Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-520-K Operating Instructions Manual

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
Flow of settings on the receiver . . 6
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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
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04 Listening to your system
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . 28
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 30
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
05 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speaker distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Pre Out Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
06 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Improving FM sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the radio frequency step . . . . . . . . 41
07 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 42