IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle,
Information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment and used batteries Symbol for equipment These symbols on the
Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate you
09 Other connections Connecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . . . . . . . 61 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . .
15 Additional information Speaker Setting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Positional relationship
Before you start 01 Chapter 1: Before you start Checking what’s in the box Please check that you’ve received the following supp
02 Simple Home Theater Guide Chapter 2: Simple Home Theater Guide Center (C) Introduction to home theater Home theater refers t
Simple Home Theater Guide 02 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC & Full Ba
02 Simple Home Theater Guide If no operations are performed for 10 seconds while the speaker configuration check screen is bein
Simple Home Theater Guide 02 3 Set the operation selector switch to RCV, then press AUTO/DIRECT (AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT) to se
02 Simple Home Theater Guide Phase Control technology provides coherent sound reproduction through the use of phase matching1 f
Simple Home Theater Guide 02 Full Band Phase Control ON Tweeter Midrange Woofer Group Delay Characteristics ms Hz With the phas
03 Connecting your equipment Chapter 3: Connecting your equipment This receiver provides you with many connection possibilities
Connecting your equipment 03 8 RS-232C connector Use for connection to a PC for graphical output when using Advanced MCACC or F
03 Connecting your equipment About the video converter The video converter ensures that all video sources are output through al
Connecting your equipment 03 SC-LX81 LAN (10/100) COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE IN 1 (DVD) 12 V TRIGGER (OUTPUT 12V TOTAL 50mA MAX) 1 IN 1
03 Connecting your equipment Connecting your Blu-ray disc player SC-LX81 LAN (10/100) COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE IN 1 (DVD) 12 V TRIGGE
Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting your TV and DVD player SC-LX81 LAN (10/100) COAXIAL ASSIGNABLE IN 1 (DVD) 12 V TRIGGER
03 Connecting your equipment Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box Satellite and cable receivers, and terr
Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR and other video sources This receiver has two sets of audio/vid
03 Connecting your equipment Using the component video jacks Component video should give superior picture quality when compared
Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting digital audio sources This receiver has both digital inputs and outputs, allowing you t
03 Connecting your equipment Connecting analog audio sources This receiver features five stereo audio-only inputs. One of these
Connecting your equipment 03 Installing your speaker system To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilitie
03 Connecting your equipment • Make sure that all the bare speaker wire is twisted together and inserted fully into the speaker
Connecting your equipment 03 The diagrams below show suggested surround and surround back speaker orientation. The first diagra
03 Connecting your equipment FM wire antenna • Connect the FM wire antenna to the FM UNBAL 75 Ω in the same way as the AM anten
Controls and displays 04 Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel Illustration shows the SC-LX81 front panel. 1 2 3 4 5 SC-
04 Controls and displays 6 MASTER VOLUME dial 7 Front panel controls To access the front panel controls, push gently on the low
Controls and displays 04 Display 1 AUTO PCM 2 3 45 6 7 8 DNR 9 10 11 12 13 14 L C SL S HDMI SBL SB SBR DIGITAL LFE ANALOG Neo :
04 Controls and displays 19 Matrix decoding format indicators 2PRO LOGIC IIx – This lights to indicate 2 Pro Logic II / 2 Pro L
Controls and displays 04 4 Input source buttons Press to select control of other components (see Controlling the rest of your s
04 Controls and displays 12 Number buttons and other receiver/component controls Use the number buttons to directly select a ra
Listening to your system 05 Chapter 5: Listening to your system Important • The listening modes and many features described in
05 Listening to your system • Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound, especially suited to music sources1 • Neural THX – Up to 7.1 cha
Listening to your system 05 • ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical sources • EXPANDED – Creates an extra wide stereo field1 • TV SUR
05 Listening to your system Using Stream Direct Use the Stream Direct modes when you want to hear the truest possible reproduct
Listening to your system 05 • HDMI – Selects an HDMI signal.1 • PCM – Only PCM signals are output. The receiver selects the fir
05 Listening to your system Type of source SBch Standard / THX Processing / Stereo sources Virtual SB Multichannel sources 2 Pr
Using the tuner 06 Chapter 6: Using the tuner Using Neural THX Listening to the radio The following steps show you how to tune
06 Using the tuner 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize. See Listening to the radio on page 41 for more on this. 2 Press T.
