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Pioneer VSX-C502-S Operating Instruction

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  • Page 1 AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-C502- Operating Instructions...

  • Page 2: Operating Environment

    D3-4-2-1-1_En NOTE: THE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS COMPARTMENT WARNING IS LOCATED ON THE APPLIANCE BONNET Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. CAUTION Please read through these operating instructions so The STANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not you will know how to operate your model properly.

  • Page 3: Checking The Supplied Accessories

    • Don’t place anything on top of the receiver except for • Power cable x2 a Pioneer DV-667A, 466, 366, 266, 566K, 676A, 575K • Dry cell batteries (AA Size / IEC R6P) x2 or 373 DVD player. If you do place one of these pieces •...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Connecting the speakers ....16 SR+ control for Pioneer plasma displays ..36 Placing the speakers ..... . . 16 Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma Connecting antennas .

  • Page 5: Quick Start Guide

    Quick start guide Chapter 1 Quick start guide Introduction Connect your speakers to the receiver, as shown in the diagram below. This ‘Quick start guide’ shows you how to connect your Prepare the speaker cable by stripping about 1 cm of the speakers, TV and DVD player to this receiver, and also plastic shielding from each speaker wire.

  • Page 6: Connecting Your Tv And Dvd Player

    Quick start guide Connecting your TV and DVD player will have to reassign the input to DVD before using for the first time. See Optical input setting on page 36 Connect your DVD player to the receiver. for how to do this. Connect a 3-pin AV cable (not supplied) between the •...

  • Page 7: Introductory Information

    “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, “Surround EX” and the double-D (page 18) symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. If you have a Pioneer plasma display you can take “DTS”, “DTS-ES Extended Surround”, “Neo:6” and “DTS 96/ advantage of the SR+ features, such as automatic input 24“...

  • Page 8: Connecting Your Equipment

    Connect the supplied FM wire or an outdoor antenna if reception is bad. CONTROL IN jack / CONTROL OUT jack Use to link Pioneer components together to enable all components in the chain to use just one remote control • When storing optical cable, coil loosely. The cable sensor (page 19).

  • Page 9: Installing The Receiver

    Connecting your equipment Audio/Video connections AUDIO IN (5.1CH) jacks (page 10) Multichannel analog audio RCA/phono jack connections for the DVD input. TV/SAT IN jacks (page 12) RCA/phono jack connections for the TV/SAT input. DVR/VCR IN/OUT jacks (page 13) RCA/phono jack connections for the DVR/VCR input. When the receiver is set to any other input, that signal is output from the DVR/VCR OUT jacks.

  • Page 10: Connecting A Dvd Player

    Connecting your equipment Connecting a DVD player Follow the instructions below, referring to the diagram, to Use a coaxial digital audio cable to connect the DVD(TV/SAT) COAX jack to a coaxial digital audio connect a DVD player. output on your DVD player. If your DVD player has multichannel analog audio This connection carries stereo and multichannel digital outputs you can connect them to the AUDIO IN (5.1CH)

  • Page 11: Connecting Your Tv

    Connecting your equipment Connecting your TV This page shows you how to connect your TV to the Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the TV/SAT(DVD) OPT1 jack to an optical digital audio receiver. If your TV has a built-in digital decoder, you can connect the digital audio output to this receiver to enjoy output on your TV.

  • Page 12: Connecting A Satellite/Cable Receiver Or Other Set-Top Box

    Connecting your equipment Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV If your set-top box component doesn’t have an optical tuners are all examples of so-called ‘set-top boxes’. digital audio out jack, it is possible to use a coaxial connection to the DVD(TV/SAT) COAX jack.

  • Page 13: Connecting A Vcr Or Dvd Recorder

    Connecting your equipment Connecting a VCR or DVD recorder For video recording, connect a VCR or DVD recorder to Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the the DVR/VCR IN/OUT jacks. The DVR/VCR OPT2 jack for DVR/VCR OPT2 jack to an optical digital audio output optical digital input means that you can play digital on your DVD recorder (or other video component).

  • Page 14: Connecting Other Video Components

    Connecting your equipment Connecting other video components The VIDEO IN jacks can be used with any kind of video component, including video players, TV games and so on. Note that there is no digital audio input for this set of jacks.

  • Page 15: Connecting Equipment To The Front Panel Inputs

    Connecting your equipment Connecting equipment to the front panel inputs The FRONT INPUT jacks include a standard (composite) and portable audio/video equipment. video jack (VIDEO), stereo analog audio inputs (AUDIO • Remove the cover to access the front panel jacks. L/R) and an optical digital audio input (DIGITAL).

  • Page 16: Connecting The Speakers

    Connecting your equipment Connecting the speakers Placing the speakers Before you can start connecting the speakers, make sure Where you put your speakers in the room has a big effect that the speaker cable you’re going to use is properly on the quality of the sound.

