Pioneer CX505 Home Theater System User Manual


 
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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model
properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future
reference.
Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Range of the remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 7
Attaching the non-skid pads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Placing the subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing the speaker grilles . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Attaching the brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Wall-mounting the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
02 Connecting up
Connecting the speaker terminals . . . . . . . . 10
Multichannel speaker connections. . . . . . . . 12
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the radio antennas. . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting to your TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting using the component video
output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting auxiliary components. . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting the power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
04 Getting started
Using the on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Resume and Last Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
DVD-Video disc menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . . . 21
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reducing AM reception noise . . . . . . . . . . 22
Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Manually saving station presets. . . . . . . . . 23
Automatically saving station presets . . . . . 23
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Listening to other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dimming the display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
05 Setting up for surround sound
Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the channel levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
06 Home theater sound
About the listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using Front Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Front Surround mode . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Extra Power mode. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
07 Disc playback features
Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs
with the Disc Navigator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video
and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . 30
Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the OSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Other functions available from the program
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the front panel display . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Programming playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening to playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Clearing files from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switching language/audio channels . . . . . . . 34
Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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