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Pioneer VSX-609RDS User's Manual

1. OUTPUT VIDEO TV or LD player monitor VIDEO OUTPUT Front video connection are accessed via the front Va N panel input selector as VIDEO m Audio Video cords Use audio video cords not supplied to connect z the video components and a video cord to Memo VSX Z09RDS only f your video components have S video jacks you could use S video cords not R Slee ug ht supplied to the S video connector on the L ei e plugs o L front and rear of the receiver Ving left and the However if you use S video cords for your video hookups you must also hook SS plugs to up your TV with S video connections Conversely if you use regular composite Be sure to insert completely video cords for video hookups you connect the monitor TV b J should use them for your TV as well Connecting Your Equipment Digital Components In order to hear PCM Dolby Digital DTS soundtracks you need to make digital audio connections You can do this by either coaxial or optical connections you do not need to do both The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some digital components only have one type of digital terminal it is a matter of matching like with like The receiver has one coaxial and two optical inputs for a total of three digital inputs You must assign the jacks to the proper component s refer to pages 19 20 Connect your digital components
2. Installing the Receiver When Making Cable Connections Preparing the Remote Control Connecting Your SVSLBFTI 7 Audio C mponents tire er ea eee ene a a eei aged 7 Video ir re ee E RE DRE ERR IHRER ede Yan dd 8 Digital COMPONENTS nbn ee ea n d er REC 9 DVD 5 1 Channel Components ss Ll ANTENNAS needs w12 Ee cm 13 MEET 15 Setting Up for Surround Sound 15 Setting the Volume Level of Each Channel 21 Setting Up the Remote Control nee wi 22 Clearing One of the Remote Control Settings VSX 709RDS we 25 Clearing All the Remote Control Settings Direct FUNCHOM 26 Programming a Different Component into a MULTI CONTROL Button VSX 709RDS 27 Checking Preset Code VSX 709RDS sse eene nennen 27 Displays amp Controls ac ui ee estes ate og eos t Ds 28 Front Panel p H 28 Remote Control VSX 709RDS 2 230 Remote Control VSX 609RDS 2 32 DO 34 Sou d M Odes RUE 35 Leaming About the Sound eee eene 35 Switching ANALOG
3. 1 THEATER 2 and DSP off Use to create different surround sound effects from any stereo source DTS button see pages 38 39 Use to switch between the various Dolby DTS surround modes 2 SIGNAL SELECT button see page 36 Use to select between an analog or digital signal MASTER VOLUME Use to set the overall listening volume PHONES jack Use to connect headphones but this does not switch the speakers off EON MODE button see p 50 Use to search for different programs that are transmitting traffic or news information this search method is called EON SPEAKERS button Use to switch the speaker system A B off Function buttons Use to select a source for playback or recording MONITOR button Press to switch tape monitoring on off VIDEO INPUT jacks VSX 709RDS only Connect a video camera video game system etc to the VIDEO INPUT jacks refer to page 8 En En Displays amp Controls Remote Control VSX 709RD5S SOURCE RECEIVER 17 oloo e o an 1 9 Ne e eI 29 00 10 Exp 2 AV PRE PROGRAMMED AND LEARNING REMOTE CONTROL UNIT D SOURCE button Use to tum on off other components connected to the receiver MULTI CONTROL buttons Use to put the receiver remote control in the stated mode For other equipment controls see Controlling the Rest of Your System on pages 52 55 RCV button see pag
4. MPX CHARACTER CLASS MEMORY RFATT SEARCH TUNING EON STATION SELECT MODE D O FREGUENCY Using the Tuner Tuning Directly to a Station Sometimes you ll already know the frequency of the station you want to listen to In this case you can simply enter the frequency directly using the number buttons on the remote control this function is not available using the front panel controls of the receiver VSX 709RDS MDNIGHT B 00 H W V E D Q 1 Press the MULTI CONTROL TUN TUNER button 2 Press the BAND button to select either FM or AM Each press switches the band between FM and AM 3 Press D ACCESS Direct Access 4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of the radio station Example To tune to 106 00 FM press 1 0 6 0 0 TUNED SP A STEREO C nmn CI LAI LI M LET LE moe IH LI If you make a mistake while inputting the frequency press the D ACCESS button twice to cancel the frequency and start again En Using the Tuner Memorizing Stations front panel only If you often listen to a particular radio station it s convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that s
5. 1 Vp4y 75 Output Level Impedance VCR DVR TO MONITOR 1 Vp p 75 Q Frequency Response VCR DVR TV SAT DVD LD VIDEO TO MONITOR TV 5 Hz to 7 MHz dB Signal to Noise Ratio 55 dB FM Tuner Section Frequency Range 87 5 MHzto 108 MHz Usable Sensitivity Mono 15 2 dBf IHF 1 6 uV 75 Q 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity Mono 20 2 dBf Stereo 41 2 dBf Sensitivity DIN Mono 1 1 uV S N 26 dB Stereo 50 uV S N 46 dB Signal to Noise Ratio Mono 76 dB at 85 dBf Stereo 72 dB at 85 dBf Signal to Noise Ratio DIN M ono 62 dB Stereo 58 dB Distortion ee Stereo 0 6 96 1 kHz Alternate Channel Selectivity 70 dB 400 kHz Stereo Separation 40 dB 1 kHz Frequency Response 30 Hz to 15 kHz 1dB Antenna Input eene 75 Q unbalanced AM Tuner Section Frequency Range 531 kHz to 1 602 kHz Sensitivity IHF Loop antenna 350 V m SelectiVitys iu c db aera e ei dria id 30 dB Signal to Noise Ratio 50 Loop antenna Miscellaneous Power Requirements UK model Ro AC 230 V 50 60 Hz European model AC 220 230 V 50 60 Hz Power Consump
6. Display p indications Character Ww X xn Display M V Y indications i Character Display indications Eu Character Display Pee es indications M En Using the Tuner Naming Memorized Stations front panel only You can input a name of up to four characters for each preset station in the receiver s memory see the previous page This name can be anything you choose For example you could input BBC1 for that station and when you listen to it the name rather than the frequency number will appear on your display 235 4 CHARACTER CLASS MEMORY RF ATT TUNING o FREQUENCY STATION SELECT MODE M FOCE o o T o M CIM 1 1 Press FM AM to set the tuner function 2 Press CLASS repeatedly to select the class Repeatedly pressing this button cycles through the three available classes A B and C 3 Press STATION 47 to select the preset channel 4 Press CHARACTER SEARCH to select the character input mode 5 Press STATION to choose the first character The STATION buttons scroll through the letters numbers and symbols you can input Refer to Character display used station name input on page 44 m 6 Press MEMORY to input the first
7. Displays menus concerning the current DVD or DVR you are using Use these buttons to navigate DVD menus A up v down ENTER enter the command selected 4 left right pressed together starts recording VSX 609RDS only 2 e Recording button VSX 709RDS only Use to start recording To prevent accidental recording this button must be pressed twice to take effect the second press must be within 10 seconds of the first 3 TOP MENU VSX 609RDS only Use to display the lead trailer on a DVD DISC VSX 709RDS only Use to display the lead trailer on a DVD Controlling the Rest of Your System Cable TV Satellite TV TV Controls c This remote control can control this component after entering the proper codes or teaching the re ceiver the commands VSX 709RDS only see p 22 24 Use MULTI CONTROL buttons to put the remote control in the stated mode VSX 709RDS VSX 609RDS D TVo power Press to switch the TV or CATV between STANDBY and ON 2 TV FUNC TV only Press to switch the TV input Not possible with all modes If it doesn t work with the preset code use the leaming feature see page24 3 TV VOL Use to adjust the TV volume CHANNEL Use to select channels 6 4 9 ENTER Press to select or adjust and navigate items on the menu screen Number buttons Use to select a specific TV channel DISC button VSX
8. MD RECORDER Manufacture SONY KENWOOD SHARP TEAC ONKYO DENON PIONEER Code 607 631 638 642 645 646 654 655 607 631 643 607 632 642 649 607 607 642 646 600 607 631 632 636 642 651 Code 901 903 902 904 905 906 900 902 907 Additional Information En En Additional Information Specifications Amplifier Section Continuous Power Output STEREO M ODE FRONT 80 W 80 W DIN 1 kHz THD 0 9 96 80 Continuous Power Output SURROUND MODE FRONT 80 W ch 1 kHz THD 0 9 96 80 CENTER 80 W 1 kHz THD 0 9 8Q SURROUND 80 W ch 1 kHz THD 0 9 96 8Q Above specifications are applicable when the power supply is 230V Input Sensitivity Impedance VCR DVR DVD LD TV SAT CD AUX CD R TAPE MD VIDEO 200 mV 47 kQ Frequency Response VCR DVR DVD LD TV SAT CD AUX CD R TAPE MD VIDEO 5 Hz to 100 000 Hz 3 dB Output Level Impedance VCR DVR CD R TAPE MD 200 mV 2 2 Tone Control BASS n ran anes 6 dB 100 Hz TREBLE 6 dB 10 kHz LOUDNESS Signal to Noise Ratio DIN Continuous rated power output 50 mW VCR DVR DVD LD TV SAT CD AUX CD R TAPE MD VIDEO 88 dB 64 dB 9 dB 49 dB 100 Hz 10 kHz VIDEO Section Input Sensitivity Impedance VCR DVR TV SAT DVD LD VIDEO
9. buttons Selects station memories when using the tuner FREQUENCY buttons Selects the frequency when using the tuner CLASS button see pages 44 46 Switches between the three banks classes of station memories MEMORY button see page 45 Press to memorize a station for recall using the STATION buttons RF ATT button see p 42 Use to lower the input level of a radio signal that is too powerful or contain interference thus causing the receiver to distort CHARACTER SEARCH button see p 45 49 Use to search for different program types in RDS mode It is also used to input station names 9 DIRECT button Use to switch Direct playback on or off This mode bypasses the tone controls and channel levels for the most accurate reproduction of a program source BASS buttons Use to increase decrease bass within a range of 6 CB to 6 GB in 2 GB steps Display see page 34 2 TREBLE buttons Use to increase decrease treble within a range of 6 CB to 6 GB in 2 dB steps Displays amp Controls 3 MIDNIGHT button see page 41 Use when listening to movie soundtracks at low volume This feature will enable you to hear quiet sounds and not get jolted by loud or sudden sound effects Remote sensor Gl Receives the signals from the remote control 15 DSP MODE button see page 39 Use to switch between the various DSP modes available HALL1 HALL 2 J AZZ DANCE
10. 0037 0320 0009 0036 0037 0218 0282 0455 0032 0036 0043 0044 0105 0109 0163 0196 0198 0217 0225 0306 0216 0374 0037 0264 0282 0217 0264 0371 0218 0371 0163 0074 0076 0084 0247 0370 0418 0037 0163 0072 0068 0037 0163 0247 0037 0068 0102 0217 0264 0218 0036 0053 0190 0192 0371 0653 0009 0216 0217 0218 0282 0216 0163 0206 0216 0037 0216 0259 0037 0009 0037 0072 0264 0294 0037 0032 0075 0206 0009 0037 0068 0105 0109 0163 0217 0287 0374 0102 0247 0076 0102 0213 0217 0264 0320 0037 0037 0009 0035 0036 0037 0072 0208 0217 0294 0371 0043 0012 0037 0009 0213 0070 0554 0036 0108 0150 0216 0290 0291 0292 0076 TELEVISION 4 6 Manufacture M ultitech MTC NEI Neckermann Nicamagic Nikkai Nobliko Nordmende Oceanic Orion Osaki Oso Osume Otto Versand Palladium Panama Panasonic Pathe Cinema Pathe M arconi Pausa Perdio Phase Philco Philips Phonola Pioneer Profex Proline Protech Pye Quelle Questa R Line RBM Radiola Rank Arena Revox Rex Rhapsody Roadstar SBR SEG SEI Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS Code 0009 0076 0102 0216 0216 0037 0431 0037 0191 0213 0554 0216 0032 0035 0037 0072 0216 0218 0264 0076 0102 0109 0196 0198 0213 0287 0163 0215 0037 0294 0320 0321 0032 0072 0217 0218 0264 02
11. TUNING EON STATION SELECT MODE e Oo o FREGUENCY 1 Press FM AM button to select the FM band RDS is only broadcast on FM 2 To select the PTY search mode press the CHARACTER SEARCH button until you see SEARCH in the display 3 Use the STATION buttons to select the programme type you want to hear IL 7 7 Loris 4 Press MEMORY search for the programme type The tuner searches through the FM stations stored in the station memories If the tuner finds a matching programme type the tuner plays 5 seconds of the station To listen to that station press the MEMORY button The tuner stops searching If you don t press the MEMORY button during the above mentioned 5 seconds the tuner resumes the search When the tuner finds a programme type you searched for the frequency display will blink for about 5 seconds and then the display will show FINISH briefly Lr LI FILI T rot IW d 111 If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn t find that programme type at the time of the search rr V NI I 1 Memo This function searches RDS stations preset in the 30 channel memory If this function is set when no stations have been preset NO PTY will be displayed If the desi
12. En 10 En Connecting Your Equipment Example of connection using a DVD LD or LD player When playing an LD recorded in Dolby Digital To connect a DVD LD or LD player with its DORF output a commercially available RF demodulator RFD 1 is required The RF demodulator changes the digital signal to a form which can be processed by the VSX 709RDS VSX 609RDS models through their digital input jacks For more details refer to the instruction manual supplied with the RFD 1 TRG Gael Y 097 COAX OPTI u Ux DIGITAL OUT 1 Mer DIGITAL IN FRONT E Du speakers A SPEAKER FAILS 1 Spe ICENTER E XU X X 4 PREOU a E 1 R L SURROUND FRONT a mew OLAY wi A Hessen B 0 T 0 E FRONT Nec e e e ON Je EE ES on B Es iN S D OP CAUTION SPEAKER IMPEDANCE ATTENTION IMPEDANCE DE HAUT PARLEURS n WOOFER 80 16 0 SPEAKER 30 16 2 HAUT PARLEUR nr our AC 3 LD DIGITAL our M 5 i PCM OPT rum PCMW DLI PCWDD PcWDI PT 2 3 ie Tae 9 e D D D OD COD GOD D D D D GOD D GOD D D e BVDILD player or LD player RF
13. 428 VCR 3 3 Manufacture OCEANIC OSAKI OTTO VERSAND PALLADIUM PATHE M ARCONI PENTAX PERDIO PHON OLA PORTLAND PROLINE PYE QUELLE RADIOLA REX ROADSTAR SABA SAISHO SALORA SANSUI SBR SCHAUB LORENZ SCHN EIDER SEI SENTRA SHINTOM SIEM ENS SINGER SINUDYNE SOLAVOX SUNSTAR SUNTRONIC TASHIKO TATUNG TEC TELEAVIA TELEFUNKEN TENOSAL TENSAI THORN UNIVERSUM YAM ISHI YOKAN YOKO PIONEER Code 417 441 411 441 453 414 411 417 453 417 406 441 414 452 441 454 414 414 414 417 428 411 448 453 417 428 449 424 445 409 442 407 417 414 417 441 414 441 453 414 452 453 411 444 455 405 414 452 441 441 441 414 417 441 452 417 417 428 449 451 453 441 417 444 411 414 441 442 455 453 453 452 400 407 414 443 456 DVD video Recorder CASSETTE DECK 1 2 Manufacture AKAI ARCAM DENON FISHER GRUN DIG JVC KENWOOD LUXMAN MARANTZ M EM OREX Code 829 810 810 827 813 821 802 804 807 822 815 821 825 En En Additional Information CASSETTE DECK 2 2 Manufacture MITSUBISHI NAKAM ICHI ONKYO PHILIPS SANSUI SHERW OOD SONY TAN DBERG TECHNICS TOSHIBA YAM AHA PIONEER CD PLAYER Manufacture AKAI ARCAM ASUKA AUDIO TON BUSH CALIFORNIA AUDIO LAB CYRUS DENON DUAL FISHER GOLDSTAR GRUNDIG HITACHI INTERSOUND JVC KENWOOD KODAK LINN LUXM AN M ELECTRONIC MARANTZ MATSUI MCS MEMOREX
14. 428 MITSUBISHI 407 409 414 SHARP 402 ORION 424 445 446 SANYO 444 FERGUSON 417 449 450 BLAUPUNKT 408 417 432 455 NOKIA 417 442 444 SELECO 417 AIWA 441 446 AKIBA 453 ALBA 424 446 447 448 452 AMBASSADOR 452 AMSTRAD 441 ANITECH 453 ASA 411 414 BAIRD 417 441 444 450 BASIC LINE 448 452 453 BRANDT 449 451 Preset Code List for VSX 609RDS VCR 2 3 Manufacture BRANDT ELECTRONIQUE BUSH CATRON CGB CIM LINE CLATRONIC CONDOR CROWN DAEW OO DANSAI DE GRAAF DECCA DUAL DUM ONT ELCATECH FIDELITY FINLANDIA FINLUX FIRSTLINE FISHER FRONTECH FUNAI GBC GENERAL GOLDSTAR GOODM ANS GRAETZ GRANADA GRANDIENTE GRANDIN HCM HINARI HYPSON IM PERIAL INTERFUNK ITT ITV KAISUI KENDO KORPEL LEYCO LOEW E LUXOR M ELECTRONIC MANESTH MARANTZ MATSUI M EM OREX MEM PHIS METZ MINERVA MULTITECH MURPHY NBC NECKERMANN NESCO NORDM EN DE Code 417 424 446 447 448 453 452 441 453 452 452 448 452 453 448 452 453 406 414 441 417 414 441 444 453 441 414 444 406 414 441 444 405 409 411 424 453 444 452 441 414 452 411 411 441 448 452 453 417 444 414 444 441 411 441 453 453 454 445 446 453 454 453 441 414 417 428 442 444 411 448 453 424 444 453 453 411 414 409 442 444 441 405 453 414 424 445 446 411 441 444 453 432 455 455 441 453 441 407 417 414 453 417