  • Page 17: Connecting Antennas

    Connecting your equipment Connecting antennas The supplied antennas provide a simple way to listen to AM and FM radio. If you find that reception quality is poor, an outdoor antenna should give you better sound quality—see Connecting external antennas below. ANTENNA VIDEO AM LOOP...

  • Page 18: Using This Receiver With A Pioneer Plasma Display

    CONTROL OUT jack of your plasma display. If you have a Pioneer plasma display, you can use the Before you can use the extra SR+ features, you need to supplied SR+ cable to connect it to this receiver and take make a few settings in the receiver.

  • Page 19: Operating Other Pioneer Components With This Unit's Sensor

    • You can also set up the supplied remote to control other components in your system (both Pioneer and non-Pioneer). See Using the remote control with other components on page 38 for how to do this.

  • Page 20: Controls And Displays

    Controls and displays Chapter 4 Controls and displays Front panel STANDBY DIGITAL PRO LOGICII PRO LOGICIIx NEO:6 ADVANCED PHONES MASTER INPUT SELECTOR STANDBY/ON VOLUME FRONT INPUT DIGITAL IN VIDEO AUDIO DOWN PHONES/SETUP MIC VSX-C502 PHONES/SETUP MIC jack Remote control sensor Use to connect the headphones or supplied microphone.

  • Page 21: Display

    Controls and displays Display DIG (digital) / ANA (analog) (page 32) 11 Tuner indicators Indicates whether the current input source is analog or STEREO (page 30) digital. Lights when listening to a stereo FM broadcast in MULTI indicator (page 32) auto/stereo mode.

  • Page 22: Remote Control

    SR+ (page 37) TIMER REC Switches the SR+ mode on/off. ENTER CLEAR DVD recorder control buttons When set up, these buttons can be used to control a Pioneer DVD recorder. TV CONTROL SLEEP INPUT CHANNEL VOLUME CHANNEL Press to start recording.

  • Page 23: Operating Range Of The Remote Control

    Controls and displays SURROUND (page 27) 21 DIMMER Use to select a SURROUND mode for the current First press RECEIVER, then press DIMMER repeatedly to source. change the brightness/switch off the front panel display. The display will light brightly for about two seconds when ADVANCED SURROUND (page 28) you operate the receiver with the display off or dimmed.

  • Page 24: Getting Started

    Getting started Chapter 5 Getting started Automatically calibrating your Press RECEIVER. listening area (MCACC) Press MCACC SETUP. MIC IN blinks in the display prompting you to connect the The Multichannel Acoustic Calibration (MCACC) system microphone. (Open the front panel cover to access the measures the acoustic characteristics of your listening PHONES/SETUP MIC jack.) area, taking into account ambient noise, speaker size...

  • Page 25: Mcacc Error Messages

    Getting started Wait while the receiver outputs more test tones Other problems when using MCACC to determine the optimum receiver settings. If the room environment is not optimal for the auto Again, try to be as quiet as possible while this is surround setup (too much background noise, echo off happening.

  • Page 26: Playing A Source

    Getting started Playing a source Use MASTER VOLUME control (front panel or remote) to adjust the volume level. Here are the basic instructions for playing a source (such • Turn down the volume of your TV so that all the sound as a DVD disc) with your home theater system.

  • Page 27: Home Theater Sound

    Home theater sound Chapter 6 Home theater sound Using this receiver you can enjoy listening to sources, • When playing 88.2/96 kHz PCM or 88.2/96 kHz DTS analog or digital, in either stereo or surround sound. stereo sources, only the STEREO listening mode is available.

  • Page 28: Listening With Headphones

    Home theater sound • If the SB CH MODE is switched off, or the surround Note back speaker setting is S.BACK –, 2 PRO LOGIC IIx becomes 2 PRO LOGIC II. • You can’t use the Advanced Surround effects when the multichannel analog inputs (DVD 5.1ch) are •...

  • Page 29: Using The Surround Back Channel

    Home theater sound Using the surround back channel back channel will be generated, but the material may sound better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally • Default setting: SB ON encoded, in which case you can simply switch the You can have the receiver automatically switch to Dolby surround back channel off (SB OFF).

  • Page 30: Using The Tuner

    Using the tuner Chapter 7 Using the tuner Setting the channel step High speed tuning Press and hold the TUNE +/– buttons for high speed The tuner has been factory preset to the channel tuning, releasing the button once the desired allocation value for the area in which you bought it.

  • Page 31: Naming Station Presets

    Using the tuner receiver can memorize up to 30 stations, stored in three Press ENTER to input the first of the four characters. banks, or classes, (A, B and C) of 10 stations each. When memorizing FM frequencies, the receiver also stores the That character lights steadily in the display and the MPX setting (see MPX mode on page 30).

