Unboxing and Basic Setup of the Pioneer HTP Zero Seven Four Home Theater in a Box

Today we're going to unbox and do some basic setup on the Pioneer HTP Zero Seven Four, affectionately known as a home theater in a box. This is everything you need to add a huge sound to that big picture that you've got going on.

As we can see, there's quite a bit of stuff in the box, but let's take a closer look at what's included. We've got our subwoofer, AV receiver, remote control with batteries, and AM and FM antennas for satellite speakers. There's also a center channel speaker wire for all those, along with mounting brackets to help you get everything up and running.

One of the best things about this system is that it has an AV receiver as the hub for all your devices. So, when you plug in your Blu-ray player, cable box, game console, or whatever else you've got, it will all go through the receiver. The receiver supports HDMI ARC, which means that anything coming from an HDMI-ARC connected TV will come back to the receiver, so your streaming apps will be played through the receiver. If you don't have a compatible TV, you can always use optical digital output instead.

We've also got individual HDMI ports on the receiver, which is perfect for connecting older devices with composite and analog audio connections. And, as we can see, everything is clearly labeled, so you know exactly which wire goes to which speaker. I like to wire my speakers one at a time, just to avoid confusion about which wire goes where.

Before we can start connecting our wires to the speaker and receiver, let's take a look at this diagram, which explains how to place the speakers in a 5.1 system. We've got front left and right speakers, a center channel for all your dialogue, and surround speakers that go just behind and off to the sides of the couch. The subwoofer speaker level output is also included.

Now it's time to connect our wires to the speaker and receiver. Take the red-banded wire and put it in the red conductor on the back of the speaker, then put the other speaker conductor in the black terminal. Repeat this process on the receiver. And that's how you get everything connected!

Next, we need to make sure our speakers are placed correctly according to the diagram. The key is to face the TV from your seating position when determining left and right.

We've also got a remote control that will let us switch between all the different inputs available. This system also launched Bluetooth audio, so we can stream music wirelessly from our phone or tablet.

Now, it's time for some important adjustments in the settings section of the receiver. We're going to select manual speaker setup and adjust the speaker distance based on the measurement of each speaker to our listening location. The goal is to balance the loudness of each speaker relative to our seating position, so that speakers closer to us don't overpower those further away.

To do this, we can download a free DB meter app on our phone and measure the level of the test tone output. From the home menu, we'll go down to number four and make sure AR is turned on to see if our AR-C HDMI cable is connected to our TV.