15. 607 644 656 607 632 639 640 631 644 631 632 635 642 641 607 639 641 644 642 644 647 644 645 641 607 636 641 644 607 631 642 638 607 641 618 618 641 607 641 642 644 647 656 644 607 607 642 644 607 638 638 644 632 638 644 642 641 641 607 644 607 648 607 644 653 TELEVISION 2 4 Manufacture Code ELIN 607 ELITE 641 ELTA 644 EM ERSON 642 ERRES 607 FINLANDIA 635 643 655 FINLUX 607 632 645 648 653 654 655 FIRSTLINE 640 644 FISHER 632 635 638 645 FORM ENTI 607 632 642 FRONTECH 631 642 646 FRONTECH PROTECH 632 FUJ ITSU 648 FUNAI 640 646 GBC 632 642 GEC 607 634 648 GELOSO 632 644 GENEXXA 631 641 GOODMANS 607 639 647 648 656 GORENJ E 638 GPM 641 GRAETZ 631 642 GRANADA 607 635 642 643 648 GRANDIENTE 657 GRANDIN 618 HANSEATIC 607 642 HCM 618 644 HINARI 607 641 644 HISAWA 618 HUANYU 656 HYPSON 607 618 646 ICE 646 647 IM PERIAL 638 642 INDIANA 607 IN GELEN 631 INTERFUNK 607 631 632 642 IN TERVISION 646 649 ISUKAI 641 ITC 642 ITT 631 632 642 J EC 605 KAISUI 618 641 644 KAPSCH 631 KENDO 642 KENNEDY 632 642 KORPEL 607 KOYODA 644 LEYCO 607 640 646 648 LIESENK amp TTER 607 LUXOR 632 642 643 M ELECTRONIC 631 644 645 654 655 656 M ELECTRONIC 607 636 651 M AGNADYNE 632 649 M AGNAFON 649 M ANESTH 639 646 MARANTZ 6
16. 709RDS only Use to enter a channel lt lt VSX 609RDS only Use to move to lower numbered channels 9 gt gt VSX 609RDS only Use to move to higher numbered channels EFFECT VSX 609RDS only For TV and cable TV use to immediately enter a new channel Channel Enter function For satellite TV use this button to exit the menu screen 1 MENU VSX 609RDS only Use to select the menu screen 2 TOP MENU VSX 609RDS only Use to bring up the GUIDE on a satellite TV Memo The first four buttons for the VSX 609RDS and the first e three buttons for the VSX 709RDS are dedicated to control the TV assigned to the TVC TV CONT button Thus if you only have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the TVC TV CONT MULTI CONTROL but ton If you have two TVs assign the main TV to the TVC TV CONT button If you hook up your system this way the first four TV controls will always be accessible En Additional Information Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions If you think that there is something wrong with this component check the points below Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work Symptom The
17. DIGITAL Signal Input ss 36 Playing SOUNCE in dene eden tree 37 Playing Sources with Dolby Digital or DTS Sound 38 Selecting a Sound Mode wi 39 Using in MIDNIGHT Listening M 41 Using the TUNET Firiding SLatlOhn dee YS A RD tee Dk d P Y Tuning Directly to a Station ER Ke Memorizing Stations b Naming M emorized Stations sse emen nnne 45 e Recalling M emorized Stations nemen 46 g An Introduction to RDS amp EON 47 Searching for RDS Programmes wi 49 EON BRE HOMERUM OU POE REM CREDE DN RN NS 50 le 5 Making a Recording 51 Making an Audio or a Video Recording eene 51 Controlling the Rest of Your System 52 CD M D CD R VCR LD Player Controls essent 52 Cassette Deck Controls 252 DVD Player DVR Controls es 54 Cable TV Satellite TV TV Controls 55 Additional ihtoED HOD Scene ree ERR RS Troubles hOOLlL Ig tte rud rn en ret enn area he e re o rr read ure abe te de rex cen Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS Preset Code List f
18. Digital mode off the dual mono sound routing is as follows In the ch1 setting your will hear channel 1 out of both front speakers In the ch2 setting you will hear channel 2 out of both speakers In the L c1 R c2 setting the speakers will play the soundtrack independently of each other The left front speaker will play channel 1 and the right front speaker will play channel 2 The last setting MIX mixes both channels and plays them out of both speakers e The default setting of this feature is L c1 R c2 L c1R c2 Press or v to cycle through the possible Dual mono settings Coaxial digital input setting Sets the input component to be assigned to the COAX coaxial digital input jack Initial setting is DVD ue us Press or v to select the coaxial digital input LINHX Jy i DVD TV CD CD R VCR DVR or OFF After you assign the component to the COAX digital jack when you select that component for example DVD the receiver will automatically change to the digital input setting You can see this in the DIGITAL ANALOG indicator on the front of the receiver 19 En Preparations Optical digital input setting 1 Sets the input component to be assigned to the OPT 1 optical input jack Initial setting is CD Press A or V to select the optical digital input 1 DVD TV CD CD R VCR or OFF After you assign the component to the OPT 1 digital jack when you select
19. FM station automatically when an EON linked Traffic Information or News programme begins When the programme ends the original function will be restored The EON function will not operate however when the the tuner is on AM The receiver s internal Program Identification function PI Programme Identification This is an identifying marker the tuner automatically attaches to stations stored in your preset memory classes see p 44 The marker distinguishes between stations which transmit RDS data and those that don t so that the receiver knows which stations to look at when searching for RDS or EON transmissions The code is not displayed on the receiver and you don t need to do anything in regards to setting the PI codes Pl code registration The receiver will automatically register a PI code for any station you input into the memory classes see p 44 which can receive RDS or EON data To erase PI codes follow this procedure 1 Press the EON MODE button for two seconds or more ERASE will be displayed 2 Press MEMORY button within 5 seconds Using the Tuner Searching for RDS Programmes front panel only One of the most useful features of RDS is the ability to search for a particular kind of radio programme You can search for any of the programme types listed on page 47 this covers all kinds of music as well as news weather forecasts sports programmes and a variety of others 3 4 2 o o
20. MERIDIAN MITSUBISHI NAD NAIM ONKYO PANASONIC PHILIPS QUAD QUASAR ROADSTAR ROTEL SABA SANYO SHARP SONY TECHNICS TELEFUNKEN THOM SON UNIVERSUM YAM AHA PIONEER Code 829 816 817 819 821 824 818 814 823 820 803 826 828 811 822 800 825 Code 335 336 337 336 332 304 336 309 319 337 340 330 336 334 337 331 310 311 322 336 341 344 304 336 336 304 300 336 335 316 336 342 304 322 336 346 336 304 344 336 319 340 343 316 329 304 333 319 319 336 338 339 300 345 CD recorder TELEVISION 1 4 Manufacture PHILIPS SONY GRUNDIG PANASONIC TOSHIBA TELEFUNKEN SHARP SAM SUNG HITACHI SABA BRANDT SANYO THOM SON FERGUSON NOKIA MITSUBISHI SCHNEIDER GOLDSTAR BLAUPUNKT NORDM ENDE RADIOLA Jvc DAEWOO ORION SIEMENS ACURA ADMIRAL AKAI AKUBA ALBA AMSTRAD ANITECH ASA ASUKA AUDIOGONIC BASIC LINE BAUR BEKO BEON BLUE SKY BLUE STAR BPL BTC BUSH CASCADE CATHAY CENTURION CGB CIM LINE CLARIVOX CLATRONIC CONDOR CONTEC CROSLEY CROWN CRYSTAL CYBERTRON DAINICHI DANSAI DAYTON DECCA DIXI DUM ONT Code 607 631 634 656 604 631 653 608 622 631 642 605 653 636 637 652 602 607 638 644 646 606 631 633 634 636 642 643 654 631 636 642 651 636 635 645 648 636 651 652 607 636 651 632 642 652 609 631 607 641 647 607 650 631 632 636 651 652 607 613
21. Sound Modes DVD 5 1 CH input playback VSX 709RDS Connect a component with 5 1 channel output to use the surround sound created by 5 1 channel playback DVD MULTI CONTROL D RCV 22 SS ee There are two ways to switch on DVD 5 1 CH mode With the remote control press the DVD MULTI CONTROL button Then press the RCV button and number button 5 5 1CH On the main unit simply press the DVD LD button Press number button 5 5 1CH on the remote to go back to the DVD normal mode To exit this mode using the main unit simply press another function button DVD LD etc Each press switches the input DVD LD DVD 5 1ch Memo e When 5 1CH input is selected Dolby DTS mode DSP mode SIGNAL SELECT ATT DIRECT TONE MID NIGHT mode LOUDNESS and speakers B cannot be operated When 5 1CH input is selected only the volume level and channel levels can be set DVD 5 1 CH input playback VSX 609RDS Connect a DVD player with 5 1 channel output to use the surround sound created by 5 1 channel playback RECEIVER There are two ways to switch on DVD 5 1 CH mode With the remote control press the DVD LD MULTI CONTROL button Then press the RECEIVER button and number button 4 5 1CH On the main
22. Universum Yamishi Yokan Yoko DVD PLAYER Manufacture Aka JVC Kenw ood Onkyo Panasonic Philips Pioneer Samsung Sony Thomson Toshiba Yamaha MD RECORDER Manufacture Denon Kenwood Onkyo Orion Pioneer Sharp Sony Code 0037 0045 0004 0081 0020 0046 0037 0011 0032 0033 0034 0348 0000 0000 0000 0000 0041 0081 0020 0162 0226 0041 0041 0187 0320 0321 0384 0072 0000 0322 0041 0320 0384 0036 0041 0104 0041 0043 0045 0081 0384 0322 0240 0000 0006 0016 0037 0081 0106 0195 0240 0325 0072 0072 0020 0240 Code 0611 0558 0534 0612 0490 0632 0539 0525 0571 0632 0631 DVD R 0573 0533 0551 0503 0545 Code 0873 0681 1059 0868 1044 1063 0861 0490 Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS Additional Information Preset Code List for VSX 609RDS DVD PLAYER Manufacture Code TOSHIBA 001 SONY 002 PANASONIC 003 JVC 004 SAM SUNG 005 SHARP 006 AKAI 007 RCA 009 PIONEER 000 008 LASERDISC PLAYER Manufacture Code DENON 110 HITACHI 109 PHILIPS 108 RADIOLA 108 SONY 101 102 TELEFUN KEN 100 PIONEER 100 111 DVD LD player SATELLITE TUNER Manufacture Code PIONEER 200 204 VCR 1 3 Manufacture Code PHILIPS 414 428 PANASONIC 408 432 THOM SON 417 428 449 SONY 416 417 457 458 459 JVC 407 417 428 GRUNDIG 408 414 441 453 454 455 AKAI 417 442 HITACHI 406 417 441 TOSHIBA 405 409 414 417
23. also suited for film soundtracks Again try different settings with various soundtracks to see which you like STANDARD mode This mode is for pure decoding of Dolby Digital DTS and Dolby Surround No special effects are added It is good for enjoying movies that have been recorded in Dolby gi DTS or Dolby Surround DOLBY SURROUND You can identify Dolby Digital software by the PAREI or marks Most Dolby Surround software is marked D0 oy surrcuno but unmarked software may also Dolby Surround ADVANCED THEATER modes MUSICAL Simulates the acoustic environment of a large concert hall and is suitable for music on musical sources marked pAr or BR DRAMA Simulates the relaxed environment of a classic medium size movie theater and is suitable for watching dramas on sources marked 005527 or BRE ACTION Simulates the acoustic environment of a modern large movie theater You can enjoy the power and dynamics of motion picture audio which is suitable for action movies on sources marked 002 EXPANDED This mode is especially designed to give sound depth to stereo sources The overall effect builds a dynamic and broad sound space allowing two channel stereo signals to faithfully imitate a five speaker sound Use with Dolby Pro Logic for a stereo surround effect You can also use with Dolby Digital sources for a wider stereo field t
24. and treble sounds listening at low volumes 9 FUNCTION button Use to select the playback or recording source This button lets you cycle through the different functions of the receiver in the following order CD tuner FM AM AUX CDR TAPE MD VCR DVR DVD LD DVD 5 1 CH and TV SAT RECEIVER button This switches the receiver between STANDBY mode and power ON FL DIMMER button Use this button to make the fluorescent display FL dimmer or brighter There are three brightness settings as well as an off setting 12 LED display see pages 23 25 This display flashes when a command is sent from the remote control to the receiver It also flashes at other times for example when teaching the receiver preset codes 13 EFFECT buttons see page 39 Use to adjust the amount of effect in different DSP sound modes or advanced listening modes lt a gt AY FQ4 ST amp ENTER buttons see pages 15 20 42 Use these arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system see pages 15 20 These buttons are also used to control DVD menus options and for deck 1 of a double cassette deck player The FQ buttons can be used to find radio frequencies The ST buttons can be used to select the stations of memorized radio frequencies 5 TOP MENU button In DVD mode this button brings you to the top or most fundamental menu CHANNEL buttons 44 DISPLAY i RF ATT Use to select the stations of memor
25. can memorize the frequency for recall later see M emorizing Stations on page 44 for more on how to do this VSX 709RDS 1 Press the MULTI CONTROL TUN TUNER ue O button On the receiver press the FM AM button to select the tuner E 8 8 1 mode 2 Usethe BAND button to change the band C C5 FM or AM if necessary c5 Each press switches the band between FM and AM on the front eye panel use the FM AM button ee 3 Tune to a station Automatic tuning To search for stations in the currently selected band press and hold either the FQ or FQ button for about a second The receiver will start searching for the next station stopping when it has found one Repeat this step to search for other stations Manual tuning To change the frequency one step at a time press the FQ FQ buttons High speed tuning Press and hold the FQ or FQ button for high speed tuning releasing the button once the desired frequency is reached MPX mode VSX 609RDS If the TUNED or STEREO indicator doesn t light when tuning to an FM station because the signal is weak press the MPX button to switch the receiver into mono reception mode This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the broadcast RF ATT mode If the radio signal is too strong and or the sound is distorting press the RF ATT button to attenuate lower the radio signal input and reduce the distortion 3 RF ATT
26. demodulator RFD 1 Make sure the RF demodulator digital in switch is set correctly optical or coaxial depending on the connection VSX 709RDS OUTPUT VIDEO L R Connecting Your Equipment DVD 5 1 Channel Components In some cases you may need an external decoder to play special DVD discs and the like If you find you need an external decoder hook one up as shown below For most people this component is unnecessary See p 40 VSX 709RDS SURROUND FRONT B SPEAKERS SPEAKERS e al Components equipped with 5 1 channel analog output jacks The 5 1 channel input can only be used gt when DVD 5 1 CH is selected 11 En En Connecting Your Equipment Antennas Hook up the supplied radio antennas as shown below AM loop antenna Assemble the antenna Attach to a wall etc if desired and face toward the direction providing the best reception Using external antennas m To improve FM reception Connect an external FM antenna PAL connector 75 coaxial cable FM wire antenna Twist exposed wire strands together and insert into the hole then snap the connector shut Be 10mm AM LOOP ANTENNA IN
