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AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL

RECEIVER

VSX-D411

VSX-D511

Operating Instructions


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IMPORTANT NOTICE H006AEnThe serial number for this equipment is located in therear panel. Please write this serial number on yourenclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area.

This is for your security.

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.Please read through these operating instructionsso you will know how to operate your modelproperly. After you have finished reading theinstructions, put them away in a safe place for futurereference.


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"DT S", ES and "DT S D igital Surround" are trademarks

of D igital Theater Systems, Inc.

M anufactured under license from D olby Laboratories.

D olby , Pro Logic II and the double D symbol2

are trademarks of Dolby Laboratorories.


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Contents

1 Before you startChecking whats in the box ...............................5

Ins tal lin g th e rece iver ........................................5M akin g cab le conn ect ion s ................................ 5Load in g th e ba tteries ......................................... 5Operatin g ran ge of rem ote con trol u nit ........... 5

2 5 minute guideIntr odu ct ion to ho m e t heat er ............................ 6Listen in g to Sur rou nd Sound ............................7Using the Quick Setup ....................................10

3 Connecting upAudio/Video cords ........................................... 11S-video c ab les (VSX-D511 on ly) ......................11Dig ital aud io cord s/Optic al cabl es .................11Connecting digital components .................... 12Connecting audio components ......................12Connecting D VD 5.1 chan nel com ponents ...13Conn ecti ng video c om pon ent s .......................13Con nect in g an ten nas ..................................... 14

FM wire antenna ..............................................14AM loo p an ten na ..............................................15

An tenna snap c onnec tors ........................ 15Using external antennas .................................15

To im pr ove FM rec ept ion ............................ 15To improve AM reception ...........................15

Connecting the speakers ................................16Speaker term in als ..................................... 16

H in ts on speaker plac em ent ...........................17AC outl et .......................................................... 18

Operatin g other Pioneer com pon ents .......... 18

4 Controls and displaysFront Pan el ........................................................19Displ ay ............................................................. 20Rem ote Con trol ............................................... 22

5 Playing sourcesIntr odu ct ion to Sou nd M odes ........................ 24

Stereo/Direct ...............................................24Stan dard m odes .........................................24Ad vanced Sur rou nd m odes .......................24

Choosing the input signal .............................. 25Usin g Stereo/D irect .........................................25Listening to m ult i-ch ann el playback ..............26Using Advanced Surround ............................. 26Using Loudness and M idnigh t l istening ... .. .. .26Usin g the ton e con trols .................................. 27Playing oth er sou rc es ..................................... 27

Selecting th e mu lt i-chan nel analog inputs ... 28

6 Setting up your receiverChoosing your receiver setup ........................ 29

Speaker setting .......................................... 30Subw oofer sett in g ..................................... 30Crossover frequency setting ......................30LFE attenuator sett in g ................................ 31Fron t sp eaker d istan ce settin g ..................31Cent er speaker di stan ce setti ng .............. 31Surrou nd speaker dist anc e settin g .......... 31Dynam ic r ange cont rol sett in g .................. 32Dual m on o sett in g ..................................... 32Coaxial dig ital inpu t settin g .......................32Opt ical d igi tal i np ut settin g .......................32

Setting th e relative volum e levelof each channel ............................................... 33

7 Using the tuner

Listen in g to th e r ad io ...................................... 34Im proving FM stereo sou nd .......................34

Savin g sta tion pr esets .....................................35Naming station presets .................................. 36Listening to station presets ............................ 36

8 Making a recordingM aking an au dio or a video recordin g .......... 37

M on itor in g your reco rdi ng ........................ 37

9 Additional informationTroubleshooting ............................................... 38Specifications ...................................................40


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Bef ore you start 01

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Checking w hats in the boxPlease check th at you've received t he follow ing

supplied accessories:

AM loop antenna

FM wire antenna

Dr y cell batt eries (AA si ze IEC R6P) x 2

Rem ote control

These operating in structions

Installing the receiverPlease note the following points:

Do not place

objects directly

on top of this unit.

This wou ld

prevent p roper

heat dispersal.

W hen in stalling on a rack, shelf, etc., besure to leave m ore than 8 inch es (20 cm .)

of spac e above the rec eiver.

Making cable connectionsM ake sure not t o bend th e cables over the top

of this un it (as shown in the i l lustration). If this

happens, the

m agnetic field

produced by the

transform ers in

this unit may

cause a humm ing

noise from th e

speakers.

Loading the batteries

Incorrect use of batteries m ay result in suc h

hazards as leakage and bu rstin g. Observe the

following precautions:

Never use new and old batteries togeth er.

Insert the plus and m inus sides of the

batteries properly according to the m arks

in th e battery case.

Batteries with the sam e shape may havedifferent voltages. Do not u se different

batteries tog ether.

Wh en disposing of used batteries, please

com ply with governm ental regulations or

environm ental public instruc tion s rules

that apply in your coun try or area.

Operating range of remote

control unitThe rem ote contr ol m ay not w ork properly if:

There are obstacles between th e remot e

cont rol and the receiver's rem ote sensor.

Direct sunlight or fluorescent l ight is

shining onto th e remote sensor.

The receiver is located n ear a device that is

emittin g in frared rays.

The receiver is operated sim ultan eously

with another infrared rem ote control unit.

Dry cell batt eries(AA size IEC R6P) 2

DOWN

STATION

TUNEREDIT

INPUT ATTFL DIMMER

CLASS

BAND

MPX

STANDARD A DVANCEDSURROUND S TEREO/

DIRECTSIGNALSELECT

UP

ENTER

INPUTSELECTOR

MASTERVOLUME

MULTIJOG

AUDI O/VI DEOMULTI-C HANNEL

RECEIVER

R

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PHONES

TUNING

MONITOR

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

MIDNIGHTLOUDNESS

TONEQUICK

SETUP

LISTENINGMODE Nm-.,,

30

30

23ft (7m)

1

2

3

4

5

6

+

+

-

-

DOWN

STATION

TUNER EDIT

INPUT ATTFLDIMMER

CLASS

BAND

MPX

STANDARD ADVANCEDSURROUND S TEREO/DIRECT

SIGNALSELECT

UP

ENTER

INPUTSELECTOR

MASTER

VOLUME

MULTIJOG

AU DIO/VID EO

MULTI-CHANNEL

RECEIVER

R

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PHONES

TUNING

MONITOR

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

MIDNIGHTLOUDNESS

TONEQUICK

SETUP

LISTENING MODENm

-.,,


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5 minute guide02

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Introduction to home theaterYou are probably used to u sing stereo equipm ent to l isten to m usic, but m ay not be used to h om e

theater systems t hat give you m any more options (such as surroun d sound) wh en listening to

soundtracks.

Hom e theater refers to the use of mu ltiple audio tracks to create a surroun d sound effect, m aking

you feel l ike you're in th e m iddle of the action or c oncert. The surround sound you get from a hom e

theater system depends not on ly on th e speakers you have set up in your room , but also on the

sourc e and the soun d setting s of the receiver.

DVD-Video has becom e the basic sour ce m aterial for hom e theater due to its size, qualit y, and ease

of use. Depending on the DVD, you can have up to seven different aud io tracks com ing from one

disc, all of them being sent t o different speakers in your system. This is wh at creates a surroun d

sound effect and gives you th e feeling of b eing th ere.

This receiver will au tom atically decode D olby Digital, D TS, or Dolby Surrou nd DVD-Video discs,

accord ing t o your speaker setup. In m ost cases, you wont h ave to m ake changes for realistic

surround sound, but other possibil it ies (l ike l istening to a CD with m ulti-channel surround soun d)

are explained in Playing sources, starting on page 24.


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5 minute guide 02

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Listening to Surround SoundThis receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup in m ind, so with the following q uick

setup guide, you should have your system hooked up for surroun d sound in n o tim e at all. In m ost

cases, you can sim ply leave the receiver in the default setting s.

1 Hook up your DVD player.

For surrou nd sou nd, you l l want to hook up using a digital conn ection from th e DVD player to the

receiver. You can do th is with either a coaxial, or an opt ical con nection (you don t need to do b oth). If

you h ook up u sing an optical cable, you should refer to Opt ica l d ig i ta l inpu t set t in gon page 32 to

assign th e optical input to D VD.

