Pioneer VSX-S300-k Operating Instrctions
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- Page 1 VSX-S300 AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER http://www.pioneer.co.uk Discover the benefits of registering your product online at (or http://www.pioneer.eu). Operating Instructions...
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Page 2: Operating Environment
WARNING IMPORTANT To prevent a fire hazard, do not place any naked flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the equipment. CAUTION D3-4-2-1-7a_A1_En RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN VENTILATION CAUTION The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral When installing this unit, make sure to leave space TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC... - Page 3 WARNING Information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment and used batteries This equipment is not waterproof. To prevent a fire or shock hazard, do not place any container filled with Symbol for These symbols on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents mean liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or flower equipment that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should not be mixed with...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
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. -
Page 5: Before You Start
Before you start Flow of settings on the Speaker System (page 27) (When connecting the B Speakers.) receiver The Pre Out Setting (page 30) Checking what’s in the box The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped with an (When connecting the front height speakers.) Please check that you’ve received the following supplied abundance of functions and terminals. -
Page 6: Controls And Displays
Controls and displays Chapter 1: Controls and displays Front panel VSX-S300 AUDIO/ VIDEO MULTI- CHANNEL RECEIVER INPUT SELECTOR MCACC MASTER SOUND VOLUME RETRIEVER STANDBY/ON HDMI PORTABLE / PHONES MCACC SETUP MIC 1 STANDBY/ON 8 INPUT SELECTOR HD – Lights when a source with DTS-EXPRESS or DTS- Selects an input source (page 18). -
Page 7: Remote Control
Use to select the input source to this receiver (page 18). This D AUX A AUX S.RTRV HOME MENU – Press to access the Home Menu will enable you to control other Pioneer components with the (page 27). AUTO / remote control. iPod USB NETWORK... -
Page 8: Loading The Batteries
Controls and displays 9 S.RTRV When disposing of used batteries, please comply with Press to restore CD quality sound to compressed audio governmental regulations or environmental public sources (page 24). instruction’s rules that apply in your country or area. Do not use or store batteries in direct sunlight or other 10 Listening mode buttons excessively hot place, such as inside a car or near a AUTO/DIRECT –... -
Page 9: Connecting Your Equipment
Connecting your equipment Chapter 2: Where you put your speakers in the room has a big effect on Important the quality of the sound. The following guidelines should help Connecting your • To connect the surround back or front height you to get the best sound from your system. -
Page 10: Connecting The Speakers
Surround back or front height speakers Important • SPEAKERS SUBWOOFER terminals are Pioneer’s passive subwoofer S-SLW500 connection terminals. If using another model of subwoofer, be sure to use a model with built-in amp and connect to the PREOUT SUBWOOFER terminal. -
Page 11: Connect The Surround Back Or Front Height Speakers
Connecting your equipment Bare wire connections • Do not allow the speaker cable core to come into contact • SP:B ON – Sound is output from the two speakers connected with the receiver body. to the B-speaker terminals (only stereo playback is possible). Front speaker terminals: •... -
Page 12: About Hdmi
Connecting your equipment Be careful to connect the terminal in the proper direction. Note Digital audio cables Note ® • Use a High Speed HDMI cable. If HDMI cable other than Commercially available coaxial digital audio cables or optical ® a High Speed HDMI cable is used, it may not work •... -
Page 13: Connecting A Tv And Playback Components
Connecting your equipment HDMI/DVI-compatible components Game console Connecting a TV and playback components DVD player, Blu-ray Disc player, HDD/DVD recorder Connecting using HDMI Set-top box Blu-ray Disc recorder If you have an HDMI or DVI (with HDCP) equipped component (Blu-ray Disc player, etc.), you can connect it to this receiver using a commercially available HDMI cable. -
Page 14: Connecting Your Component With No Hdmi Terminal
ADAPTER Connecting antennas terminal When the Bluetooth ADAPTER (Pioneer Model No. AS-BT100 Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as This diagram shows connections of a TV and DVD player (or or AS-BT200) is connected to this unit, a product equipped shown below. -
Page 15: Using External Antennas
UNBAL Check the power cord once in a while. If you find it damaged, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized 75 Ω coaxial cable ANTENNA independent service company for a replacement. -
Page 16: Basic Setup
Basic Setup Chapter 3: • The Auto MCACC setup will overwrite any existing speaker settings you’ve made. Basic Setup • If you connected either the surround back speaker or the front height speaker, make sure that the Pre Out setting is correctly set before performing the Auto MCACC setup Canceling the Auto Power Down (see page 30). -
Page 17: Other Problems When Using The Auto Mcacc Setup
Basic Setup Select ‘Auto MCACC’ from the Home Menu, then press Confirm the speaker configuration. The Auto MCACC setup has finished! You return to the ENTER. The configuration shown on-screen should reflect the actual Home Menu. speakers you have. The settings made in the Auto MCACC setup should give you Home Menu excellent surround sound from your system, but it is also 1.Auto MCACC... -
Page 18: Basic Playback
Basic playback Chapter 4: Press AUTO/DIRECT to select ‘AUTO SURR’ and start • You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player playback of the source. compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To Basic playback If you’re playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound DVD prevent noise, make the proper digital connections disc, with a digital audio connection, you should hear (page 12). -