Using the tuner 06 Searching for RDS programs One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to search for a particular
07 The Advanced MCACC menu Chapter 7: The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu The Advance
The Advanced MCACC menu 07 Automatic MCACC (Expert) If your setup requires more detailed settings than those provided in Automa
07 The Advanced MCACC menu for several seating positions in your listening area.1 Place the microphone at the reference point i
The Advanced MCACC menu 07 9 The Auto MCACC Setup has finished! The MCACC Data Check screen appears. 2.MCACC Data Check A/V REC
07 The Advanced MCACC menu 1 Select ‘Manual MCACC’ from the Advanced MCACC menu. See Making receiver settings from the Advanced
The Advanced MCACC menu 07 3 Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance as necessary. Use / to adjust the delay of t
07 The Advanced MCACC menu 1 Select ‘EQ Adjust’ from the Manual MCACC setup menu. 1c.Manual MCACC A/V RECEIVER 1. Fine Channel
The Advanced MCACC menu 07 The graph below shows the difference between conventional acoustic calibration and professional cali
07 The Advanced MCACC menu The following options determine how the reverb characteristics of your listening area are displayed
The Advanced MCACC menu 07 • Acoustic Cal EQ – Used to check the calibration values of the listening environment’s frequency re
07 The Advanced MCACC menu Acoustic Cal EQ Use this to display the calibration values for the frequency response of the various
The Advanced MCACC menu 07 Renaming MCACC presets If you have several different MCACC presets that you’re using, you may want t
08 The System Setup menu Chapter 8: The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu The following sec
The System Setup menu 08 2 Select the setting you want to adjust. If you are doing this for the first time, you may want to adj
08 The System Setup menu • SB – Select the number of surround back speakers you have (one, two or none).1 Select LARGE if your
The System Setup menu 08 5 When you’re finished, press RETURN. You will return to the Manual SP Setup menu. Tip • The channel l
08 The System Setup menu 1 Select ‘THX Audio Setting’ from the Manual SP setup menu. 4a.Manual SP Setup A/V RECEIVER 1. Surr Ba
Other connections 09 Chapter 9: Other connections Caution • Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and
09 Other connections Switching the speaker system If you selected Speaker B in Surround back speaker setting on page 57, three
Other connections 09 Bi-wiring your speakers The reasons for bi-wiring are basically the same as biamping, but additionally, in
09 Other connections MULTI-ZONE listening This receiver can power up to three independent systems in separate rooms after you h
Other connections 09 Basic MULTI-ZONE setup (Zone 2) • Connect a separate amplifier to the AUDIO ZONE2 OUT jacks and a TV monit
09 Other connections Secondary MULTI-ZONE setup (Zone 3) • Connect a separate amplifier to the ZONE3/ SOURCE OUT digital output
Other connections 09 3 Use the INPUT SELECTOR dial to select the source for the zone you have selected. For example, ZONE 2 CD-
09 Other connections Switching components on and off using the 12 volt trigger You can connect components in your system (such
Other connections 09 • Use a 3-ringed miniplug SR+ cable to connect the CONTROL IN jack of this receiver with the CONTROL OUT j
09 Other connections Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output When using the Acoustic Calibration EQ Professional (see page 50
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 Chapter 10: Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs • Playing audio or photo files s
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs Playing back audio files stored on an iPod 1 Connect iPod to the iPod DIRECT USB ter
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 Connecting a USB device It is possible to playback files using the USB interface on
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs When a PC running DLNA server software or other DLNA compatible device is connected
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 3 Use / to select the category you want to play back, and then press ENTER. Select
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs • Internet radio stations – See Listening to Internet radio stations on page 78. • S
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 Navigation through categories on your iPod looks like this: Playlists Songs Artist
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 2 Continue browsing until you arrive at what you want to play, then press to start
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 is a connection to the Internet, as services are not transmitted through the air but
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs Listening to Neural Music Direct About Neural Music Direct Neural Music Direct is an
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 About playable file formats The Home Media Gallery feature of this receiver supports
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs Photo files Files of up to 12 M pixels can be played. Progressive JPEG images are no
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 Proxy Hostname/Proxy Port This setting is required when you connect this receiver to
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 11 Select ‘Change’ and press ENTER to confirm your selection. The Edit Gateway IP sc
Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs 10 Checking the network settings You can check the following network settings of this r
10 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs IP (Internet Protocol) address A unique number that devices use in order to identify
HDMI Control 11 Chapter 11 HDMI Control Important • The KURO LINK function name used on the web and in catalogues is referred t
11 HDMI Control Setting the HDMI options You must adjust the settings of this receiver as well as HDMI Control-compatible conne
