PIONEER VSX-C402 - Owner's Manual Immediate Download

Operating Instructions

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL

RECEIVER

VSX-C402

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

Please read through these operating instructions so

you will know how to operate your model properly.

After you have finished reading the instructions, put

them away in a safe place for future reference.

In some countries or regions, the shape of the power

plug may sometimes differ from that shown in the

explanatory drawings. However, the method of con-

necting and operating the unit is the same.

The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle, is intended to

alert the user to the presence of uninsulated

"dangerous voltage" within the product's

enclosure that may be of sufficient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric

shock to persons.

IMPORTANT

CAUTION:

TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC

SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR

BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS

INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

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Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a

three pin plug.

NOTE

After replacing or changing a fuse, the fuse cover in

the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which

corresponds to the colour of the insert in the base

of the plug or the word that is embossed on the

base of the plug, and the appliance must not be

used without a fuse cover. If lost replacement fuse

covers can be obtained from your dealer.

Only 5 A fuses approved by B.S.I or A.S.T.A to

B.S.1362 should be used.

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The wires in this mains lead are coloured in

accordance with the following code:

Blue

: Neutral

Brown : Live

If the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket

outlets, the plug must be cut off and a suitable plug

fitted.

IMPORTANT

FOR USE IN THE UNITED

KINGDOM

The cut-off plug should be disposed of and must

not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can

result in electric shock. The plug or adaptor or the

distribution panel should be provided with 5 A fuse.

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this

appliance may not correspond with coloured

markings identifying the terminals in your plug,

proceed as follows ;

The wire which is coloured blue must be connected

to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or

coloured black.

The wire which is coloured brown must be

connected to the terminal which is marked with the

letter L or coloured red.

Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified

service personnel.

WARNING: The apparatus is not waterproofs, to

prevent fire or shocks hazard, do not expose this

apparatus to rain or moisture and do not put any

water source near this apparatus, such as vase,

flower pot, cosmetics container and medicine

bottle etc.

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The STANDBY/ON switch is secondary connected

and therefore, does not separate the unit from mains

power in STANDBY position. Therefore install the

unit suitable places easy to disconnect the MAINS

plug in case of the accident. The MAINS plug of unit

should be unplugged from the wall socket when left

unused for a long period of time.

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This product is for general household purposes.

Any failure due to use for other than household

purposes (such as long-term use for business

purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship)

and which requires repair will be charged for even

during the warranty period.

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WARNING:

BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST

TIME, READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY.

The voltage of the available power supply differs

according to country or region. Be sure that the

power supply voltage of the area where this unit

will be used meets the required voltage (e.g., 230V

or 120V) written on the rear panel.

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WARNING: No naked flame sources, such as

lighted candle, should be placed on the apparatus.

If naked flame sources accidentally fall down, fire

spread over the apparatus then may cause fire.

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CAUTION

The POWER switch does not completely separates

the unit from the MAINS in off position. Therefore

install the unit suitable places easy to disconnect

the MAINS plug in case of the accident. The MAINS

plug of unit should be unplugged from the wall

socket when left unused for a long period of time.

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Operating Environment

Operating environment temperature and humidity:

+5 ºC +35 ºC (+41 ºF +95 ºF); less than 85 %RH

(cooling vents not blocked)

Do not install in the following locations

· Location exposed to direct sunlight or strong artificial

light

· Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly

ventilated location

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VENTILATION: When installing this unit, make

sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation

to improve heat radiation (at least 20 cm at top, 50

cm at rear, and 10 cm at each side).

WARNING: Slot and openings in the cabinet are

provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable

operation of the product and to protect it from

overheating, to prevent fire hazard, the openings

should never be blocked and covered with items,

such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. Also

do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed,

sofa, or fabric having a thick pile.

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This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive

(73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC), EMC Directives

(89/336/EEC, amended by 92/31/EEC and

93/68/EEC).

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Before you start

English

Before you start

Checking the supplied accessories

Please check that you've received the following supplied

accessories:

· AM loop antenna

· FM wire antenna

· Power cable

· Dry cell batteries (AA Size / IEC R6P) x2

· Remote control unit

· Operating instructions

· Speaker cable labels

· Warranty card

Loading the batteries

The remote control operates on two AA batteries

(supplied).

· Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards

as leakage and bursting. Observe the following

precautions:

· Never use new and old batteries together.

· Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries

properly according to the marks in the battery case.

· Batteries of the same shape may have different

voltages. Do not use different batteries together.

