U s e / to select a menu item then press ENTER .
Other connections 08 56 En • The arro w on the cable conne ctor body should be facing right for correc t alignment with the connector on the player. 3 Use the INPUT SELECT button to select the HDMI input you’ve con nected to (for example, HDMI 2).
Other connections 08 57 En Speaker B setup Caution • Before making or changin g the connections , switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plu gging in components shoul d be the last connection you make with your system.
Other connections 08 58 En 2 Select the ‘Front Bi-Amp’ settin g from the ‘Surr Back System’ menu. See Surround back speaker setting on page 39 to specify how you’re us ing the surrou nd back spea ker termi n als. Caution • Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that con nect the High to the Low terminals.
Other connections 08 59 En MULTI-ZONE listening This receiver can power up to three independent system s in separate rooms after you have made the proper MULTI- ZONE connections.
Other connections 08 60 En • C onnect a TV monitor to the MULTI-ZONE & SOURCE MONITOR OUT jacks on the rear of this receiver. You should have a pair of speakers attach ed to the surround back speaker terminals as shown below.
Other connections 08 61 En • You can’t use the iPod, HOME MEDIA G ALLERY ( VSX-94TXH only ), XM and SIRIUS Radio functions simultaneously using the MULTI-Z ONE feature. 4U s e t h e MASTER VOLUME dial to adjust the volume. This is only possible if you selected the VARIABLE volume control in ZONE Aud io Setup on page 69.
Other connections 08 62 En • Conne ct the 12 V TRIGGER jack of this recei ver to the 12 V trigger o f another compone nt. Use a cable with a mono m ini-plug on each end for the connection.
Other connections 08 63 En Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display When connected using an SR+ cable, a number of features become available to m ake using this receiver with your Pioneer plasma display even easier. These features include: • On-screen displays when making receiver settings, such as speaker setup, MCACC setup, and so on.
Other connections 08 64 En Use a commercially-ava ilable cable to connect the RS- 232C jack on your computer to the 9-pin RS-232C jack on this receiver.
HDMI Control 09 65 En Chapter 9 HDMI Control By connecting this receiver to an HDMI C ontrol- compatible Pioneer plasma displa y or the HDD/DVD recorder with a n HDMI cable, you can co ntrol this rece.
HDMI Control 09 66 En Setting the HDMI options You must adjust the settings of this receiver as well as HDMI Control- compatible connected compo nents in order to make use of the HDM I Control function. For more information see the operating instructions for each component.
Other Settings 10 67 En Chapter 10: Other Settings The Input Setup menu You only need to make settin gs in the Input Setup menu if you didn’t hook up your digital equipment according to the default settings (see Input function default and possible set tings below).
Other Settings 10 68 En 7 When you're finished, press RETURN. You will return to th e System Setup menu. Input function default and possible settings The terminals on the rear of the receiver generally correspond to the name of one of the input source functions.
Other Settings 10 69 En Multi Channel Input Setup You can adjust the level of the subwo ofer for a multi- channel inpu t. Also, when the multi-channel input is selected as an input source, you can display the video images of other input sources. In the Multi Channel In put Setup, you can assign a video input to the multi-channel input.
Other Settings 10 70 En 2 Select the ‘ PDP Volume Control ’ setting you want. • OFF – The receiver does not control the volume of the plasma display.
Using other functions 11 71 En Chapter 11: Using other functions Setting the Audio opti ons There are a number of ad ditional sound settings you can make using the Audio Parame ter menu.
Using other functions 11 72 En Setting the Video option s There are a number of addition al picture settings you can make using the Video Parameter me nu.
Using other functions 11 73 En Making an audio or a video recording You can make an audio or a v ideo recor ding from t he built-i n tuner, or f rom an audio or video sour ce connected to the rec eiver (such as a CD playe r or TV). 1 To use this feature, you must set ZONE2/RECSEL to RECSEL in the Z ONE Audio Setup .
Using other functions 11 74 En 1 During recording, press the REC SELECT CONTROL button on the fron t panel until RECOUT shows in t he display. 1 2 While RECOUT shows in the display, use the INPUT SELECTOR dial to select the sou rce you want to record.
Using other functions 11 75 En Checking your system settings Use the status display screen to check your curren t settings for features such as surround back channel processing and your current MCACC pr eset. 1P r e s s STATUS to check the system settings.
Using other functions 11 76 En Monitor Out OFF DSP MCACC Posit i on Memory M1: MEMORY 1 Surround back channel Processing ON Phase Control ON Full Band Phase Control OFF Sound Retriever OFF Sound Delay.
Controlling the rest of your system 12 77 En Chapter 12: Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to contr ol other components Most components can be assi gned to one of the input source buttons (such as DVD/LD or CD ) using the component’s manufacturer preset code stored in the remote.
