Pioneer audio/video multi-channel receiver - Manuals

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5 minute guide 02 8 En Introduction to home theater You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to hometheater systems that give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening tosoundtracks. Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio t...

5 minute guide 02 9 En Listening to Surround Sound This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quicksetup guide, you should have your system hooked up for surround sound in no time at all. In mostcases, you can simply leave the receiver in the default se...

5 minute guide 02 10 En 3 Connect your speakers. A complete setup of six speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown here, but everyone’s homesetup will vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner shown below. The receiver willwork with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in th...

5 minute guide 02 11 En 4 Plug in the receiver and switch it on, followed by your DVD player, your subwoofer and the TV. Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV to this receiver. Check the manual that came withthe TV if you don’t know how to do this. Also make sure that DVD/LD is showing in ...

5 minute guide 02 12 En Using the Quick Setup You can use the Quick Setup to get your systemup and running with just a few button presses.The receiver automatically makes the necessarysettings after you have selected your speakersetup and room size. If you want to make morespecific settings, refer t...

Connecting up 03 13 En Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord fromthe AC outlet. Audio/Video cords Use audio/video cords (not supplied) to connectthe audio/video components and a video cord toconnect the monitor TV. Connect red plugs to R (right...

Connecting up 03 14 En Connecting digital components For proper decoding of Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, you need to make digital audio connections.You can do this by either coaxial or optical connections (you don’t need to do both). The quality ofthese two types of connections is the same, but si...

Connecting up 03 15 En Connecting video components Connect your video components to the jacks as shown below. Regarding digital video components(like a DVD player), you must use the connections pictured on this page for the video signal, but inorder to hear a digital source (like a DVD) you should h...

Connecting up 03 16 En FM wire antenna Connect the FM wire antenna and fully extendvertically along a window frame or othersuitable area, etc. Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wireantenna as shown at right. To improve receptionand sound quality, connect external antennas(se...

Connecting up 03 17 En To improve FM reception Connect an external FM antenna. FM UNBAL 75 Ω FM ANTENNA AM LOOP ANTENNA To improve AM reception Connect a 15-18 feet length of vinyl-coated wireto the AM antenna terminal without disconnect-ing the supplied AM loop antenna. For the best possible recept...

Connecting up 03 18 En 1/2 inches 1 Twist around 1/2 inch of bare wire strands together. 2 Unclip the speaker terminal and insert the wire. 3 Snap shut the speaker terminal to secure. Speaker terminals ª · Connecting the speakers A complete setup of six speakers (including the subwoofer) is shown he...

Connecting up 03 19 En Hints on speaker placement Speakers are usually designed with a particular placement in mind. Some are designed to befloorstanding, while others should be placed on stands to sound their best. Some should be placednear a wall; others should be placed away from walls. We have p...

Connecting up 03 20 En Receiver Other Pioneer productswith CONTROL terminals Operating other Pioneercomponents By connecting a control cord (optional),you can point the remote controls of otherPioneer components at the receiver ’sremote sensor. You can also use theremote control from this unit to co...

Controls and displays 04 21 En Remote Control (VSX-D512) 1 RECEIVER Switches the receiver between on and standby. 2 MULTI CONTROL buttons Use to select the input source. 3 LISTENING MODE buttons STANDARD (page 30, 32, 39) Press for Standard decoding and to switchbetween the various Pro Logic II opti...

Controls and displays 04 22 En 9 Component/Tuner controls The main buttons ( 3 , 7 , etc.) are used to control a component after you have selected itusing the MULTI CONTROL buttons. The tuner/DTV controls above these buttons can beaccessed after you have selected the corre-sponding MULTI CONTROL but...

Controls and displays 04 23 En 19 GUIDE Use to display the guides on a digital TV. SUBTITLE Displays/changes the subtitles included inmultilingual DVD-Video discs. 20 ENTER (page 48–50) It can be used to enter commands for TV, CATVand TUNER. 21 TV CONTROL buttons: These controls are for your TV. The...

Controls and displays 04 25 En 10 Tuner controls The TUNING +/– buttons can be used to find radio frequencies. The STATION +/– buttons can be used to select preset radio stations(pages 42–43). BAND (page 41) Use to switch between the AM and FMbands when the tuner is selected. CLASS (pages 42–43) Use...

Controls and displays 04 26 En 1 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. 2 STANDBY indicator Lights when the receiver is in standby mode. 3 STATION (+/–) buttons (pages 42–43) Selects station presets when using the tuner. 4 TUNING (+/–) buttons (page 40) Selects the frequency when u...

Controls and displays 04 28 En 1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Lights to indicate the type of input signalassigned for the current component: AUTO : Lights when AUTO signal select is on. DIGITAL : Lights when a digital audio signal is detected. 2 DIGITAL : Lights when a Dolby Digital signal is detected. ...

Playing sources 05 30 En Introduction to Sound Modes There are three basic sound options: Stereo/Direct, Standard or Advanced Surround. Stereo/Direct When you select STEREO or DIRECT , you will hear the source through just the front left andright speakers (and possibly your subwooferdepending on you...

Playing sources 05 31 En Expanded This mode is especially designed to give sounddepth to stereo sources. The overall effectbuilds a dynamic and broad sound space,allowing two-channel (stereo) signals to imitatea five speaker sound. Use with Dolby Pro Logicfor a stereo surround effect. You can also u...

