Pioneer VSX-523-K Owner's Manual - Page 4

Contents - 5 channel receiver

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Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. Before you start 5 Checking what's in the box 5 Installing the receiver 5 Flow of settings on the receiver 5 01 Controls and displays Front panel 6 Display 7 Remote control 8 Loading the batteries 9 Operating range of remote control 9 02 Connecting your equipment Placing the speakers 10 Hints on the speaker placement 10 Connecting the speakers 11 Making cable connections 12 HDMI cables 12 About HDMI 12 Analog audio cables 13 Digital audio cables 13 Standard RCA video cables 13 About video outputs connection 13 Connecting a TV and playback components 14 Connecting using HDMI 14 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal 15 Connecting antennas 16 Using external antennas 16 Connecting an iPod 17 Connecting a USB device 17 Plugging in the receiver 18 03 Basic Setup Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 19 Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup 20 04 Basic playback Playing a source 21 Selecting the audio input signal 21 Playing an iPod 23 Playing back files stored on an iPod 23 Basic playback controls 23 Switches between the iPod controls and the receiver controls 23 Playing a USB device 24 Basic playback controls 24 Compressed audio compatibility 24 Listening to the radio 25 Improving FM sound 25 Saving station presets 25 Listening to station presets 25 Naming preset stations 25 05 Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode 26 Auto playback 26 Listening in surround sound 26 Using the Advanced surround 27 Using Stream Direct 27 Using the Sound Retriever 27 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ 27 Better sound using Phase Control 27 Setting the Audio options 28 06 Home Menu Using the Home Menu 30 Manual speaker setup 30 Speaker Setting 30 X.Over 31 Channel Level 31 Speaker Distance 32 The Input Assign menu 32 The Auto Power Down menu 32 The HDMI Setup menu 33 07 Additional information Troubleshooting 34 General 34 HDMI 35 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 35 iPod messages 35 USB messages 35 About iPod/iPhone 36 Resetting the main unit 36 Cleaning the unit 36 Specifications 36 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.
Before you start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Flow of settings on the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
01 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
02 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hints on the speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Standard RCA video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About video outputs connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting your component with no HDMI
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
03 Basic Setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC
setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
04 Basic playback
Playing a source
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting the audio input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing back files stored on an iPod
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switches between the iPod controls and the receiver
controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Improving FM sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Auto playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Advanced surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Stream Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Sound Retriever
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Better sound using Phase Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
06 Home Menu
Using the Home Menu
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Manual speaker setup
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Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
X.Over
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Channel Level
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Speaker Distance
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The Input Assign menu
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The Auto Power Down menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The HDMI Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
07 Additional information
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
General
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Important information regarding the HDMI
connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
iPod messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
USB messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About iPod/iPhone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Resetting the main unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cleaning the unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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