Page 2 - CAUTION; IMPORTANT 1
2 En RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION IMPORTANT 1 CAUTION:TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DON O T R E M O V E C O V E R ( O R B A C K ) . N O U S E R -SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TOQUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle isinte...
Page 3 - Contents
3 En 01 01 Contents Congratulations on buying this fine Pioneer product.Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your modelproperly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place forfuture reference. 01 Contents 3 02 Introduct...
Page 4 - Introductory Information; Using this Manual; Set up; Installing the Receiver; Ventilation; Loading the Batteries
4 En 02 Introductory Information Checking the SuppliedAccessories Please check that you've received the following suppliedaccessories:• AM loop antenna• FM wire antenna• Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6P) x 2• Remote control• Operating instructions Using this Manual This manual is for the VSX-D510...
Page 5 - Digital Audio Cords/Optical Cables; Connecting Your Equipment; and the yellow plugs to; Be sure to insert completely.; Operating Other Pioneer Components; CONTROL OUT; • When controlling as a system, be sure to make a
5 En 03 Digital Audio 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.When you use optical digital input or output terminals,pull off the caps and ins...
Page 6 - Connecting Digital Components; You can do this
6 En L R L R R L CENT SPEAK FRONT SPEAKERS TO MONTOR TV VCR /DVR CONTROL CD IN IN IN OUT OUT FRONT CD - R / TAPE / MD SURROUND CENTER SUB WOOFER SUB WOOFER PREOUT IN IN IN IN IN TV / SAT DVD / LD COAX OPT OPT OPT (DVD) (CD) (CD-R) P L A Y OUT FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP ANTENNA FM ANTENNA DVD 5.1 CH INPUT...
Page 7 - Connecting Video Components; Connecting DVD 5.1 Channel Components; Cassette deck placement; • The 5.1 channel input can only be used when DVD 5.1 CH is selected.
7 En L R R L TO MONTOR TV VCR /DVR CONTROL CD IN IN IN OUT OUT FRONT CD - R / TAPE / MD SURROUND CENTER SUB WOOFER SUB WOOFER PREOUT IN IN IN IN IN TV / SAT DVD / LD COAX O (DVD) (C P L A Y OUT FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP ANTENNA FM ANTENNA DVD 5.1 CH INPUT DIGITAL IN PCM / 2 / DT OUTPUT VIDEO L R OUTPUT ...
Page 8 - Connect an external FM antenna.; Connecting Antennas; Using External Antennas
8 En L R L R R L CENT SPEA FRONT SPEAKERS TO MONTOR TV VCR /DVR CONTROL CD IN IN IN OUT OUT FRONT CD - R / TAPE / MD SURROUND CENTER SUB WOOFER SUB WOOFER PREOUT IN IN IN IN IN TV / SAT DVD / LD COAX OPT OPT OPT (DVD) (CD) (CD-R) P L A Y OUT FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP ANTENNA FM ANTENNA DVD 5.1 CH INPUT ...
Page 9 - Connecting Speakers; • Use speakers with a nominal impedance of 8
9 En Connecting Speakers A full complement of six speakers is shown here but, naturally, everyone’s home setup will vary. Simply connect thespeakers you have in the manner described below. The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (called “front”speakers in the diagram) but using at least...
Page 10 - Hints on speaker placement; Overhead view of speaker set up
10 En Surround Left Surround Right Listening Position Front Left FrontRight Center Subwoofer Hints on speaker placement Speakers are usually designed with a particular placement in mind. Some are designed to be floorstanding, whileothers should be placed on stands to sound their best. Some should be...
Page 11 - Preparations; RECEIVER; Setting Up for Surround Sound; ENTER
11 En 04 Preparations 1 Press RECEIVER to turn the power on. The STANDBY indicator goes out. 2 Press RECEIVER . This switches the remote to the receiver mode. 3 Press @ or # to select the mode you want to set. For best results, start with “SPEAKERS setting mode”and make your initial adjustments in t...
Page 12 - Crossover frequency setting mode
12 En SPEAKERS (Front, Center, Surround)setting mode This setting establishes the configuration of the speakersystem and size of each set of speakers you haveconnected. So, for example, here you set whether youhave connected surround speakers or not, and how bigthey are. Selecting “Large” or “Small”...
Page 13 - ON
13 En MEMO: • The initial setting is “ 100 Hz ”. • If all speakers (front, center, and surround) are set to “Large” in SPEAKERS setting mode, the crossoverfrequency cannot be set because there are no “Small”speakers ( *** appears in the display). LFE attenuator setting mode Dolby Digital and DTS aud...
Page 14 - Dynamic range control setting mode; OFF; Coaxial digital input setting; ANALOG DIGITAL; Dual mono setting mode
14 En SURROUND speakers distance settingmode Use to set the SURROUND speakers distance. Like theCENTER speaker position, the SURROUND speakersmay be set in a location closer or farther than theFRONT speakers. Set the distance of the SURROUNDspeakers accurately to hear sounds coming from bothFRONT an...
