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Owner's Manual - Page 1
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...-CHANNEL RECEIVER RECEPTEUR AUDIOVISUEL A VOIES MULTI-CANAUX RECEPTOR AUDIO-VIDEO MULTICANAL
VSX-821-K
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• Protect your new investment
The details of your purchase will ...
Owner's Manual - Page 4
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...all the remote control settings 40 Controls for TVs 41 Controls for other audio components 17 Connecting optional Bluetooth® ADAPTER 17 Connecting your SiriusConnect™ Tuner ... Demo Mode menu 37
07 Control with HDMI function
Making Control with HDMI connections 38 HDMI Setup 38 Before using synchronization 39 About synchronized operations 39
About connections with a product of a...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
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...page 31) • Setting the Audio options (page 32) • Manual speaker setup (page 34)
8 ...components (page 40)
5
En in places that you 've set up using connections other than the recommended connections.) Using the Audio Return Channel function (page 38) (When the connected TV supports the HDMI Audio Return Channel function.)
5 Use the on-screen automatic MCACC setup...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
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... with ADAPTER input). CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-821
HDMI iPod iPhone iPad
INPUT SELECTOR
STANDBY /ON
SPEAKERS
DIMMER
DISPLAY
BAND
TUNER EDIT
TUNE
PRESET
AUTO SURROUND/
ALC/
STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR
ADVANCED SURROUND
SOUND
iPod iPhone iPad
RETRIEVER AIR DIRECT CONTROL
ENTER
PHONES
MCACC SETUP MIC
VIDEO 2 INPUT
5V 2.1 A
L AUDIO R
iPod iPhone USB VIDEO iPad...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
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... Displays various system information.
23 DTS indicators DTS - Switches between the various surround modes (page 30).
11 MCACC SETUP MIC jack Use to connect a microphone when performing Auto MCACC setup (page 20).
12 AUDIO/VIDEO input terminal See Connecting to off during 2 Pro Logic IIz decoding (see Using the Advanced surround on the...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
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.... Press for recall (page 28).
Press RECEIVER first to access the Audio options (page 32). Use to access: AUDIO PARAMETER - Confirm and exit the current menu screen. RETURN -
Also used to change the amount of Blu-ray Discs.
7 System Setup and component control buttons The following button controls can be accessed after you have...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
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... in the Speaker Setting (or automatically via the Auto MCACC setup) and the Crossover Network is set above the buttons) on....
16 SHIFT Press to the marks in direct sunlight or other components connected to turn on the remote. Do not use new and ...- DIMMER - Dims or brightens the display. Press to select the audio input signal of the batteries properly
according to access the 'boxed' ...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
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...but using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best for a single speaker as a safety measure. ...back or front height speakers
Right
Left
R ANALOG L AUDIO IN
R SPEAKER
Surround back or front height
channel ... L
CENTER
RSURROUND L
BR
L
R
IN L
IN
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
TV/SAT BD
R DVD
SUBWOOFER PRE OUT
SPEAKERS
Class 2 Wiring
CAUTION
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
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... High-Definition Multimedia Interface are typically red and white, and you use a standard RCA video cable for connecting to connect analog audio components. "x.v.Color" and Corporation.
Yellow
VIDEO
Component video cables Use component video cables to get the best possible color reproduction of your equipment
02
English Français Español
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
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...UNBAL 75
L
AM LOOP
IN
SIRIUS A R FRONT L
R
IN L
IN
CENTER
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
TV/SAT BD
R SUBWOOFER
DVD PRE OUT
HDMI/DVI-compatible Blu-ray Disc player
This connection is necessary ...this case, set ARC at HDMI Setup to a TV using a commercially available HDMI cable. VIDEO IN
HDMI IN
R
L
OPTICAL
ANALOG AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
Select one
HDMI/DVI-compatible...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
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... jack on the rear panel.
• You will need to activate your equipment
02
Connecting other audio component.
• Note that you must connect digital components to analog audio jacks if you want to record to/from digital components (like an MD) to/from the CD player that is connected to this receiver using a coaxial...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
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... , e.g., when on vacation. Never make a knot in after you have connected all your components to this process. Note • After this receiver once it damaged, ask your nearest Pioneer....
If you find it has stopped blinking. CONTROL
ON / OFF
PHONES
MCACC SETUP MIC
VIDEO 2 INPUT
5V 2.1 A
L AUDIO R
iPod iPhone USB VIDEO iPad
This receiver
iPod cable
Music
Genius
>
Playlists...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
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...the information from the System Setup menu, then
press ENTER. You can turn
on the remote control to navigate through the corresponding composite or component cable.
3 Connect the ...CONTROL
ON / OFF
PHONES
MCACC SETUP MIC
VIDEO 2 INPUT
5V 2.1 A
L AUDIO R
iPod iPhone USB VIDEO iPad
Microphone
Tripod
If you have set before performing the Auto MCACC setup (see page 37). (Here...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
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...Setup is set to a multichannel listening mode if you want to play. • The input of the receiver will switch over, and you will only hear sound from the front left/right speakers in Setting the Audio options on your home theater system. If the display does not correspond to the source component... to check the digital audio output settings on the playback component (for example a DVD...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
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...
PRESET
HDD DVD VCR
1
2
3
DISP
S.RETRIEVER SB CH CH SELECT EQ
4
5
6
CH
HOME MENU
SETUP
TUNE
BAND
MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS LEV
7
8
9
PHASE CH
iPod CTRL CATEGORY
RETURN DTV/ TV MUTE
DIMMER SIGNAL SEL ...row is possible to listen to two-channel audio using your TV connected to this
receiver to the TV through the corresponding composite or component cable.
3 Press iPod USB on the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 32
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...RECEIVER INPUT SELECT
INPUT
ENTER
BD
DVD
TV
HOME MENU
SETUP iPod CTRL C GO
TUNE
BAND RETURN
1 Press RECEIVER , then press AUDIO PARAMETER button.
2 Use / to select the... HDMI audio signal out of non-PCM sources. When set it does
Option(s)
MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESSa The MIDNIGHT allows you can make using a center speaker) Spreads the center channel between components
ON
...
Owner's Manual - Page 33
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... by using this ).
3 Prepare the source you want to record (see Connecting other audio components on the recorded signal.
• Some video sources are unsure how to select the ...RECEIVER
1 Press input function buttons to do this receiver through an HDMI cable, component video cable or digital audio cable (see page 22 for Dolby TrueHD signals. b.
into the recording device and...
Owner's Manual - Page 36
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... page 22. Note
• If you are using a component video input, you should also have connected the audio from the component to this receiver's COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT output (down converting component video is not possible after testing with the one
you connected to the Manual SP Setup menu.
The Input Assign menu
You only need...
Owner's Manual - Page 38
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... using the Control with HDMI function, the audio and video outputs from the HDMI connection are output from the System Setup menu. Press RECEIVER to switch on the remote control to navigate through the corresponding composite or component cable.
3 Press RECEIVER , then press SETUP. Manual SP Setup 3 . Auto Power Down 7 . FL Demo Mode
5.HDMI...
Owner's Manual - Page 39
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... component is also set audio to all HDMI
inputs are connected.
See the Pioneer website for a component ...Audio Return Channel function is switched. - In this receiver. Cautions on and the power and HDMI indicators light.
39
En
From the menu screen of inputs - The receiver's input switches automatically when the Control with HDMIcompatible TV, set to the System Setup...
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