Use a video cord to conn ect the video output on your D VD to the receiver using the jacks shownbelow.

2 Hook up your TV.

Use a video cord t o conn ect your receiver to th e TV usin g th e jacks as shown b elow.

8741STANDBY/ON

0 3

DVDPLAYER

S

IN

OUT

MONITOROUT

SUBWOOFER

PREOUT

COAX OPT

(DVD/LD) (T V /S A T )

ASSIGNABLEDIGITAL IN

VIDEO

*The illustra tion sho w s the

VSX-D511, b ut DVD

connections for both t he

VSX-D411 a nd VSX-D411S

will be the same.

Optical cable

DVD player

TV

DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT

VIDEO IN

Coaxial cable

Video cord

This receiver*

Video cord

Note:If you h oo k up

using a opt ica l cab le,

see Optical inputsettingon pa ge 32 to

assign t he o ptica l

input to DVD.

IN

IN

FRONT

DVD/ LD

CD-R

REC

/ TAPE/ MD

D V D5.1CHINPUT


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5 minute guide02

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3 Connect your speakers.A com plete setup of six speakers (inclu ding t he subw oofer) is shown h ere, but everyone s hom e

setup w ill vary. Simp ly connect the speakers you h ave in th e m ann er shown below. The receiver wil l

work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram ) but u sing at least three

speakers is recom m ended, and all six is best. If you re not u sing a sub woofer, change th e front

speaker setting (see Speaker sett in gon p age 30) to large.

M ake sure you c onnect th e speaker on t he right to the right termin al and the speaker on the left to

the left term inal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+ /) termin als on the receiver m atch

those on th e speakers.

INPUT

R L R L

Front Speake rs Center Speaker Surround Speake rs

Pow ered subw oofer

L R C SRSL

Be sure to com plete all

connections before

connecting th is unit to

the AC power source.

Use speakers with a nom inal im pedance of 8 to 16 .


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5 minute guide 02

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4 Plug in the receiver and switch it on, followed by your DVD player, your subwoofer andthe TV.

M ake sure you ve set the video input on your TV to this receiver. Check the m anual t hat c am e with

th e TV if you d on t know how t o do this.

Also m ake sure that DVD/LDis showin g in th e receiver s display, indicating th at the DVD inpu t is

selected. If it isn t, press DVDon th e remote control to set the receiver to the DVD inpu t.

5 Press QUICK SETUP on the front panel to specify your speaker setup and your roomsize.

Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTORdial to select an d ENTERto confir m your selection. See

U sing th e Qu ick Se tup on t he n ext page if you re unsure about the settings.

6 Play a DVD, and adjust the volume to your liking.

There are several other sou nd option s you can select. See pages 24 to 27 for m ore on th is. See also

Choosing your receiver setupon pages 29 to 33 for more setup opt ions.

Dependi ng on your D VD player or source discs, you m ay only get digital 2 chan nel stereo and

analog sound. In this case, the l istening m ode m ust be set to Standard (it should already be

set see page 26 if you need to do th is) if you wan t m ulti-chann el surround soun d.


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Using the Quick SetupYou c an u se the Quic k Setup to g et your system

up and run ning w ith just a few button p resses.

The receiver autom atically m akes the necessary

settings after you h ave selected your speaker

setup and room size. If you want to m ake more

specific settin gs, refer to Choos ing you r receiver

se tup on pages 29 to 33. Use the front p anel

cont rols for the steps below.

DOWN UP

ENTER

INPUT

SELECTOR

MASTER VOLUME

MULTI JOG

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER

R

MULTI JOG

LOUDNESS TONE QUICK SETUP

Nm-.,,

1 Press RECEIVER to turn the power on.

The STANDBY indicator goes out.

2 Press QUICK SETUP.

The display prom pts you to select your speaker

setup.

3 Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR

dial to choose your speaker setup.Cycle between the following choices:

5.1ch

3.0ch 4.1ch

5.0ch

3.1ch 4.0ch

Check the table below to find the speaker

setup that corresponds with your system.

FrontSpeakers

3.0 ch

3.1 ch

4.0 ch

4.1 ch

5.0 ch

5.1 ch

CenterSpeaker

SurroundSpeakers

SubWoofer

4 Press ENTER.

The display prom pts you to select your room

size.

5 Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTORdial to choose your room size.

Depending on th e distance of your surrou nd

speakers, ch oose between Small, Medium , or

Large (see table below).

S

12 ft .

10 ft .

6 f t .

Front

Center

Surround

M

12 ft .

10 ft .

7 f t .

L

12 ft .

10 ft .

9 f t .

6 Press ENTER to confirm your setup.

The display shows th e speaker setup and room

size that you have selected.


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Connecting up 03

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Before m aking or chan ging t he conn ect ions , swi tch of f th e power and d iscon nect th e power cord fromth e AC out le t .

Audio/Video cordsUse audio/video cords (not supplied) to con nect

the audio/video com ponents and a video cord to

con nect t he m onitor TV.

Connect red plugs to R(right), white plugs to L

(left), and th e yellow plu gs to VIDEO.Be sure to insert com pletely.

S-video cables(VSX-D511 only)Use S-video cables (not supp lied) to get clearer

picture reproduction than regular video cords.

Connect fr om an S-video jack on th e rear of the

receiver to an S-video jack on the video

com ponent you are hooking up.

Be sure to insert com pletely.

LR

VIDEO

SVIDEO

Digita l audio cords/Optical cablesCom m ercially available digital audio coaxial

cords (stand ard video cord s can also be used)

or optical c ables (not supplied) are used to

connect digital com ponents to th is receiver.

Be sure to insert com pletely.

Digita l audio coaxial cord(or sta ndard vide o cord)

Optical cable


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Connecting digital com ponentsFor proper decoding of Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, you need to make digital audio connections.

You can do th is by either c oaxial or optical con nection s (you don t need to do b oth). The qu ality of

these two types of conn ections is the sam e, but since som e digital com ponents only have one type

of digital terminal, it is a matter of m atching like with l ike (for exam ple, the coaxial output from the

com ponent to the coaxial inpu t on th e receiver). This receiver has both a coaxial and an op tical

input for a total of two digital inpu ts. Connect your digital com ponents as shown below.

Wh en connecting your equipm ent, always m ake sure the power is turned off and the power cord is

disconnected from t he wall outlet.

DIGITALOUT

(OPTICAL)

DIGITALOUT

(COAXIAL)

CD player

DVD playe r

Connecting audio componentsTo begin set u p, conn ect your analog au dio com ponen ts (such as a cassette deck) to th e jacks. For

com ponents you w ant to record w ith, you need to hook up four plug s (a set of stereo ins and a set of

stereo outs), but for com ponen ts that only play, you on ly need to h ook up on e set of stereo ins (two

plugs). You shou ld also hook up your digital com ponents to analog audio jacks if you w ant to record

to/from digital com ponents (l ike an M D) to/from analog com ponents. See above for more on digital

connections.

Wh en connecting your equipm ent, always m ake sure the power is turned off and the power cord is

disconnected from th e wall outlet.

ANALOGOUT (PLAY)

ANALOG

IN (REC)

ANALOGOUT

CD player

CD-R/Tape/MD Deck

The arr ows

indicate the

direction of the

audio signal.

The arr ows

indicate the

direction of theaudio signal.


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Connecting video com ponentsConnect your video com ponents to th e jacks as shown below. Regarding d igital video com ponents

(like a DVD player), you mu st use the conn ections pic tur ed on this page for the video signal, but in

order to hear a digit al source (like a DVD) you shou ld hook up the audi o to a digital inp ut (see page

12). It is also a good idea to h ook up your digital com ponents with analog audio con nections (see

pag e 12).

For better q uality video, you c an h ook up usin g th e S-video jacks on th e rear of the receiver instead

of th e regular video jacks (VSX-D511 only). M ake sure you use an S-video cable to c onn ect to the S-

video jack on th e com ponent you are hooking up (see page 11).

Wh en connectin g your equipm ent always m ake sure the power is turned off and the power cord isdisconnected from the wall outlet.

