Pioneer VSX-D514 - Manuals

5 minute guide 02 7 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Chapter 2: 5 minute guide 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) ...

5 minute guide 02 8 En Listening to Surround Sound This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in mind, so with the following quick setup guide, you should have your system hooked up for surround sound in no time at all. In most cases, you can simply leave the receiver in the default ...

5 minute guide 02 9 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch 3 Connect your speakers. A complete setup of speakers is shown here (six speakers for the VSX-D514/D714, and eight for the VSX-D814), but different home setups may vary. Simply connect the speakers you have in the manner sho...

5 minute guide 02 10 En • If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker setting on page 46) to large. VSX-D814 only • To use the speaker on your TV as the center speaker ( C ), connect the CENTER PREOUT jack on this unit to the audio input jack on your TV. In this ca...

5 minute guide 02 12 En Using the Quick Setup You can use the Quick Setup to get your system up and running with just a few button presses. The receiver automatically makes the necessary settings after you have selected your speaker setup, room size and listening position. If you want to make more s...

5 minute guide 02 13 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch 4 Press ENTER. 5 Use the MULTI JOG dial to choose your room size. Depending on the distance of your speakers from the listening position, choose between small, medium, or large ( S , M or L ), M being an average-sized room....

Connecting up 03 14 En Chapter 3: Connecting up • Before making or changing any connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Audio/Video cords Use audio/video cords (not supplied) to connect the audio/video components and a video cord to connect the monitor TV....

Connecting up 03 15 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Connecting digital components The easiest way to hook up this receiver for surround sound is to use a digital input. You can do this by either coaxial or optical connections (you do not need to do both). The quality of these...

Connecting up 03 16 En • If you have an LD player, you need to make special connections to ensure you can play 2 RF format LDs on your system. If this is the case, hook up your DVD or LD player directly to an RF demodulator using both the 2 RF output and either a coaxial or optical digital connectio...

Connecting up 03 17 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Connecting DVD 5.1 channel components If you prefer to use a separate component for decoding DVDs, you can connect a decoder or a DVD player with multichannel analog outputs to the multichannel inputs of this receiver. When ...

Connecting up 03 18 En Connecting video components Connect your video components to the jacks as shown below. With digital video components (like a DVD player), you must use the connections shown on this page for the video signal, but in order to hear a digital source (like a DVD) you should hook up...

Connecting up 03 19 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as shown below. To improve reception and sound quality, connect external antennas (see Using external antennas below). Always make sure that the receive...

Connecting up 03 22 En • When using the speaker on your TV as the center speaker ( C ), connect the CENTER PREOUT jack on this unit to the audio input jack on your TV. In this case the center speaker shown is unnecessary. • If you are using only one surround back speaker, connect the positive wire t...

Connecting up 03 23 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch • Place the center speaker above or below the TV so that the sound of the center channel is localized at the TV screen. • If possible, place the surround speakers slightly above ear level. • Try not to place the surround spe...

Connecting up 03 25 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch • To hear sound only from the pre-outs, disconnect any speakers that are connected directly to the receiver. • If you’re not using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Speaker setting on page 46) to large. • VS...

Connecting up 03 26 En Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display VSX-D714/D814 only If you have a Pioneer plasma display (models PDP-504HDG and PDP-434HDG), you can use an SR+ cable (see note below) to connect it to this unit and take advantage of various convenient features, such as automat...

Controls and displays 04 27 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Chapter 4: Controls and displays Front panel (VSX-D514) 1 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. 2 Input select buttons Press to select an input source. 3 Remote sensor Receives the signals from the...

Controls and displays 04 28 En 8 STATION +/– buttons Selects station presets when using the tuner (page 58). 9 TUNING +/– buttons Selects the frequency when using the tuner (page 56). 10 LISTENING MODE buttons STANDARD Press for Standard decoding and to switch between the various Pro Logic II and (V...

