Pioneer VSA-E03 - Manuals

SET UP OPERA TION 5 En Loading the batteries Introductory Information “AA” IEC LR6 batteries x 2 Remote control unit Checking the Supplied Accessories Please check that you have received all of the following accessories with the amplifier. The following marks and symbols are used throughoutthis manu...

6 En Introductory Information Operating other PIONEER components You can also control PIONEER components(and those made by other manufacturers) bypointing the amplifier’s remote control directlyat the respective component. This type ofoperation does not require control cords. Allyou have to do is re...

SET UP OPERA TION 7 En L R Audio Components Connections Be sure to switch power to standby and remove the power cord from the wall outlet when you make or changeconnections.Connect your audio components as shown below. Refer to “Digital Connections” on page 9 when making digitalconnections from your...

8 En L R VIDEO VIDEO OUT OUT IN IN CONTROL OPT 1 OPT 2 OPT DIGITAL OUT COAX DIGITAL IN IN IN IN PLAY REC IN IN IN IN IN OUT CD MD/TAPE TOMONITORTV S S IN S IN IN OUT OUT IN S OUT S OUT R L TV/SAT DVD/ LD DVD 5.1 CH INPUT SURROUND L R CENTER SUBWOOFER DVD 5.1 CH FRONT VCR PCM/ PCM/ CENTERPREOUT SUB W...

9 En SET UP Digital Connections VIDEO OUT OUT IN IN CONTROL OPT 1 OPT 2 OPT DIGITAL OUT COAX DIGITAL IN IN IN IN PLAY REC IN IN IN IN IN OUT CD MD/TAPE TOMONITORTV S S IN S IN IN OUT OUT IN S OUT S OUT R L TV/SAT DVD/ LD DVD 5.1 CH INPUT SURROUND L R CENTER SUBWOOFER DVD 5.1 CH FRONT VCR PCM/ PCM/ C...

10 En VIDEO OUT OUT IN IN CONTROL OPT 1 OPT 2 OPT DIGITAL OUT COAX DIGITAL IN IN IN IN PLAY REC IN IN IN IN IN OUT CD MD/TAPE TOMONITORTV S S IN S IN IN OUT OUT IN S OUT S OUT R L TV/SAT DVD/ LD DVD 5.1 CH INPUT SURROUND L R CENTER SUBWOOFER DVD 5.1 CH FRONT VCR PCM/ PCM/ CENTERPREOUT SUB WOOFER PRE...

11 En SET UP 10 mm Speakers Connections • Use speakers with a nominal impedance of 8 Ω to 16 Ω . • The front speaker B terminal is only used in stereo mode (Not available during DVD 5.1 channel, DSP mode, or Dolby Surround mode). • When you use the speaker on your TV as a center speaker, please conn...

12 En VIDEO OUT OUT IN IN CONTROL OPT 1 OPT 2 OPT DIGITAL OUT COAX DIGITAL IN IN IN IN PLAY REC IN IN IN IN IN OUT CD MD/TAPE TOMONITORTV S S IN S IN IN OUT OUT IN S OUT S OUT R L TV/SAT DVD/ LD DVD 5.1 CH INPUT SURROUND L R CENTER SUBWOOFER DVD 5.1 CH FRONT VCR PCM/ PCM/ CENTERPREOUT SUB WOOFER PRE...

13 En SET UP • Install the left and right front speakers at equal distances from the TV.• When installing speakers near the TV, we recommend using magnetically shielded speakers to prevent possible interference such as distortion in the color of the TV screen. If you do not have magneticallyshielded...

14 En Preparations 1 Press AMP to turn the power on. The STANDBY indicator goes out. 2 Press AMP. This switches the remote to the surround setup mode. 3 Press ! or ⁄ to select the mode you desire. For best results, start with “SPEAKER setting mode” and make yourinitial adjustments in the order descr...

15 En SET UP dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG A dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG A dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG A Preparations 1 Press % or fi to set the front speaker. Front speaker (initial setting is “L (Large)”) • Select “FL” if your speakers will reproduce bass frequencies effectively or if you did not connect ...

