Pioneer VSX-32 Owner's Manual - Page 5

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. Contents 01 Before you start Features 9 Checking what's in the box 9 Installing the receiver 10 Loading the batteries 10 Operating range of remote control unit 10 02 Controls and displays Remote control 11 Front panel 12 Display 13 03 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 15 Determining the speakers' application 17 Other speaker connections 18 Placing the speakers 18 THX speaker system setup 18 Some tips for improving sound quality 18 Connecting the speakers 19 Installing your speaker system 20 Standard surround connection 20 Bi-amping your speakers 21 Bi-wiring your speakers 21 Selecting the Speaker system 22 Front height setup 22 Front wide setup 22 Speaker B setup 22 Bi-Amping setup 22 ZONE 2 setup 22 About the audio connection 22 About the video converter 22 About HDMI 23 Connecting your TV and playback components . . . . . 24 Connecting using HDMI 24 Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output 25 Connecting your TV with no HDMI input 26 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, BD recorder and other video sources 27 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 28 Connecting other audio components 28 About the WMA9 Pro decoder 29 Connecting additional amplifiers 29 Connecting AM/FM antennas 30 Connecting external antennas 30 MULTI-ZONE setup 30 Making MULTI-ZONE connections 31 Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . 32 Connecting Optional Bluetooth® ADAPTER 32 Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the front panel input 32 Connecting an XM Radio tuner (VSX-33 only 33 Connecting a SiriusConnect™ tuner 33 Connecting an iPod 33 Connecting a USB device 34 Connecting a USB device for Advanced MCACC output 34 Connecting an IR receiver 35 Operating other Pioneer components with this unit's sensor 35 Switching components on and off using the 12 volt trigger 36 Plugging in the receiver 36 04 Basic Setup Switching the speaker impedance 37 Changing the OSD display language (OSD Language 37 Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Auto MCACC 37 Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 39 The Input Setup menu 39 Input function default and possible settings 40 05 Basic playback Playing a source 41 Playing a source with HDMI connection 41 Playing an iPod 41 Playing back audio files stored on an iPod 42 Playing a USB device 42 Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory device 43 Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory device 43 About playable file formats 44 Listening to the radio 45 Improving FM sound 45 Using Neural Surround 45 Tuning directly to a station 45 Saving station presets 45 Naming station presets 45 Listening to station presets 45 Listening to Internet radio stations 46 Programming the Internet radio stations 46 Listening to Satellite Radio 47 Listening to XM Radio (VSX-33 only 47 Using XM HD Surround 48 Saving channel presets 48 Using the XM Menu 48 Listening to SIRIUS Radio 48 Saving channel presets 49 Using the SIRIUS Menu 49 5 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Featu
r
es
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the
r
eceive
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Loading the batte
r
ies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
O
p
e
r
ating
r
ange of
r
emote cont
r
ol unit
. . . . . . . . . . . 10
02 Controls and displays
Remote cont
r
ol
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
F
r
ont
p
anel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dis
p
lay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
03 Connecting your equipment
Rea
r
p
anel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dete
r
mining the s
p
eake
r
s’ a
pp
lication
. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Othe
r
s
p
eake
r
connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Placing the s
p
eake
r
s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
THX s
p
eake
r
system setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Some ti
p
s fo
r
im
pr
oving sound quality
. . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the s
p
eake
r
s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing you
r
s
p
eake
r
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Standa
r
d su
rr
ound connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Bi-am
p
ing you
r
s
p
eake
r
s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Bi-wi
r
ing you
r
s
p
eake
r
s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting the S
p
eake
r
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
F
r
ont height setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
F
r
ont wide setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
S
p
eake
r
B setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bi-Am
p
ing setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ZONE 2 setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About the audio connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About the video conve
r
te
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting you
r
TV and
p
layback com
p
onents
. . . . . 24
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting you
r
DVD
p
laye
r
with no HDMI
out
p
ut
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting you
r
TV with no HDMI in
p
ut
. . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting an HDD/DVD
r
eco
r
de
r
, BD
r
eco
r
de
r
and othe
r
video sou
r
ces
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting a satellite/cable
r
eceive
r
o
r
othe
r
set-to
p
box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting othe
r
audio com
p
onents
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
About the WMA9 P
r
o decode
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting additional am
p
lifie
r
s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting AM/FM antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting exte
r
nal antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
MULTI-ZONE setu
p
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Making MULTI-ZONE connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting to the netwo
r
k th
r
ough LAN inte
r
face
. . . 32
Connecting O
p
tional Bluetoot
h
® ADAPTER
. . . . . . . 32
Connecting an HDMI-equi
pp
ed com
p
onent to the
f
r
ont
p
anel in
p
ut
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting an XM Radio tune
r
(VSX-33 only)
. . . . . . . 33
Connecting a Si
r
iusConnect™ tune
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting a USB device fo
r
Advanced MCACC
out
p
ut
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting an IR
r
eceive
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
O
p
e
r
ating othe
r
Pionee
r
com
p
onents with this
unit’s senso
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching com
p
onents on and off using the
12 volt t
r
igge
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Plugging in the
r
eceive
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
04 Basic Setup
Switching the s
p
eake
r
im
p
edance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the OSD dis
p
lay language
(OSD Language)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Automatically conducting o
p
timum sound tuning
(Auto MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
P
r
oblems when using the Auto MCACC Setu
p
. . . . 39
The In
p
ut Setu
p
menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
In
p
ut function default and
p
ossible settings
. . . . . . 40
05 Basic playback
Playing a sou
r
ce
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing a sou
r
ce with HDMI connection
. . . . . . . . . 41
Playing an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing back audio files sto
r
ed on an iPod
. . . . . . . 42
Playing a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Playing back audio files sto
r
ed on a USB memo
r
y
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Playing back
p
hoto files sto
r
ed on a USB memo
r
y
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
About
p
layable file fo
r
mats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Listening to the
r
adio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Im
pr
oving FM sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Neu
r
al Su
rr
ound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tuning di
r
ectly to a station
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving station
pr
esets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Naming station
pr
esets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to station
pr
esets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to Inte
r
net
r
adio stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
P
r
og
r
amming the Inte
r
net
r
adio stations
. . . . . . . . 46
Listening to Satellite Radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to XM Radio
(VSX-33 only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using XM HD Su
rr
ound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Saving channel
pr
esets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the XM Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Listening to SIRIUS Radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Saving channel
pr
esets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the SIRIUS Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.