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Pioneer VSX-527 Manual

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read
through these operating instructions so you will know how to
operate your model properly.
Before you start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Flow of settings on the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
01 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
02 Connecting your equipment
Determining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
(In case of VSX-827). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connect the surround back or front height speakers
(In case of VSX-527). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the speaker terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the video converter (VSX-827 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About video outputs connection
(VSX-527 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a TV and playback components . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output
(VSX-827 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting optional Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
03 Basic Setup
Canceling the Auto Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Canceling the demo display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) . . 23
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup. . . 24
04 Basic playback
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing an iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Playing back files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Watching photos and video content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bluetooth
®
ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music
. . . 30
Wireless music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth wireless
technology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless
technology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AIR JAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
An introduction to RDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Searching for RDS programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using surround back channel processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the Up Mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
06 Playback with NETWORK features
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
About playable DLNA network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and
iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
About the DHCP server function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Authorizing this receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playback with Network functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening to Internet radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playing back audio files stored on components on
the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Network Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
About network playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Content playable over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
About playback behavior over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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