Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-517-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . 7
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Other problems during Auto MCACC . . . . . 11
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital
set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 15
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks. . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to the front panel video
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting to the front panel audio mini
jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 21
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control (VSX-817) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control (VSX-517) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 32
Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 33
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . 34
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using surround back channel processing . . . 35
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . . . 35
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using Midnight and Loudness. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 38
Selecting the front audio inputs . . . . . . . . . . 38
06 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fine Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Changing the frequency step. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 49
09 Controlling the rest of your
system
Setting the remote to control other
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Clearing all the remote control settings. . . . . 51
Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Controls for other components . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Preset Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55