27. louder sounds don t get distorted It does this by compressing the dynamic range When watching a movie at low volume setting this function enables you to hear low level sounds to more easily but you won t be jolted by lounder sounds Initial setting is OFF 25 When the volume level is increased set to OFF For listening enjoyment at low volumes set to MAX for maximum dynamic range compression Dynamic range control is effective only when a Dolby Digital signal is being played back Press A or v to set the dynamic range control OFF MAX or MID Dual mono setting mode The dual mono setting can only be used when listening to Dolby Digital discs that contain a dual mono soundtrack With this setting you can choose which channel is the dual mono setting you want to listen to Thus it is useful for soundtracks that have one language on one channel and a different language on the other Remember you can only use this setting if you have Dolbly Digital software with this feature and want to isolate one of the channels therein There are two different ways to route the sound in the dual mono setting one is with Dolby Digital mode on the other with Dolby Digital mode off If Dolby Digital mode is switched on the ch1 setting will play channel 1 through your center speaker The ch2 setting will play channel 2 though your center speaker and the MIX setting will play both channels through the center speaker With Dolby
28. power does not turn ON Cause The power plug is disconnected e Main power button is OFF B The protection circuit may have been activated Remedy Connect the power plug to the wall outlet Set the Main power button to ON m Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again The unit does not re spond when the but tons are pressed Static electricity caused by dry air Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again No sound is output when a function is selected Improper connections Sound is muted The volume is turned down The MONITOR is ON Speakers are turned OFF Make surethe component is connected correctly refer to pages 7 to 14 Press MUTING on the remote control Adjust MASTER VOLUME Press the MONITOR button Press SPEAKERS to select the speakers you connected No image is output when a function is selected Improper connections The input source is not properly selected Make surethe component is connected correctly refer to page 8 Press the correct function button Considerable noise in radio broadcasts ncorrect frequency Theantenna is not connected RF and or digital cables are near the antenna terminals and wires FM broadcasts Tune in the correct frequency Connect antenna refer to page 12 Route RF and digital cables away from the antenna terminals and wires T
29. programme currently being broadcast The receiver can search for and display the following programme types News Accounts of facts events and reportage Affairs Current affairs Info General information Sport Any aspect of sports Educate Educational material Drama Radio plays or serials Culture National or regional culture theatre etc Science Science and technology Varied Usually talk based material such as quiz shows or interviews Pop M Pop music Rock M Rock music M O R M Middle of the road music Light M Light classical music Classics Serious classical music Other M Other music not fitting any of the above categories Weather Weather reports forecasts and Meteological information Finance Stock market reports commerce trading etc Children Children s entertainment Social A Social affairs Religion Beliefs and faiths involving Gods the nature of existence and ethics Phone in Public expressing their views by phone Travel Holiday type travel rather than traffic announcements Leisure Leisure interests and hobbies Jazz Polyphonic syncopated music characterised by improvisation Country Country music Nation M Popular music a language other than English Oldies Popular music from the 50s Folk M Folk music Document Documentaries In addition there is a programme type ALARM used for exceptional emergency announcements You can t search for this but the tuner will switch automatically
30. that component for example CD the receiver will automatically change to the digital input setting You can see this in the DIGITAL ANALOG indicator on the front of the receiver Optical digital input setting 2 Sets the input component to be assigned to the OPT 2 optical input jack Initial setting is CD R Press A or V to select the optical digital input 2 DVD TV CD CD R VCR or OFF After you assign the component to the OPT 2 digital jack when you select that component for example CD R the receiver will automatically change to the digital input setting You can see this in the DIGITAL ANALOG indicator on the front of the receiver Setting the Volume Level of Each Channel Adjusting the Speaker Volume Balance Test tone is only output in Dolby Digital Dolby surround DTS modes Levels can be set for each surround mode Initial setting is O dB Since the SUB WOOFER transmits ultra low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is VSX 709RDS 1 Press RCV VSX 709RDS or RECEIVER VSX m 6 609RDS 600909 This switches the remote control to the surround setup mode 145 66 os 2 Press 00 00 9 00 00 3 Press MASTER VOLUME or to adjust the A volume to an appropriate level 4 Press TEST TONE to output the test tone The test tone is output in the following order E FL gt CT 9 FR EM CHEN E 4 6
31. the 3 digit preset code When you enter the preset code the remote control emits a power ON OFF signal If the component turns ON or OFF you have entered the proper code If the component does not tum ON or OFF and there is more than one preset code try inputting another code starting again from step 2 Some manufacturers use several sets of remote control signals and the first code may not correspond to your component Repeat steps 2 through 3 to recall preset codes for as many components as necessary 4 Press REMOTE SETUP to exit the preset mode The remote control returns to the previous operation mode When operating a Pioneer DVD LD player set the preset code to 111 in the preset mode TUNER cannot be preset En Preparations Leaming mode Programming signals from other remote controls VSX 709RDS only If preset codes are not available for your component s or the available preset codes do not operate correctly you can use this function to program in signals from the remote control s of your other component s This operation can also be used after recalling a preset code to program additional operations not covered in the preset codes O Press SETUP and hold for three seconds 0 0 9 2 The LED will blink twice koe 2 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the Gy component you want to control and then 2 558006 2 press 9 7 5 to select the Leamin
32. the EON indicator with a box around it lights but during actual reception of an EON linked broadcast the EON indicator will flash An empty box in the EON indicator spot means it is possible to pick up an EON linked broadcast but the receiver has not been set to do so this will only appear when RDS is switched on The EON mode is cancelled if you switch to AM reception while setting EON It starts once again when you return to FM reception Simultaneous requests for Traffic Information TA and News programmes is not possible You cannot operate the MEMORY and CHARACTER SEARCH buttons while the EON indicator lights Functions other than TUNER cannot be changed while the EON indicator flashes while receiving on EON linked broadcast If you want to change to a function other than TUNER press the EON MODE button and turn the EON mode off Making a Recording Making an Audio or a Video Recording The following steps show you how to make an audio or a video recording from the built in tuner or from an audio or a video source connected to the receiver such as a CD player or TV Recordings can be made to a CD Recorder cassette deck MD VCR or DVR deck connected to the CD R TAPE M D VCR or DVR in out connectors The receiver s volume balance tone bass treble loudness and surround effects Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Digital and DSP settings have no effect on the recorded signal VSX 709RDS 1 Press th
33. to this RDS broadcast signal 47 En En Using the Tuner Using the RDS display To display the different types of RDS information available RT PS and PTY as explained on the previous page press TUN TUNER on the remote control and use the DISPLAY button also marked ma a to cycle through the types of RDS information Each press changes the display as follows gt RT PS PTY Frequency This unit converts lower case characters transmitted by broadcast station to upper case characters Basics of EON EON Enhanced Other Network information EON is a function that allows you to set the receiver to switch to a frequency automatically when a programme featuring traffic information or news is being broadcast It cannot be used in areas that EON information is not transmitted and when FM broadcast stations do not transmit PTY data When the broadcast ends the tuner retums to the original frequency or function There are two types of EON you can set the tuner to 1 TA Traffic Announcement This mode will set the tuner to pick up traffic information when it is broadcast 2 NEWS This mode will set the tuner to pick up news when it is broadcast Setting EON allows automated reception of TA NEWS broadcasts When EON is turned on the receiver will automatically jump to those EON linked broadcasts Even if a receiver function other than the tuner is being used the receiver function will switch to the
34. you need to hook up four plugs a set of stereo ins and a set of stereo outs but for components that only play you only need to hook up one set of stereo plugs two plugs To use Digital sources features you must hook up your digital components to the digital inputs but it is also a good idea to hook up your digital components to analog audio jacks If you want to record to from digital components like an M D to from analog components you must hook up your digital equipment with these analog connections See p 9 10 for more on digital connections Only the VSX 709RDS has S video jacks and optical digital out jack The arrows indicate the direction of the audio signal VSX 709RDS KOJO aae gE WW e a S uron ANTENNA i i amp SPEAKERS SPEAKERS B Tm Ex RALA LLIN e Ju Ed n e Exc yr dp x IIE P S i R L o j CAUTION PANSA ERNST E t UTPUT 4 REC PLAY t L L R CD R CD player or Cassette deck or MD recorder f N m Audio cords Use audio cords not supplied to connect the audio components R 493 L Connect red plugs to R right and white plugs to L left Pd p Be sure to insert completely V Cassette deck placement Depending on where the cassette deck is placed noise may occur du
35. 07 MARK 607 MATSUI 607 639 640 642 644 647 648 M CM ICHAEL 634 M EDIATOR 607 Preset Code List for VSX 609RDS TELEVISION 3 4 Manufacture MEM OREX METZ MINERVA MULTITECH NECKERMANN NEI NIKKAI NOBLIKO OCEANIC OSAKI oso OSUME OTTO VERSAND PALLADIUM PANAMA PATHO CINEMA PAUSA PHILCO PHOENIX PHONOLA PROFEX PROTECH QUELLE R LINE RBM REDIFFUSION REX ROADSTARO SAISH SALORA SAM BERS SBR SCHAUB LORENZ SEG SEI SELECO SIAREM SINUDYNE SKANTIC SOLAVOX SONOKO SONOLOR SONTEC SOUNDWAVE STANDARD STERN SUSUMU SYSLINE TANDY TASHIKO TATUNG TEC TELEAVIA TELETECH TENSAI THORN TOMASHI TOWADA ULTRAVOX Code 644 631 631 653 644 649 607 631 607 642 605 607 641 646 648 649 631 632 642 641 646 648 641 648 607 631 632 642 638 646 642 644 632 642 632 607 642 644 607 642 644 646 649 607 631 632 642 645 653 607 653 632 642 631 646 641 644 646 639 644 646 631 632 642 643 649 607 634 642 642 646 632 640 649 631 642 632 649 632 639 640 649 643 631 607 644 631 635 607 607 641 644 631 641 607 631 641 648 634 607 648 642 636 644 640 641 607 631 642 645 648 618 642 632 642 649 Preset Code List for VSX 609RDS TELEVISION 4 4 Manufacture UNIVERSUM VESTEL VOXSON WALTHAM WATSON WATT RADIO WHITE WESTINGHOUSE YOKO PIONEER
36. 18 0032 0072 0157 0010 0036 0037 0191 0213 0217 0320 0554 0370 0418 0217 0264 0163 0213 0214 0226 0250 0650 0213 0216 0238 0320 0196 0198 0205 0009 0320 0032 0074 0076 0084 0213 0247 0012 0037 0043 0374 0554 0012 0037 0109 0163 0166 0287 0423 0679 0009 0076 0321 0009 0037 0102 0217 0247 0264 0418 0431 0012 0010 0037 0070 0074 0084 0200 0213 0306 0554 0036 0037 0070 0012 0037 0036 0037 0163 0206 0259 0264 0216 0009 0218 0264 0418 0012 0037 0043 0036 0076 0217 0264 0102 0213 0294 TELEVISION 5 6 Manufacture Saba Saccs Saisho Salora Sambers Samsung Sandra Sanyo Schneider Sei Sinudyne Seleco Sentra Sharp Shorai Siarem Siemens Silver Sinudyne Solavox Sonitron Sonoko Sonolor Sontec Sony Soundwave Standard Stern Sunkai Supertech Susumu Sysline Tandy Tashiko Tatung Tec Technema Technics Telefunken Telemeister Teletech Teleton Tensai Texet Thomson Thorn Tomashi Toshiba Triumph Uher Ultra Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS Code 0075 0109 0163 0196 0198 0205 0213 0287 0238 0009 0264 0431 0163 0076 0102 0213 0009 0037 0090 0217 0264 0290 0370 0216 0036 0072 0146 0157 0208 0213 0037 0218 0247 0303 0371 0010 0163 0206 0259 0035 0036 0093 0680 0294 0102 0213 0037 0157 0191 0195 0200 0213 0554 0036 0102 0213 02
37. 20 0020 0072 0278 0081 0020 0278 0072 0042 0166 0000 0081 0042 0041 0000 0081 0104 0240 0278 0038 0072 0041 0107 0320 0321 Additional Information VCR 2 4 Manufacture Fidelity Finlandia Finlux Firstline Fisher Frontech Funa GEC General GoldHand GoldStar Goodmans Graetz Granada Grandin Grundig HCM Hanseatic Hinar Hitachi Hypson ITT ITV Imperial Ingersol Interfunk Jvc Kaisui Kendo Kenwood Korpel Lenco Leyco Loewe Logik Luxor M Electronic Manesth Marantz Matsu M electronic M emorex M emphis Metz Code 0000 0081 0104 0000 0042 0081 0104 0037 0043 0045 0072 0209 0046 0047 0054 0104 0020 0000 0081 0020 0072 0037 0225 0000 0020 0037 0072 0278 0403 0005 0041 0104 0240 0046 0081 0104 0000 0037 0072 0003 0006 0007 0016 0072 0081 0195 0207 0226 0347 0349 0403 0072 0037 0004 0072 0240 0352 0000 0004 0041 0042 0166 0235 0240 0072 0005 0041 0046 0104 0106 0240 0384 0037 0278 0000 0004 0081 0008 0041 0067 0206 0207 0384 0486 0072 0106 0209 0041 0072 0278 0072 0004 0006 0037 0081 0004 0240 0043 0046 0048 0104 0106 0000 0045 0072 0003 0006 0081 0004 0036 0088 0209 0348 0352 0038 0000 0037 0046 0104 0072 0003 0006 0037 0162 0195 0227 0347 61 En En Additional Information VCR 3 4 Manufactu
38. 21 1369 1396 1421 1183 1288 1834 1863 1201 1853 1571 1189 1173 1189 1571 1183 1173 1397 1501 1502 1573 1455 1668 1220 1243 1288 1346 1108 1871 1592 1571 SATELLITE TUNER 2 3 Manufacture Code J ohansson 1332 Kathrein 1092 1123 1173 Kreiselmeyer Kyostar La Sat Lenco Lennox Lupus Luxor Manhattan Marantz Maspro Matsui MediaSat Mediamarkt Minerva Morgan s Navex Neuhaus Neusat Newhaus Nokia Nordmende Orbitech Oxford Pace Palladium Palsat Panda Philips Phonotrend Pioneer Planet Promax Prosat Quadral RFT Radiola Radix SAT SEG Saba Sabre Sagem Salora SatP artner Satcom Satec Satmaster Schwaiger Seemann Siemens Skymaster Sony Strong Sunstar TPS Tantec TechniSat 1200 1442 1504 1173 1421 1513 1520 1421 1592 1369 1108 1573 1455 1520 1592 1200 1092 1336 1344 1571 1853 1243 1571 1243 1513 1332 1501 1834 1220 1108 1397 1455 1573 1723 1873 1362 1501 1344 1067 1183 1241 1336 1455 1791 1847 1571 1501 1455 1133 1200 1292 1455 1571 1853 1288 1592 1329 1853 1871 1455 1288 1362 1519 1200 1220 1288 1200 1396 1882 1351 1461 1369 1421 1336 1520 1455 1820 1108 1332 1421 1502 1520 1346 1605 1183 1346 1183 1504 1396 1530 1173 1288 1519 1605 1278 1282 1872 1513 1820 1336 1455 1005 1501 SATELLITE TUNER 3 3 Manufacture Code Techn
39. 329 Each digit will be represented by a series of blinks on the remote control s LED 4 Press 1to check to see the left most digit In above example the LED blinks once to see that the code of the left most digit is 1 5 Press 2 In above example the LED blinks three times 6 Press 3 In above example the LED blinks twice 7 Press 4 to check to see the right most digit In above example the LED blinks nine times 27 En En Displays amp Controls Front Panel This illustration shows the VSX 709RDS model 2 1310 05 amp E VSX 709RDS OFF ON Main power button If the button is OFF KE the power of the receiver is shut off and the STANDBY ON button on the receiver or the remote control do not function Pressing the button again will turn the receiver ON m and the receiver enters the standby mode In the standby mode you can tum on the receiver using the STANDBY ON button on the receiver or the remote control STANDBY indicator Lights when the receiver is in standby mode note that the receiver consumes a small amount of power 1 W in standby mode STANDBY ON button Switches the receiver between on and standby note that the receiver consumes a small amount of power 1 W in standby mode TUNING SELECT button Switches between station memory and frequency select modes STATION
