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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 th e following supplied accessories: • Setup microphon e (cable: 5 m (16.
5 minute guide 02 7 En Chapter 2: 5 minute guide Introductio n to home theater Home theater refers to th e use of multiple audio tracks to create a surroun d sound effe ct, making you feel like you're in the middle of the action or concert.
5 minute guide 02 8 En Automatically sett ing up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Band Phase Control) The Auto MCACC Setup me asures the acoustic characteristics of your listen ing area, taking into account 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 se em 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 surround sound DVD disc, you sh ould 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 wit h many connecti on possibilit ies, but it d oesn’t have to be difficult. Th is page expl ains the kinds of components you can c onnect to make up your home thea ter 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 analo g audio.
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 o r composite video connections. Different TVs a nd 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/ou tputs.
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 s uitable for co nnecting a nalog or dig ital video devices, including DVD/HDD recorders and VCRs.
Connecting your equipment 03 17 En • Since they are assignab le, it doesn’t matter which comp onent vid eo inputs you use for which so urce. A fter connecti ng every thing, you’l l need to assign t he componen t 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 (WMA 9 Pro) decod er, so it is possible to playback W MA9 Pro-encoded aud io using a coaxial or optical digital co nnection when co nnected to a W MA9 Pro- compatible player.
Connecting your equipment 03 19 En Installing your speaker system To take full advanta ge of the receiver’s sur round sound capabilitie s connect fron t, center, surround 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 orient ation with two surround back speakers connected.
Connecting your equipment 03 22 En FM wire antenna • Connect the FM wire antenna to the FM UNBA L 75 Ω in the same way as the AM ante nna. 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-94TX H front panel 1 INPUT SEL ECTOR dial Use to se lect an inp ut source. 2 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and stan dby. Power indicator lights when the re ceiver is on.
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 in dicator – Blinks when connecting an HDMI- equipped component; lights when the component is connected (page 55).
Controls and displays 04 25 En Display 1 SIGNAL indicators Light to ind icate th e currently se lected inpu t signal. AUTO lights when the receiver is set to select the input signal automatically (pag e 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 show s the VSX-94TX H remote control The remote has bee n conveniently col or-coded according to component control using th e following syste.
Controls and displays 04 27 En 7 TV CONTROL buttons These buttons are de dicated to control the TV assigned to the TV CTR L button. Thus if yo u only 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 m ain TV to th e TV CTRL bu tton (see page 77 for more on this ).
Listening t o your 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 mode s with different input signal formats on page 93 for more on this.
Listening to your system 05 29 En • Neural THX – Up to 7.1 channe l sound, especially suited to music sources 1 • XM HD Surround – Up to 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources 2.
Listening t o your 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 p op 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 acc ording to the settings made in the Surround Setup (speaker setting, channel l.
Listening t o your 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 always use 6.
Listening to your system 05 33 En Using the genre synchr onizing function This feat ure automatica lly selects the most appropriat e Advanced Surround mode for the source currently bein g played back on a Pioneer DVD recorder supporting HDMI Control connec ted to th is receiver 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 ( search) 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 fo r easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station. This save s the effort of manually tuning in each time.
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 Ch eck screen: • Speaker Setting – The size and number of speak ers .
The System Setup menu 07 40 En • For some o f 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 receiver.
The System Setup menu 07 41 En Fine Speaker Dista nce • Default setting: 10’ 00’’ (all speakers) For proper sound depth and separation with your system, it is necessa ry to add a s light bit of delay to so me 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 Eq ualization is a kind of 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 resp onding to certain frequen cies. Differences in channel level and speake r distance are taken int.
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 Syst em Setup menu. See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu above if you’re not already at this scree n. 2 Select an option and press ENTER . • Measurement – Calibrates and corrects the frequency-phase characteristics o f each speaker.
The System Setup menu 07 46 En 1 Select ‘MCACC Data Check’ from the Data Manage ment setup m enu. 2 Select the setting you want to check. • I t is us ef ul to d o t hi s w hi l e a so ur c e i s p la yi ng s o y ou can compare the differe nt settings.
The System Setup menu 07 47 En Manual speaker se tup This receiver all ows you to ma ke detailed sett ings 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 power is switched off before making or changing the co nnections. Connecting an iPod This receiver h as a dedica ted iPod t erminal tha t will allow you to contro l playback of audi o content fro m 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 previous/next levels. 3 Continue bro wsing until you arri ve 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 Radi o jack 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 rec eption display to save the information of up to five son gs.
Other connections 08 54 En 2 Press SIRIUS (SHIFT+TUNER) to switch to the SIRIUS input. For best reception, you may need to move th e SIRIUS Connect tuner antenna n ear a window (refer to the manual for the SiriusConn ect Home tuner for antenn a 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 co nnector body sh ould be facing right for co rrect alignment with the connec tor on the player. 3 Use the INPUT SELECT button to select the HDMI input you’ve con nected to (for example, H DMI 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 sh ould 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 specif y how you’re us ing the surrou nd back speake r terminal s. Caution • Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates tha t connect 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 • Connect a TV monitor t o 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 ME DIA GALLERY ( 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 th e 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 trigg er of 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+ ca ble, a number of features become ava ilable to make 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 HDM I Control- compatible Pioneer plasma displa y or the HDD/DVD recorder with a n HDMI cable, you can control this recei.
HDMI Control 09 66 En Setting the HDMI options You must adjust the settings of this receiver as well as HDMI Control- compatible co nnected compon ents 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 settings in the Input Setup me nu 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 su bwoofer for a multi- channel inpu t. Also, w hen the multi-c hannel input is selected as an input source, you can display the video images of other input sourc es. In the Multi Channe l Input 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 opt ions 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 a n audio or a vi deo recordi ng from the built-i n tuner, or f rom an audio or v ideo source connected to the rec eiver (such as a C D player or TV). 1 To use this feature, you must set ZONE2/RECSEL to RECSEL in the ZONE Audio Se tup .
Using other functions 11 74 En 1 During recording, press the REC SELECT CONTROL button on the fron t panel until RECOUT sho ws in the display. 1 2 While RECOUT shows in the display, use the INPUT SELECTOR dial to sel ect the source you want to record.
Using other functions 11 75 En Checking your system settings Use the status display screen to check you r current settings for features such as surround back channel processing and your current MC ACC preset. 1P r e s s STATUS to check the sys tem settings.
Using other functions 11 76 En Monitor Out OFF DSP MCACC Pos ition 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 con trol 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 the remote i s ready 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 firs t command in the sequence, select 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 co ntrol component s after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Setting the remote to control other components on page 77 for mor e 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 CO NTROL 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 Trouble shooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malf unctions. If you think tha t th ere is something wrong with this component, check the points belo w. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another compon ent.
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 b ack channel 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 source, 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 Choosing 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 opera te normally 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 terrestrial 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 Surrou nd DTS Digital Surround is a 5.1- channel audio coding system from DTS Inc. now widely used for DVD-Vi deo, DVD-Audio, 5.
Additional information 13 92 En • Re-Equalizati on 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 f ormats The following charts ou tline the listenin g modes available 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 fl agged) DTS-ES (Matrix/Discret e) DTS+ 2 Pro Logic llx MOVI.
Additional information 13 96 En Stream direct wi th different input sig nal 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 Di rect on page 30) you have selected.
Additional in formation 13 97 En Specifications Amplifier section Continuous average pow er output 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 harmonic 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 th eater listening expe rience as close as possible to the vision of the moviemakers and ma ster ing engineer when 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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