Playing sources 05 32 En Listening to multi-channelplayback INPUT SELECTOR CD TV/SAT DVD/LD RECEIVER CD-R/ TAPE/MD VCR/ DVR TUNER STANDARD MULTI CONTROL RECEIVER STANDARD DVD/LD TV / SAT C D VCR/DVR TV CONT TUNER CD-R/TAPE RECEIVER 1 Switch on the playback component. 2 Switch on the receiver. 3 Sele...

Playing sources 05 33 En • Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS. Each press cycles through the effects asfollows: Off Midnight Loudness You can also press MIDNIGHT or LOUDNESS on the front panel. Each press switches theeffect on or off. Using the tone controls Depending on what you are listening to, youmay want ...

Playing sources 05 34 En Selecting the multi-channelanalog inputs Connect a DVD player with 5.1 channel outputto listen to 5.1 channel playback. 1 Select DVD/LD if it is not already selected. Use the INPUT SELECTOR (VSX-D412)/ MULTI CONTROL (VSX-D512) buttons on the remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SE...

Setting up the receiver 06 36 En 4 Use ’ or ‘ to adjust the setting. The setting is entered automatically. 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set other surround modes. 6 When you’re done, press ENTER to exit. The setting display is automatically exitedafter 20 seconds of inactivity. Speaker setting • Default...

Setting up the receiver 06 37 En 100Hz 150Hz 200Hz 100 Hz Sends bass frequencies below 100 Hz to thesubwoofer (or L speakers). 150 Hz Sends bass frequencies below 150 Hz to thesubwoofer (or L speakers). 200 Hz Sends bass frequencies below 200 Hz to thesubwoofer (or L speakers). If all speakers (fron...

Setting up the receiver 06 38 En When S is selected in the speaker setting, the surround distance cannot be set. Dynamic range control setting • Default setting: OFF Dynamic range is the difference between theloudest and softest sounds in any given signal.With this setting, you can compress thedynam...

Setting up the receiver 06 39 En Setting the relative volumelevel of each channel • Default setting: 0 dB For best surround sound playback, you shouldset the relative channel levels from the mainlistening position. You can set seperate levelsfor each surround mode. 1 Press STANDARD. 2 Press TEST TON...

Using the tuner 07 40 En Listening to the radio The following steps show you how to tune to FMand AM radio broadcasts using the automatic(search) and manual (step) tuning functions.Once you are tuned to a station you canmemorize the frequency for recall later—see Saving station presets on the next p...

Using the tuner 07 41 En Tuning directly to a station(VSX-D512 only) Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency ofthe station you want to listen to. In this case,you can simply enter the frequency directlyusing the number buttons on the remotecontrol. 1 Press the TUNER button on the remote control...

Using the tuner 07 42 En 2 If you’re using the remote control, press RECEIVER (VSX-D412 only). 3 Press TUNER EDIT (T. EDIT on the VSX- D512 remote). The display shows ST. MEMORY , then a blinking memory class. SP A STEREO TUNED A - 99.50 4 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes then press } ...

Using the tuner 07 43 En Naming station presets For easier identification, you can name yourstation presets. 1 Choose the station preset you want to name. See Listening to station presets (this page) for how to do this. 2 If you’re using the remote control, press RECEIVER (VSX-D412 only). 3 Press TU...

Making Recordings 08 44 En Monitoring your recording You can listen to (monitor) the recording as it'sbeing made using the MONITOR button on the front panel (a cassette deck would have to havea record monitor function). • Press the MONITOR button to switch between the recorded signal and theoriginal...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 45 En Setting the remote to controlother components(VSX-D512 only) There are several ways to set your remote tocontrol the other components in your system.The easiest way to do this is to assign thecomponent’s manufacturer preset code (listedon pages 51–52) to ...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 48 En Controls for TVs (VSX-D512 only) This remote control can control components after entering the proper codes (see pages 45–46). Usethe MULTI CONTROL buttons to select the component. Button (s) TV INPUTSELECT CHANNEL+/– VOLUME+/– TOP MENU MENU AUDIO GUIDE 4...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 51 En DVD Manufacturer Code TOSHIBA 001 SONY 002 PANASONIC 003 JVC 004 SAMSUNG 005 SHARP 006 AKAI 007 RCA 009, 011 DENON 003, 010 HITACHI 012 PHILIPS 013 ZENITH 014 THOMSON 015 SONY(video game) 016 LOEWE 013 GOLDSTAR 014 MICROSOFT 017 (Video game) PIONEER 000, ...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 52 En CD Manufacturer Code DENON 309, 346 JVC 303 KENWOOD 310, 311, 321 MARANTZ 323, 312, 324, 346 ONKYO 320, 308, 307 OPTIMUS 300 PANASONIC 304, 326 PHILIPS 312, 322, 346 RCA 302, 319, 313 SANYO 313 SONY 301, 316, 317, 318 TEAC 305, 306, 327, 324, 325 TECHNICS...

Additional information 10 53 En Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there issomething wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie inanother component. Investigate the other components and electri...

Additional information 10 54 En If the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electricity disconnect thepower plug from the outlet and insert again to return to normal operating conditions. Problem No sound from surround orcenter speakers. Noise during playback of acas...

Additional information 10 55 En Specifications Amplifier Section Continuous average power output of 100 watts*per channel, min., at 8 ohms, from 20 Hz to20,000 Hz with no more than 0.2 %** totalharmonic distortion (front). Continuous Power Output (Stereo) Front .........................................

Additional information 10 56 En Miscellaneous Power Requirements ................ AC 120 V, 60 HzPower Consumption ................................. 260 WIn Standby ................................................... 1.0 WAC Outlet .................. 100 W MAX. (SWITCHED)Dimensions ....................

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