PIONEER VSX-515-S/SFLXJ Owner's Manual

PIONEER VSX-515-S/SFLXJ Owner's Manual
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AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL

RECEIVER

VSX-515-S/-K

VSX-815-S/-K

VSX-915-S/-K

Operating Instructions

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AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL

RECEIVER

VSX-515-S/-K

VSX-815-S/-K

VSX-915-S/-K

Operating Instructions

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The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle, is intended to

alert the user to the presence of uninsulated

"dangerous voltage" within the product's

enclosure that may be of sufficient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric

shock to persons.

CAUTION:

TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC

SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR

BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS

INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

IMPORTANT

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WARNING

This equipment is not waterproof. To prevent a fire

or shock hazard, do not place any container filed

with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or

flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain

or moisture.

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CAUTION

The STANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not

completely shut off all power from the AC outlet.

Since the power cord serves as the main disconnect

device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from

the AC outlet to shut down all power. Therefore,

make sure the unit has been installed so that the

power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC

outlet in case of an accident. To avoid fire hazard,

the power cord should also be unplugged from the

AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time

(for example, when on vacation).

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NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to

Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in

a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not

installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does

cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off

and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Information to User

Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user's right to operate

the equipment.

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CAUTION: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the

unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electric appliances such as radios and

televisions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections.

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Voltage selector

You can find the voltage selector switch on the rear

panel of multi-voltage models.

The factory setting for the voltage selector is 220 V.

Please set it to the correct voltage for your country

or region.

· Saudi Arabia operates on 127V and 220V mains

voltage. Please set to the correct voltage before using.

· For Taiwan, please set to 110 V before using.

Before changing the voltage, disconnect the AC power

cord. Use a medium size screwdriver to change the

voltage selector switch.

220V

240V

110V

120

127V

TWO VOLTAGE SELECTORS

110V

120-127V

220V

240V

Medium-size screwdriver

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Contents

01 Before you start

Introduction to home theater

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

Checking what's in the box

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

Loading the batteries

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

Installing the receiver

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

Ventilation

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

02 5 minute guide

Listening to Surround Sound

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

Using the Quick Setup

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

03 Quick surround sound setup

Automatically setting up for surround sound

(MCACC)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Other problems when using the Auto

MCACC Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

04 Connecting up

Making cable connections

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

Analog audio cables

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

Digital audio cables

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

Video cables

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

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

Using the component video jacks

. . . . . . . . 20

Connecting to the front panel video

terminal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting antennas

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

FM wire antenna

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

AM loop antenna

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

Using external antennas

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

Connecting the speakers

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

A and B speaker systems

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

Hints on speaker placement

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

Operating other Pioneer components

. . . . . . 25

05 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Remote control (VSX-815/915)

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

Remote control (VSX-515)

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

Operating range of remote control unit

. . . . . 35

06 Listening to your system

Auto playback

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

Listening in surround sound

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

Using the Advanced surround effects

. . . . . 37

Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings

. . . . . . . . 38

Neo:6 Music settings

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

Listening in stereo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . 39

Choosing the input signal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the surround back channel

(Extended mode)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the Virtual Surround Back mode

(VirtualSB)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Loudness and Midnight listening

. . . . . 43

Enhancing dialog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the tone controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Playing other sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . . 44

Using the sleep timer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

07 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System

Setup menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Surround back speaker setting

. . . . . . . . . . . 46

Manual MCACC speaker setup

. . . . . . . . . . . 47

Fine Channel Level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Fine Channel Distance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Manual speaker setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Speaker setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Crossover network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Channel level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Speaker Distance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Improving FM stereo sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tuning directly to a station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Saving station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Naming station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Listening to station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Changing the frequency step

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

09 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording

. . . . . . 57

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10 Controlling the rest of your

system (VSX-515)

Setting the remote to control other

components

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Selecting preset codes directly

. . . . . . . . . . . 58

Direct function

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Clearing all the remote control settings

. . . . 59

Controls for TVs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Controls for other components

. . . . . . . . . . . 61

Preset Code List

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

11 Controlling the rest of your

system (VSX-815/915)

Setting the remote to control other

components

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Selecting preset codes directly

. . . . . . . . . . . 64

Programming signals from other remote

controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Erasing one of the remote control button

settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Erasing all of the remote control presets

. . . . 66

Direct function

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Confirming preset codes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Controls for TVs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Controls for other components

. . . . . . . . . . . 69

12 Other connections

Second Zone speaker B setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Switching the speaker system

. . . . . . . . . . 71

Bi-amping your front speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . 72

Bi-wiring your speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Connecting additional amplifiers

. . . . . . . . . 73

Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma

display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma

display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

13 Other Settings

The Input Assign menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

The Other setup menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Dynamic Range Control Setup

. . . . . . . . . . 76

Dual Mono Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

LFE Attenuator Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays

. . . 77

14 Additional information

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Resetting the main unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Switching the speaker impedance

. . . . . . . . . 81

Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Power cord caution

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Cleaning the unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Manufactured under license from Dolby

Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic",

"Surround EX", and the double-D symbol

are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

"DTS" ,"DTS-ES Extended Surround" and

"Neo:6" are trademarks of Digital Theater

Systems, Inc.

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Chapter 1:

Before you start

Introduction to home theater

You are probably used to using stereo

equipment to listen to music, but may not be

used to home theater systems that give you

many more options (such as surround sound)

when listening to soundtracks.

Home theater refers to the use of multiple

audio tracks to create a surround sound effect,

making you feel like you're in the middle of the

action or concert. The surround sound you get

from a home theater system depends not only

on the speakers you have set up in your room,

but also on the source and the sound settings

of the receiver.

DVD-Video has become the basic source

material for home theater due to its size,

quality, and ease of use. Depending on the

DVD, you can have up to seven different audio

tracks coming from one disc, all of them being

sent to different speakers in your system. This

is what creates a surround sound effect and

gives you the feeling of `being there'.

This receiver will automatically decode Dolby

Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video

discs, according to your speaker setup. In most

cases, you won't have to make changes for

realistic surround sound, but other

possibilities (like listening to a CD with

multichannel surround sound) are explained in

Listening to your system on page 36.

Checking what's in the box

Please check that you've received the following

supplied accessories:

· Setup microphone

· AM loop antenna

· FM wire antenna

· Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2

· Remote control

· Power cords (make sure you use the

correct cord for your country/region):

VSX-515/815/915-K (black models)

Round 2-pin type and Australian type

VSX-515-S (silver models)

Round 2-pin type, flat blade 2-pin type and

UK 3-pin type (Except Australian model)

VSX-815/915-S (silver model)

Round 2-pin type, flat blade 2-pin type, UK

3-pin type and Australian type

· Power plug adaptor (VSX-515/815/

915-K only) x1

· J-shaped plug x1

· These operating instructions

Loading the batteries

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