Connect The Surround Back Or Front Height Speakers; Switching The Speaker Terminal; Making Cable Connections; Hdmi Cables - Pioneer VSX-S500-K Operating Instruction

02 Connecting your equipment
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Connect the surround back or front height
speakers
Connect the PRE OUT SURR BACK/FRONT HEIGHT outputs
of the unit and additional amplifier to add a surround back or
front height speaker.
• The Pre Out setting must be set if the above connections
are performed. Select Surr.Back if the surround back
speaker is connected and Height if the front height
speaker is connected (If neither the surround back
speaker nor the front height speaker is connected, either
setting will suffice) (see The Pre Out Setting on page 39).
• You can use the additional amplifier on the surround back
channel pre-outs for a single speaker as well. In this case
plug the amplifier into the left (L (Single)) terminal only.

Switching the speaker terminal

Three speaker system settings are possible.
 Use SP-AB button to select a speaker terminal setting.
Press repeatedly to choose a speaker terminal option:
• SP:A ON – Sound is output from the speakers connected
to the A-speaker terminals and PRE OUT SURR BACK/
FRONT HEIGHT (multichannel playback is possible).
• SP:B ON – Sound is output from the two speakers connected
to the B-speaker terminals (only stereo playback is possible).
• SP:A+B ON – Sound is output from the A-speaker
terminals, the two speakers in the B-speaker terminals,
and the subwoofer. Multichannel sources are downmixed
only when the STEREO or STEREO ALC mode is selected
for stereo output from A- and B-speaker terminals.
• SP: OFF – No sound is output from the speakers.
Note
• SP:B ON and SP:A+B ON can only be selected when the
Speaker System is set to Speaker B (see Speaker System
on page 36).
• The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made
in Speaker Setting on page 37. However, if SP:B ON is
selected above, no sound is heard from the subwoofer
(the LFE channel is not downmixed).
• All speaker terminals are switched off when headphones
are connected.
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Making cable connections

Make sure not to bend the cables over the top of this unit (as
shown in the illustration). If this happens, the magnetic field
produced by the transformers in this unit may cause a
humming noise from the speakers.
Important
• Before making or changing connections, switch off the
power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet.
• Before unplugging the power cord, switch the power into
standby.

HDMI cables

Both video and sound signals can be transmitted
simultaneously with one cable. If connecting the player and the
TV via this receiver, for both connections, use HDMI cables.
Be careful to connect the terminal in the proper direction.
Note
• Set the HDMI parameter in Setting the Audio options on
page 33 to THROUGH, if you want to hear HDMI audio
output from your TV (no sound will be heard from this
receiver).
• If the video signal does not appear on your TV, try
adjusting the resolution settings on your component or
display. Note that some components (such as video game
units) have resolutions that may not be displayed. In this
case, use a (analog) composite connection.
• When the video signal from the HDMI is 480i, 480p, 576i
or 576p, Multi Ch PCM sound and HD sound cannot be
received.

About HDMI

The HDMI connection transfers uncompressed digital video,
as well as almost every kind of digital audio that the
connected component is compatible with, including DVD-
Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD,
DTS-HD Master Audio (see below for limitations), Video CD/
Super VCD and CD.
This receiver incorporates High-Definition Multimedia
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Interface (HDMI ) technology.
This receiver supports the functions described below through
HDMI connections.
• Digital transfer of uncompressed video (contents
protected by HDCP (1080p/24, 1080p/60, etc.))
• 3D signal transfer
• Deep Color signal transfer
• x.v.Color signal transfer
• Audio Return Channel
• Input of multi-channel linear PCM digital audio signals
(192 kHz or less) for up to 8 channels
• Input of the following digital audio formats:
– Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, High bitrate
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audio (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio), DVD-
Audio, CD, SACD (DSD 2 ch only), Video CD, Super VCD
• Synchronized operation with components using the
Control with HDMI function (see Control with HDMI
function on page 41)
Note
• Use a High Speed HDMI
a High Speed HDMI
properly.
• When an HDMI cable with a built-in equalizer is
connected, it may not operate properly.
• 3D, Deep Color, x.v.Color signal transfer and Audio
Return Channel are only possible when connected to a
compatible component.
• HDMI format digital audio transmissions require a longer
time to be recognized. Due to this, interruption in the
audio may occur when switching between audio formats
or beginning playback.
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cable. If HDMI cable other than
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cable is used, it may not work