AUDIOINPUT

VIDEOINPUT

S-VIDEOINPUT

S-VIDEOOUTPUT

VIDEOOUTPUT

AUDIOOUTPUT

Video deck

Connecting DVD 5.1 channel componentsIf you prefer to use a seperate com ponen t for decodin g DVDs, you can c onn ect a decoder or a DVD

player with m ulti-chann el analog outputs to th e m ulti-channel inputs of th is receiver.

Wh en connectin g your equipm ent, always m ake sure the power is turned off and the power cord is

disconnected from the wall outlet.

The 5.1 chann el input can on ly be used w hen DVD 5.1 CHis select ed (see page 28).

SURROUND

OUTPUT

SUBWOOFER

OUTPUT

CENTEROUTPUT

VIDEOOUTPUT

FRONTOUTPUT

DVD/m ulti-chan nel decode rw ith 5.1 chan nel an alogoutput jacks

The arr ows

indicate thedirection of

the signal.

The arr owsindicate the

direction of

the signal.


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FM w ire ante nnaConnect the FM wire antenna and fully extend

vertically along a w indow fram e or othersuitable area, etc.

Connecting antennasConnect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire

antenn a as show n at righ t. To im prove reception

and soun d q uality, connect external antennas

(see U sing external antenn as, next page).

Alw ays m ake sure that th e receiver is switc hed

off and unplugg ed from th e wall outlet before

m aking or changin g any connections.

AM LOOPANTENNA

FM WIREANTENNA

AUDIOOUTPUT

VIDEOOUTPUT

S-VIDEOOUTPUT

S-VIDEOOUTPUT

VIDEO

OUTPUTAUDIO

OUTPUT

DVD playe r (or LD player)

TV tuner (or Satellite t uner)

S-VIDEOINPUT

VIDEOINPUT

TV (monitor)

The arr ows

indicate thedirection of

the signal.

The arr ows

indicate the

direction of

the signal.


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To improve FM receptionConnect an external FM antenna.

FM

UNBAL

7 5

FMANTENNA

AM LOOP

ANTENNA

To improve AM receptionConnect a 15-18 feet leng th of vinyl-coated w ire

to the AM antenna term inal without disconnect-

ing the supplied AM loop antenna.

For th e best possible reception, suspen d

horizontally outdoors.

Outdoor antenna

AM loop antennaAssemble the antenna and conn ect to the

receiver. Attac h to a w all, etc. (if desired) and

face in th e direction that gives the best

reception.

Antenna snap connectorsTwist t he exposed w ire strand s together an d

insert into the hole, then snap th e connector

shut.

75 coaxial cable

3/8 in. (10mm)

Using external antennas

15-18 ft. (56m)

Indoor antenna(Vinyl-coated w ire)


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1/2 inches

1 Twist around 1/2 inch of bare wire strands together.

2 Unclip the speaker terminal and insert the wire.

3 Snap shut the speaker terminal to secure.

Speaker terminals

Connecting the speakersA com plete setup of six speakers (inclu ding t he subw oofer) is shown h ere, but everyone s hom e

setup w ill vary. Simp ly connect the speakers you h ave in th e m ann er shown below. The receiver wil l

work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram ) but u sing at least three

speakers is recom m ended, and a com plete setup is best for surround sound. If you re not using a

subw oofer, chang e the front speaker setting (see Speaker sett in gon p age 30) to large.

M ake sure you c onnect th e speaker on t he right to the right termin al and the speaker on the left to

the left term inal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+ /) termin als on the receiver m atch

those on th e speakers.

Be sure to complet e all otherconnections before connecting t hisunit t o the AC pow er source.

Front Speake rs Ce nt er Spea ke r Surround Spe ak ers

Pow ered subwoof er

L R C SRSL

INPUT

R L R L

Use speakers with

a nominal

im pedance of 8

to 16 .


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Hints on speaker placementSpeakers are usually designed with a particular placem ent in m ind. Some are designed to be

floorstanding , while others should be placed on stands to soun d th eir best. Som e should be placed

near a wall; others shoul d be placed away from w alls. We have provided a few tips on g etting t hebest sound from your speakers (below), but you should also follow th e guidelines on placem ent that

the speaker m anufacturer provided with your particular speakers to get the m ost out of them .

To ach ieve the b est possible sur roun d

sound , install your speakers as show n

below. Be sure all sp eakers are in stalled

securely to prevent accidents and improve

sound quality.

Place the front left and rig ht speakers at

equal distan ces from the TV.

Wh en placin g speakers near the TV, we

recom m end using m agnetically shielded

speakers to prevent possible in terferenc e,

such as discoloration of the picture wh en

the TV is switc hed on. If you do n ot have

m agnetically shielded speakers and n otice

discolor ation of th e TV pict ure, m ove the

speakers farther away from the TV.

Place the cen ter speaker above or below th e

TV so that th e sound of th e center chan nel is

loc alized at th e TV screen.

If you ch oose to install th e center speakeron top of the TV, be sure to secur e it with

put ty, or by other suit able m eans, to

reduce the risk of damage or injur y

resulting from the speaker fall ing from

the TV in the event of external shoc ks

such as earthquakes.

If possible, place the surr oun d speakers

slightly above ear level.

Try not t o place the sur roun d speakers

further away from th e listening position than

the front and center speakers. Doing so c an

weaken th e surround soun d effect.

Overhead view of speaker set up

3-D view of speaker set up

M ake sure th at all the bare speaker wir e is twisted together and inserted ful ly into th e speaker

term inal. If any of the bare speaker wire tou ch es the rear panel it m ay cause the pow er to cut off as

a safety m easure. Use good qu ality speaker wire to conn ect th e speakers to th e receiver.

SurroundLeft

SurroundRight

Listening Positi on

FrontLeft

FrontRightCenter

Subwoofer


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ReceiverOther Pioneer productswi th mark

Operating other PioneercomponentsBy connecting a con trol cord (optional),

you can poin t the rem ote controls of other

Pioneer com ponent s at the receiver s

rem ote sensor. You c an also u se the

remote control from th is unit to control a

Pioneer DVD p layer. The rem ote con trol

signals are received by the rem ote sensor

of this u nit, and sent to the other d evices

via the CONTROL OUTterminal.

POWER-CORD CAUTIONHandle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out th e plug by tuggin g the cord and never touch the

power cord wh en your hand s are wet as this could cau se a short circ uit or an electric shock. Do not

place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, or pin ch t he cord. Never m ake a knot in

the cord or t ie it with other cords. The power cords should be routed such that th ey are not l ikely to

be stepped on. A dam aged power cord can c ause a fire or give you an electric al shock. Check the

power cord on ce in a while. Wh en you find it d am aged, ask your n earest Pioneer auth orized service

center or your dealer for a replacem ent.

Connect to CONTROLIN terminal of otherPioneer productswi th mark.

Remotecontrol unit

CONTROL

OUT

OUT

IN

CONTROL

AC outlet[sw itched 100 W (0.8 A) m ax]

Power supplied through this outlet is turned on and off by the

receiver's POWERswitch. Total electrical p ower consum ption of

conn ected equipm ent shou ld not exceed 100 W (0.8 A).

DO NOT CONN ECT A M ONI TOR, TV SET, HEATER, OR SIM ILARAPPLIANCE TO THIS UNI T'S AC OUTLET.

Do not connect appliances with high power consumption to the

AC OUTLETin order to avoid overheating and fire risk. This can

also cause the receiver to malfunction.

M ake sure no exposed speaker wire is touc hin g the rear panel, this m ay cause th e receiver to

turn off autom atically.

This un it should be disconnected by removing the power plug from the wall socket wh en not in

regular u se (ex. when on vacation ).

AC OUTLET

SWITCHED100 W MAX0.8 A MAX


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1 STANDBY/ON

Switc hes the receiver between on an d standb y.

2 STANDBY indicatorLights when the receiver is in standby m ode.

3 STATION (+/) buttons (pages 3536)

Selects station pr esets when u sing th e tuner.

4 TUNING (+/) buttons (page 34)

Selects the frequency when u sing th e tuner.

5 Remote sensor

Receives the signals from the rem ote control.

