Manual Pioneer VSX-515-K (page 4 of 108) (English, French)

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Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Loading the batteries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Operating range of remote control unit

. . . . . . 5

Installing the receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Listening to Surround Sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Quick Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

03 Connecting up

Making cable connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Analog audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Digital audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Video cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting a DVD player and TV

. . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the multichannel analog

outputs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting a satellite receiver or other

digital set-top box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting other audio components

. . . . . . 15

About the WMA9 Pro decoder

. . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting other video components

. . . . . . 16

Using the component video jacks

. . . . . . . . 16

Connecting antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

FM wire antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

AM loop antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using external antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting the speakers (VSX-415)

. . . . . . . 19

Connecting the speakers (VSX-515)

. . . . . . . 20

Speaker terminals

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Hints on speaker placement

. . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Speaker placement diagrams

. . . . . . . . . . . 21

AC outlet

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

04 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

VSX-515 model:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

VSX-415 model:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Remote control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Listening in surround sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using the Advanced surround effects

. . . . 30

Listening in stereo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Choosing the input signal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the surround back channel

(Extended mode)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Virtual Surround Back mode

(VSB)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using Midnight and Loudness listening

. . . . 35

Enhancing dialog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the tone controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Playing other sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . . 36

Using the sleep timer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

06 Setting up the receiver

Choosing your receiver setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Surround and sound setup options

. . . . . . . . 38

Speaker setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Subwoofer setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . 39

Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . 39

Surround speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 39

Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . . . 39

Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setting separate channel levels for

listening modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

07 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System Setup

menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 45

Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

09 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 48

10 Additional information

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . . . 51

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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