Controls and displays 04 30 En 11 LISTENING MODE buttons STANDARD Press for Standard decoding and to switch between the various Pro Logic II and (VSX-D714/D814 only) Neo:6 options (page 36). ADVANCED SURROUND Use to switch between the various surround modes (page 37). STEREO/DIRECT Switches between ...

Controls and displays 04 31 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Display 1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Lights to indicate the type of input signal assigned for the current component: AUTO Lights when AUTO signal select is on. SB Depending on the source, this lights when a signal with...

Controls and displays 04 32 En 10 Speaker indicator VSX-D714/D814 only Shows the speaker system currently in use. 11 Character display 12 Neo:6 VSX-D714/D814 only When the ( STANDARD ) NEO:6 mode of the receiver is on, this lights to indicate NEO:6 processing. 13 ADV.SURR. (Advanced Surround) Lights...

Controls and displays 04 33 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch RECEIVER Switches the remote to control the receiver (used to select the features such as SLEEP , MCACC SETUP , etc). Also use this button to set up surround sound (page 44, page 52). 3 RECEIVER CONTROL buttons STAND...

Controls and displays 04 34 En SUBTITLE Displays/changes the subtitles included in multilingual DVD-Video discs. SLEEP Use to put the receiver in sleep mode and select the amount of time before the receiver turns off. 6 (TUNE +/– , ST +/–) /ENTER Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround s...

Controls and displays 04 35 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Use to turn on/off the power of the TV. (TV CONTROL) INPUT SELECT Use select the TV function. CHANNEL +/– Use to select channels. VOLUME +/– Use to adjust the volume on your TV. VSX_514-814.fm 35 ページ ２００４年３月２日　火曜日　午後...

Listening to your system 05 36 En Chapter 5: Listening to your system Listening in surround sound Using this receiver, you can listen to any source in surround sound. However, the options available will depend on your speaker setup and the type of source you’re listening to. If you connected surroun...

Listening to your system 05 37 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Using the Advanced surround effects The Advanced surround effects can be used for a variety of additional surround sound effects. Most Advanced Surround modes are designed to be used with film soundtracks, but som...

Listening to your system 05 39 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH) (VSX-D714/D814 only) • Default setting: SB ON (VSX-D814), SB OFF (VSX-D714) You can use automatic 6.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-...

Listening to your system 05 41 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Using Midnight and Loudness listening The Midnight listening feature allows you to hear effective surround sound of movies at low volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts according to the volume at which yo...

Listening to your system 05 43 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Using the sleep timer The sleep timer switches the receiver into standby after a specified amount of time so you can fall asleep without worrying about the receiver being left on all night. Use the remote control ...

Setting up the receiver 06 44 En Chapter 6: Setting up the receiver Choosing your receiver setup To ensure the best possible surround sound, be sure to complete the following set upoperations. This is particularly important when using DTS and Dolby surround. You only need to make these settings once...

Setting up the receiver 06 46 En 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust other setup options. 6 When you’re done, press ENTER to exit. • The setting display is automatically exited after 3 minutes of inactivity. Speaker setting • VSX-D514 default setting: S (all speakers) • VSX-D714/D814 default setting: F...

Setting up the receiver 06 47 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch • To select SB L , you must have SL selected in the Speaker setting . Subwoofer setting You can choose whether the subwoofer is used or not. Use the plus ( PLUS ) setting for extra bass. • Use or to select subwoofe...

Setting up the receiver 06 48 En Front speaker distance setting VSX-D514 only • Default setting: 3 m Sets the distance from the front left speaker to the listening position. • Use or to set the distance of the front speakers from the main listening position (within the range of 0.1 m to 9.0 m). Fron...

Setting up the receiver 06 49 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Surround right speaker distance setting VSX-D714/D814 only • Default setting: 3 m You should set the distance of the surround speakers accurately to hear sounds coming from all speakers at the same time. • Use or t...

