Table Of Contents - Pioneer Elite VSX-54TX Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Checking the supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Opening the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating range of the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 8
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting up for Surround Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Automatically setting up for surround sound . . . . . . 12
Other problems when using the Auto
Surround Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Checking the settings on your DVD (or other)
player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About cable types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Analog audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Video cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
When making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the multichannel analog outputs . . . . 20
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or
other set-top box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a VCR or DVD recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting other video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting digital audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting analog audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting a component to the front panel inputs. . 27
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
About the AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4
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04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening in surround sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The MOVIE listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The MUSIC listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjusting the advanced effect level . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening with headphones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting the input signal type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the surround back channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening with virtual surround back speakers . . . . . 43
Using the audio scaler for Hi-bit and Hi-sampling . . 43
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the tone control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching the tone control on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reducing noise during playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to dual mono soundtracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
06 Using the tuner
Finding a station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
MPX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Memorizing station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to memorized station presets . . . . . . . . . 47
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
07 The Surround Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the Surround
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Normal surround setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Channel Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52