16 En Preparations SUB WOOFER ON/OFF setting mode Sets whether the SUB WOOFER is used or not. • Initial setting is “ON”.• Setting the front speaker size to “Small” in the SPEAKER setting mode automatically locks the sub woofer in the “ON” position. Press % or fi to select sub woofer ON or OFF. Cross...

17 En SET UP Preparations Low cut filter ON/OFF setting mode Turn the low cut filter ON when distorted sound is output through the sub woofer. • Initial setting is “OFF”.• If the SUB WOOFER is set to “OFF” in the SUB WOOFER ON/OFF setting mode, the low cut filter cannot be set. Press % or fi to sele...

18 En Preparations Dynamic range control setting mode Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in any given signal. The dynamic range controlhelps you play back sounds so the quieter sounds are audible yet the louder sounds don’t get distored. It does this bycompressing...

19 En SET UP 1 Press . 2 Press VOL + or – to adjust the volume to an appropriatelevel. 3 Press TEST TONE to output the test tone. The test tone is output in the following order. • Depending on the “SPEAKER setting mode” chosen, some channels may not output test tone (refer to page 15). • Test tone i...

20 En 1 Press COMMANDER SET UP and 1 at the same time to select the preset mode. The MULTI CONTROL buttons on the remote control start to blink. To cancel the preset mode Press COMMANDER SET UP. 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component youwant to control. Each button can be set to control ...

21 En SET UP Preparations 4 Press COMMANDER SET UP to exit the preset mode. The remote control returns to the previous operation mode. • When operating a PIONEER’S DVD/LD player, set the manufacturer code to “000” in the preset mode. • AMP button cannot be preset. Clearing the Remote Control Setting...

22 En Names of Parts and Basic Operations 0 Speaker indicators Light to indicate the current speaker system (refer to“Front Panel”, 5 , SPEAKERS (A/B) on page 24). SP 3 A : Lights when speaker system A is selected. SP 3 B : Lights when speaker system B is selected. - Program format indicators The fo...

SET UP 23 En OPERA TION Remote Control These pages describe the buttons on the remote controlused to operate the amplifier. 6 MULTI CONTROL buttons Use these buttons to select the remote operationmode.For example, pressing TUNER sets the remote tooperate the tuner functions. 7 Number buttons These b...

24 En Names of Parts and Basic Operations Front Panel 1 Main power switch ( — OFF, _ ON) 2 STANDBY/ON button Press to switch the amplifier on or put in standby. 3 STANDBY indicator Lights when the amplifier is in standby mode. (Pleasenote that this amplifier consumes a small amount ofpower (2 W) dur...

26 En Sound Modes This amplifier incorporates two surround modes for enjoyment of a variety of program sources. Surround modes (Dolby) Surround mode Use this mode when playing Dolby Digital or Dolby Surround software. Decoding switches automatically according tothe input signal, so all you have to d...

27 En OPERA TION Switching ANALOG/DIGITAL Signal Input The input of the component set in the digital input setting (Refer to page 18) can be switched to an analog or digitalinput signal by pressing the SIGNAL SELECT button. 2 Press SIG. SELECT on the remote control or SIGNALSELECT on the front panel...

28 En 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Press AMP to turn on the amplifier. Be sure that the standby indicator turns off on the front panel. 3 Press FUNCTION to select the source you want to playback. The source you want to playback is displayed in the following order: 4 Press SIG. SE...

29 En OPERA TION Playing Sources with Dolby Digital Sound Modes 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 of the playback procedure. (Refer to“Playback” on page 28.) 1 Turn on the power of the playback component. 2 Press AMP to turn on the amplifier. 3 Press FUNCTION to select the source component you want toplay. 2 Pr...

30 En 1 Press AMP. This sets the remote to select the sound mode. (You can skip this step when using the controls on the amplifier.) 2 Press DSP MODE to select the sound mode. Each press changes the DSP mode as follows: Selecting a Sound Mode To ensure the best possible surround sound, be sure to co...

31 En OPERA TION DVD 5.1ch input playback Connect a component with 5.1 channel output to enjoy the surround sound created by 5.1 channel playback. Press DVD/LD on the unit. Each press switches the input: DVD/LD j DVD 5.1ch dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG A dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG DIGITAL AC-3 A DIGITAL ...