Setting up the receiver 06 50 En Dynamic range control setting • Default setting: OFF Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in any given signal. With this setting, you can compress the dynamic range, so that low level sounds can be heard more easily (sounding relativ...

Setting up the receiver 06 51 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Coaxial digital 2: • Default setting: CD • Use or to assign the coaxial digital 2 input (DVD, TV, CD, CDR, DVR or OFF). Optical digital 1: • Default setting: TV • Use or to assign the optical digital 1 input (DVD, ...

Setting up the receiver 06 52 En Function setting for VIDEO input • VIDEO:1 – VIDEO:5 or TV – Matches the VIDEO function of the receiver with a numbered video input on the plasma display. For example, VIDEO:4 matches the VIDEO input with video input 4 on the plasma display. Manually calibrating your...

Setting up the receiver 06 55 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch • If you disconnect the SR+ cable or switch the plasma display off while SR+ is on, the receiver will automatically revert to SR+ OFF . • SR+ ERR shows in the display if no SR+ connection is detected (for example, ...

Using the tuner 07 56 En Chapter 7: Using the tuner Listening to the radio The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning functions. If you already know the frequency of the station you want, see Tuning directly to a st...

Using the tuner 07 57 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch 3 Press D.ACCESS (Direct Access). 4 Use the number buttons to enter the frequency of the radio station. For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1 , 0 , 6 , 0 , 0 . If you make a mistake halfway through, press D.ACCESS t...

Using the tuner 07 58 En 3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes then press ST +/– (STATION +/–) to select the station preset you want. You can also use the MULTI JOG dial (front panel) to select a station preset. 4 Press ENTER. After pressing ENTER , the preset class and number stop blinki...

Making recordings 08 59 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Chapter 8: Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording You can make an audio or a video recording from the built-in tuner, or from an audio or video source connected to the receiver (such as a CD player or TV)...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 60 En Chapter 9: Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components There are several ways to set your remote to control the other components in your system. The easiest way to do this is to assign the component’s manufacturer pr...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 62 En 6 When you’re done, press RECEIVER to store the operation(s). • Some commands from other remote controls cannot be learned, but in most cases the remotes just need to be moved closer together or farther apart. • Certain buttons represent operations that c...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 63 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Controls for TVs This remote control can control components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Setting the remote to control other components on page 60 for more ...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 67 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch MD Manufacturer Code SONY 901 KENWOOD 903 SHARP 902 TEAC 904 ONKYO 905 DENON 906 PIONEER 900, 907 VSX_514-814.fm 67 ページ ２００４年３月２日　火曜日　午後８時３５分

Controlling the rest of your system 09 68 En Preset Code List (VSX-D814) You should have no problem controlling a component if you find the manufacturer in this list, but please note that there are cases where codes for the manufacturer in the list will not work for the model that you are using. The...

Controlling the rest of your system 09 69 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch JC PENNY 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069 JVC 3070, 3071, 3072 KENDO 3073 KENWOOD 3074, 3075, 3076 LOEWE 3077, 3078 LUXOR 3079 LXI 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086 MARANTZ 3087, 3088 MARTA 308...

Additional information 10 70 En Chapter 10: Additional information Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investi...

Additional information 10 73 En English Italiano Français Nederlands Español Deutsch Specifications Amplifier section Continuous power output (stereo) Front . . . . . . . 100 W (DIN 1kHz, THD 1.0%, 8 Ω ) Continuous power output (surround) Front . . . . 100 W per channel (1kHz, 1.0%, 8 Ω ) Center . ....

Additional information 10 74 En FM Tuner Section Frequency Range . . . . . . . 87.5 MHz to 108 MHzUsable Sensitivity . . . . . . . . Mono:13.2 dBf, IHF (1.3 µV/ 75 Ω ) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity . . . . . Mono: 20.2 dB Stereo: 38.6 dBf Signal-to-Noise Ratio . .Mono: 73 dB (at 85 dBf) Stereo: 70 dB (...

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