6 ENTER

7 MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial

The MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial

perform s a num ber of tasks. Use it to select

options after pressing TONE CONTROL, QUICK

SETUPor TUNER EDIT.

8 PHONES jack

Use to connect headphones.

Wh en the headphones are connected, there

is no sound outp ut from the speakers.

9 TUNER EDIT (pages 3536)

Press to m emorize and n am e a station for recall

using the stat ion (+ /) buttons.

10 CLASS (pages 3536)

Switch es between the three banks (classes) of

station presets.

11 BAND (page 34)

Switches between AM and FM radio bands.

12 MPX (page 34)

Press the MPXbut ton to receive a radio

broadcast in m ono.

13 INPUT ATT

Use to attenu ate (lower) the level of an analog

input signal to prevent distortion.

14 FL DIMMER

Use this button to m ake the fluorescent display

(FL) dim m er or brigh ter.

15 LISTENING MODE buttons

STANDARD (pages 24, 26, 33)

Press for Standard decoding and to switc h

between th e various Pro Logic II options.

ADVANCED SURROUND (pages 24, 26)

Use to switch between the various

surround m odes.

DOWN

STATION

TUNER EDIT INPUT ATT FL DIMMERCLASS BAND MPX

STANDARDADVANCED

SURROUND

STEREO/

DIRECT

SIGNAL

SELECT

UP

ENTER

INPUTSELECTOR

MASTER VOLUME

MULTI JOG

AUDIO/VIDE O MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER

R

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PHONES

TUNING MONITOR

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

MIDNIGHT LOUDNESS TONE QUICK SETUP

LISTENING MODE

Nm-.,,

3 4

171819 20108 9 1112 13141516 21

6 75

22

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1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators

Lights to indicate the type of input signal

assigned for the current com ponent:

AUTO : Light s when AUTO sign al select is on.

DIGITAL : Lights w hen a digital audio signal is

detected.

2DIGITAL : Lights w hen a Dolby Digital signal

is detected.

ANALOG : Lights w hen an analog signal is

detected.

DTS : Lights when a source with DTS audio

signal is detected.

2 DTS

Wh en the Standard m ode of the receiver is on,

this l ight s to indic ate decoding of a D TS signal.

3 2DIGITAL

Wh en the Standard m ode of the receiver is on,

this l ights to indic ate decoding of a Dolby

Digital signal.

dB

S I GN A L

D I G I T AL D I G I T AL

A N A L OG D T S

D IG I T A L A T T D I R E C T

M IDN IGH T

LO U D N E S S M O N O S P A

S T E R E O T U N E D

M O N I T OR

PROLOGIC

A D V . S U R R .

A U T O

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 141211 13

Display

STEREO/DIRECT (pages 2425)Switch es direct playback on or off. Direct

playback bypasses the tone contr ols and

chann el levels for the m ost accurate

reproduction of a source.

16 SIGNAL SELECT (page 25, 28)

Use to select between an analog or digi tal

signal.

17 MONITOR (page 37)

Press to switch tape mon itoring on/off.

18 MIDNIGHT (page 26)

Use when listening t o m ovie soundtracks at low

volumes.

19 LOUDNESS (page 26)Use to boost the bass and treble at low

volumes.

20 TONE (page 27)

Press this but ton to access the bass and treble

controls, which you can then adjust with th e

MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial.

21 QUICK SETUP(page 10)

22 MASTER VOLUME


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4 2PRO LOGIC IIWh en the Standard m ode of the receiver is on,

this l ights t o indicate Prologic II decoding.

5 ATT

Lights when INPUT ATT is used to attenuate

(reduce) the level of the inp ut sign al (can only

be used with an analog signal).

6 DIRECT

Lights when source direct playback is in use.

This fu nct ion bypasses all tone, balance, DSPand D olby Surroun d effects.

7 MIDNIGHT

Lights during M idnight l is tening.

8 MONITOR

Lights when MONITOR is selected.

9 Speaker indicator

Shows if th e speaker system is on or not.

SP3A m eans speakers are switc hed on. SP3m eans the headphones are connected.

10 Character display

11 ADV. SURR (Advanced Surround)Lights when one of th e Advanced Surroun d

listenin g m odes of the receiver is selected.

12 LOUDNESS

Lights during Loudn ess listening.

13 TUNER indicators

STEREO : Light s when a stereo FM broadc ast is

being received in auto stereo m ode.

MONO : Lights wh en the m ono m ode is set

using the MPXbutton.

TUNED : Lights w hen a broadcast is being

received.

14 Master volume level

Shows t he overall volum e level. --- dB indicates

the min im um level, and 0dB indicates the

maximum level.

Depend ing on t he level settin gs you m ake foreach c hannel, the maximu m level can

range between 10dB and 0dB.


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1 RECEIVER

Switch es the receiver between on and stan dby.

2 MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS (page 26)

Use to switch to M idnight or Loudness

listening.

3 LISTENING MODE buttons

STANDARD (page 24, 26, 33)Press for Standard decoding an d to sw itch

between th e various Pro Logic II options.

Rem ote Control

V/ AT/

DVD CONTROL

B TITL

AUDIO FFE T

MENU

D D

TOP MENU

T

A TEL M

ETUP

V RE EIVE

NIN

LA DI PLAY

TATI N

1

7 8

2

6

7

1

3

45

11

12

13

10

15

14

9

8

ADVANCED SURROUND (page 24, 26)Use to switch between t he various

surround m odes.

STEREO/DIRECT (pages 2425)

Switc hes direct playback on or off. Direc t

playback bypasses the tone contr ols and

chann el levels for the m ost accurate

reproduction of a source.

4 INPUT ATT

Use to attenu ate (lower) the level of an analoginput signal to prevent d istortion.

5 FL DIMMER

Use this button t o m ake the fluorescent display

(FL) dim m er or brigh ter.

6 MENU (DVD control)

Use to access different m enus associated with

your D VD player.

TUNER EDIT (Receiver control) (pages 3536)

Press to m emorize and n ame a station for recall

using the STATION (+/) buttons.

7 DVD

Use to switch over to the DVD controls on the

remote control.

The DVD controls on the rem ote control (TOPMENU, MENU,}]and ENTER/SETUPbuttons) can only be used for DVD cont rol after

pressing DVDon th e rem ote. See the next page

for m ore on the seperate DVD CONTROL

buttons.

8 INPUT SELECTOR buttons

Use to select the inpu t source.

9 Volume buttons

Use MASTER VOLUME +/to set th e overall

l istening volum e. Use MUTEto m ute the sound

or restore the sound if it has been m uted.


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10 Tuner controlsThe TUNING +/buttons can b e used to find

radio fr equenc ies. The STATION +/buttons

can b e used to select preset radio station s

(pages 3536).

BAND (page 34)

Use to switch between the AM and FM

bands wh en the tun er is selected.

CLASS (pages 3536)

Use to switch between th e three banks(classes) of station presets.

MPX (page 34)

Use to switch between auto stereo and

m ono reception of FM broadcasts. If the

signal is weak then switchin g to mon o will

im prove the soun d qu ality.

DISPLAY (page 36)

Use to switch the display between th e

station preset n am e and th e frequency.

11 TOP MENU

Displays the disc top m enu of a DVD.

12 }]and ENTER/SETUP buttonsUse these arrow buttons w hen setting up your

surr oun d sound system . These button s are also

used to control DVD m enus/options.

13 RECEIVER

Use to switch to the receiver controls on th eremote control. Also used when setting up t he

surr oun d sound for th e receiver.

14 CHANNEL SELECT (page 33)

Use to select a channel wh en setting up th e

surr oun d sound of th e receiver.

TEST TONE (page 33)

Use to sound th e test tones when setting

up the surroun d sound of the receiver.

LEVEL +/(page 33)

Use to set up the levels of the surrou nd

soun d of t he receiver.

EFFECT +/(page 26)Use to add or subtract the am ount of effect

in different sound m odes or advanced

listening m odes.

15 DVD CONTROL buttons

You c an use th ese but tons to c ontr ol a Pioneer

DVD player con nected to your system .

Button What it does

DVD Turns DVD power on/off.

AUDIO Changes the audio language or

channel.

SUBTITLE Displays/changes the subtitles

included in multilingual DVD-

Video discs.