Controlling the rest of your system 12 78 En 4 Point the two remote controls towards each other then press the button that will be doi ng the learning on this receiver’s remote control. PRES KEY starts flashing to indicate th e remote is read y to accept a signal.
Controlling the rest of your system 12 79 En 3 Press the button of t he component for which you want to check the preset code, then press ENTER . The brand name and preset co de appears in the display for three seconds.
Controlling the rest of your system 12 80 En 5U s e / to select a command in the sequence then press ENTER . If this is the first command in the sequence, selec t 1ST CODE . Otherwise, simply choose the next c ommand in the sequence. PRES KEY flashes after you press ENTER .
Controlling the rest of your system 12 81 En Controls for TVs This remote co ntrol can control components afte r entering the proper codes or teaching the rece iver the commands (see Setting the remote to control other components on page 77 for more on this).
Controlling the rest of your system 12 82 En Operating other Pioneer components with this un it’s sensor Many Pioneer components have SR CONT ROL jacks which can be used to link co mponents together so that you can use just the remote sensor of one component.
Additional in formation 13 83 En Chapter 13: Additional information Troubles hooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malf unctions. If you think that th ere is something wrong with this component, check the points belo w. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component.
Additional information 13 84 En Other audio problems No sound from surround back speakers. • Check that the surround back speakers are set to LARGE or SMALL (see Speaker Setting on page 47). • Make sure surround back processing is set to SBch ON (see Using surround back channe l processing on page 32.
Additional in formation 13 85 En Video Can’t record audio. • You can only make a digital recording from a digital sou rce, and an analog recording from an analog source. • For digital sources, make sure that wh at you’re recording isn’t copy protected.
Additional information 13 86 En Settings Professional Calibration EQ graphical output Display Symptom Remedy The Auto MCACC Setup continually shows an error . • The ambient noise level may be too high. Keep the no ise level in the room as low as possible (see also Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup on page 9).
Additional in formation 13 87 En Remote control During playback of a DTS 96/24 source, the display doesn’t show 96 kHz . • Make sure that the receiver is set to AUT O or DIGITAL (see Ch oosing the input signal on page 31). When playing Dolby Digital or DTS sources, the receiver ’s format indicators do not light.
Additional information 13 88 En HDMI iPod messages Symptom Remedy The HDMI indic ator blinks continuously . • Check all the points below . No picture or sound. • This receiver is HDCP-compatible. Ch eck that the components you are connecting are also HDCP- compatible.
Additional in formation 13 89 En XM radio messages SIRIUS radio messages Note • If the unit does not operate norm ally due to external effe cts such as static electricity disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to re turn to normal operating conditions.
Additional information 13 90 En Surround sound forma ts Below is a brief description of the main surround sound formats you’ll find on DVDs, satellite, cable and ter restrial broadcasts, and video cassettes. Dolby The Dolby technologies are explained below.
Additional in formation 13 91 En DTS The DTS technologies are explained below. See www.dtstech.com for more detailed information. DTS Digital Surround DTS Digital Surround is a 5.1- channel audio coding system from DTS Inc. now widely used for DVD-Video, D VD-Audio, 5.
Additional information 13 92 En • Re-Equalization The tonal balance of a film soundtrack will be excessively bright and harsh when played back over audi o equipment in the home because film soundtracks were designed to be played back in large movie theaters using very different profe ssional equipment.
Additional in formation 13 93 En Listening modes with dif ferent input signal formats The following charts outlin e the listening modes availabl e with different input signal formats, depending on the surround back channel processing and decoding method you have selected.
Additional information 13 94 En Multichannel signal formats SBch Processing OFF d (Maximum 5.1 channel playback) Dolby Digital Surround 2 Pro Logic ll MOVIE 2 Pro Logic ll MUSIC 2 Pro Logic ll GAME 2 .
Additional in formation 13 95 En SBch Processing ON (7.1 channel decoding used for all sources) DTS-ES b (6.1 channel sources/ 6.1 channel fla gged) DTS-ES (Matrix/Discrete ) DTS+ 2 Pro Logic llx MOVI.
Additional information 13 96 En Stream direct wi th different input signal formats The following charts show what you will hear with different in put signal formats, depending on the Stream Direct mode (see Using Str eam Direct on page 30) you have selected.
Additional in formation 13 97 En Specifications Amplifier section Continuous average power ou tput of 140 (or 130) watts* per channel, min., at 8 oh ms, from 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz with no more than 0.09 %** total harm onic distorti on (front). Continuous Power Outp ut (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 8 Ω , 0.
Additional information 13 98 En Our philosophy Pioneer is dedicated to ma king y our home theater listening expe rience as close as possible to th e vision of the moviemakers and master ing engineer wh en they created the original soundtrack.
Additional in formation 13 99 En S001_En Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you’ve just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers.
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