Page 19: Wireless Music Play
“0000”, there is no need to make the security code technology device with Your System When the Bluetooth ADAPTER (Pioneer Model No. AS-BT100 setting on the receiver. Press ADAPTER to switch the or AS-BT200) is connected to this unit, a product equipped... -
Page 20: Listening To The Radio
Basic playback Note Improving FM sound Listening to the radio • If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power If the indicators don’t light when tuning to an FM The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM outlet for over a month, the station memories will be lost station because the signal is weak, set the receiver to the radio broadcasts using the automatic (search) and manual... -
Page 21: An Introduction To Rds
Basic playback AUDIO DISP Displaying RDS information SLEEP SP-AB DIMMER STATUS An introduction to RDS STANDBY/ON Use the DISP button to display the different types of RDS Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio MENU MENU TOOLS information available. -
Page 22: Listening To Your System
Listening to your system Chapter 5: Auto playback AUTO / Listening to your system DIRECT Type of surround Suitable sources The simplest, most direct listening option is the AUTO SURR modes feature. With this, the receiver automatically detects what Choosing the listening mode kind of source you’re playing and selects multichannel or stereo playback as necessary. -
Page 23: Using The Advanced Surround
Listening to your system a. If surround back channel processing (page 25) is switched off, FSS ADVANCE Allows you to create natural surround or the surround back speakers are set to NO, 2PLIIx Using Stream Direct AUTO / (Front Stage sound effects using just the front speakers DIRECT becomes 2PLII (5.1 channel sound). -
Page 24: Using The Sound Retriever
Listening to your system Using the Sound Retriever Setting the Up Mix function Setting the Audio options When audio data is removed during the compression In a 7.1-channel surround system with surround speakers There are a number of additional sound settings you can make using the TOOLS menu. - Page 25 Listening to your system Setting/What it does Option(s) Setting/What it does Option(s) Setting/What it does Option(s) TREBLE FIXED PCM –6 to +6 PHASE CTRL (Phase Control) Adjust the treble level to accentuate or Default: 0 This is useful if you find there is a slight delay Phase Control feature uses phase correction before OFF recognizes the PCM signal on a minimize the bottom end.
- Page 26 Listening to your system a. BASS settings cannot be adjusted when the front speaker is f. The default setting when the ADAPTER input is selected is Setting/What it does Option(s) set to SMALL in the Speaker Setting (or is set automatically via the Auto MCACC setup) and the X.OVER is set above 150 Hz.
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Page 27: The Home Menu
The Home Menu Chapter 6: Select the setting you want to adjust. Manual speaker setup The Home Menu Home Menu This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize 1.Auto MCACC the surround sound performance. You only need to make 2.Manual SP Setup 3.Pre Out Setting these settings once (unless you change the placement of... -
Page 28: Speaker Setting
The Home Menu • Surr – Select LARGE if your surround speakers reproduce • If you have a subwoofer and like lots of bass, it may seem Important bass frequencies effectively. Select SMALL to send bass logical to select LARGE for your front speakers and PLUS •... -
Page 29: Channel Level
The Home Menu Adjust the level of each channel using /. Channel Level Speaker Distance If you selected Manual, use / to switch speakers. The Using the channel level settings, you can adjust the overall For good sound depth and separation from your system, you Auto setup will output test tones in the order shown on- balance of your speaker system, an important factor when need to specify the distance of your speakers from the... -
Page 30: The Pre Out Setting
The Home Menu The Pre Out Setting The Input Assign menu The Auto Power Down menu The composite video input terminal is assigned to ANALOG Specify either using the surround back speaker or the front Set to automatically turn off the receiver after a specified time height speaker connection with the PRE OUT SURR BACK/ AUX under factory settings, but this can be changed to has passed (when the power has been on with no operation... -
Page 31: Control With Hdmi Function
Synchronized operations below with a Control with HDMI- HDMI connections, if the TV supports the HDMI Audio compatible Pioneer TV or Blu-ray Disc player or with a Return Channel function, the sound of the TV is input to Switch on the receiver and your TV. -
Page 32: Before Using Synchronization
TV can sound from the TV is performed from the TV’s menu player or recorder of a brand other than Pioneer that supports the Control with HDMI function. be input via the HDMI terminal. -
Page 33: Additional Information
Connect an additional internal or external AM antenna Connecting your equipment on page 9). ask your nearest Pioneer authorized independent service (page 15). Check the audio output settings of the source component. -
Page 34: Hdmi
Additional information Turning on/off the device connected to this unit’s HDMI OUT Can’t operate the remote control. HDMI Replace the batteries (refer to page 8). terminal during playback, or disconnecting/connecting the Operate within 7 m, 30º of the remote sensor (refer to page 8). HDMI cable during playback, may cause noise or interrupted No picture or sound. -
Page 35: Resetting The Main Unit
Additional information Furnished Parts Resetting the main unit Specifications Microphone (for Auto MCACC setup) ....1 Remote control ........1 Use this procedure to reset all the receiver’s settings to the Audio section Dry cell batteries (AAA size IEC R03) . - Page 36 253 Alexandra Road, #04-01, Singapore 159936 TEL: 65-6472-7555 PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 5 Arco Lane, Heatherton, Victoria, 3202, Australia, TEL: (03) 9586-6300 PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. Blvd.Manuel Avila Camacho 138 10 piso Col.Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico, D.F. 11000 TEL: 55-9178-4270 K002_B3_En...