1 Press to start fast reversescanning.

3 Starts playback.

Press to start fast forwardscanning.

7 Stops playback.

8 Pauses a disc thats playing, orrestarts a paused disc.

4 Skips to the start of the currenttrack or chapter, then to

previous tracks/chapters.

Skips to the next track or

chapter.


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Introduction to Sound ModesThere are thr ee basic soun d opti ons: Stereo/

Direct, Standard or A dvanced Surround .

Stereo/DirectWh en you select STEREOor DIRECT, you w ill

hear the source through ju st the front left and

righ t speakers (and possibly your su bwoofer

dependin g on your speaker settings). Dolby

Digital and DTS m ulti-chann el sources aredownmixed to stereo.

In STEREO, the audio plays according to th e

surround setup settings and you can sti l l use

M idnight m ode, Loudn ess mode and Tone

Control func tions.

Wh en you select DIRECT, the aud io bypasses

the tone controls and chann el levels for the

m ost accurate reproduction of a source.

Standard modesThe Standard m ode can be u sed to decode

Dolby Digit al, DTS or Dolby Surrou nd sour ces.

The surroun d m ode options (below) can also

add surroun d sound to regular stereo sources.

You can identif y Dolby Digital softw are by the

1or m arks. M ost Dolby

Surround software is m arked3, but

unm arked software m ay also incorporate Dolby

Surround.Choose one of the following to add depth to a 2

chann el source:

Pro LogicThis m ode gives 4.1 chann el surrou nd sou nd. It

is less sensitive to the qu ality of the source

m aterial, so m ay be useful wh en Pro Logic II

M ovie/ Mu sic m odes do not give good results.

Pro Logic II MovieThis m ode gives 5.1 chann el surrou nd sou nd. It

is suitable for m ovies, especially those recorded

in D olby Surroun d. The ch annel separation and

m ovement of surrou nd effects is comparable to

Dolby Dig ital 5.1.

Pro Logic II MusicThis m ode gives 5.1 ch ann el surroun d soun d

and is suitable for m usic. Com pared to Pro

Logic II M ovie, the surround effect is m ore

enveloping.

Advanced Surround m odesThese are designed to be used with m ulti

chann el surroun d sound audio/visual sources

(like DVDs and LDs). M ost Advanced Surrou nd

m odes are designed to be used with fi lm

soundtracks, but som e m odes are also suited

for m usic sour ces. Try different setting s withvarious soun dtrac ks to see whic h you like.

MovieSimu lates the relaxed environment of a m ovie

theater, and is suitab le for watchi ng m ovies on

sources m arked1( ) orR

.

MusicSimu lates the acoustic environm ent of a largeconcert hall and is suitable for m usic or

m usical sources marked1( ) orR

.

Virtual Surround Back (VIRTL SB)(VSX-D51 1 o n ly)

The Virtu al Surroun d Bac k effect sim ulates 6.1

surround c hannel l istening, giving th e impres-sion that th ere is a surroun d back speaker in

your system when listening to a 5.1 channel

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ExpandedThis m ode is especially designed to g ive soun d

depth to stereo sour ces. The overall effect

builds a dynam ic and broad sound space,

allowing tw o-chann el (stereo) signals to im itate

a five speaker sound. U se with Dolby Pro Logic

for a stereo surr oun d effect. You c an also u se

with Dolby Digital sources for a wider stereo

field than the Standard m odes.

5-Channel StereoThis can be selected to give mu lti-chann el

soun d to a stereo sourc e, usin g all the speakers

in your setup.

Choosing the input signalYou need to hook up a com ponent to both

analog and digital inputs on the back of the

receiver to select betw een input sig nals.

DOWN

STEREO/

DIRECT

SIGNAL

SELECT

UP

ENTER

INPUT

SELECTOR

MASTER VOLUME

MULTI JOG


R

MONITOR

MULTI JOG


Nm-.,,

Press SIGNAL SELECT (front panel) toselect the input signal corresponding to thesource component.

Each press switc hes between AUTO, DVD 5.1

ch, ANALOG and DIGITAL. The d efault i s

AUTO.

Wh en set to DIGITAL,2

DIGITAL l ights whena Dolby Digital signal is input, and DTSl ights

when a DTS signal is input.

DVD 5.1 ch is only avai lable when DVD/LD

is selected as th e source.

This receiver can only play back Dolby

Digital, PCM (32kHz, 44kHz, 48kHz, and 96

kHz) and DTS digit al signal form ats. Wit h

other digital signal form ats, set to

ANALOG.

You m ay get digi ta l noise when a LD or CD

player com patible wit h DTS is playing ananalog sig nal. To prevent noi se, make th e

proper digit al conn ections (page 12) and

set the signal inpu t to DIGITAL.

Som e DVD p layers don t output DTS

signals. For m ore details, refer to th e

instruction m anual supplied with your DVD

player.

You can on ly selec t DIGITALif the source

you selected is assigned to a digital inp ut.

See page 32 for m ore on the digital inpu tsettings.

Using Stereo/DirectWh en you select STEREOor DIRECT, you w ill

hear the source through ju st the front left and

righ t speakers (and possibly your su bwoofer

dependin g on your speaker settings). Dolby

Digital and DTS m ultichan nel sources are

down m ixed to stereo. See the previous page form ore on these m odes.

Press STEREO (STEREO/DIRECT on thefront panel) repeatedly to switch betweenthe two options.

If you switch on M idnigh t l istening, Loud-

ness, or the Tone con trols w hen DIRECT is

selected, the receiver autom aticallyswitches to STEREO.


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Listening to m ulti-channelplayback

INPUT SELECTOR

CDTV/SATDVD/LDECEIVER

D-R/ VCR/DVR

STANDARD

1 Switch on the playback component.

2 Switch on the receiver.

3 Select the source you want to playback.Use the INPUT SELECTORbuttons on the

remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT

SELECTORdial on the front panel).

4 Press STANDARD.

For m ulti-chan nel sourc es, Dolby/DTS decodin g

is selected automatically according to th e

sourc e and shows in th e display.

For a two ch ann el source, you can press

STANDARD repeatedly to select the Pro Logic IIm ode you want:

Pro Logic IIMusic

Pro Logic

Pro Logic II Movie

Refer to page 24 for m ore details about each

mode.

5 Start playback of the component youselected in step 1.

Using Advanced SurroundDolby Pro Logic, Dol by Digital an d DTS signal

processing is done autom atically correspond-

ing to the input signal.

Press ADVANCED SURROUND repeat-edly to cycle the sound options.

Each press chan ges the display as follows:

Movie

Virtual SB*

Music

5-Stereo Expanded

*VSX-D511 only.

Refer to page 24 for m ore details about each

surround effect.

The M ovie, Mu sic, and Expand ed effects of

Dolby/D TS can be adjusted in t he range of

10 to 90 (the defau lt settin g is 70) by

pressing EFFECT +/. The effec t level can

be set for each of th ese Advanced

Surrou nd m ode. The Standard and Stereo

m odes cannot be changed.

Using Loudness and MidnightlisteningThe Loudness listenin g feature can b e used to

get good bass and treble from m usic sources at

low volum e levels.

The M idnight l istening feature allows you t o

hear effective surr oun d sound of m ovies at low

volum e levels. The effect autom atically adjusts

according to the volum e at which youre

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Press MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS.Each press cycles throu gh th e effects as

follows:

Off

Midnight

Loudness

You c an also p ress MIDNIGHT or LOUDNESS

on th e front panel. Each press switches the

effect on or off.

Using the tone controlsDepend ing on w hat you are listenin g to, you

m ay want to adjust th e bass or treble using the

front panel tone control.

DOWN UP

ENTER

INPUT

SELECTOR

MASTER VOLUME

MULTI JOG


R

MULTI JOG


Nm-.,,

1 Press TONE to select the frequency youwant to adjust.

Each press switches between BASSan d

TREBLE.

2 Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTORdial to change the amount of bass or trebleas necessary.

Wait abou t five seconds for your ch anges to be

input autom atically.

The tone con trols can on ly be used wit h

the Stereo sound m ode.

Wh en the receiver is switched to Direct,

using the tone controls autom atically

switc hes the receiver to Stereo mode.

