Pioneer VSX-C100 - Manuals

5 En English Manufactured under license from Dolby Labo-ratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laborato-ries. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” aretrademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Compatibility with the HomeTheater Formats Dolby Digi...

6 En Contents Congratulations on buying this fine Pioneer product.Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After youhave finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. Contents 6 Quick Start Guide 7 ...

English 7 En Home Theater: The Basics Most consumers are used to using stereo equipment to listen to music but many people are not used to home theatersystems that give you many more options when listening to soundtracks. In fact, home theater is not really compli-cated and this little guide should ...

8 En AC IN CONTROL CENTER L R L R SUB WOOFER OUT OUT F M U N B A L 7 5 Ω AM LOOP M O N I TO R O U T D V D D V D C O A X R R AUD IO DIGITAL IN AUD IO V I D EO L L 1 2 IN OUT SPEAKERS FRONT SURROUND DVR / VCR DVR / VCR IN T V / SAT IN IN ( T V / S AT ) ANTENNA (DVD) DVR / VCR T V / SAT OPT1 OPT2 LINE ...

10 En Advanced/Customized Settings If you want to customize your home theater to your environment, equipment or personal tastes, many settings areavailable. One of the most important advanced settings, called Room Setup, establishes the distances between yourspeakers and your normal listening positi...

11 En English 01 Introductory Information When Making CableConnections Be careful not to arrange cables in a manner that bendsthe cables over the top of this unit. If the cables are laidon top of the unit, the magnetic field produced by thetransformers in this unit may cause a humming noise tocome f...

12 En CAUTION: Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards asleakage and bursting. Observe the following precautions:• Never use new and old batteries together.• Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case. • Batteries of the same sh...

English 13 En 02 Connecting Your Equipment Coaxial Cords/Optical Cables Commercially available digital audio coaxial cords(standard video cords can also be used) or optical cables(not supplied) are used to connect digital components tothis receiver.Be sure to insert completely and in the case of the...

14 En Connecting Your Equipment Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC walloutlet. Connecting a DVD Player & TV In order to play PCM/ 2 2 2 2 2 Digital/DTS multichannel soundtracks, you need to make digital audio connections. Con...

English 15 En Connecting Your Equipment Optical cable (soldseparately, don’tpinch or bendcable sharply) Audio cord(sold separately) Video cord (sold separately) Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC walloutlet. Connecting a Digital ...

16 En Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Video Components Connect your video components to the terminals as shown next page.If you have a Digital Video Recorder (a DVR) you need to connect it digitally to either the optical digital terminals orthe coaxial digital terminal in order to play and/or r...

English 17 En Connecting Your Equipment STANDBY/ON PHONES VIDEO AUDIO DIGITAL IN L R FRONT INPUT 2 DIGITAL 2 DTS INPUT SIGNAL AUTO ADVANCED SOUND MODE PHONES /VIRTUAL SURROUND MODE PRO LOGIC II DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) PHONES HOLD O N / O F F COLOR BRIGHT MONITOR VIDEO IN/OUT AUDIO IN/OUT Front Select ...

18 En Connecting Your Equipment AC IN CONTROL CENTER L R L R SUB WOOFER OUT OUT F M U N B A L 7 5 Ω AM LOOP M O N I TO R O U T D V D D V D C O A X R R AUD IO DIGITAL IN AUD IO V I D EO L L 1 2 IN OUT SPEAKERS FRONT SURROUND DVR / VCR DVR / VCR IN T V / SAT IN IN ( T V / S AT ) ANTENNA (DVD) DVR / VC...

English 19 En Connecting Your Equipment Hints on Speaker Placement Speakers are usually designed with a particular place-ment in mind. Some are designed to be floor standing,while others should be placed on stands to sound theirbest. Some should be placed near a wall; others shouldbe placed away fro...

20 En Connecting Your Equipment AM Antenna connectors Twist the exposed wire strands together push the tabback, insert into the hole and release connector. FM wire antenna Connect the FM wire antenna and fully extend verticallyalong a window frame or other suitable area. AM loop antenna Assemble the...

English 21 En Connecting Your Equipment Operating other Pioneer Components with this Unit’s Sensor By connecting a control cord to the CONTROL terminals of the respective equipment, you can control several Pioneercomponents using one remote sensor. Following the diagram below you will see that one c...

22 En 03 Front Panel 1 STANDBY/ON (Main power) button Pressing this button switches the receiver ON fromSTANDBY mode.RECEIVER button on the remote control alsotoggles between ON and STANDBY mode.The receiver uses a small amount of electricity (lessthan 1W) in STANDBY mode. 2 PHONES jack Use to conne...

English 23 En Displays & Controls Rear Panel 1 TV/SAT IN terminals (connect a TV/SAT set topbox here, see page 15) Use these terminals to input a TV/SAT signal (or fromanother kind of source, if you choose). Make sure toconnect to the video terminals and both the analogand optical digital termin...

Displays & Controls 24 En Remote Control All the buttons on the remote control are explained here. See pages 47 & 48 for details relating to using the remotecontrol with other components (like your DVD player or TV/SAT tuner). 1 RECEIVER (Power) button: This switches between STANDBY mode and...

26 En 04 Checking the Settings on Your DVD (or other) Player If you don’t set the following two features correctly you may experience problems with your surround sound (forexample: no sound whatsoever; the sound is unidimensional or lacks punch; or other problems). 1 Digital output from your DVD pla...

English 27 En Basic Playback Playing a Source Here are the basic instructions for playing a disc or videotape (or any other source) with your home theater system.The following pages will tell you about refinements you can make to the sound but the below procedure (with thesettings you have already m...

