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Pioneer VSX-818V 5.1-Channel AV Receiver | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
List Price: $249.97
Buy New: $226.16
You Save: $23.81 (10%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1303
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22
Dimensions (in): 11 x 22 x 19
MPN: VSX-818V-K
Model: VSX-818V-K
UPC: 012562884769
EAN: 0012562884769
ASIN: B0015DEIHW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) Switching x2 | | • | High-Performance Inputs/Outputs | | • | XM Satellite/SIRIUS Ready | | • | The Freescale 180 MIPS DSP chip offers low distortion- super-crisp sound processing- and virtually no audio noise in the signal path. | | • | iPod Connectivity |
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Product Description
Home-Theater surround is an entirely new, wondrous world meshing TV, Video, and Sound. Enter a world of pristine sound and flawless technology. Enjoy a world with more connectivity options. It's a realm of engineering beyond anything previously imagined. Where Advanced Sound Retriever brings near CD quality to your compressed music files. It's a world where you listen with your eyes. See with your hands and hear with your heart. It's a world designed to connect to your iPod player. An out of this world destination, where XM HD Surround Sound and SIRIUS Satellite Radio have been elevated to a whole new level of acoustic enlightenment. It's a universe of things never seen or heard before. Where abundant HDMI connectivity, 1080p compatibility, 120 watts of audio and 5.1 surround all come together to ensure the highest quality home audio experience possible. It's a world so completely intelligent, so absolutely brilliant, an auto MCACC room calibration system with 5-band EQ now makes it possible for you to create the ultimate listening environment at the touch of a switch ? in any environment you choose. Connecting to this world is easy with Pioneer VSX-818V A/V receiver. 5 A/V (4 in/1 out), 6 audio (5 in/ 1 out), 1 headphone out connections 12+2 Advanced Surround Modes, including Virtual Surround Back Luminous preset remote control for use in any light condition SIRIUS Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio ready (XM-HD With Neural Sound) with OSD (subscription and antenna required) Front A/V in/iPod Direct in Sound Retriever for enhanced portable audio playback Dialogue Enhancement AM/FM radio tuner with 30 random station presets Bass Management System Large Banana Speaker Terminals Display Dimmer control Unit Dimensions - 16.56 W x 6.25 H x 13.88 D; Weight - 17.9 lbs
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Excellent and Affordable!!!! December 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can never go wrong with Pioneer for audio products! This receiver has amped up my entire surround system. The built-in MCACC is an excellent feature!!!
Complicated December 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a good receiver, particularly considering the price. But I still haven't figured out to use it, beyond the basics. I find that adjusting the sound, either at the panel or with the remote, is unusually complicated and not at all intuitive. Keep the users manual handy.
Great Home theater option August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like this product! I have a 50 inch Maxent HD monitor that I got for a great price, but it has lousy sound. I used to play my movies sound through the auxillary input on my Zenith home theater in a box, but it died. I picked up this unit at Best Buy and brought it home. Of course, my old 15watt speakers wouldn't do, but I got a great deal on a closeout of Yamaha 100 watt speakers with active subwoofer for 120 bucks. I love the fact you have so many sound options, and can plug in your Ipod and control it using the Pioneer's remote. By the way, I plugged in my Ipod with only one bar showing on the battery meter, played it for about 90 minutes, and when I took it off, it was fully charged. Nice feature.
There's only 2 minor things I don't like. One is the pass thru HDMI doesn't include audio, so you'll need either a Digital coax or Optical cable. The other thing is I found the instruction book a bit confusing, and one of my colleagues at work had to walk me through the setup. Then again, I'm certainly no genius when it comes to that. All that being said, I do like the receiver. It seems to be excellent quality.
Pioneer Receiver VSX-818V-K July 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This receiver is built for home theater setups with 5 channel inputs, but has a large set of inputs useful for traditional stereo hookups. It has a useful imaging setup to define parameters for your listening space. It looks and sounds good, with a very complicated remote control that does most everything. I can easily hook up an mp3 player or other external input to the front panel. Where it falls short: It has no provision for a tape monitor loop, which means my external graphic analyzer is useless for adjusting the sound of inputs selected at the receiver. It is difficult to adjust the bass and treble at the receiver, too, and there is not enough range in the adjustment.
worked great for me July 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm no audiophile but this is an excellent reciever for the price. It comes with a microphone that you place in the "sweet spot" of your room and the system will send audio signals to it and auto calibrate the system. I am also happy to report the iPod function worked excellent with my iPhone and 5g iPod. Highly recomend!!
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