40. 43 Quasar 0029 Audiolab 1189 PVP Stereo Visual Revox 0157 Denon 0004 1104 1160 Matrix 1003 Rotel 0157 Ferguson 0531 Pioneer 1144 1533 Sansui 0202 Fine Arts 1189 STS 1156 Sanyo 0179 Fisher 0360 Salora 1382 Schneider 0134 Goodmans 0346 Satbox 1375 Sharp 0037 0861 Grundig 0189 1189 Scientific Atlanta 1008 1017 1277 Sherwood 0114 0196 Harman Kardon 0110 1 1443 0000 0490 Jvc 0074 0464 0531 Teleservice 1281 Technics 0029 0207 Kenwood 0027 0313 0314 Tudi 1286 Thorens 0157 0569 1027 1313 United Cable 1003 Universum 0157 1569 Videoway 1250 Yamaha 0036 0187 Marantz 0189 1089 1189 VisiCable 1481 Micromega 0189 1189 Westminster 1105 CASSETTE DECK Onkyo 0135 Wolsey Gene 1544 Optimus 1023 Zenith 1000 1525 Manufacture Code Palladium 0690 Aiwa 1197 1200 Panasonic 0309 0518 CD PLAYER 1 2 Akai 1188 1189 Philips 0189 0600 0642 Arcam 1076 1089 1189 Manufacture Code Denon 1076 1412 Phonotrend 0502 Aiwa 0124 Grundig 1029 Pioneer 0014 0080 0289 Akai 0108 0156 0199 Harman Kardon 1182 0531 0690 1023 Arcam 0157 Jvc 1244 1273 1274 Revox 0189 Audio Research 0157 Kenwood 1070 1071 1205 Roadstar 0346 AudioTon 0157 1233 1234 Saba 0531 Audiolab 0157 Marantz 1029 Saisho 0346 Audiomeca 0157 Memorex 1099 1101 Sansui 0346 Bestar 0164 Mitsubishi 1189 Sanyo 0360 California Audio Labs 0029 Onkyo 1135 1136 Schneider 0531 Condor 0134 0164 Panasonic 1229 Sharp 0186 Curtis M athes 0029 Philips 1029 Sherwood 0502 Cyrus 01
41. 5 Adjust speaker levels so that you hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position The channel level range is 10 dB i E 9 NO 6 Press TEST TONE to tum off the test tone The speaker volume balance can be adjusted without 4 6 outputting the test tone by pressing CH CHANNEL SELECT and CH CHANNEL LEVEL D Press CH CHANNEL SELECT to select the channel you want to adjust Press CH CHANNEL LEVEL or to adjust the volume 21 En Preparations Setting Up the Remote Control In addition to controlling the receiver the supplied remote control can operate your other components DVD MD VCR TV LD CD etc If your component s are listed in the Preset Code List on pages 58 to 65 simply recall the corresponding preset code Recalling preset codes VSX 709RDS The following steps show you how to recall preset codes for each MULTI CONTROL button Once the preset code is assigned pressing the button will automatically set the remote control to operate the respective component Refer to Preset Code List on pages 58 to 62 for the components and manufacturers EE available Refer to Controlling the Rest of Your System on pages 52 to 55 for detailed explana tions on how to operate your other components 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds to select the preset mode The LE
42. 57 Pioneer 1027 1099 1101 Sony 0158 1058 1158 Denon 0003 0034 0873 1220 1258 Dual 0196 Revox 1029 Technics 0208 0309 0518 Fisher 0179 Sharp 1205 1308 1309 1518 Grundig 0157 Sony 1170 0243 Telefunken 0531 Harman Kardon 0173 Technics 0229 Thorens 0189 1189 Jvc 0072 Thorens 0029 Uher 0346 0531 0690 Kenwood 0028 0190 0681 Yamaha 1205 Yamaha 0176 1059 Linn 0157 Marantz 0029 0038 0129 0157 Matsui 0157 MCS 0029 Additional Information SATELLITE TUNER 1 3 Manufacture Code ABsat 1123 AST 1351 Alba 1362 1421 1455 Aldes Amstrad Ankaro Anttron Armstrong Astra Astro Avalon Axis BT Beko Best Blaupunkt Boca Brain Wave British Sky Broadcasting Bush CNT Cambridge Canal Satellite Canal Channel M aster Commlink Connexions Crown Cyrus D box DDC DNT Echostar Emanon FTE Humax Ferguson Fidelity Finlux Fracarro Freecom Fuba G Sat Galaxis General Instrument Gold Box Gooding Goodmans Grundig Hinari Hirschmann Hitachi Houston Huth ITT InVideo Intervision JVC Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS 1613 1288 1080 1252 1345 1461 1501 1509 1220 1288 1369 1519 1183 1421 1243 1108 1173 1501 1520 1396 1369 1530 1668 1189 1369 1173 1243 0513 1332 1847 1067 1520 1344 1853 1853 1362 1288 1396 1243 1200 1723 1362 1200 1396 1396 1453 1871 1421 1863 1067 1183 1189 1336 1252 1108 1344 1397 1455 1871 14
43. 94 0032 0163 0208 0009 0037 0163 0208 0215 0037 0010 0036 0037 0418 0009 0217 0218 0163 0206 0259 0294 0321 0216 0218 0037 0072 0163 0217 0218 0036 0043 0217 0037 0072 0217 0217 0247 0320 0250 0650 0005 0074 0084 0101 0109 0213 0306 0320 0009 0036 0206 0217 0218 0294 0320 0216 0218 0109 0196 0198 0205 0287 0035 0037 0072 0074 0084 0190 0192 0282 0035 0036 0070 0243 0243 0206 0303 0320 0192 TELEVISION 6 6 Manufacture Ultravox Universum Vestel Videosat Videotechnic Vision Voxson Waltham Watson Watt Radio Wega White Westinghouse Yoko Zanussi VCR 1 4 Manufacture ASA Aiwa Aka Akiba Alba Ambassador Amstrad Anitech Asuka Baird Basic Line Blaupunkt Brandt Brandt Electronic Bush CGE Catron Cimline Clatronic Combitech Condor Crown Cyrus Daewoo Dansa De Graaf Decca Denon Dual Dumont ESC Elbe Elcatech Ferguson Code 0102 0037 0105 0264 0370 0037 0247 0217 0320 0163 0217 0037 0320 0102 0036 0037 0216 0320 0037 0217 0264 0431 0206 Code 0037 0081 0000 0307 0348 0352 0041 0053 0106 0315 0072 0020 0072 0209 0278 0315 0352 0020 0000 0278 0325 0332 0072 0037 0000 0041 0104 0107 0020 0072 0278 0003 0006 0016 0034 0154 0162 0195 0226 0227 0403 0187 0320 0321 0041 0072 0209 0278 0352 0000 0020 0072 0020 0352 00
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45. CENTER speaker distance setting mode Normally the front and center speakers are placed at different distances from the listening position This means that the sound from these speakers will not coincide To compensate for this set the center speaker distance setting Adjust the speaker distance in 0 3 m increments from 0 3 m to 9 0 m 7 Initial setting is 3 0 m e When is selected in Speakers setting mode the center distance cannot be set NE Press or v to set the distance of the CENTER LENI 3m 8 speaker from the main listening position up to 30 steps SURROUND speakers distance setting mode Adding the proper delay to the surround speakers is necessary to achieve a surround effect The surround Speakers are placed at various distances from the listening position So to compensate for this set the surround speakers distance setting Adjust the speaker distance 0 3 m increments from 0 3 m to 9 0 m nitial setting is 3 0 m e When S is selected in Speakers setting mode the surround distance cannot be set zt Press or v to set the distance of the SURR 3m 8 SURROUND speakers from the main listening position up to 30 steps En Dynamic range control setting mode Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in any given signal The dynamic range control helps you play back sounds so the quieter sounds are audible yet the
46. CHARACTER 9 0 0 TUNING EON STATION SELECT MODE FREQUENCY Using the Tuner An Introduction to RDS amp EON Radio Data System or RDS as it s usually known is a system used by FM radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of information the name of the station and the kind of show they re broadcasting for example This information shows up as text on the display and you can switch between the kind of information shown Although you don t get RDS information from all FM radio stations you do with most Probably the best feature of RDS is that you can search automatically by type of programme So if you felt like listening to jazz you could search for a station that s broadcasting a show with the programme type AZZ There are around 30 such programme types including various genres of music news sport talk shows financial information and so on The receiver lets you display three different kinds of RDS information Radio Text Programme Service Name and Programme Type Radio Text RT is messages sent by the radio station These can be anything the broadcaster chooses a talk radio station might give out it telephone number as RT for example Programme Service Name PS is the name of the radio station Programme Type PTY indicates the kind of
47. D will blink twice To cancel the preset mode Press SETUP 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want to control Each button can be set to control one of the following components DVD LD player or DVD Recorder TV Satellite tuner or Cable TV tuner CD player CD R Tape deck or MD recorder CD player CD R Tape deck or MD recorder VCR or DVR DVD Recorder TV Satellite tuner or Cable TV tuner FM AM tuner 3 Use the number buttons to enter the 4 digit preset code The LED will blink after each digit is input and will blink twice to confirm a valid code has been input If the LED shows one long blink it means an invalid code has been input Check the preset code list and try again If you are not able to input a preset code you can refer to page 24 to teach the remote control individual commands Repeat steps 1 through 3 to recall preset codes for as many components as necessary 4 Press SETUP to exit the preset mode The remote control returns to the previous operation mode It will also return to the previous mode after ten seconds of inactivity o000000 The RCV Receiver button cannot be preset lt You can only input a code for the component type written on each MULTI CONTROL button See page 27 for information on how to program a different type of component than speci fied on the button f you recall a preset code for the tuner TUN MULTI CON TROL you
48. DVR Lv FM ANTENNA EM Connect the FM wire CROAO E antenna and fully extend vertically along a window frame etc To improve AM reception Connect a 5 6 meter length of vinyl coated wire to the AM antenna terminal without disconnecting the supplied AM loop antenna For the best possible reception suspend horizontally outdoors Outdoor antenna Indoor antenna ANTENNA Vinyl coated wire m Speaker terminals D Twist exposed wire strands together 10mm 2 Loosen speaker terminal and insert exposed wire Tighten terminal C VSX 709RDS only 5 Use good quality speaker wire to connect the speakers to the receiver Twist around 10 mm of bare wire strands together the speaker terminal and insert the wire Snap shut the speaker termi nal to secure Speakers A full complement of six speakers is shown here but naturally everyone s home setup will vary Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner described below The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers called front speakers in the diagram but it is recommended to be used with at least three speakers Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the R right terminal and the speaker on the left to the L left terminal Also make sure the positive and negative terminals on the receiver matc
49. Do not place the unit a piece of furniture etc on the power cord or pinch the cord Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cords The power cords should be routed such that they are not likely to be stepped on A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electrical shock Check the power cord once in a while When you find it damaged ask your nearest PIONEER autho rized service center or your dealer for a re placement Maintenance of External Surfaces WARNING TOPREVENTFIREORSHOCKHAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC EMC Directives 89 336 EEC 92 31 EEC and CE Marking Directive 93 68 EEC THE POWER SWITCH IS SECONDARY CONNECTED AND THEREFORE DOES NOT SEPARATE THE UNIT FROM MAINS POWER IN STANDBY POSITION Use a polishing cloth or dry cloth to wipe off dust and dirt When the surfaces are dirty wipe with a soft cloth dipped in some neutral cleanser diluted five or six times with water and wrung out well and then wipe again with a dry cloth Do not use fumiture wax or cleansers Never use thinners benzine insecticide sprays or other chemicals on or near this unit since these will corrode the surfaces Table of Contents pz tM EE 4 Introductory Information escort te Checking the Supplied Accessories sssseme n Using this M anual
50. ECT to DIGITAL or ANALOG according to the type of connections made refer to page 36 Setthe digital input settings correctly refer to pages 19 20 No sound is output or a noise is output when software with DTS is played back SIGNAL SELECT is set to ANALOG A DVD player not compatible with DTS is used or the setting of DVD player is incorrect The digital output level is adjusted on a CD player or other components equipped with digital output level adjustment capability The DTS signal has been altered by the player and cannot be read Make digital connections refer to page 9 and set SIGNAL SELECT to DIGITAL refer to page 36 Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the DVD player Set the digital volume level of the player to full or to the neutral position When a search is performed by a DTS compatible CD player during playback noise is output The search function performed by the player slightly alters the digital information making it unreadable This is not a malfunction but be sure to turn the volume down to prevent the output of loud noise from your speakers Cannot be remote con trolled The remote control batteries have worn out Too far away or bad angle of operation There is an obstacle between the receiver and the remote control Strong light such as fluorescent light is shining onto the unit s remote con trol sensor Replace the batt
51. IMMER button Use to make the fluorescent display FL dimmer or brighter There are three brightness settings as well as an off setting SETUP button see p 22 24 Use this button when setting up the remote control to control other components MUTING button Use to mute the sound or restore the sound if it has been muted MENU button Use to access different menus associated with your DVD player CHANNEL buttons Use to change channels on your TV 31 En 32 En Displays amp Controls Remote Control VSX 609RDS Pioneer 12 IULTI CONTROL Cy C Wi Em mum ds KE L TEST SIGNAL C C7 a I 5 Ea S Oe C E IRE ALT i T m B Ha CO CO el E simmer cae D MULTI CONTROL buttons Use to put the receiver remote control in the stated mode For other equipment controls see Controlling the Rest of Your System on pages 52 55 2 RECEIVER button see page 15 Use this button when setting up the surround sound for the receiver 9 Number Mode buttons see pages 22 43 Use the number buttons to select the radio frequency in tuner Direct access mode or the tracks in CD DVD mode etc Also buttons marked with the following names have special functions If you try to use one of these functions but the display flashes it means that function cannot be used in the current mode for example DSP modes
52. Pioneer AUDIO VIDEO MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX 709RDS VSX 609RDS Operating Instructions En IMPORTANT 1 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL A The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance IMPORTANT 2 FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code The cut off plug should be disposed of and must not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can result in electric shock The plug or adaptor or the distribution panel should be provided with 5 amp fuse As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a thr