Playing other sources

INPUT SELECTOR

DTV/SATDVD/LDRECEIVER

CD-R/ VCR/DVR

1 Turn on the power of the playbackcomponent.

2 Turn on the power of the receiver.

3 Select the source you want to playback.

Use the INPUT SELECTOR buttons on the

remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTORdial on the front panel).

4 Start playback of the component youselected in step 1.


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Selecting the multi-channelanalog inputsConnect a DVD player with 5.1 chann el output

to listen to 5.1 ch ann el playback.

1 Select DVD/LD if it is not alreadyselected.

Use the INPUT SELECTORbuttons on the

remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR

dial on the front panel).

2 Press SIGNAL SELECT (front panel)repeatedly to select 5.1 ch.

To can cel 5.1 chann el playback, use the SIGNAL

SELECT button to select an in put signal (other

than DVD 5.1 ch).

Wh en 5.1 chann el playback is selected,

you c an t use the SIGNAL SELECT, INPUTATT, TONE, and MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS

but tons, as well as the Standard, Advanced

Surround, and Stereo/Direct sound m odes.

Wh en 5.1 chann el playback is selected,

only the volum e and ch annel levels can be

set.


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Choosing your receiver setupEven th ough you m ay already have your system

up and ru nning after using the 5 m inu te gu ide

on pag es 6 to 10, you sh ould also be sur e to

com plete the following set up operations to

ensure the best possible surround sound. This

is particularly im portant when using D olby

surr oun d. You on ly need to m ake these setting s

once (unless you ch ange the placement of your

cu rrent speaker system or add n ew speakers,

etc.). Refer to th e following pages for details oneach of the settings.

If you are using the Pioneer S-FCRW220

speaker system , youll have to set th e

Crossover frequ enc y to 200kHz. You c an

leave the Speaker setting and t he

Subwoofer setting in t he default settings.

RECEIVER

RECEI-VER

NTER

1 Press RECEIVER to turn the power on.

The STANDBY indicator goes out.

2 Press RECEIVER.

3 Use}or]to choose the option youwant to adjust.

It will be easiest to adjust each of the settings inturn, following the order below (and on the

followin g pages). The cur rent setting is show n

for each option as you cycle through the

display.

Speaker setting (page 30)

Specify the num ber and t ype of speakers you

have connected.

Subwoofer setting (page 30)

Specify how t he subw oofer is used.

Crossover frequency setting (page 30)

Determin e which frequencies wil l be sent to the

subw oofer (or large speakers).

LFE attenuator setting (page 31)

Specify the peak level for the LFE chan nel.

Front speaker distance setting (page 31)

Specify the distance from your l istening

position t o your fron t speakers.

Center speaker distance setting (page 31)


position to your cen ter speaker.

Surround speaker distance setting (page 31)


position to your surrou nd speakers.

Dynamic range control setting (page 32)

Compress the dynam ic range of the soundtrack.

Dual mono setting (page 32)

Isolate one channel when listening to discs with

dual m ono encoding.

Coaxial digital input setting (page 32)

Specify the com ponent to be assigned to the

coaxial digital inpu t.

Optical digital input setting (page 32)Specify the com ponent to be assigned to the

optical digital input .


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4 Useorto adjust the setting.The setting is entered autom atically.

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set othersurround modes.

6 When youre done, press ENTER to exit.

The settin g displ ay is autom atically exited

after 20 seconds of inact ivity.

Speaker setting Default setting: S(all speakers)

You m ust let th e receiver know h ow m any

speakers you h ave, and h ow b ig th ey are. The

size you ch oose (large or sm all) determi nes

how m uch bass is sent from the receiver to the

speakers.

In th e display, F, C, and Srefer to fr ont, cen ter,

and surrou nd speakers respectively. Speakersize is denoted as Lfor l arge speakers, Sfor

sm all speakers, and (asterisk) if no speaker is

connected.

Cycle through the available choicesusingorand choose a configurationthat matches your speaker setup.

One of the following configurations should

m atch your setup:

FL-CL-SL

FL-CL-SS

FL-CL-SFL-CS-SL

FL-CS-SS

FS-C -SS

FS-CS-S

FS-CS-SS

FL-C -SS

FL-C -SL

FL-CS-S

If the con e size (diam eter) of the speaker is

larger th an 5 inc hes, set th e speaker size

to L.

If you re not usin g a subw oofer, we

recomm end setting the front speakers to L.

Subw oof er setting

Default setting: ONYou can ch oose whether th e subwoofer is used

or not. Use the plus (PLS) setting for extra bass.

Useorto select subwoofer ON, PLSor OFF.

If you ch ose the small fron t speaker

setting, SUBWF ON is automatically set

and locked.

Wh en you select the plu s setting, you w ill

get the bass sounds from the subwoofer

even if th e front speakers are set to L.

Crossover frequency setting Default setting: 100 Hz

Crossover frequenc y is the point wh ere the

receiver divides the high and low sounds (the

frequenc ies) between the speakers. Since m ost

sm aller speakers can t han dle deep bass tones,

you can send these sounds to the subw oofer (or

if you don t h ave a subw oofer, the large (L)

speakers in your system) in stead of the

speakers set to sm all (S) in your setup. Choose

the point at which you want th e frequency

routed to th e subwoofer (or Lspeakers).

We recomm end setting this to 200 Hz if your S

speakers are sm aller booksh elf-type speakers.

Useorto specify the crossoverfrequency for your small speakers (100 Hz,150 Hz or 200 Hz).


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100Hz 150Hz

200Hz

100 Hz

Sends bass frequenc ies below 100 Hz to the

subwoofer (or Lspeakers).

150 Hz

Sends bass frequenc ies below 150 Hz to thesubwoofer (or Lspeakers).

200 Hz

Sends bass frequenc ies below 200 Hz to the

subwoofer (or Lspeakers).

If all speakers (front, center, and su rrou nd)

are set to L, the crossover frequ ency can tbe set because there are no Sspeakers

( ap pear s i n t he d isp lay).

LFE attenuato r setting Default setting: 0 dB

Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources inclu de

ult ra-low b ass tones. Set the LFE attenuator as

necessary to prevent t he ult ra-low bass ton es

from distorting the sound from the speakers.

Useorto set the attenuation level

(0 dB, 10 dB or dB()).

0 dB 10 dB

(displays )

Whenis selected ( appears in the

disp lay), LFE is not available.

Front speaker distance setting Default setting: 10 ft.

Sets the distance from the front speakers to the

listening position.

Useorto set the distance of thefront speakers from the main listeningposition (within a 30 foot range).

Center speaker distance setting Default setting: 10 ft.The center speaker is norm ally placed dir ectly

in the front of the l istening room and closer to

the listening position th an th e front speakers.

This m eans that the sound from the center

speaker wil l be heard before th e front speakers.

To prevent th is, set the c enter speaker distan ce

setting to delay the sound from the center

speaker so that the sound from the front and

center speakers wil l be heard at the same tim e.

Useorto set the distance of thecenter speaker from the main listeningposition (within a 30 foot range).

When C is selected in the speaker setting,

the center distance can t be set.

Surround speaker distance set-ting

Default setting: 10 ft.

Like the center speaker, you sh ould set the

distance of th e surround speakers accurately to

hear sounds coming from both front and

surround speakers at the sam e time.

Useorto set the distance of the

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When S is selected in the speaker setting,

the surround distance cannot be set.

Dynamic range control setting Default setting: OFF

Dynamic range is the difference between the

loudest and softest soun ds in any given signal.

With th is setting, you can com press thedynam ic range, so that low level sounds can be

heard m ore easily (soundin g relatively louder)

yet louder soun ds won t be too overbearing .

Pressorto set the dynamic rangecontrol (OFF, MAX, or MID).

Wh en listening at low volum es, set to

MAXfor maximu m dynamic rangecompression.

Dynamic range control is effective only

wh en a Dolby Dig ital signal is being played

back.

Dual m ono setting Default setting: ch1

The dual m ono setting can only be used wh en

listening to D olby Digital discs with du al mon oencodin g. These discs are not w idely used, but

are som etimes used wh en it is necessary to

have one language on one chan nel and a

different language on t he other. With this

setting you can ch oose which chann el in the

dual m ono setting you want to l isten to.