Page 15 - FL; TEST TONE
15 En Preparations Optical digital input setting 1 Here you tell the receiver what component you havehooked up to the optical input 1 jack. Press % or fi to select the optical digital input (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR, or OFF). After you assign a component to the digital jack,whenever you select that com...
Page 16 - Display; DIGITAL; dB
16 En 05 Displays & Controls Display 1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Lights to indicate the type of input signal assigned forthe current component : 2 DIGITAL : Lights when a DOLBY DIGITAL signal is played. DTS : Lights when a source with DTS audio signals is played. ANALOG : Lights when an analog si...
Page 17 - Front Panel
17 En Front Panel 1 — OFF/ _ ON (Main power) button If the button is OFF ( — ), the power of the receiver is shut off and the STANDBY/ON button ( ~ ) on the receiver or the remote control do not function.Pressing the button again will turn the receiver ON( _ ) and the receiver enters the standby mod...
Page 18 - Remote Control; MULTI CONTROL buttons
18 En Displays & Controls Remote Control MULTI CONTROL DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR/DVR CD SOURCE CLASS MPX BAND LOUDNESS FUNCTION MUTING RECEIVER D.ACCESS ATT VOL MENU TOP MENU VOL CH 2 DSP MODE MIDNIGHT 5.1CH CD-R/ TAPE/MD CHANNEL SELECT CHANNEL LEVEL EFFECT ENTER FQ FQ ST ST FL DIMMER REMOTE SETUP MASTE...
Page 20 - Sound Modes; Learning about the Sound Modes; ADVANCED THEATER modes
20 En 06 Sound Modes Learning about the Sound Modes The sound modes are explained here.There are two cinema modes: STANDARD, and ADVANCED THEATER. These are designed to be used with multichannel surround sound audio/visual sources (like DVDs and LDs). Intrinsic to home theater, these modes can deliv...
Page 21 - FUNCTION; Then set the remote to select the sound mode.
21 En Switching ANALOG/DIGITALSignal Input When you select a function (for example CD) that isonly hooked up by a digital connection, then theANALOG/DIGITAL signal input switch willautomatically choose digital. If you have that functionhooked up by both digital and analog connections thisswitch lets...
Page 22 - Selecting a Sound Mode; Surround operation
22 En 1 Press RECEIVER . This sets the remote to select the sound mode. (You can skip this step when using the controls onthe receiver.) 2 Press DSP MODE to select the sound mode. Each press changes the DSP mode as follows: MEMO: • The amount of effect of each DSP mode can be adjusted in the range o...
Page 23 - Playing Other Sources; MULTI JOG dial
23 En Sound Modes ADVANCED THEATER Mode(Dolby/DTS mode) Switch on the Dolby/DTS mode by pressing the 2 button. When Dolby/DTS mode is ON, Dolby Pro Logic,Dolby Digital and DTS, and signal processing isperformed automatically corresponding to the inputsignal. Use this button to cycle through the vari...
Page 24 - Finding a Station; Using the Tuner; MULTI CONTROL TUNER; TUNING; Manual tuning; RF ATT mode; RF ATT; MPX
24 En 07 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, seeTuning Directly to a Station below. Once you are tunedto...
Page 25 - Memorizing Stations; Repeat steps 1 to 4 to memorize up to 30 stations.; Tuning Directly to a Station
25 En Memorizing Stations If you often listen to a particular radio station, it'sconvenient to have the receiver store the frequency foreasy recall whenever you want to listen to that station.This saves the effort of manually tuning in each time.The VSX-D510 can memorize up to 30 stations, storedin ...
Page 26 - Naming Memorized Stations; The; To erase or change the station name; Recalling Memorized Stations; • If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power
26 En Naming Memorized Stations You can input a name of up to four characters for eachpreset station in the receiver’s memory. This name can beanything you choose. For example, you could input"BBC1" for that station and when you listen to it thename, rather than the frequency number, will ap...
Page 27 - An Introduction to RDS & EON; MEMO
27 En An Introduction to RDS & EON Radio Data System, or RDS as it’s usually known, is asystem used by FM radio stations to provide listenerswith various kinds of information—the name of thestation and the kind of show they’re broadcasting, forexample. This information shows up as text on thedis...
Page 28 - EON; information is not; There are two types of EON you can set the tuner to:; To erase PI codes, follow this procedure:; ERASE PI; Searching for RDS Programmes; RDS is only broadcast on FM.; MEMORY; button during the; FINISH
28 En Using the Tuner Basics of EON EON (Enhanced Other Network information) EON is a function that allows you to set the receiver toswitch to a frequency automatically when a programmefeaturing traffic information or news is being broadcast.It cannot be used in areas that EON information is not tra...