32 En Sound Modes Adjusting bass and treble (tone control) Use BASS (–/+) or TREBLE (–/+) to adjust the low and high frequencies. Press BASS (–/+) to adjust the low frequencies. Press TREBLE (–/+) to adjust the high frequencies. dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG A dB SP SIGNALSELECT ANALOG A TREBLE –/+ BASS...

33 En OPERA TION Recording from Audio Components The following operations show you how to record audio to the cassette, DAT, or MD deck connected to the MD/TAPEjacks. 1 Prepare the program source. (Tune in the radio station or load the CD, etc.) 2 Select the component you want to record. Press SIG. ...

34 En Other Operations Recording from Video Components The following operations show you how to record audio and video to the video tape recorder connected to the VCRjacks. 1 Prepare the program source. (Load the DVD or LD, etc.) 2 Select the component you want to record. Be sure to press SIG. SELEC...

SET UP 35 En OPERA TION Other Operations Remote Controlling Other Components DVD or LD player operations Before attempting to perform these operations, press the DVD/LD (MULTI CONTROL) button to switch theremote to the DVD/LD operation mode. 5 Number buttons Use to select chapters (tracks). 6 1˜¡ 1 ...

36 En Other Operations 1 Press to switch the satellite tuner on or off. 2 5˜∞˜2˜3 Use as cursor buttons to obtain information aboutprograms. 3 Number buttons Use to select satellite channels. 4 ENTER Press to select the position selected using the cursorbuttons ( 5˜∞˜2˜3 ). 5 4˜¢ (GUIDE) Use to turn...

SET UP 37 En OPERA TION Other Operations CD player operations Before performing these operations, press the CD (MULTI CONTROL) button to switch the remote to the CDoperation mode. DVD/LD VCR 1 TV/SAT CD TUNER VCR 2 MD/TAPE TV CONTROL AMP DSP MODE CH.SELECT ATT SIG.SELECT MIDNIGHT TEST TONE AUDIO/VID...

38 En MD recorder operations Before performing these operations, press the MD/TAPE (MULTI CONTROL) button to switch the remote tothe MD/TAPE operation mode. DVD/LD VCR 1 TV/SAT CD TUNER VCR 2 MD/TAPE TV CONTROL AMP DSP MODE CH.SELECT ATT SIG.SELECT MIDNIGHT TEST TONE AUDIO/VIDEO PRE-PROGRAMMED REMOT...

SET UP 41 En OPERA TION DVD/LD VCR 1 TV/SAT CD TUNER VCR 2 MD/TAPE TV CONTROL AMP DSP MODE CH.SELECT ATT SIG.SELECT MIDNIGHT TEST TONE AUDIO/VIDEO PRE-PROGRAMMED REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 2 3 5 0 6 9 +10 TV/VCR CLASS 7 8 4 1 CHANNEL MULTI CONTROL ENTER VOL VOL FQ FQ + – TV FUNC TV MUTING CH.LEVEL EFFECT F...

42 En Additional Information No. of recorded channels No. of playback channels Playback channel structure Sound processing Rear (Surround) highfrequency playback limit Other Dolby Digital 5.1 channels (Max.) 5.1 channels (Max.) Front Left, Front Right, Center, Surround Left,Surround Right, Sub Woofe...

SET UP 43 En OPERA TION Additional Information Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong withthis component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the othercompone...

44 En Additional Information Preset Code List Device DVD LD SAT VCR ManufacturerTOSHIBASONYPANASONICJVCSAMSUNGSHARPAKAIRCAPIONEERSONYDENONHITACHIPHILIPSRADIOLATELEFUNKENPIONEERPIONEERPHILIPSPANASONICTHOMSONSONYJVCGRUNDIGAKAIHITACHITOSHIBAMITSUBISHISHARPORIONSANYOFERGUSONBLAUPUNKTNOKIASELECOAIWAAKIBA...

48 En Additional Information Continuous Power Output(DIN, 1 kHz, T.H.D. 1%, 8 Ω ) STEREO Front ....................................... 100 W + 100 W SURROUND Front ........................................... 60 W + 60 WCenter ..................................................... 60 WRear ..............