Quick Start Guide - Pioneer Elite VSX-39TX Operating Instructions Manual

Quick Start Guide

This is a quick guide to setting up your new receiver so you can get home theater surround sound. For more
details on any of the information presented here check the main section of the manual.
Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from
the AC outlet.
1 1 1 1 1 Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV
In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks which are at the heart of home theater you need to hook up your
DVD player with digital audio connections. You can do this by either a coaxial or an optical connection, you don't
need to do both. The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some digital components
only have one type of digital terminal you need to figure out which yours has and hook it up to the appropriate
terminal on the receiver. In order to do this you will need the proper cable. For coaxial connections you can use a
regular RCA stereo cord or the specially-made coaxial cords, they have the same type of plugs. For optical
connections you will need a special optical cord which you can buy at your local stereo store. Also hook up the
video connection of your DVD player, the analog audio (for recording the audio on DVDs, use regular RCA stereo
cords), and your TV (it's easiest to use a regular composite RCA video cords) as shown below. It is important
that you hook up your TV (or monitor) in order to see a video image as well as the on screen displays (OSDs)
shown by this receiver (for more on p. 16-17). We also recommend hooking up your all your digital components
to analog audio jacks. For this you can use regular RCA stereo cords.
Coaxial Digital Connection
If your DVD player has a coaxial terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out hook it up using this terminal.
Follow the diagram below. This is the best scenario, as you will be able to follow the default settings of this
receiver and won't need to assign the digital inputs.
2 RF IN
IN 1 IN 2 IN 3
(AC-3)
MONITOR
OUT
Optical Digital Connection
If your DVD player has an optical terminal (not a PCM-only output) for the audio out you can hook it up using this
following the below diagram. You will need to assign the digital input (tell the receiver which input you put your
DVD digital audio into). See page VI for this.
2 RF IN 1 2 3
IN IN IN
(AC-3)
MONITOR
OUT
IV
AUDIO VIDEO
VIDEO
PCM/
DVD /
2/
LD
IN
DTS
IN 4 IN 5 IN
DIGITAL
R L
RCA video cord
AUDIO VIDEO
VIDEO
PCM/
DVD /
2/
LD
IN
DTS
4 5 IN
IN IN
DIGITAL
R
L
RCA video cord
S2 VIDEO
RCA video cord
RCA stereo cord
coaxial cord
S2 VIDEO
RCA video cord
RCA stereo cord
optical cord
VIDEO
VIDEO
OUT
ANALOG
STEREO
R R
DVD player
L
L
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
(not a PCM-only output)
VIDEO INPUT
VIDEO
VIDEO
OUT
ANALOG
STEREO
R R
L
L
DVD player
DIGITAL
OUTPUT
(not a PCM-only output)
VIDEO INPUT