53. Use to specify the peak level for the LFE channel and the crossover network for rerouted bass frequencies Low cut filter ON OFF setting mode page 18 Use to cut the distorted sound from the sub woofer FRONT speakers distance setting mode page 18 Use to specify the distance from your listening position to your front speaker 2 CENTER speaker distance setting mode page 18 Use to specify the distance from your listening position to your center speaker SURROUND speakers distance setting mode page 18 Use to specify the distance from your listening position to your surround speakers Dynamic range control setting mode page 19 ENTER Use to compress the dynamic range of the soundtrack 5 Dual mono setting mode page 19 QD Use with Dolby Digital software that has dual mono encoding if you 29 want to isolate one channel or listen in this specialized mono mode 5 Coaxial digital input setting page 19 1 an un t5 fes Use to specify the input to be assigned to the coaxial digital input nee n Optical digital input setting page 20 Use to specify the input to be assigned to the optical digital input Press ENTER to exit v thesetting mode 4 Press or v to select the setting you want The setting mode is Th ttina i tered a t ticall automatically exited if e setting is entered automatically no operation is per formed within 20sec 5 Repeat steps and 4 to set
54. al recording from this receiver hook up this optical output to the optical input on the digital component you want to record into The source component like MD CD DVD etc must be digital also of course M ake sure the analog digital switch is set to digital see p 36 The recording procedure is the same as described above except you don t need to set the recording levels 51 En 52 En Controlling the Rest of Your System CD MD CD R VCR LD Player Controls This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands VSX 709RDS only see p 22 24 Use MULTI CONTROL buttons to put the remote control in the stated mode VSX 709RDS SOURCE Press to switch the CD MD CD R VCR or LD player between STANDBY and ON 2 aa Press to return to the start of the current track Repeated presses skips to the start of previous tracks When controlling a VCR use this button to go back channels channel gt gt Press to advance to the start of the next track Repeated presses Skips to the start of following tracks When controlling a VCR use this button to go forward channels channel Press to pause playback 5 gt gt Hold down for fast forward playback 6 4 Hold down for fast reverse playback 7 gt Press to start playback Press to stop playback on some model
55. annot be learned but in most cases the remotes just need to be moved closer together or farther apart En Clearing One of the Remote Control Settings VSX 709RDS This method clears one of the buttons you have programmed and restores the factory installed preset to that button 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds The LED will blink twice 2 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button relating to 3 O10 A me 3 eee the button to be cleared lece 3 Press 9 7 6 4 Press the button to be cleared 5 Press the button to be cleared once more The LED blinks twice to indicate the button has been cleared Clearing All the Remote Control Settings VSX 709RDS Clears all presets all learnt functions and restores the factory presets 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds The LED will blink twice 2 Press any MULTI CONTROL button 3 Press 9 8 1 The LED blinks in sets of twos twice thus four times to indicate the button has been cleared VSX 609RDS Clears all presets and restores factory default settings Press and hold REMOTE SETUP and O at the same time for more 3 seconds The LED display at the top of the remote control will blink After blinking three times all the settings will be canceled 26 En Preparations Direct Function The Direct function is a useful feature which allows you to keep the receiver in one function for e
56. as shown below There is one digital out jack VSX 709RDS only If you connect this to the optical input on a digital recorder currently these include MD DAT and CD R you can make direct digital recordings with this receiver ANTENNA I coax OPT 5 ery DIGITAL IN DVR DAS s 1 speakers SPEAKER MONITOR iure OT our our WR L le So SURROUND FRONT v O amp 3 CETT ay vers R A L A 5 e A e s o z e S w 993094 EEE 99 99 8 i CENTER iw AP DvD SICH CAUTION SPEAKER IMPEDANCE ATTENTIQ IMPEDANCE DE HAUT PARLEURS Rb 80 16 0 SPEAKER 8 16 Q HAUT PARLEUR only t DIGITAL t DIGITAL OUT 4 IGITAL DIGITAL t OUT COAX OPT IN OUT CD R CD player DVD player or MD recorder or DAT f N m Digital audio cords Optical cables Commercially available digital audio coaxial cords standard video cords can also be used or optical cables not supplied are used to connect digital components to this receiver When you use optical digital input or output terminals pull off the caps and insert the plugs Be sure to insert completely Digital audio cord Optical cable or standard video cord A p
57. ator This lights when an analog signal is too strong the SIGNAL SELECT needs to be on ANALOG It indicates the sound is distorting and the signal should be reduced 05 ATT indicator Lights when ATT is used to attenuate reduce the level of the input signal can only be used in ANALOG mode LOUDNESS indicator Lights when the LOUDNESS used to boost the bass and treble in quiet listening is on 2 SP gt AB Speakers indicator Shows if the speaker system is on or not SP gt A and or B means speakers are switched on SP means speakers are switched off Master volume level display Shows the overall volume level Volume level is maintained even when the power is off dB indicates the minimum level and 0 dB indicates the maximum level Depending on the level settings you make for individual channels the MAX level can range between 10 dB and 0 dB Sound Modes Leaming About the Sound Modes The sound modes are explained here There are two cinema modes STANDARD and ADVANCED THEATER These are designed to be used with multi channel surround sound audio visual sources like DVDs and LDs Intrinsic to home theater these modes can deliver realistic and powerful surround sound that recreates the movie theater experience You may need to experiment with them to see which settings suit your home system and personal tastes The DSP and STEREO modes are designed to be used with music sources but some DSP modes are
58. cannot be used when 5 1 CH setting is on see pages 38 39 Use to put receiver in Dolby Digital Dolby Surround and DTS modes To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button DSP MODE see pages 39 Use to put receiver in one of the DSP modes To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button MIDNIGHT see page 41 Use to put receiver in M idnight mode To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button 5 1CH see page 40 When the DVD LD or DVD 5 1 CH function is selected each press switches the DVD LD input between DVD LD and DVD 5 1 CH To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button CHANNEL SELECT see page 21 Use to select a speaker when setting up the surround sound of the receiver To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button TEST TONE see page 21 Use to sound the TEST TONE when setting up the surround sound of the receiver To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button ATT Use to attenunate lower the level of an analog input signal and prevent distortion refer to p 34 19 To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button CHANNEL LEVEL see page 21 Use to set up the levels of the surround sound of the receiver To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button SIGNAL SELECT see page 36 Use to select the proper signal analog digital for
59. ding En En Controlling the Rest of Your System DVD Player DVR Controls This remote control can control this component after entering the proper codes or teaching the re ceiver the commands VSX 709RDS only see p 22 24 Use MULTI CONTROL buttons to put the remote control in the stated mode VSX 709RDS VSX 609RDS SOURCE Press to switch the DVD player DVR between STANDBY and ON 2 19 Press to return to start of the current chapter track Repeated presses skips to the start of previous tracks When controlling a DVR use this button to go back channels channel 3 gt gt Press to advance to the start of the next chapter track Repeated presses skips to the start of following tracks When controlling a DVR use this button to go forward channels channel au Press to pause playback on some models this will freeze frame the picture 5 Number buttons Use the number buttons to navigate the on screen display The 10 button is used to select tracks higher than 10 gt gt Hold down for fast forward playback D 4 Hold down for fast reverse playback 8 gt Press to start playback on some models pressing this when the disc tray is empty will cause the disc tray to open 9 Press to stop playback on some models pressing this when the disc is already stopped will cause the disc tray to open MENU
60. e 15 Use this button when setting up the surround sound for the receiver Number Mode buttons see pages 22 43 Use the number buttons to select the radio frequency in tuner Direct access mode or the tracks in CD DVD mode etc Also buttons marked with the following names have special functions If you try to use one of these functions but the display flashes it means that function cannot be used in the current mode for example DSP modes cannot be used when 5 1 CH setting is on MIDNIGHT see page 41 Use to put receiver in M idnight mode To use first press the RCV button then operate this button 5 1CH see page 40 When the DVD LD or DVD 5 1 CH function is selected each press switches the DVD LD input between DVD LD and DVD 5 1 CH To use first press the RCV button then operate this button ATT Use to attenunate lower the level of an analog input signal and prevent distortion refer to p 34 19 To use first press the RCV button then operate this button SIGNAL SELECT see page 36 Use to select the proper signal analog digital for the source you are inputting To use first press the RCV button then operate this button EFFECT buttons Use to adjust the amount of effect in different DSP sound modes or advanced listening modes To use first press the RCV button then operate this button TV CONTROL buttons The following five sets of buttons are dedicated TV controls TV VOL buttons Use to adj
61. e FUNCTION button to select a source to record you can also use the MULTI CONTROL buttons if the Direct function is on All functions except M ONITOR are accessible from the remote control On the receiver select the source directly using the front panel buttons 2 Prepare the program source Tune to the radio station load the CD etc For a video recording load the video DVD etc 3 Insert a blank tape MD video etc into the VSX 609RDS recording device connected to either CD R iee MD TAPE or VCR DVR and set the recording EE is levels CD Refer to the instructions that came with the recorder if you are unsure how to do this Most video recorders set the audio recording level automatically check your video s instruction manual if you are unsure whether yours has manual controls 1 4 Start recording then start playback of the source component ze mn RE i o 30202020202 0999 Record MONITOR You can listen to monitor the recording as it s being made using the MONITOR button on the the front panel a cassette deck would have to have a record monitor function Press the MONITOR button to switch between the recorded signal and the original source signal Making a digital recording VSX 709RDS only The VSX 709RDS has one digital output jack If you want to make a digit
62. ee pin plug NOTE After replacing or changing a fuse the fuse cover in the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which corre sponds to the colour of the insert in the base of the plug orthe word that is embossed on the base of the plug and the appliance must not be used without a fuse cover If lost replacement fuse covers can be obtained from your dealer fitted Blue Neutral terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black Brown Live The wire which is coloured brown must be connected If the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured outlets the plug must be cut off and a suitable plug red Only 5A fuses approved by 5 1 or A S T A to B S 1362 should be used Thank you for buying this Pioneer product Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model prop erly After you have finished reading the instruc tions putthem away in a safe place for future ref erence In some countries or regions the shape of the power plug and power outlet may sometimes dif fer from that shown in the explanatory drawings However the method of connecting and operat ing the unit is the same Power cord CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock
63. eiver be sure to press the main power button on the front panel to tum the power ON Playing Sources with Dolby Digital or DTS Sound VSX 709RDS 1 Tum on the power of the playback component 2 Press RECEIVER o to tum on the power of the receiver Be sure that the standby indicator turns off on the front panel 8 3 Press a MULTI CONTROL button or the FUNCTION button to select the source you want to playback If the Direct function is OFF you have to use the FUNCTION button to select the source see p 26 4 Press RCV VSX 709RDS or RECEIVER VSX 609RDS This set the remote control to select the sound mode 5 Press SIGNAL SELECT to select DIGITAL Refer to Switching ANALOG DIGITAL Signal Input on page 36 6 Press to switch the Dolby Digital DTS 2 mode 7 Start playback of the component you selected in step 1 8 Press MASTER VOLUME to adjust the 355 S 8 volume level e When an LD CD player compatible with DTS is played back with SIGNAL SELECT 2 3 8 6 5 set in ANALOG digital noise is output caused by playing backthe DTS directly no decoding To prevent noise you need to DSP MODE SELECT A make digital connections Refer to page 9 and set SIGNAL SELECT to DIGITAL Memo When p
64. ent If you have a multiple speaker arrangement the placement of the speakers is extremely important To achieve the best possible surround sound install your speakers as shown below Make sure all speakers are installed securely to prevent accidents and improve sound quality Be sure to consult your speaker manuals for the best placement of the speakers Some speakers are designed to be floor standing but others benefit greatly from speaker stands which raise them off the floor Install the left and right front speakers at equal distances from the TV When installing speakers near the TV we recommend using magnetically shielded speakers to prevent possible interference such as distortion in the color of the TV screen If you do not have magnetically shielded speakers and notice discoloration of the TV screen place the speakers farther away from the TV Install the center speaker above or below the TV so that the sound of the center channel is localized at the TV screen CAUTION When installing the center speaker on top of the TV be sure to secure it with tape or some other suitable means Otherwise the speaker may fall from the TV due to external shocks such as earthquakes and it may endanger those nearby or damage the speaker If possible install the surround speakers slightly above ear level It may be difficult to obtain a cohesive surround effect if the surround speakers are installed farther away from the