If Dolby Digital mode is switch ed on, you will

hear th e chan nel you have selected (either ch1

or ch2) throug h your center speaker. With Dolb y

Digi tal m ode off, or if you don t h ave a centerspeaker, you w ill h ear the ch ann el you h ave

selected through both front speakers. In the L

ch 1. R ch 2 setting, the left front speaker willplay chann el 1 and the right front speaker wil l

play ch ann el 2.

Useorto cycle through thepossible DUAL MONO settings.

ch2

L ch 1.R ch 2

ch1

Coaxial digital input setting Default setting: DVD

Here you tell the receiver wh at com ponen t you

have hooked up to the coaxial digital inp ut jack.

Useorto select the coaxial digitalinput (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR or OFF).

After you assign a com ponent to the digital

jac k, when ever you selec t that com pon en t, forexam ple a DVD player, the receiver aut om ati-

cally changes to the digital input setting and

DIGITAL show s in th e display.

Optical digital input setting Default setting: TV

Here you tell the receiver wh at com ponen t you

have hooked up to the optical inpu t jack.

Useorto select the optical digitalinput (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR, or OFF).

After you assign a com ponent to the digital

jac k, when ever you selec t that com pon en t, for

exam ple a DVD player, the receiver aut om ati-

cally changes to the digital input setting and

DIGITALshow s in th e display.


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Setting the relative volum e levelof each channel

Default setting: 0 dB

For best surroun d sound p layback, you shou ld

set the relative chann el levels from t he m ain

listenin g p osition. You can set seperate levels

for each surround m ode.

1 Press STANDARD.

2 Press TEST TONE to output the testtone.

The test tone is outpu t in the following order

(dependin g on the speaker setting ):

FL C FR

SLSW SR

If you don t hear a test tone from one of yourspeakers, please refer to Speaker sett in gon

page 30 to make sure you have correctly

specified your speaker setup .

3 Press MASTER VOLUME +/to adjustthe volume to an appropriate level.

4 Use LEVEL +/to adjust the speakerlevels in turn.

You shou ld hear th e test tone at the same

volum e from each speaker when seated in them ain l istening position. The ch annel level range

is 10 dB.

5 When youre done, press TEST TONE toturn off the test tone.

The speaker volum e can be adjusted with out

outputt ing th e test tone by pressing CHSELECTand then using LEVEL +/.

Test tone is only outpu t in Stan dard

modes.

Since the subwoofer transm its an ultra-low

frequency its sound m ay seem quieter

than it actually is.

ASTERVOLUMESTANDARD


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Listening to the radioThe followin g steps show you how t o tun e to FM

and AM radio broadcasts using the automatic

(search) and m anual (step) tuning fu nctions.

Onc e you are tun ed to a station you can

m emorize the frequency for recall latersee

Saving s tat ion presetson th e next page for more

on how to do this.

TUNING

BAND MPX

TUNER

1 Press the TUNER button on the remotecontrol to select the tuner.

You c an also u se the MULTI JOG/INPUT

SELECTORdial on the front panel.

2 Use the BAND button to change theband (FM or AM), if necessary.

Each press switches the band between FM and

AM .

3 Tune to a station.

There are thr ee ways to do t his:

Automatic tuning

To search for stations in t he cur rently

selected band, press and hold t he TUNING

+ / but tons for about a second. The

receiver will start searchin g for the next

station, stopping wh en it has found one.

Repeat to search for oth er stations.

Manual tuningTo ch ange th e frequenc y one step at a

tim e, press the TUNING +/ buttons.

High speed tuning

Press and h old the TUNING + / buttons

for high speed tu ning. Release the button

at the frequency you want.

Improving FM stereo soundIf the TUNED or STEREO indicators don't l ight

when tun ing to an fm station because the

signal is w eak, press the MPX button to switch

the receiver into m ono reception m ode. This

should im prove the sound qu ality and allow you

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Saving station presetsIf you often listen to a partic ular radio station,

it's convenient to have the receiver store th e

frequen cy for easy recall w henever you w ant t o

listen to that station. This saves the effort of

m anually tunin g in each tim e. This unit c an

m emorize up to 30 stations, stored in th ree

banks, or cl asses, (A, B and C) of 10 stations

each. Wh en saving an FM frequen cy, the MPX

setting (see previous page) is also stored. Use

the front panel controls to store station presets.

DOWN

STATION

TUNEREDIT INPUT ATT FL DIMMERCLASS BAND MPX

STANDARDADVANCEDSURROUND

STEREO/DIRECT

SIGNALSELECT

UP

ENTER

INPUTSELECTOR

MASTER VOLUME

MULTI JOG


R

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PHONES

TUNING MONITOR

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG


LISTENINGMODE

Nm-.,,

TUNING

BAND PX

TUNER

1 Tune to a station you want to memo-

rize.See Listening t o th e radio (previous page) for

m ore on this.

2 If youre using the remote control,press RECEIVER.

3 Press TUNER EDIT.

The d isplay shows ST. MEMORY, then a

blinking m emor y class.

SP A

STEREO TUNED

A - 99.50

4 Press CLASS to select one of the threeclasses then press STATION +/to select thestation preset you want.

You c an also u se the th e MULTI JOG/INPUT

SELECTORdial (front pan el) to select a station

preset.

5 Press ENTER.After pressing ENTER, the preset class and

num ber stop blinking and the receiver stores

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Naming station presetsFor easier identificati on, you c an nam e your

station presets.

1 Choose the station preset you want toname.

See Listenin g to stat ion presets (this page) for

how to do this.

2 If youre using the remote control,

press RECEIVER.3 Press TUNER EDIT.

The di splay shows ST. NAME, then a blinking

cursor at th e first character position.

4 Input the name you want.

Nam es can be up to four ch aracters long.

Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTORdial

(front panel) or the STATION +/buttons

(remote) to select characters.

Press ENTER to confirm a character. If nocharacter is input, a space is input .

The nam e is stored w hen ENTER is

pressed after choosing the fourth charac-

ter.

To erase a station nam e, simp ly repeat steps

1-3 and inpu t four spac es instead of a

name.

Onc e you h ave nam ed a station pr eset, you

can press DISPLAYwhen listening to a

station to switch the display between th e

nam e and the frequency.

Listening to station presetsHaving stor ed up t o 30 station s (see previous

page), preset station s can be easily recalled.

1 Press TUNER (remote) or use the MULTIJOG dial on the front panel to select thetuner.

2 Press CLASS to select the class in whichthe station is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle throu gh classes A, B

and C.

3 Press STATION +/to select the stationpreset you want.

If the receiver is left disconnected from the

AC power out let for an extended period ,

the station mem ories wil l be lost and will

have to be reprogram m ed.


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Making an audio or a videorecordingYou can m ake an audio or a video recordin g

from the built-in tuner, or from an audio or video

sourc e conn ected to the receiver (such as a CD

player or TV) thr ough the an alog jacks. You w ill

need to conn ect a CD recorder, tape deck, M D,

VCR, or DVR deck to the CD-R/TAPE/MDor

VCR/DVRoutp uts on the receiver to do so (see

pages 1214 for m ore on this).

The receiver's volume, balance, tone (bass,

treble, loudness), and surround effects

have no effect on th e recorded signal.

1 Select the source you want to record.

Use the INPUT SELECTOR buttons on the

remote (or MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial

on th e front panel).

2 Prepare the source you want to record.

Tun e to th e radio stati on, load th e CD, video,

DVD etc.

3 Prepare the recorder (connected toeither the CD-R/TAPE/MD or VCR/DVRoutputs).

Insert a blank tape, MD , video etc. into the

recordin g device and set th e recording l evels.

Refer to the instructions that cam e with the

recorder if you are unsur e how to do this. M ost

video record ers set the audio record ing level

automatically check the component s

instruction m anual if you re unsure.

4 Start recording, then start playback ofthe source component.

Monitoring your recordingYou can listen to (m onitor ) the recordin g as it's

being m ade using the MONITOR button on the

front p anel (a cassette deck would h ave to have

a record m onitor function).

Press the MONITOR button to switchbetween the recorded signal and theoriginal source signal.


