Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Introduction to home theater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
02 5 minute guide
Listening to Surround Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a DVD player and TV. . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 18
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting other video components . . . . . . . 19
Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A and B speaker systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operating other Pioneer components . . . . . . 25
05 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control (VSX-815/915) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control (VSX-515) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . 35
06 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 37
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings. . . . . . . . 38
Neo:6 Music settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 39
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VirtualSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Loudness and Midnight listening. . . . . 43
Enhancing dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 44
Using the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fine Channel Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Crossover network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Channel level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Improving FM stereo sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing the frequency step . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 57