65. er button 3 at the same time an 2 2 To tum the the Direct function ON if you have turned it off press REMOTE SETUP and number button 2 at the same time TV CONT doesn t have this feature and thus can t use the Direct cw function Preparations Programming a Different Component into a MULTI CONTROL Button VSX 709RDS This feature changes a selected MULTI CONTROL button to a different component For example if you don t have a second TV but you do have a second VCR you could reassign the TV MULTI CONTROL to VCR so that VCR control buttons are available when you select TV 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds The LED will blink twice 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button which you want to change For the example above press VCR 3 Press 9 9 2 4 Press the MULTI CONTROL button which you want to be duplicated In the above example press TV The LED will blinks twice The TV button will not now make the remote function as a VCR controller Remember to assign the correct preset code for your equipment The default is Pioneer equipment Checking Preset Code VSX 709RDS To check which preset code is associated with a MULTI CONTROL button 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds The LED on the remote control will blink twice 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button you want to check the preset code for 3 Press 9 9 Each preset code consists of four digits for example 1
66. eries refer to page 6 Operate within 7 m 30 of the remote sensor on the front panel refer to page 6 Remove the obstacle or operate from another position Avoid exposing the remote sensor on the front panel to direct light The display is dark or off The FL DIMMER button is pushed Press FL DIMMER on the remote control repeatedly to return to the default If the unit does not operate normally due to extemal effects such as static electricity Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to return to normal operating conditions Additional Information Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS En Preset Code List for VSX 709RDS CABLE TV CD PLAYER 2 2 LASERDISC PLAYER Manufacture Code Manufacture Code Manufacture Code ABC 1014 1017 Memorex 0164 Cyrus 0388 Andover 1544 Meridian 0157 Marantz 0064 0194 Birgmingham Cable Micromega 0157 Philips 0064 0194 0388 Communications 1276 Mitsubishi 0108 0156 Pioneer 0059 British Telecom 1003 1105 NAD 0000 Radiola 0388 Cabletime 1161 1271 1377 Naim 0157 Salora 0064 1448 Onkyo 0101 0102 0868 Sony 0193 0201 Clyde 1086 Orion 1044 Telefunken 0059 Cryptovision 1600 Panasonic 0029 Decsat 1423 PMG 0164 TUNER Filmnet 1443 Philips 0157 0626 France Telecom 1451 Pioneer 0032 0192 0244 Manufacture Code GEC 1086 0468 1062 CD R Aiwa 0121 0405 1405 Grundig 1529 Poppy 0164 Akai 0115 0346 J errold 1003 1014 1276 Quad 0157 Arcam 0189 0642 M Net 1019 14
67. fer is used or not Also when used you have the option to use the PLUS setting Initial setting is ON Setting the front speaker size to Small in the Speakers setting mode automatically locks the sub woofer in the ON position Usethe PLUS for extra bass When you use PLUS you will getthe bass sounds from the sub woofer even if the front speakers are set to Large Press or v to select sub woofer ON PLUS or OFF Crossover frequency setting mode Crossover frequency is the point where the receiver divides the high and low sounds the frequencies between the speakers Since most smaller speakers can t handle deep bass tones this setting allows you to send those sounds to the sub woofer or speakers set to Large if you don t have a sub woofer instead of the speakers set to Small in your system Choose the point at which you want the frequency routed to the sub woofer or Large speakers We recommend setting this to 200 Hz if smaller bookshelf type speakers are used for your Small speakers e Initial setting is 100 Hz If all speakers front center and surround are set to Large in Speakers setting mode crossover frequency cannot be set because there are no Small speakers ap pears in the display Press or v to specify the crossover frequency for your small speakers 100 Hz 150 Hz or 200 Hz 100Hz 9 150Hz 100 Hz Sends bass frequencies below 100 H
68. g setup C G5 mode The remote control is ready to leam new commands from other remote controls xx The LED flashes rapidly To cancel Leaming setup mode e e Press SETUP button After ten seconds if no commands are entered the remote control will revert to its previous mode Press the button to be programmed for example the gt play button UJ 4 Point the remote controls at each other about 2 5 cm apart and press the button on the DT L5 other remote control for the operation you want to program The highlighted buttons D Point the remote controls toward each other can leam new functions 2 Press the button on the other remote control corresponding to the operation you wish to program The LED on this receiver s remote will go out and then blink twice when the operation is learned Press the teaching button repeatedly varing the distances between the remote until you see this receiver s remote blink twice indicating the operation has been learned 9 999090 O 966 6 090 1 2200000902 To program additional operations for the current component Repeat steps 3 and 4 To program operations for another component Repeat steps 2 through 4 5 Press SETUP to exit the Learning setup mode After ten seconds of inactivity the remote control will automatically leave the Leaming mode and revert to its previous mode Some commands from other remote controls c
69. h those on the speakers Connecting Your Equipment The receiver has two speaker systems A amp B A is the main system supporting the full complement of surround sound speakers If you switch on both A amp B speaker systems only the front speakers and the sub woofer will be audible No sound will come from the center or surround speakers but multi channel sources will be down mixed to the active speakers so no sound will be lost Similarly if you choose just the B system you ll only hear the speakers connected to the B system and multi channel sources will be down mixed to these two speakers Please use speakers rated between 8 16 Q Front Speakers A Center Speaker Surround Speakers o e o e A A o o o o o VSX 709RDS E x e 2 Diam Eus arl 5 l FH Sates QW Ip Le IN i i 9 Tere E CAUTION MERE Eus 4 oy i Be sure to complete all i other connections before i connecting this unit to the i AC power source INPUT 4 When using the speaker on your TV as the center speaker connect the CENTER PREOUT jack on this unit to the audio input jack on your TV In this case the center speaker shown is unnecessary En En Connecting Your Equipment Speaker placem
70. han STANDARD mode SURROUND DSP modes The DSP Digital Signal Processing modes allow you to transform your living room into a variety of different sonic environments when playing standard two channel stereo sources Dolby Surround sources and Dolby Digital sources If you try to add this effect to functions which cannot use it SP off flashes in the display HALL 1 Simulates the acoustic environment of a large concert hall of wooden construction Complex delay of reflected sounds coupled with reverberation effects create a dynamic and beautiful sound characteristic of an orchestra performing in a concert hall making it suitable for classical music HALL 2 Simulates the acoustic environment of a concert hall with stone walls The rich reverberations and natural fullness of the sound create the auditory impression of being in a concert hall making it suitable for classical music J AZZ Simulates the acoustic environment of a jazz club Less delay on the reflected sounds emphasizes the sensation of hearing a live band DANCE Simulates the acoustic environment and strong bass sound of a nightclub with a square dance floor A short delay on the reflected sounds emphasizes the raw power of the dance music THEATER 1 Adjusts the delay of the reflected sound to simulate the acoustic environment of a medium sized movie theater THEATER 2 Simulates the acoust
71. he FM antenna is not fully extended or is poorly positioned Weak radio signals AM broadcasts Fully extend the FM wire antenna po sition for best reception and secure to a wall Connect an outdoor FM antenna refer to page 12 The AM antenna positioned Weak radio signals is poorly nterference cause by other equipment fluorescent lamp motor etc Adjust the direction and position for best reception Connect an additional internal or external AM antenna refer to page 12 Turn off the equipment causing the noise or move it away from the receiver Place the antenna farther away from the equipment causing the noise Additional Information Symptom Broadcast stations cannot be selected automatically Cause Weak radio signal Remedy Connect an outdoor antenna refer to page 12 No sound from surround or center speakers Speaker settings are incorrect The rear and or center levels are turned down The surround and or center speakers are disconnected Refer to Speakers setting mode on page 16 to check the speaker set tings Refer to Setting the Volume Level of Each Channel on page 21 to check the speaker levels Connect the speakers refer to page 13 Sound is produced from other components but not from LD or DVD player SIGNAL SELECT is set incorrectly The digital inputs are assigned incorrectly or not at all Set SIGNAL SEL
72. he loudness This feature is useful for getting good bass and treble sounds listening at low volumes 5 FUNCTION button Use to select the playback or recording source This button lets you cycle through the different functions of the receiver in the following order CD tuner FM AM AUX CD R TAPE M D VCR DVR DVD LD VIDEO and TV SAT CH LEVEL buttons Use to adjust the output level of the selected channel s 17 LED display This display flashes when a command is sent from the remote control to the receiver It also flashes at other times for example when teaching the receiver preset codes RECEIVER button This switches the receiver between STANDBY mode and power ON DISC button Only used when controlling other components MASTER VOLUME buttons Use to set the overall listening volume e button Use to record with other components gt gt button CLASS Use to fast forward search on CDs etc Also usethe CLASS feature to switch between the three banks classes of station memories gt gt button RF ATT Use to skip forward tracks on CD players etc Also use to lower the input level of a radio signal Displays amp Controls lt lt button DISPLAY Use to skip backward tracks on CD players etc Also use to display the RDS information TEST TONE Use to sound the TEST TONE when setting up the surround sound of the receiver To use first press the RCV button then operate this button 69 FL D
73. he mono mode is set using the MPX button TUNED Lights when a broadcast is being received STEREO Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is being received in Auto stereo mode EON indicator The box around EON indicator lights to inform you that the currently tuned station carries the EON data service When the EON mode is set the EON indicator lights but during actual reception of an EON broadcast the EON indicator will flash An empty box in the EON indicator spot means it is possible to pick up an EON broadcast but the receiver has not been set to do so this will only appear when RDS is switched on 9 RDS indicator Lights when an RDS broadcast is received RF ATT indicator Lights when the RF ATT is on see p 42 17 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Light to indicate the type of input signal assigned for the current component see Front Panel 7 SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG Lights when an analog signal is selected DIGITAL Lights when a digital audio signal is selected DIGITAL Lights when a Dolby Digital signal is played DTS Lights when a source with DTS audio signals is played 2 DIGITAL indicator When the 5 mode of the receiver is on this lights to indicate playback of a Dolby Digital signal However PRO LOGIC lights during 2 channel playback of Dolby Digital 3 Character display Shows the radio frequency or function DVD LD CD etc receiver is using e Overload indic
74. ic environment of a theater while maintaining proper localization of each channel 35 En En Sound Modes Switching ANALOG DIGITAL Signal Input When you select a function for example CD that is only hooked up by a digital connection then the ANALOG DIGITAL signal input switch will automatically choose digital If you have that function hooked up by both digital and analog connections this switch lets you choose which to listen to Vex 1 Press RCV VSX 709RDS or RECEIVER VSX 609RDS This switches the remote control to the surround setup mode 2 Press SIGNAL SELECT to select the input signal corresponding to the source component Each press switches between ANALOG and DIGITAL signal selection 3 While SIGNAL SELECT is set to DIGITAL DIGITAL lights when a Dolby Digital signal is input DTS lights when a DTS signal is input Each press switches between ANALOG and DIGITAL signal selection SIGNAL SELECT d i ANALOG When a Dolby Digital signal is input SIGNAL SELECT DIGITAL When a DTS signal is input SIGNAL SELECT z nm N SIGNAL SELECT 2 e000 L o o S322 en e SIGNAL SELECT is fixed in ANALOG position for components not assigned to one of the two digital input jacks This receiver can only play back Dolby D
75. igital PCM 32kHz 44kHz and 48kHz DTS digital signal formats With digital signal formats other than these set SIGNAL SELECT to ANALOG When an LD or CD player compatible with DTS is played back with SIGNAL SELECT set in ANALOG digital noise is output caused by playing back the DTS directly no decoding To prevent noise you need to make digital connections Refer to page 9 and set SIGNAL SELECT to DIGITAL Some DVD players don t output DTS signals For more details refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player Before operating the receiver be sure to press the main power button on the front panel to tum the power ON Playing a Source VSX 709RDS 2 1 Tum on the power of the playback component C 3 O O 2 Press RECEIVER o to turn on the power of the eS receiver 4 S Be sure that the standby indicator turns off on the front panel D Ge 3 Press a MULTI CONTROL button or the FUNCTION button to select the source you want to playback If the Direct function is OFF you have to use the FUNCTION button to select the source see p 26 NO Jb i DENS 4 If necessary press SIGNAL SELECT to select the input signal corresponding to the source component as above 5 Start playback of the component you selected in step 1 En Sound Modes Before operating the rec
76. iland 1346 Telefunken 1421 Teleka 1243 1613 Telesat 1605 Thomson 1455 1853 Tonna 1346 1668 Triad 1351 Triasat 1501 Unitor 1332 Universum 1173 1571 Ventana 1200 Vortec 1421 W inersat 1332 Wisi 1173 1351 1396 1455 XSat 1123 1889 Xcom M ultimedia Zehnder TELEVISION 1 6 Manufacture Acura Admiral Adyson Akai Akura Alaron Alba Allorgan Amplivision Amstrad Anitech Arcam Asberg Asuka Atlantic Audiosonic Autovox BPL BSR BTC Bang amp Olufsen Basic Line Baur Beko Beon Binatone Blaupunkt Blue Sky Blue Star Bondstec Boots Brandt Britannia Bush CGE CS Electronics CTC 1889 1419 1520 1552 Code 0009 0163 0213 0032 0217 0208 0218 0264 0216 0009 0036 0037 0218 0371 0294 0217 0009 0037 0371 0009 0068 0076 0216 0217 0076 0218 0206 0037 0109 0076 0206 0282 0294 0218 0565 0009 0218 0010 0037 0554 0370 0037 0217 0191 0195 0200 0213 0554 0218 0282 0247 0217 0109 0196 0198 0205 0216 0009 0036 0037 0218 0282 0294 0371 0374 0074 0076 0084 0247 0306 0216 0247 59 En En Additional Information TELEVISION 2 6 Manufacture Carrefour Cascade Cathay Centurion Century Cimline Clarivox Clatronic Condor Contec Continental Edison Crosley Crown Crystal Cybertron Daewoo Dainichi Dansai Dayton De Graaf Decca Dixi Dual Tec Dumont Elbe Elin Elite Elta Emerson Erre
