Pioneer VSX-515-S/-K Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating range of remote control unit
. . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Listening to Surround Sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Quick Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Other problems during Auto MCACC
. . . . . 14
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a DVD player and TV
. . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 18
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . 19
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
FM wire antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AM loop antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the speakers (VSX-415)
. . . . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers (VSX-515)
. . . . . . . 22
Speaker terminals
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hints on speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Speaker placement diagrams
. . . . . . . . . . . 23
05 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
VSX-515 model:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
VSX-415 model:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
06 Listening to your system
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . 32
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 34
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode (VSB)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Midnight and Loudness listening
. . . . 38
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the tone controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . 39
Using the sleep timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
07 Setting up the receiver
Choosing your receiver setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Surround and sound setup options
. . . . . . . . 41
Speaker setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Subwoofer setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . 42
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . 42
Surround speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 42
Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting separate channel levels for
listening modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
08 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fine Channel Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
09 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Clearing all stations from the RDS and
EON searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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