Pioneer VSX-520-K Owner's Manual - Page 4

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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 Checking what's in the box 7 Loading the batteries 7 Installing the receiver 7 Ventilation 8 02 Controls and displays Front panel 9 Operating range of remote control 10 Display 11 Remote control 13 03 Connecting your equipment Placing the speakers 16 Hints on the speaker placement 17 Connecting the speakers 18 Connect the surround back or front height speakers 19 Making cable connections 19 HDMI cables 20 About HDMI 20 Analog audio cables 20 Digital audio cables 21 Video cables 21 About video outputs connection 21 Connecting a TV and playback components . . . 22 Connecting using HDMI 22 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal 22 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital set-top box 23 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other video sources 23 Using the component video jacks 24 Connecting other audio components 24 Connecting antennas 25 Using external antennas 25 Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack 26 Plugging in the receiver 26 04 Listening to your system Basic playback 27 Auto playback 28 Listening in surround sound 28 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 29 Listening in stereo 30 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 30 Using Stream Direct 31 Using the Sound Retriever 31 Better sound using Phase Control 31 Using surround back channel processing . . . 32 Setting the Up Mix function 33 Setting the Audio options 33 Choosing the input signal 36 Using the headphone 36 05 The System Setup menu Using the System Setup menu 37 Manual speaker setup 37 Speaker setting 38 Crossover network 39 Channel level 39 Speaker distance 39 The Input Assign menu 40 The Pre Out Setting 40 06 Using the tuner Listening to the radio 41 Improving FM stereo sound 41 Saving station presets 41 Listening to station presets 42 Naming preset stations 42 07 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording 43 4 En

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Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ventilation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . 10
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
03 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hints on the speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connect the surround back or front
height speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About video outputs connection
. . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . 22
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting your component with no
HDMI terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR
and other video sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 24
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
04 Listening to your system
Basic playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . . 29
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Front Stage Surround Advance
. . . . . . 30
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . 31
Using surround back channel processing
. . . 32
Setting the Up Mix function
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the headphone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
05 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Speaker setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Crossover network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Channel level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Speaker distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Input Assign menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Pre Out Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Improving FM stereo sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
07 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording
. . . . . . 43
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.