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TroubleshootingIncorrect operations are often m istaken for trou ble and m alfunctions. If you th ink that th ere is

somethin g wrong w ith this com ponent, check the points below. Som etimes the trouble m ay lie in

another com ponent. Investigate the other com ponents and electrical appliances being u sed. If the

trou ble cann ot be rectified even after exercising t he ch ecks listed below, ask your n earest Pioneer

auth orized service center or your d ealer to carry out repair wor k.

Problem

The power does not tu rn on.

No sound is output when a

function is selected.

No im age is output when afunction is selected.

Considerable noise in radio

broadcasts.

Broadcast stations cannot be

selected automatically.

Remedy

Connect the power plug to the wall outlet.

Disconnect th e power plug from the outlet, and insert again.

M ake sure there are no loose strands of speaker wire touch ingthe rear panel. This cou ld cau se the receiver to shut off au to-

matically.

M ake sure the compon ent is connected correctly (refer to

pages 1116).

Press MUTE on the remote control to turn m uting off.

Ad just the MASTER VOLUME.

Press the MONITOR button to turn m onitoring off.

M ake sure the compon ent is connected correctly (refer topages 1113).

Select the correct com ponent (use the INPUT SELECTOR

buttons).

Tune in the correct frequency.

Connect th e anten na (refer to pages 1415).

Route2RFand digital cables away from the antenna

termin als and wires.

Fully extend th e FM wire antenna, position for best reception,

and secure to a wall.

Connect an outdoor FM antenna (refer to page 15). Adjust th e direction and position for best reception.

Connect an additional internal or external AM antenna (refer

to p ages 1415).

Turn off the equipm ent causing th e noise or m ove it away from

th e rec eiver.

Place the antenna farther away from th e equipm ent causing

the noise.

Connect an outdoor antenna (refer to page 15).


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If the un it does not operate norm ally due to external effects such as static electricity disconnect t he

power plug from the outlet and insert again to return to norm al operating conditions.

Problem

No sound from surround or

center sp eakers.

Noise during playback of a

cassette deck.

Sound is produced from othercom ponents, but not from LD or

DVD player.

No sound is output or a n oise is

output w hen software with DTS

is played back.

Wh en a search is perform ed bya DTS com patible CD pl ayer

durin g playback, noise is output.

Can t operate the remote

control.

The di splay is dark or off.

Remedy

Refer to Speaker sett ingon page 30 to check th e speaker

settings.

Refer to Sett in g th e relat ive volum e level of each chan n elon

page 33 to ch eck th e speaker levels.

Connect the speakers properly (refer to p ages 1617).

M ove the cassette deck furt her from your r eceiver, until th e

noise disappears.

Set the SIGNAL SELECT to AUTO, DIGITAL or ANALOGaccord ing t o the type of conn ection s m ade. (refer to page 25).

Set the dig ital inp ut settin gs correct ly (refer to page 32).

M ake digital conn ections (refer to page 12) and set the

SIGNAL SELECT to DIGITAL (refer to pag e 25).

Refer to the instruc tion m anual supplied with the DVD player.

Set the digital volum e level of the player to fu ll, or to the

neutral position.

Refer to the m anual su pplied w ith t he DVD player.

This is not a m alfunction, but be sure to turn the volum edown to prevent the outpu t of loud n oise from your speakers.

Replace the b atteries (refer to page 5).

Operate wit hin 23 feet ( 7 m ), 30of the remote sensor on th e

front panel (refer to page 5).

Rem ove the obstacle or operate from an other position.

Avoid exposing th e remote sensor on th e front panel to direct

l ight.

Press FL DIMMER on th e remote con trol repeatedly to return

to the default.


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Specifications

Amplifier SectionContinu ous average power outpu t of 100 watts*

per chann el, m in., at 8 ohm s, from 20 Hz to

20,000 Hz with n o m ore than 0.2 %** total

harm onic distortion (front).

Continuous Pow er Output

Fron t ...................................... 100 W per ch ann el(1kH z, 1.0 %, 8 )

Center .......................... 100 W (1kHz, 1.0 %, 8 )

Surr oun d ............................... 100 W p er ch ann el

(1kH z, 1.0 %, 8 )

Input (Sensitivity/Imped ance)CD, VCR/DVR, CD-R/TAPE/M D,

DVD/ LD, TV/SAT ........................... 200 m V/47 k

Frequency Respon seCD, VCR/D VR, CD-R/TAPE/M D, DVD/ LD,

TV/SAT ........................... 5 Hz to 100,000 Hz dB

Output (Leve l/Im pedance)VCR/DVR REC, CD-R/TAP E/

M D REC ....................................... 200 m V/2.2 k

Ton e ControlBA SS .......................................... 6 d B (100 Hz)

TREBLE ...................................... 6 d B (10 kH z)

LOUD NESS .................................. + 9 dB /+ 9 dB

(100 Hz/10 kHz)

Signal-to -Noise Rat io (IHF, sho rtcircuited, A network)CD, VCR/DVR, CD-R/TAPE/M D,

DVD/LD , TV/SAT ......................................... 96 dB

Signal-to Noise Ratio [EIA, at 1 W (1kHz)]

CD, VCR/DVR, CD-R/TAPE/M D,

DVD/LD , TV/SAT ......................................... 79 dB

Video Section

Inpu t (Sensitivity/Im pedance)VCR/D VR, DVD/LD, TV/SAT ............. 1 Vp-p/75

Output (Leve l/Im pedance)

VCR/DVR ........................................... 1 Vp-p/75

Frequency ResponseVCR/D VR, DVD/LD ,

TV/SAT]M ONITOR ......... 5 Hz to 7 M Hz dB

Sign al-to-Noise Ratio ................................. 55 dB

Cross Talk .................................................... 55 dB

FM Tuner SectionFrequenc y Range ............. 87.5 M Hz to 108 MH z

Usable Sensitivity ................ M ono:13.2 dB f, IHF

(1.3 V/ 75 )

50 dB Qu ieting Sensitivity .......... M ono: 20.2 dB

Stereo: 38.6 dB f

Signal-to-Noise Ratio ..................... M ono: 73 dB

(at 85 dBf)Stereo: 70 dB (at 85 dBf)

Di stor tion ...........................Stereo: 0.5 % (1 kH z)

Alt ern ate Chan nel Selectivity .................... 60 dB

(400 kHz)

Stereo Separation ......................... 40 dB (1 kHz)

Frequ enc y Respon se ..................30 H z to 15 kHz

( 1 d B )

Antenn a Input (DIN) .............. 75 unbalanced

AM Tune r SectionFrequ enc y Range .............. 530 kH z to 1,700 kHz

Sensit ivity (IHF, Loop an tenn a) ............ 350 V/m

Selec tivity .................................................... 25 d B

Sign al-to-Noise Ratio ................................. 50 dB

An tenn a ........................................ Loop ant enn a

+ 03

+ 03


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MiscellaneousPower Requirem ents ................ AC 120 V, 60 Hz

Power Consu m pti on ................................. 260 W

In Stan db y ...................................................... 1 W

AC Ou tlet .................. 100 W M AX. (SWITCHED)

Dimensions

.......................... 420 (W) x 158 (H) x 393 (D) m m

(16-9/16 (W) x 6-4/16 (H) x 15-8/16 (D) in.)

Weig ht (wit hou t package) ......................... 9.0 kg

(19.8 lb )

Furnished PartsAM loop antenn a ................................................ 1

FM w ire an ten na ................................................ 1

Dr y cell b atter ies (AA size IEC R6P) ................. 2

Rem ote cont rol ................................................... 1

Operat ing instr uc tion s ...................................... 1

Specifications and the design are subject to

possible m odifications without n otice, due to

improvements.

* M easured pursuan t to the Federal Trade

Commissions Trade Regulation rule on Power

Output Claims for Am plifiers.

* * M easured by Audio Spectrum Analyzer.


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Published by Pioneer C orporation.

Copyright 2001 Pioneer Corporation.

A ll rights reserved.

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Please do not ship your product to Pioneer without first calling the Customer Service Departmentat the above listed number for assistance.

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For warranty information please see the Limited Warranty sheet included with your product.

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