That's it for our unboxing and basic setup of the Pioneer HTP Zero Seven Four Home Theater in a Box. If you want to learn more about this system, including what to expect from the sound quality, be sure to check out our full review.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey there today we are unboxing and doing basic setup on the Pioneer HTP zero seven four this is what is affectionately known as a home theater in a box everything that you need to add a huge sound to that big picture that you've got going on let's check it out here's everything that comes in the box and there's quite a bit we've got our subwoofer AV receiver there's a remote with batteries and AM and FM antenna for satellite speakers a center channel speaker wire for all of those and then mounting brackets what's great about going with the system that has an AV receiver like this is that it becomes the hub for all of your devices so you're gonna plug in your blu-ray player cable box game console whatever you've got into these individual HDMI ports if you have an older device you can use these older composite and analog audio connections then everything is gonna run out through this single HDMI out port now this supports a RC and that means that anything coming from your HDMI a RC connected television will come back to the receiver so your streaming apps will be played through the receiver if you don't have a RC you can always use the optical digital output and then here are your speaker connections everything is clearly labeled so you know which goes to which speaker I like to wire my speaker's one at a time that way I never get confused about which wire goes for which speaker when you grab your speaker wires leave the two big bundles for the surround speakers they're longer so they can get all the way to the back of the room now we need to connect our wires to the speaker and the receiver take the red banded wire and put that in the red conductor on the back of the speaker then put the other speaker conductor in the black terminal repeat this process on the receiver here's a diagram that explains a little bit about where you want to place the speaker's this is a 5.1 speaker system so you have front left and right speakers a center channel where all your dialogue comes from and then surround speakers that go just behind and off to the sides of the couch if you can place them there now this also has a subwoofer speaker level output so we'll be connecting that tube that's the point one and remember when you're determining left and right it's as you face the TV from your seating position here's our remote control and this is going to let us switch between all the different inputs that we have available we launched Bluetooth audio here so we can stream music wirelessly from say our phone or tablet right now though I want to call your attention to this little home menu button we're going to use this to get into the settings section of the receiver and make some important adjustments when you press that home menu button we want to select manual speaker setup fortunately both the speaker setting and crossover frequencies are already set up to the correct values you don't need to change those we will go down to speaker distance and after measuring the distance of each speaker to our listening location we'll make the adjustment to the correct measurements next we're going to go into channel level and adjust the loudness of each speaker so that they're all balanced relative to our seating location this way speakers closer to us won't be louder than speakers far away to do this you can download a free DB meter app on your phone and measure the level of the test tone that gets output then from the home menu go down to number four HDMI setup and be sure to turn on AR see if you have your AR C HDMI cable connected to your TV that's it for our unboxing and basic setup of the Pioneer HT p07 for home theater in a box if you want to learn more about this system including what to expect from the sound quality be sure to check out our full reviewhey there today we are unboxing and doing basic setup on the Pioneer HTP zero seven four this is what is affectionately known as a home theater in a box everything that you need to add a huge sound to that big picture that you've got going on let's check it out here's everything that comes in the box and there's quite a bit we've got our subwoofer AV receiver there's a remote with batteries and AM and FM antenna for satellite speakers a center channel speaker wire for all of those and then mounting brackets what's great about going with the system that has an AV receiver like this is that it becomes the hub for all of your devices so you're gonna plug in your blu-ray player cable box game console whatever you've got into these individual HDMI ports if you have an older device you can use these older composite and analog audio connections then everything is gonna run out through this single HDMI out port now this supports a RC and that means that anything coming from your HDMI a RC connected television will come back to the receiver so your streaming apps will be played through the receiver if you don't have a RC you can always use the optical digital output and then here are your speaker connections everything is clearly labeled so you know which goes to which speaker I like to wire my speaker's one at a time that way I never get confused about which wire goes for which speaker when you grab your speaker wires leave the two big bundles for the surround speakers they're longer so they can get all the way to the back of the room now we need to connect our wires to the speaker and the receiver take the red banded wire and put that in the red conductor on the back of the speaker then put the other speaker conductor in the black terminal repeat this process on the receiver here's a diagram that explains a little bit about where you want to place the speaker's this is a 5.1 speaker system so you have front left and right speakers a center channel where all your dialogue comes from and then surround speakers that go just behind and off to the sides of the couch if you can place them there now this also has a subwoofer speaker level output so we'll be connecting that tube that's the point one and remember when you're determining left and right it's as you face the TV from your seating position here's our remote control and this is going to let us switch between all the different inputs that we have available we launched Bluetooth audio here so we can stream music wirelessly from say our phone or tablet right now though I want to call your attention to this little home menu button we're going to use this to get into the settings section of the receiver and make some important adjustments when you press that home menu button we want to select manual speaker setup fortunately both the speaker setting and crossover frequencies are already set up to the correct values you don't need to change those we will go down to speaker distance and after measuring the distance of each speaker to our listening location we'll make the adjustment to the correct measurements next we're going to go into channel level and adjust the loudness of each speaker so that they're all balanced relative to our seating location this way speakers closer to us won't be louder than speakers far away to do this you can download a free DB meter app on your phone and measure the level of the test tone that gets output then from the home menu go down to number four HDMI setup and be sure to turn on AR see if you have your AR C HDMI cable connected to your TV that's it for our unboxing and basic setup of the Pioneer HT p07 for home theater in a box if you want to learn more about this system including what to expect from the sound quality be sure to check out our full review\n"