HDMI Control 11 Synchronized amp mode Synchronized amp mode begins once you carry out an operation for the flat screen TV. For
12 Other Settings Chapter 12: Other Settings The Input Setup menu You only need to make settings in the Input Setup menu if you
Other Settings 12 Input function default and possible settings The terminals on the rear of the receiver generally correspond t
12 Other Settings Multi Channel Input Setup The Other Setup menu The Other Setup menu is where you can make customized settings
Other Settings 12 ZONE Audio Setup If you’ve made MULTI-ZONE connections (see MULTIZONE listening on page 64), you may need to
13 Using other functions Chapter 13: Using other functions Setting What it does Option(s) Setting the Audio options There are a
Using other functions 13 Setting DUAL (Dual Mono) What it does Specifies how dual mono encoded Dolby Digital soundtracks should
13 Using other functions Setting What it does Option(s) AUTO PURE 480p/576p 720p 1080i 1080p Setting the Video options There ar
Using other functions 13 MULTI OPERATION PARAMETER EXIT TOP MENU BAND TUNE + PARAMETER TOOLS MENU T.EDIT DVD VIDEO1 BD VIDEO2 D
13 Using other functions Switching the HDMI output SC-LX81 only Set which terminal to use when outputting video and audio signa
Using other functions 13 Default system settings Setting Digital Video Conversion SPEAKERS Surround Back System Speaker System
14 Controlling the rest of your system Chapter 14: Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other comp
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Simple Home Theater Guide 02 1 Switch on the receiver and your
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02 Simple Home Theater Guide If no operations are performed for
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02 Simple Home Theater Guide Phase Control technology provides
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03 Connecting your equipment About the video converter The vide
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Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting your TV and DVD player
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03 Connecting your equipment Connecting a satellite/cable recei
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Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting a DVD/HDD recorder, VCR
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03 Connecting your equipment • Make sure that all the bare spea
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Connecting your equipment 03 The diagrams below show suggested
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03 Connecting your equipment FM wire antenna • Connect the FM w
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Controls and displays 04 Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front
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04 Controls and displays 6 MASTER VOLUME dial 7 Front panel con
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Controls and displays 04 Display 1 AUTO PCM 2 3 45 6 7 8 DNR 9
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04 Controls and displays 19 Matrix decoding format indicators 2
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Controls and displays 04 4 Input source buttons Press to select
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05 Listening to your system • Neo:6 MUSIC – 7.1 channel sound,
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Listening to your system 05 • ENT.SHOW – Suitable for musical s
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05 Listening to your system Using Stream Direct Use the Stream
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Listening to your system 05 • HDMI – Selects an HDMI signal.1 •
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05 Listening to your system Type of source SBch Standard / THX
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Using the tuner 06 Chapter 6: Using the tuner Using Neural THX
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06 Using the tuner 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize. Se
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Using the tuner 06 Searching for RDS programs One of the most u
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07 The Advanced MCACC menu for several seating positions in you
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07 The Advanced MCACC menu 1 Select ‘Manual MCACC’ from the Adv
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07 The Advanced MCACC menu 1 Select ‘EQ Adjust’ from the Manual
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The Advanced MCACC menu 07 The graph below shows the difference
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07 The Advanced MCACC menu The following options determine how
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07 The Advanced MCACC menu Acoustic Cal EQ Use this to display
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08 The System Setup menu 1 Select ‘THX Audio Setting’ from the
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09 Other connections Switching the speaker system If you select
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09 Other connections MULTI-ZONE listening This receiver can pow
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Other connections 09 Basic MULTI-ZONE setup (Zone 2) • Connect
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09 Other connections Secondary MULTI-ZONE setup (Zone 3) • Conn
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09 Other connections Switching components on and off using the
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Other connections 09 • Use a 3-ringed miniplug SR+ cable to con
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09 Other connections Connecting a PC for Advanced MCACC output
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11 HDMI Control Setting the HDMI options You must adjust the se
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