28 En LS RS L C R SW 05 Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound Room Setup This setup establishes the distances from your speakers to your normal listening position. It is important for thereceiver to know these distances so it can output proper surround sound. Alternatively, you can make more precisespeake...

30 En Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound Front speakers setting This settings establishes the size and configuration of thefront speakers you have connected more exactly than theautomatic setup. Select either Large ( L ) or Small ( S ). This will determine if bass sounds are sent by the receiver to the...

English 31 En Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound LFE attenuator setting Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources include ultra-lowbass tones. Set the LFE attenuator as needed to preventthe ultra-low bass tones from distorting the sound fromall the active speakers. Follow steps 1&2 on page 29 (if necessa...

32 En Fine Tuning Your Surround Sound Dual mono setting Dual mono has two different audio channels in it. Youcan use it to listen to soundtracks that have onelanguage on one channel and a different language onthe other.The dual mono setting can only be used when listeningto discs that have dual mono...

English 33 En Input attenuator setting You can set the input signal to be lowered if it isdistorting. This is only possible for analog signals,digital signals can’t be attenuated. Follow steps 1&2 on page 29 (if necessary). Use the +/ – buttons to set the input attenua- tor ON or OFF. Press SETU...

English 35 En Listening Modes Intrinsic to home theater, surround sound delivers a realistic and powerful soundtrack that recreates the movietheater experience. You may need to experiment with these different modes to see which suit your home system andpersonal tastes, but in general you should list...

36 En Playback Modes Selecting a Listening Mode Choose a listening mode that suits the soundtrack you are listening to or achieves the effect you want, as explainedon the previous page. It will probably be necessary for you to experiment with different modes until you find oneswhich suit your tastes...

English 37 En Playback Modes 1 Press SOUND MODE . 2 Cycle through the different possibilities using the SOUND MODE button and select the one you want. Refer to above for more details about each sound mode. • The default setting is NATURAL.• Each playback component can be set independently and retain...

38 En 07 Using the Tuner Finding a Station The following steps show you how to tune in to FM andAM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) andmanual (step) tuning functions. If you already know theexact frequency of the station you want to listen to, see“Tuning Directly to a Station” on page 3...

English 39 En Tuning Directly to a Station Sometimes, you'll already know the frequency of thestation you want to listen to. In this case, you can simplyenter the frequency directly using the number buttonson the remote control. 1 Press the FM/AM button on the remote control to put it in tuner mode....

40 En Using the Tuner Recalling Memorized Stations Having memorized up to 30 stations (see the previousexplanation for how to do this), preset stations can beeasily recalled. 1 Press the FM/AM button on the remote control. 2 Press CLASS to select the class in which the station is stored. Repeatedly ...

41 En English 08 Using Other Functions Muting the Sound Use this feature to mute the volume. Changing the DisplayBrightness (DIMMER button) The display on the receiver has four brightness settings.Use the instructions below to adjust the brightness ofthe display. 1 Press the MUTE button on the remot...

42 En Using Other Functions Input Signal Select This button selects the type of input signal, ANALOG,DIGITAL or AUTO, sent to the receiver. You need to takespecial care to switch to the appropriate input whennecessary. For example, the switch would have to be onDIGITAL to hear Dolby Digital or DTS s...

43 En English Speakers (Front, Center, Surround) setting Page Subwoofer setting LFE attenuator Front speakers distance Center speakers distance Surround speakers distance Dynamic range control Dual mono Input attenuator Sound mode Listening mode Setting the volume level of each channel Input MASTER ...

44 En 09 Controlling the Rest of Your System Changing the Remote Control Mode The remote control that comes with this receiver is very flexible and can be switched from controlling this receiver tocontrolling other components, even components not made by Pioneer. You can set up the remote to control...

45 En English 2 LED 1 While pressing the ENTER button press the Input/Control Mode Select button you want to preset. For the TV CONTROL buttons press the TV CONTROL (Power) button while pressing the ENTER button. The LED lights. To cancel the preset mode at any time Press ENTER . The remote control ...

46 En Controlling the Rest of Your System 1 Clearing the Preset Codes Clears all presets, all learned functions and restores thefactory presets. 1 While pressing the ENTER button press and hold the 0 button for three seconds. The LED on the remote control blinks three timesindicating all the preset ...

49 En English Controlling the Rest of Your System Preset Code List 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 SONY(video game) 016 LOEWE 013 GOLDSTAR 014 MICROSOFT 017 (Video game) PIO...

50 En 10 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 othercomponents and electri...

51 En English Symptom No sound from surroundor center speakers. No sound fromsubwoofer Sound is produced fromanalog components, butnot from digital ones(DVD, LD, CD-ROMetc.). No sound is output or anoise is output whenDolby Digital/DTSsoftware is played back. When a search is per-formed by a DTS com...

53 En English 11 Techno Know How Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround Dolby Digital is the most widely used system to record soundtracks on DVDs and other media. It's a soundcompression format which records the sound of 6 channels of the theater surround system (Dolby Digital) on amovie film digital tra...

57 En English Techno Know How Amplifier Section Maximum Output Power .......................... 41 W / ch (1 kHz, THD 10 %, 6 Ω ) Continuous Power Output (STEREO MODE)FRONT ......... 25 W+25W (DIN 1 kHz, THD 1 %, 8 Ω ) Continuous Power Output (SURROUND MODE)FRONT ............ 30 W / ch (DIN 1 kHz, T...

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