77. inking VSX 609RDS Remote control V9X 709RD5 Installing the Receiver Please note Do not place objects directly on top of this unit This would prevent proper heat dispersal When installing in a rack shelf etc be sure to leave morethan 20 cm of space above the receiver 20 cm Receiver I L 1 When Making Cable Connections Be careful not to arrange cables in a manner that bends the cables over the top of this unit as shown in the illustration If the cables are brought over this unit the magnetic field produced by the transformers in this unit may cause a humming noise to come from the speakers En En Introductory Information Preparing the Remote Control Loading the batteries VSX 609RDS Dry cell batteries CAUTION size IEC R6P x 2 UTION Incorrect use of batteries may result in such p EN hazards as leakage and bursting Observe the following precautions SX LE Neveruse new and old batteries together Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case Batteries with the same shape may have different voltages Do not use different batteries together VSX 709RDS Dry cell batteries AA size IEC LR6 x 2 Operating range of remote control The remote control may not work properly if e There are
78. ized radio frequencies Also use to skip tracks backward or forward on CDs DVDs etc Also use to display the RDS information DISPLAY and use to lower the input level of a radio signal RF ATT MUTING button Use to mute the sound or restore the sound if it has been muted MASTER VOLUME Y buttons Use to set the overall listening volume REMOTE SETUP button see page 23 Use this button when setting up the remote control to control other components En Displays amp Controls T 1 ii T 9 10 dts ELI LOGIC DsP EITIxS Mey TUNED 00 DIGITAL e ATT F LOUDNESS SP AB STEREO RDS fe s RF ATT SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG DIGITAL D D D 0 D 1 l i I m lt Lans DTS indicator Lights when DTS mode is being used Q PRO LOGIC indicator When the Dolby DTS mode of the receiver is on this lights to indicate playback of a two channel source DSP indicator Lights when any Advanced Theater or DSP mode is selected MIDNIGHT indicator Lights when Midnight listening mode is in use 5 DIRECT indicator Lights when Direct playback is ON This function bypasses all tone balance DSP and Dolby Surround effects 6 MONITOR indicator Lights when MONITOR is selected to hear a recording as it s being made see page 51 Tuner indicators MONO Lights when t
79. laying LD recorded in Dolby Digital When connecting a DVD LD player or LD player using the D0 RF output a commercially available RF demodulator RFD 1 is required The RF demodulator changes the RF signal to a digital signal which is then processed by the receiver at the digital input jacks For more details refer to the instruction manual supplied with the RFD 1 Sound Modes Selecting a Sound Mode To ensure the best possible surround sound be sure to complete the set up procedures described in Setting Up for Surround Sound starting on page 15 before using the sound modes This is particularly important when using the the Dolby DTS mode Surround operation VSX 709RDS 1 Press RCV VSX 709RDS or RECEIVER VSX 0900 609RDS 1 2 This sets the remote control to select the sound mode Q lt lt You can skip this step when using the controls on the receiver CD CO CO Oey rdg 2 Press DSP MODE to select the sound mode Each press changes the DSP mode as follows E HALL 1 HALL 2 J 22 DANCE O O O6 O VSX 609RDS OFF THEATER 2 lt THEATER 1 1 20 eS 2 E Theamountofeffectforeach DSP C3 C CO C aflees ees C p mode can be adjusted in the range OO of 10 to 90 the default setting EFFECT o Geo value is 70 by pressi
80. listening position than the front and center speakers Preparations Before operating the receiver be sure to press the main power button on the front panel to tum the power ON Setting Up for Surround Sound To ensure the best possible surround sound be sure to complete the following setup operations This is particularly important when using the Dolby DTS mode You only need to make these settings once unless you change the placement of your current speaker system or add new speakers etc Refer to the following pages for detailed descriptions of the settings available for each mode VSX 709RDS 1 Press RECEIVER to turn the power on The STANDBY indicator goes out 2 Press RCV VSX 709RDS or RECEIVER VSX 609RDS This switches the remote control to the surround setup mode 3 Press lt or gt to select the mode you want to set For best results start with Speakers setting mode and make your initial adjustments in the order described below The current settings are displayed automatically Speakers Front Center Surround setting mode page 16 Use to specify the type of speakers you have connected SUB WOOFER ON PLUS OFF setting mode page 17 Use to specify the sub woofer as on or off Crossover frequency setting mode page 17 Use to determine which frequencies will be sent to the sub woofer or Large speakers if you don t have a sub woofer LFE attenuator setting mode page 17
81. ng EFFECT PS LEURS AN ADVANCED THEATER mode Dolby DTS mode Switch on the Dolby DTS mode by pressing the surround button When Dolby DTS mode is ON Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Digital and DTS and signal processing is performed automatically corresponding to the input signal Use this button to cycle through the various modes For all modes other than STANDARD DSP is switched on and will appear in the display VSX 709RDS 1 Press RCV VSX 709RDS or RECEIVER VSX 609RDS This sets the remote control to select the sound mode You can skip this step when using the controls on the Cr EO 1418889 ON 77 833 receiver EL nu 2 2 Switch the Dolby DTS mode on and off by pressing on the remote control or d DTS on the front panel 1 C CO BO Each press changes the display as follows STANDARD MUSK AL 02 8656 OFF EXPANDED ACTION Doors 2 Refer to page 35 for more details about each surround effect The effects of Dolb j i y DTS mode can be adjusted in the range of 10 to 90 by pressing EFFECT 47 the eses default setting is 70 Also the effect level be set pm in each Dolby DTS mode by pressing the EFFECT H 8 6055 button The STANDARD mode cannot be changed En
82. ntrols This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes or teaching receiver the commands VSX 709RDS only see p 22 24 Use MULTI CONTROL buttons to putthe remote control in the stated mode VSX 709RDS CD SOURCE Press to switch the cassette deck between STANDBY and ON not possible on all models 2 Use to play the reverse side of the tape on a reversible deck 3 mr Use to play the forward side of the tape on a reversible deck Press to pause playback or recording 5 gt gt Press to fast forward the tape Pressing during playback starts forward search 6 4 Press to rewind the tape Pressing during playback starts reverse search D gt Press to start playback 8 Press to stop playback 9 e Recording button VSX 709RDS only Use to start recording To prevent accidental recording this button must be pressed twice to take effect the second press must be within 10 seconds of the first MENU VSX 609RDS only Use to do a rewind music search TOP MENU VSX 609RDS only Use to do a forward music search 2 These controls can be used for deck one of a dual tape deck Press to pause the tape v Press to stop the tape ENTER Press to start playback 44 Press to rewind the tape gt Press fast forward the tape For deck two or any deck that can recorded AY Pressed together to start recor
83. obstacles between the remote control and the receiver s remote sensor e Direct sunlight or fluorescent light is shining onto the remote sensor e The receiver is located near a device that is emitting infrared rays e The receiver is operated simultaneously with another infrared remote control Operating other Pioneer components By connecting a control cord optional you can control other Pioneer equipment using this remote control Point the remote control towards the remote sensor of this unit even when operating other equipment CONTROL a2 CONTROL W The remote control signals are received by the remote sensor of this unit and sent to the other devices via the CONTROL OUT teminal VSX 709RDS VSX 609RDS Other Pioneer products with gg mark You can also control Pioneer components 7 by pointing the receiver s remote control directly at the component This type of Connect to CONTROL IN operation does not require control cords terminal of other Pioneer Remote control products with gg mark Connecting Your Equipment Before making or changing the connections switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet Audio Components To begin set up connect your audio components to the jacks as shown below These are all analog connections and your analog audio components cassette deck etc use these jacks Remember that for components you want to record with
84. of the four characters That character appears in the display and the cursor automatically moves to the next space After four characters have been entered the character input mode is exited Repeat steps 2 to 6 to memorize up to 30 preset broadcast station names To erase or change the station name Perform the procedures of Naming M emorized Stations and enter four spaces to erase the memorized station name When you want to change a memorized station name input the new station name using the same procedure En Using the Tuner Recalling Memorized Stations Having memorized up to 30 stations see the previous page for how to do this you can quickly recall one of these stations 1 Press the MULTI CONTROL TUN TUNER button On the receiver press the FM AM button to select the tuner mode 2 Press CLASS to select the class in which the station is stored Repeatedly pressing this button cycles through the three available classes A B and C 3 Use the ST buttons to select the station memory in which the station is stored On the receiver press STATION buttons to select the station memory in which the station is stored Alternatively recall the station memory using the number buttons on the remote control Memo If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet for a lengthy period the station memories will be lost and will have to be reprogrammed
85. or VSX 609RDS ua keel gie a16 9 EM E En En Features This is the latest and most widely used digital theater system for cinemas throughout the world The decoder has been incorporated into this receiver and is able to achieve high sound quality as well as produce dynamic surround sound effects Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 and other worldwide patents issues and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc 1996 Digital Theater Systems Inc All right reserved Decoding of Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic No need to worry about program formats When playing Dolby Digital or Dolby Surround software in the 00 Dolby Surround mode decoding switches automatically according to the input signal When connecting a DVD LD player or LD player using the RF output a commercially available RF demodulator RFD 1 is required Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby Pro Logic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished works 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories rights reserved RDS Radio Data System With the RDS system FM stations can send additional information with their regular programs For example the stations send their station name and information about the type of programs they broadcast such as news sports or music This unit receives three t
86. other surround onds modes En 16 En Preparations Speakers Front Center Surround setting mode This setting establishes the size and configuration of the speaker system you have connected So for example here you set whether you have connected surround speakers or not and how big they are Selecting Large or Small will determine how much bass is sent by the receiver to the speakers being set This setup system has certain constraints For example all your speakers cannot be set to Large You need to decide which speakers should receive the most bass and set them to Large In the display F C and S refer to front center and surround speakers respectively Speaker size is denoted as L for large speakers S for small speakers and asterisk if no speaker is connected If the cone size diameter of the speaker is larger than 12 cm please set to Large Switch the speakers setting mode according to the speakers you hooked up Use the or v buttons The configurations shown on the right will appear in the display on the front of the receiver One of them should match your speaker setup Cycle through the different possibilities until you find the one that matches your setup e Press gt to advanceto the next receiver set ting and press lt to return to a previous receiver setting SUB WOOFER ON PLUS OFF setting mode Sets whether the sub woo
87. re M inerva Mitsubishi M ultitech Murphy NEC Neckermann Nesco Nokia Nordmende Oceanic Okano Orion Osaki Otto Versand Palladium Panasonic Pathe Cinema Pathe M arconi Pentax Perdio Philco Philips Phonola Pioneer Portland Profex Profitronic Proline Pye Quartz Quelle RFT Radiola Rex Roadstar SBR SEG SEI Saba Saisho Salora Samsung Sansui Sanyo Saville Schaub Lorenz Schneider Seleco Sentra Sharp Shintom Shorai Siemens Code 0006 0016 0195 0043 0067 0081 0000 0072 0000 0038 0041 0067 0081 0072 0041 0046 0104 0106 0240 0041 0297 0320 0321 0384 0000 0041 0315 0348 0004 0036 0088 0209 0348 0352 0000 0037 0072 0081 0006 0037 0041 0072 0162 0226 0227 0036 0041 0042 0000 0038 0081 0384 0403 0081 0058 0067 0081 0168 0235 0020 0322 0240 0000 0081 0046 0081 0403 0081 0041 0384 0037 0072 0240 0278 0081 0240 0322 0004 0081 0041 0206 0207 0297 0320 0321 0384 0004 0036 0088 0209 0043 0046 0106 0240 0432 0041 0067 0046 0104 0352 0000 0005 0041 0104 0000 0072 0081 0041 0020 0048 0072 0104 0004 0003 0006 0016 0037 0054 0081 0104 0195 VCR 4 4 Manufacture Silva Singer Sinudyne Solavox Sonolor Sontec Sony Sunkai Sunstar Suntronic Tashiko Tatung Tec Technics Teleavia Telefunken Tenosal Tensai Thomson Thorn Toshiba Towada Uher
88. red PTY could not be found amongst the RDS stations in memory the same display appears En En Using the Tuner Setting EON front panel only 1 Press FM AM button to select the FM band EON is only broadcast on FM 2 Tune into an EON FM station see p 42 43 46 The box around EON indicator lights to inform you that the currently tuned station carries the EON data service 3 Press the EON MODE button to select the mode There are two EON modes EON TA and EON NEWS EON TA will automatically search for traffic reports and EON NEWS will automatically search for news reports among your preset stations CHARACTER CLASS MEMORY SEARCH O 00 0 TUNING EON STATION SELECT MODE e Oo c FREGUENCY Each press changes the display as follows n gt EON EON NEWS s Eee OFF lt pe fee Es m 4 EON mode has been set If the receiver finds 1 such information on the EON linked broadcast it will automatically jump to it The receiver is set to receive EON information even when it is not in TUNER mode If such information is found the receiver will automatically switch into TUNER mode to pick up the EON broadcast When the programme ends the receiver will return to the original mode When the EON mode is set
89. ring playback of your cassette deck which is caused by leakage flux from the transformer in the receiver If you experience noise move the cassette deck farther away from the receiver En En Connecting Your Equipment Video Components Connect your video components to the jacks as shown below Regarding digital video components like a DVD player you must use the analog connections pictured on this page for the video signal but in order to use digital source you should hook up their audio to a digital input see the next page It is also a good idea to hook up your digital components with analog audio connections as well see the previous page To cover all possible laser discs a DVD LD player or LD player requires an analog connection as shown here and two digital connections see the next page TV tuner Video deck or Satellite tuner or DVR OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO L L L R R R i i VSX 709RDS Xf Bee Pcm D0 oTs or DIGITAL IN SURROUND FRONT SPEAKERS SPEAKERS B M pM RALAN da i CD R Q SUR MD OO SUB D R L WOOFER INU Gal 20 ES CAUTION SPEAKER IMPEDANCE ATTENTION IMPEDANCE DE HAUT PARLEURS 80 160 SPEAKER 80 16 Q HAUT PARLEUR z0 88
