Pioneer VSX-53 Owner's Manual - Page 4

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 Our philosophy 6 Features 6 Checking what's in the box 6 Installing the receiver 6 Loading the batteries 6 Operating range of remote control unit........ 7 About using AVNavigator (included CD-ROM 7 02 Controls and displays Remote control 8 Display 9 Front panel 10 03 Connecting your equipment Connecting your equipment 11 Rear panel 11 Determining the speakers' application....... 12 Placing the speakers 13 Connecting the speakers 13 Installing your speaker system 14 Selecting the Speaker system 15 About the audio connection 16 About the video converter 16 About HDMI 16 Connecting your TV and playback components 17 Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, BD recorder and other video sources 19 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box 19 Connecting other audio components......... 20 4 En Connecting additional amplifiers 20 Connecting AM/FM antennas 21 MULTI-ZONE setup 21 Connecting a SiriusConnect Tuner 22 Connecting to the network through LAN interface 22 Connecting optional Bluetooth ADAPTER 22 Connecting an iPod 23 Connecting a USB device 23 Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the front panel input 23 Connecting to a wireless LAN 23 Connecting an IR receiver 23 Operating other Pioneer components with this unit's sensor 24 Switching components on and off using the 12 volt trigger 24 Plugging in the receiver 25 04 Basic Setup Switching the speaker impedance 26 Changing the OSD display language (OSD Language 26 Automatically conducting optimum sound tuning (Full Auto MCACC 26 The Input Setup menu 28 Operation Mode Setup 28 05 Basic playback Playing a source 30 Playing an iPod 30 Playing a USB device 31 Listening to the radio 33 Listening to Satellite Radio 33 Bluetooth ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music 35 06 Listening to your system Enjoying various types of playback using the listening modes 37 Selecting MCACC presets 39 Choosing the input signal 39 Better sound using Phase Control 39 Better sound using Phase Control and Full Band Phase Control 39 07 Playback with HOME MEDIA GALLERY inputs Enjoying the Home Media Gallery 41 Features of Home Media Gallery 41 Introduction 41 Playback with Home Media Gallery 42 Advanced operations for Internet radio...... 43 Checking about the Accounts 43 About network playback 44 About playable file formats 45 08 Control with HDMI function About the Control with HDMI function....... 47 Making Control with HDMI connections.... 47 HDMI Setup 47 Before using synchronization 48 About synchronized operations 48 Setting the PQLS function 48 Cautions on the Control with HDMI function 49 09 Using other functions Setting the Audio options 50 Setting the Video options 52 Switching the speaker terminals 53 Using the MULTI-ZONE controls 53 Making an audio or a video recording......... 54 Reducing the level of an analog signal....... 54 Using the sleep timer 54 Dimming the display 54 Switching the HDMI output 54 Checking your system settings 55 Resetting the system 55 10 Controlling the rest of your system About the Remote Setup menu 56 Operating multiple receivers 56 Setting the remote to control other components 56 Selecting preset codes directly 56 Programming signals from other remote controls 57 Erasing one of the remote control button settings 57 Erasing all learnt settings that are in one input function 57 Direct function 57 Setting the backlight mode 58 Multi Operation and System Off 58 Resetting the remote control settings......... 59 Controlling components 59 11 The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu 62 Automatic MCACC (Expert 62 Manual MCACC setup 64 Checking MCACC Data 66 Data Management 67 12 The System Setup and Other Setup menus Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu 69 Manual speaker setup 69 Network Setup menu 71 Checking the Network Information 73 The Other Setup menu 73 13 Additional information Troubleshooting 1 76 Troubleshooting 2 82 Troubleshooting of wireless LAN 85 About status messages 86 Speaker Setting Guide 86 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 87 Cleaning the unit 87 Surround sound formats 88 About THX 88 About iPod 89 About SIRIUS 89 About FLAC 89 Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with different input signal formats 90 Glossary 91 Features index 94 Specifications 95 Preset code list 96