  • Page 32: Using Other Functions

    Using other functions Chapter 8 Using other functions Selecting the input signal type Using the sleep timer The DVD, TV/SAT, DVR/VCR and FRONT inputs all have The sleep timer automatically puts the receiver into both analog and digital jacks. You can select the type of standby after the specified period of time.

  • Page 33: Resetting The System

    Using other functions Resetting the system Default receiver settings The table below shows the factory default settings. When Use this feature to reset the system to its factory default you reset the system, the receiver reverts to these settings. defaults. Setting type Default setting Page ref.

  • Page 34: The System Setup Menu

    The System Setup menu Chapter 9 The System Setup menu Making receiver settings from the Center speaker setting Specifies the size of the center speaker: System Setup menu • CENTER S – Small (the cone diameter is less than 12 This receiver allows you to make detailed settings to optimize the surround sound performance.
  • Page 35 The System Setup menu Subwoofer setting Right-surround speaker distance setting This option only appears if you have connected a Specifies the distance from your listening position to the subwoofer. Note that some subwoofer settings are not surround-right speaker: available depending on other speaker settings. •...

  • Page 36: Sr+ Control For Pioneer Plasma Displays

    The System Setup menu See also Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display Note on page 18 and Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer • On the ch1 and ch2 settings the sound comes only plasma display on page 37.

  • Page 37: Using The Sr+ Mode With A Pioneer Plasma Display

    (When VOL C ON is selected.) • SW – Subwoofer See also Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display on page 18 for connecting up, and SR+ control for Pioneer Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to adjust plasma displays on page 36 for setting up the receiver.

  • Page 38: Controlling Other Equipment

    Input/remote control mode select buttons Changes the receiver input and also the mode of the remote control. DVD recorder control buttons Dedicated buttons for controlling a Pioneer DVD recorder. Receiver control buttons Buttons used only for controlling receiver functions. Buttons for controlling other components...

  • Page 39: Recalling Preset Codes

    Controlling other equipment TV CONTROL buttons Note Dedicated buttons for controlling your TV. • See Preset code list on page 42 for the components and manufacturers available. Recalling preset codes • The preset codes cover a wide variety of equipment, The following steps show you how to recall preset codes however, there may be some models from a for each input and for the TV CONTROL buttons.

  • Page 40: Vcr / Dvd / Ld Player And Dvd Recorder Controls

    This remote control can control these components after Note that in addition to the controls listed in this table, entering the proper codes (see Using the remote control there are dedicated controls on the remote for a Pioneer with other components on page 38). DVD recorder.

  • Page 41: Cable Tv / Satellite Tv / Digital Tv / Tv Controls

    Press to switch the TV input. CHANNEL +/– Use to select channels. VOLUME +/– Use to adjust the TV volume. Press together to mute the Pioneer TV volume. Pioneer VOLUME – & ENTER TV ( MENU Press to display menu screen.

  • Page 42: Preset Code List

    Controlling other equipment Preset code list DVD player Manufacturer Code Manufacturer Code Manufacturer Code PIONEER 000, 003, 008, 020, PIONEER PIONEER FUNAI FISHER 410, 412, 420, 425, AKAI 426, 427 601, 602, 607, 608, DENON 003, 010 610, 617, 618, 628...

  • Page 43: Additional Information

    STANDBY/ON for 10 seconds to switch on. • The thermistor (temperature sensor) is • Unplug the receiver from the wall and call a Pioneer- faulty. accredited repair center. • The receiver has a serious problem.
  • Page 44 Additional information Symptom Cause Remedy No sound from surround back • Surround back speaker is switched off. • Set the surround back speaker to S.BACK S or S.BACK L (See page 34). speaker. • The surround back channel is off •...
  • Page 45 Additional information Symptom Cause Remedy OVERLOAD blinks in the display • The speaker cable is shorting out the unit. • Make sure there are no loose strands of speaker wire and the power turns off touching the metal casing of the receiver. automatically.

  • Page 46: Surround Sound Formats

    Additional information Symptom Cause Remedy When playing a disc, the • The input signal type is set to analog. Set the receiver to AUTO or DIG (page 32). 2 Pro Logic II or Neo:6 indicator lights on the receiver. • A 2 channel soundtrack is currently playing. • This is not a malfunction. Check the disc packaging for details of the audio formats available on the disc.

  • Page 47: Dts Digital Surround

    Additional information DTS Digital Surround You can identify a DTS Digital Surround encoded source by the following logo: DTS Digital Surround is a 5.1-channel audio encoding system from Digital Theater Systems Inc. for DVD soundtracks. Like Dolby Digital, it provides six discrete channels of audio, including an LFE channel.

  • Page 48: Specifications

    Dimensions ....420 (W) x 70 (H) x 383 (D) mm Weight (without package) ..... . .6.7 kg Published by Pioneer Corporation. Copyright © 2004 Pioneer Corporation. All rights reserved.
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