Page 29 - Press; BAND; button to select the FM band.; EON MODE; button to select the
29 En SP A STEREO TUNED SP A STEREO TUNED If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner couldn’t find that programme type at the time of the search. SP A STEREO TUNED MEMO This function searches RDS stations preset in the 30-channel memory. If this function is set when no stationshave been preset, “ NO ...
Page 30 - Making a Recording; Record MONITOR; button on the front panel (a; button to switch between the
30 En 08 Making a Recording 1 MONITOR 1 Turn the MULTIJOG DIAL on the receiver or press the FUNCTION button on the remote control to select a source to record (you canalso use the MULTI CONTROL buttons on the remote control to select a source). All functions except MONITOR are accessible fromthe rem...
Page 31 - Controlling the Rest of Your System; REMOTE SET UP; REMOTE SET UP; LED; Setting Up the Remote Control; Recalling preset codes
31 En 09 Controlling the Rest of Your System 1 Press REMOTE SET UP and 1 at the same time to select the preset mode. The LED on the remote control starts to blink. To cancel the preset mode at any time Press REMOTE SET UP . 2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for the component you want to control. Each...
Page 32 - button you press will change the function of; REMOTE SET; doesn’t have this feature and thus can’t use; DIRECT FUNCTION; Clears all presets and restores factory default settings.; REMOTE SETUP
32 En Direct Function (MULTICONTROL) The direct function is a useful feature which allows youkeep the receiver in one function (for example,controlling your CD player) while putting the remotecontrol in a different function. This could let you, forexample, use the remote control to set up and listen...
Page 33 - Use the; buttons to put the remote control in the stated mode.
33 En CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/DVR Player/Cassette Deck Controls This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes (see p. 31-32). Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons to put the remote control in the stated mode. Controlling the Rest of Your System ) s ( n o t t u B n o i t c n...
Page 34 - you only have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the; TV CONT MULTI CONTROL; two TVs, assign the main TV to the; button. If you hook up your system this way, the first four TV
34 En Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV Controls This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes (see p. 31-32). Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons to put the remote control in the stated mode. Controlling the Rest of Your System MEMO: • The first four buttons for the VSX-D510 are...
Page 35 - Preset Code List; DVD PLAYER
35 En Preset Code List Controlling the Rest of Your System DVD PLAYER Manufacturer Code TOSHIBA 001 SONY 002 PANASONIC 003 JVC 004 SAMSUNG 005 SHARP 006 AKAI 007 RCA 009 PIONEER 000, 008 LASERDISC PLAYER Manufacturer Code DENON 110 HITACHI 109 PHILIPS 108 RADIOLA 108 SONY 101, 102 TELEFUNKEN 100 PIO...
Page 36 - CD PLAYER
36 En Controlling the Rest of Your System CASSETTE DECK (2/2) Manufacturer Code MITSUBISHI 829 NAKAMICHI 816 ONKYO 817, 819 PHILIPS 821 SANSUI 824 SHERWOOD 818 SONY 814, 823 TANDBERG 820 TECHNICS 803 TOSHIBA 826, 828 YAMAHA 811, 822 PIONEER 800, 825 CD PLAYER Manufacturer Code AKAI 335 ARCAM 336 ASU...
Page 37 - MD RECORDER
37 En Controlling the Rest of Your System TELEVISION (3/4) Manufacturer Code MEMOREX 644 METZ 631 MINERVA 631, 653 MULTITECH 644, 649 NECKERMANN 607, 631 NEI 607, 642 NIKKAI 605, 607, 641, 646,648 NOBLIKO 649 OCEANIC 631, 632, 642 OSAKI 641, 646, 648 OSO 641 OSUME 648 OTTO VERSAND 607, 631, 632, 642...
Page 38 - Additional Information; MUTING; SPEAKERS; Troubleshooting; FL DIMMER
38 En 10 Additional Information The power does not turn ON. • Connect the power plug to the wall outlet.• Disconnect the power plug from the outlet, and insert again. • Make sure there are no loose strands of speaker wire touching the rear panel. This could cause the receiverto shut off automaticall...
Page 39 - Specifications
39 En Amplifier Section Continuous Power Output (STEREO MODE)FRONT .... 80 W + 80 W (DIN 1 kHz, THD 1.0 %, 8 Ω ) Continuous Power Output (SURROUND MODE)FRONT .................... 80 W/ch (1 kHz, THD 1.0 %, 8 Ω ) CENTER ...................... 80 W (1 kHz, THD 1.0 %, 8 Ω ) SURROUND ............ 80 W/c...
Page 40 - PIONEER CORPORATION
Published by Pioneer Corporation.Copyright © 2001 Pioneer Corporation.All rights reserved. <XRB3003-A> PIONEER CORPORATION 4-1, Meguro 1-Chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8654, Japan PIONEER ELECTRONICS [USA] INC. P.O. BOX 1540, Long Beach, California 90801-1540, U.S.A. PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA...