90. s Expert Ferguson Fidelity Finlandia Finlux Firstline Fisher Flint Formenti Frontech Fujitsu Funai GEC GPM Geloso Genexxa GoldStar Goodmans Gorenje Graetz Granada Grandin Code 0036 0009 0037 0037 0213 0009 0037 0076 0247 0370 0320 0370 0009 0036 0216 0196 0198 0205 0074 0076 0084 0213 0009 0037 0076 0370 0418 0431 0218 0009 0037 0374 0215 0218 0037 0009 0208 0037 0072 0009 0037 0217 0070 0259 0037 0218 0320 0009 0213 0012 0037 0206 0005 0037 0073 0109 0190 0238 0287 0216 0208 0037 0070 0072 0105 0009 0216 0217 0247 0294 0321 0208 0217 0303 0370 0455 0037 0213 0320 0163 0247 0264 0431 0072 0206 0264 0294 0303 0037 0043 0072 0205 0217 0218 0009 0213 0163 0218 0037 0109 0217 0290 0036 0037 0072 0217 0371 0374 0370 0163 0037 0072 0146 0208 0217 0282 TELEVISION 3 6 Manufacture Grundig HCM Hanseatic Hinar Hisawa Hitach Huanyu Hypson ICE ICeS ITS ITT Imperial Indiana Ingelen Inno Hit Interbuy Interfunk Intervision Isukai JVC Kaisui Kamp Kapsch Kawasho Kendo Kingsley Kneissel Korpel Koyoda Leyco Liesenk amp Tter Lloytron Loewe Luma M Electronic Magnadyne Magnafon Manesth Marantz Mark Matsui McM ichael Mediator Memorex Metz Minerva Mitsubishi Mivar Motion Code 0070 0191 0195 0205 0554 0009 0282
91. s pressing this when the disc is already stopped will cause the disc tray to open 9 Number buttons Used to directly access tracks on a program source 10 button Use to select tracks higher than 10 Press this button and the remaining number to get the track 10 3 track 13 0 DISC button For a multiple CD player use this button to choose the disc On an MD player use it ejects the disc on a VCR it switches between the tuner for watching videos and the TV On an LD it changes sides of the LD 2 Recording button VSX 709RDS only Use to start recording To prevent accidental recording this button must be pressed twice to take effect the second press must be within 10 seconds of the first 3 MENU VSX 609RDS only Press to advance to the start of the next track Repeated presses skips to the start of following tracks TOP MENU VSX 609RDS only Press to return to the start of the current track Repeated presses skips to the start of previous tracks 5 lt gt AY amp ENTER buttons VSX 609RDS only These buttons can be used play or stop etc many components and also to navigate DVD menus options Specifically 44 to rewind or reverse program source gt to fast forward program source A to pause program source v to stop program source ENTER to play program source A Y pressed together to start recording for recording devices only Controlling the Rest of Your System Cassette Deck Co
92. tation This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time The receiver can memorize up to 30 stations stored in three banks or classes A B and C of 10 presets each When memorizing FM frequencies the receiver also stores the MPX setting auto stereo or mono and RF ATT settings The process for memorizing stations is only possible from the controls on the front panel of the receiver 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize See Finding a Station and Tuning Directly to a Station on pages 3 4 2 42 and 43 for more on how to do this 5 2 Press MEMORY The display shows a blinking memory class TUNED SP A STEREO STATION SELECT MODE UM SUELE 9950 FREGUENCY A 3 Press CLASS to select one of the three Q classes 8 us Repeatedly pressing this button cycles through the three available classes A B and C 4 Press STATION to choose the preset memory number Pressing these buttons repeatedly cycles through the 10 available preset memories in each class After choosing the location you want the preset class and number blink for about 5 seconds and the receiver stores the station Repeat steps 1 to 4 to memorize up to 30 stations Character display used for station name input Charcte A B
93. the source your are inputting To use first press the RECEIVER button then operate this button TV CONTROL buttons The following four sets of buttons are dedicated TV controls FUNC button Use to select the TV function button Use to tum on the power of the TV CH buttons Use to change channels on your TV VOL buttons Use to adjust the volume on your TV 5 MENU button Use to access different menus associated with your DVD player Displays amp Controls SOURCE button Use to turn on off other components connected to the receiver The following buttons are both controls for other components like a DVD player and dedicated tuner controls The tuner controls are explained here You can use them after you have pushed the TUNER MULTI CONTROL button CLASS button see pages 44 46 Use to switch between the three banks classes of station memories MPX button see page 42 Use to switch between auto stereo and mono reception of FM broadcasts If the signal is weak then switching to MONO will improve the sound quality Also this is the pause button for CDs tapes DVDs etc BAND button see pages 42 43 Use to switch between the AM and FM band when in TUNER mode D ACCESS button see page 43 Use to directly access a radio station by pressing the number of the station you want LOUDNESS button Use to switch on the loudness This feature is useful for getting good bass
94. tion Power Consumption in Standby mode Dimensions VSX 709RDS 420 W x 158 H x 401 D mm VSX 609RDS 420 W x 158 H x 391 D mm Weight without package ORTU 8 4 kg VSX G09RDS 1 8 4 kg Furnished Parts EM Antena uin ode et ette ute dee eiit AM Loop Antenna Dry Cell Batteries VSX 709RDS SIZE AA IEC LR6 2 VSX 609RDS SIZE AA IEC 2 Remote Control Unit sene 1 Operating Instructions eeeeeenee 1 NOTE Specifications and the design are subject to possible modifications without notice due to improvements Additional Information 67 En Published by Pioneer Corporation Copyright 1999 Pioneer Corporation All rights reserved PIONEER CORPORATION n Meguro 1 Chome M eguro ku Tokyo 153 8654 J apan PIONEER ELECTRONICS USA INC P O BOX 1540 Long Beach California 90801 1540 U S A PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA INC 300 Allstate Parkway Markham Ontario L3R OP2 Canada PIONEER ELECTRONIC EUROPE N V Haven 1087 Keetberglaan 1 9120 Melsele Belgium TEL 03 570 05 11 PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 178 184BoundaryRoad Braeside Victoria 3195 Australia TEL 03 9586 6300 PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO S A DE C V San Lorenzo Num 1009 3er piso Desp 302 Col Del Valle Mexico D F C P 03100 TEL 5 688 52 90 9
95. unit simply press the DVD 5 1CH button Press number button 4 5 1CH on the remote control to go back to the DVD LD normal mode To exit this mode using the main unit simply press another function button DVD LD etc Memo When 5 1CH input is selected Dolby DTS mode DSP mode SIGNAL SELECT ATT DIRECT TONE MID NIGHT mode LOUDNESS cannot be operated When 5 1CH input is selected only the volume level and channel levels can be set Sound Modes Using in MIDNIGHT Listening Mode When the volume is low surround effects tend to become less than satisfactory Tum the MIDNIGHT listening mode on to enjoy the effects of quality surround sound even at low volumes This mode allows you to hear effective surround sound of movies at low volume levels Press MIDNIGHT Each press switches MIDNIGHT listening mode on or off ld T osss HE dg UI GL The effect automatically adjusts according to the volume level 41 En Using the Tuner Finding a Station 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 exact frequency of the station you want to listen to see Tuning Directly to a Station on the following page Once you are tuned to a station you
96. ust the volume on your TV TV button Use to turn on the power of the TV TV FUNC button Use select the TV function 6 AY FQ 4 ST amp ENTER buttons see pages 15 20 42 Use these arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system see pages 15 20 These buttons are also used to control DVD menus options The FQ buttons can be used to find radio frequencies The ST buttons can be used to select the stations of memorized radio frequencies button Use to pause other components 44 button BAND Use to fast reverse search on CD etc Also use to switch between the AM and FM band when in TUNER mode button D ACCESS Use to play other components Also use to directly access a radio station by pressing the number of the station you want m button MPX Use to stop other components Also use to switch between auto stereo and mono reception of FM broadcasts If the signal is weak then switching to M ONO will improve the sound quality DO button Use to put receiver in Dolby Digital Dolby Surround and DTS modes To use first press the RCV button then operate this button 12 DSP button Use to put receiver in one of the DSP modes To use first press the RCV button then operate this button 13 CH SELECT Use to select a speaker when setting up the surround sound of the receiver To use first press the RCV button then operate this button LOUDNESS button Use to switch on t
97. when this unit is in standby mode Introductory Information Checking the Supplied Accessories Please check that you ve received the following supplied accessories 69 9 2882 See Co C co 55 eoe S255 828 e Oo FM wire antenna OSH eo AM loop antenna VSX 609RDS size IEC R6P batteries 2 5550 VSX 709RDS 6000 AA size IEC LR6 batteries x2 Using this Manual This manual is for the VSX 709RDS VSX 609RDS audio video multi channel receivers It is divided into two main sections Set up This section covers installing your receiver and connecting up all the other components in your home theater system to it It also describes how to set up a multi channel speaker system to take full advantage of the great surround sound features of your receiver Operation This section shows you how to use every feature of the receiver and its remote control It also covers using the supplied remote control to operate your other home theater components To find out more about a specific button control or indicator see Displays amp Controls starting on page 28 This will point you to the relevant chapter in the manual In the Additional Information section p 56 66 you ll find a troubleshooting section and specifications The following symbols are used throughout this manual Provides detailed precautions e advice on operations etc VY Indicates that display is bl
98. will not be able to control the built in tuner of this receiver using the remote control To reset the remote control 22 to the built in tuner input the preset code 0080 En Recalling preset codes VSX 609RDS The following steps show you how to recall preset codes for each MULTI CONTROL button Once the preset code is assigned pressing the button will automatically set the remote control to operate the respective component available Refer to Preset Code List on pages 63 to 65 for the components and manufacturers Refer to Controlling the Rest of Your System on pages 52 to 55 for detailed explana tions on how to operate your other components Pioneer MULTI como jI cy 5 S 5 ao CHANNEL TEST SIGNAL SELECT TONE QO Co CO all gt 3 L4 1 Press REMOTE SETUP and 1 at the same time to select the preset mode The LED on the remote control starts to blink To cancel the preset mode at any time Press REMOTE SET UP 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want to control Each button can be set to control one of the following components DVD LD DVD or LD player TV SAT TV or Satellite tuner VCR DVR VCR or DVR DVD recorder CD CD player CD R TAPE MD CD Recorder or Tape deck or MD player TV CONT TV or Cable TV tuner The LED lights steadily 3 Point the remote control toward the component to be controlled enter
99. xample CD while putting the remote control in a different function This could let you for example use the remote control to setup and listen to a CD on the receiver and then use the remote control to rewind a tape in your VCR while you continue to listen to your CD player When the Direct function is ON any MULTI CONTROL button you press will change the function of both the receiver and the remote control When you tum the Direct function OFF you can operate the remote control without affecting the receiver Thus you could switch the remote control to the VCR and operate that component while the receiver plays a different component ELO EP XS VSX 709RDS QIQ i2 am CONTROL To set a MULTI CONTROL button to Direct OFF 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds The LED will blink twice 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button which you want to set to OFF 3 Press 9 8 3 The LED blinks twice to indicate the button has been set To set a MULTI CONTROL button to Direct ON 1 Press SETUP and hold for three seconds The LED will blink twice 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button which you want to set to ON 3 Press 9 8 2 The LED blinks twice to indicate the button has been set TVC doesn t have this feature and thus can t use the Direct func en tion VSX 609RDS Pioneer al eee a CONTROL 2 To tum the Direct funtion OFF the default ES setting is ON press REMOTE SETUP and SEG numb
100. ypes of RDS information Radio Text RT Programme Service Name PS and Programme Type PTY When EON is turned on and a function other than the tuner is set the function will switch to the FM station automatically when Traffic Information or News begins Advanced Theater Modes Four sound modes that enhance DTS and Dolby Surround performance by simulating the environment of a movie theater DRAMA ACTION or the ambience of a concert hall MUSICAL With EXPANDED THEATER you can enjoy Dolby Surround encoded software in simulated Dolby Digital DSP Surround Modes DSP Digital Signal Processing surround modes give you the capability of transforming your living room into six different sonic environments when listening to music or movies Midnight Listening Mode Midnight Listening mode allows you to obtain excellent surround sound effects even when listening at low volumes something that was previously impossible DVD 5 1 channel input A special 5 1 Channel input makes the VS X 709RDS 609RDS fully compatible with Dolby Digital decoders and DVD players with 5 1 channel outputs Remote Control of Other Components The supplied remote control can be used to operate a variety of other components simply by recalling the appropriate preset codes Only the VSX 709RDS has a learning function in the remote control which can be used to teach it new commands The Energy saving Design This unit is designed to use less than 1 W of energy
101. z to the sub woofer Large 200Hz speakers 150 Hz Sends bass frequencies below 150 Hz to the sub woofer or Large speakers 200 Hz Sends bass frequencies below 200 Hz to the sub woofer or Large speakers LFE attenuator setting mode Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources include ultra low bass tones Set the LFE Low Frequency Effect attenuator as needed to prevent the ultra low bass tones from distorting the sound from the speakers Initial setting is dB e When is selected appears in the display LFE is not available Press or v to set the attenuation level dB 10 dB or dB as mm i gt au gt i Ld 1 QUU S co display 17 En Preparations Low cut filter ON OFF setting mode the low cut filter ON when distorted sound is output through the sub woofer Memo Initial setting is OFF e If the SUB WOOFER is set to OFF in the SUB WOOFER ON OFF setting mode the low cut filter cannot be set Press A or v to select low cut filter ON or OFF FRONT speakers distance setting mode Sets the distance from the front speakers to the listening position e Adjust speaker distance in 0 3 m increments from 0 3 m to 9 0 m Initial setting is 3 0 m Coup Ix Press or v to set the distance of the FRONT FE am ou speakers from the main listening position up to 30 steps

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