Pioneer SC-1223-K AV receiver

SC-1223-K - 7.1 CH, 8 HDMI, Class D, 560 W, Dolby, DTS, 192 kHz/24-bit DAC, Audio Return Channel, AirPlay, DLNA <b>Pioneer’s SC-1223-K AV Receiver Delivers 7.2-Channels of Powerful Class D3 Amplification to Your Home Theater</b>
The new SC-1223-K receiver is your entry ticket to thrilling home entertainment, thanks to the power and finesse of Pioneer’s Class D3 amplification. If you’re serious about music and movies, this feature-rich AV receiver delivers Pioneer’s advanced connectivity and cutting-edge digital power in our most affordable Class D3 receiver.

<b>Bringing Today’s Connected Lifestyle Together—You and Your iPad®, iPhone® and iPod®</b>
Thanks to Made for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad certification, the SC-1223-K is right at home with Apple® devices and is easily connected with your normal charging cable allowing you to connect your Apple handheld device without the need for a dock. Plug-and-play has never been easier, and the SC-1223-K charges your Apple device too. You can even enjoy music enhanced with album art. for a total iTunes® experience.

When you receive a phone call, the iPhone will mute music so you can take it. Use the iPhone directly, or push a single button on the SC-1223-K’s front panel to switch control to the included preset remote and an intuitive, full-color GUI.

<b>AirPlay® Made Easy</b>
Pioneer’s partnership with Apple translates to effortless AirPlay connectivity through Apple devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod. You can network share your music with DLNA® and Windows 8®, stream your favorite music straight from your PC or Mac® with Pandora, or listen to a world of content with vTuner® Internet Radio.

Convenience comes easy with the SC-1223-K. On the front panel, plug a memory audio device into the SC-1223-K’s USB port—in seconds—for music or photos. And of course, the SC-1223-K is Bluetooth- and WiFi-ready with Pioneer’s optional AS-BT200 Bluetooth® adapter and AS-WL-300 WiFi adapter.

Or imagine listening, to your favorite music without interruption. Start in your car using your iPhone, leave your car mid-song and walk into your home. Using the AirPlay App on your iPhone, select the SC-1223-K: it powers up automatically and continues right where you left off. Not only that, the SC-1223-K supports network audio sources in Zone 2, allowing you to send music to another room. With AirPlay, there's really no reason why your iTunes music has to be restricted to your computer.

<b>HTC Connect™ Brings a New Voice to Android™</b>
The SC-1223-K delivers a whole new level of convenience and sound quality to the entertainment experience for users of HTC’s Android-powered HTC One series smartphones. With HTC Connect, you can stream high-quality, WAV-format files for an easy, out-of-the-box audiophile experience. And audiophiles who demand serious sound can enjoy their music—with CD-quality resolution—using their HTC smartphone. Your music never sounded so good.

<b>Easily Connect to Your PC Music Files or Internet Radio</b>
The SC-1223-K's networking ability opens up a whole new world of music possibilities. A rear panel Ethernet port allows full integration into your home network, and with Windows 8 and DLNA 1.5 certification, a whole new level of entertainment options are at your fingertips. With 192kHz/24-bit WAV, FLAC, and AIFF file compatibility, network streaming audio playback is now ready for the true audiophile. Stream your AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV and FLAC music files from your PC, laptop or smartphone to your home entertainment system.

With vTuner, the SC-1223-K brings you thousands of Internet radio stations from around the world. And you can enjoy Pandora® radio services complete with on-screen album art and music information. An optional AS-WL300 wireless adapter is also available for your wireless network convenience.

Download Pioneer’s exclusive Air Jam application for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices and you can pair up to four Apple devices via Bluetooth. Select songs from your device to add to the group playlist for playback on the SC-1223-K. If you like a song your friend added, just select it and buy it from iTunes, or watch the music video on YouTube®.

<b>Enjoy Music From Your Smartphone with Bluetooth</b>
The SC-1223-K is fully ready for wireless Bluetooth audio from virtually any A2DP profile Bluetooth device. With the Pioneer AS-BT200 Bluetooth adapter, you can untether yourself from cables and inputs, and you'll enjoy enriched sound quality with Sound Retriever AIR technology, created specifically to enhance Bluetooth audio.

<b>You Control the Sound With Advanced MCACC®</b>
The SC-1223-K supports formats like Dolby TrueHD® and DTS-HD® Master Audio to give your Blu-ray Disc soundtracks unsurpassed audio quality. Pioneer also includes all of the Dolby® and DTS® surround formats best suited for the wide variety of entertainment sources, including the newest DTS® Neo X format.

Advanced MCACC processing precision-tunes your system to your living room. Pioneer's Advanced Multi-Channel Acoustic Calibration system (MCACC) calibrates and customizes an optimized, multi-channel listening experience specifically to your room by measuring every speaker's connection, and noting size and distance from the listening point, sound levels and timbre. It’s like bringing in a professional sound engineer, and much easier.

To eliminate the distortion caused by jitter during conversion, Pioneer’s PQLS technology allows the SC-1223-K to use its own high precision clock to adjust the transmission rate of bitstream sound data from a compatible Blu-Ray player, insuring every note and nuance is faithfully reproduced.

The SC-1223-K takes the multi-channel audio experience to a whole new level with four advanced, sound-enhancing virtual speaker modes. Virtual Depth is designed to complement 3D movies. Virtual Height creates sound effects from above your main front speakers, creating virtual height speakers ideal for gaming enthusiasts. Virtual Wide creates a seamless blend between your front and back speakers. Virtual Surround Back replaces your back surround speakers, freeing you to use the surround amplifier to drive a second zone, or bi-amp the front speakers. Virtual speaker modes can be applied together or separately. Filling in areas where minute details were left out during the compression process, even compressed audio like WMA, MP3 and AAC is enhanced with another Pioneer exclusive, Advanced Sound Retriever.

<b>A New Level of Power and Precision With Class D3 Amplification</b>
The SC-1223-K proves Pioneer’s commitment to serious 7-channel sound, with industry-leading Class D3 amplification designed for true audiophiles.

The amplifiers that power the SC-1223-K are revolutionary, featuring a direct signal path with no noisy EMI filters, feedback loops or current limiting. Rated at 150 watts x 7 channels at 6 ohms with two channels driven, the SC-1223-K delivers significantly more simultaneous multi-channel power than the competition.

When it comes to efficiency and sound, Class A/B amplifiers simply can’t match Class D3 designs as their power output per channel diminishes rapidly when more channels are added to the workload. This kind of unprecedented power capability allows you to appreciate the full dynamics from any media source in a way never before possible. Playing formats like Blu-ray Disc, Class D3 takes high-resolution multi-channel Dolby and DTS soundtracks to a whole new level of immersive performance. And unlike regular amps, Pioneer Class D3 amplifiers are 4-ohm certified, so they safely power those low-impedance speakers that other receivers just aren’t designed to handle. And because they’re Class D3, they run cool, using just a fraction of the energy of less efficient amplification. Power and efficiency… a winning design solution from Pioneer.