Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-529-k Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read
through these operating instructions so you will know how to
operate your model properly.
Features
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Before you start
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Checking what's in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Flow of settings on the receiver
01 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
02 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hints on the speaker placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Digital audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Standard RCA video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About video outputs connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a TV and playback components . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Connecting optional Bluetooth ADAPTER
(VSX-529 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . . 20
Connecting to a wireless LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting a MHL-compatible device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the front
panel input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
03 Basic Setup
Canceling the Auto Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) . . 24
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup . . . 25
04 Basic playback
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Playing an iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Switches between the iPod controls and the receiver
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing a MHL-compatible device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Music playback using Bluetooth wireless technology
(VSX-824 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote control operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pairing with the unit (Initial registration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listen to music on the unit from a Bluetooth capable
device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Radio wave caution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Scope of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Radio wave reflections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Precautions regarding connections to products
supported by this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Bluetooth ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music
(VSX-529 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wireless music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth wireless
technology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless
technology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
An introduction to RDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Searching for RDS programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
05 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
06 Playback with NETWORK features
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
About playable DLNA network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and
iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
About the DHCP server function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Authorizing this receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
About HTC Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Playback with Network functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening to Internet radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
About the Spotify audio stream playback function . . . . . . 43
Preparations (1) Installing the Spotify application
on mobile devices and registering a Spotify Premium
account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Preparations (2) Connecting this unit to the network . . . 44
In order to use the Spotify audio stream playback
function from the Spotify application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Playing back audio files stored on components on the
network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Network Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Network setting using Safari browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Friendly Name setting using Safari browser. . . . . . . . . . 47
Firmware update using Safari browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
About network playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Content playable over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
About playback behavior over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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