· When disposing of used batteries, please comply

with governmental regulations or environmental

public institution's rules that apply in your country or

area.

Ventilation

· When installing this unit, make sure to leave space

around the unit for ventilation to improve heat

dispersal (at least 20 cm at the top, 50 cm at the rear,

and 10 cm at each side). If not enough space is

provided between the unit and walls or other

equipment, heat will build up inside, interfering with

performance and/or causing malfunctions. See

below for exceptions to this.

· Don't place anything on top of the receiver except for

a Pioneer DV-464, 360, 454, 350, 444, 474 or 545 DVD

player. If you do place one of these pieces of

equipment on top of the receiver be sure to leave the

ventilation space over it as prescribed above.

· If using a rack to hold the receiver make sure the

back of the rack and the left side are open.

· Also, if you're using a case with doors, leave the

doors open when using the receiver.

· Do not place on a thick carpet, bed, sofa or fabric

having a thick pile. Do not cover the receiver with

fabric or other covering. Anything that blocks

ventilation will cause the internal temperature to rise,

which may lead to breakdown or fire hazard.

· The receiver may become hot while in use, please

take care around it.

Maintenance of external surfaces

· Use a polishing cloth or dry cloth to wipe off dust and

dirt.

· When the surfaces are dirty, wipe with a soft cloth

dipped in some neutral cleanser diluted five or six

times with water, and wrung out well, and then wipe

again with a dry cloth. Do not use furniture wax or

cleansers.

· Never use thinners, benzine, insecticide sprays or

other chemicals on or near this unit, since these will

corrode the surfaces.

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Contents

Before you start

Checking the supplied accessories

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Loading the batteries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Ventilation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Maintenance of external surfaces

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

01 Quick start guide

Introduction

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Easy Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting your TV and DVD player

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Switching on and playing a DVD

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

02 Introductory information

Introduction to home theater

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

03 Connecting your equipment

Rear panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The AV Direct mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing the receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

When making cable connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting a DVD player and TV

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting a TV with a built-in digital TV tuner

. . . 10

Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top

box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting other video components

. . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting equipment to the front panel inputs

. . . 13

Installing your speaker system

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Placing the speakers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

AM loop antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

FM wire antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting external antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display

. . 16

Plugging in the receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

04 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Remote control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Operating range of the remote control

. . . . . . . . . . 21

05 Getting started

Using the Room Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Checking the settings on your DVD (or other)

player

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Playing a source

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

06 Home theater sound

Playing multichannel sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Playing stereo sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Listening with headphones

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the Advanced Surround effects

. . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using the Sound Modes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Enhancing dialog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Listening with virtual surround back speakers

. . . . . 25

07 Using the tuner

Finding a station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

MPX mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

RF attenuator mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Tuning directly to a station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Memorizing station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Naming station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Listening to memorized station presets

. . . . . . . . . 27

Radio Data System (RDS)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Displaying RDS information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Searching for RDS programs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Enhanced Other Network (EON)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Program identification function

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

08 Using other functions

Selecting the input signal type

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using the sleep timer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Resetting the system

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Default receiver settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

09 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Setup menu options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

SR+ control for Pioneer plasma displays

. . . . . . . . 34

Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma

display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting individual channel levels

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

10 Controlling other equipment

Using the remote control with other components

. . . 36

Recalling preset codes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Resetting all remote control settings

. . . . . . . . . . . 37

VCR / DVD / LD player and DVD recorder controls

.38

Cable TV / satellite TV / digital TV / TV controls

. . . . 39

Preset code list

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

11 Additional information

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Surround sound formats

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Dolby Digital

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby Surround

. . . . . . . . . . 43

DTS Digital Surround

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Quick start guide

English

Chapter 1

Quick start guide

Introduction

This `Quick start guide' shows you how to connect your

speakers, TV and DVD player to this receiver, and also

takes you through switching on and playing a DVD disc.

Easy Setup

This section shows you how to connect your speakers,

subwoofer, DVD player and TV to this receiver so you can

start enjoying home cinema sound right away.

Before you start, make sure everything you're connecting

is switched off and unplugged.

Connecting speakers

This receiver has speaker terminals for front left and right

speakers (L and R in the diagram), a center speaker (C)

and two surround speakers (RS and LS). The minimum

speaker configuration is just the front left/right speakers,

but we recommend connecting all five if possible. Note

that surround speakers should always be connected as a

pair; do not connect just one surround speaker. All the

speakers you use should have a nominal impedance

between 616.

Connect your speakers to the receiver, as shown

in the diagram below.

Prepare the speaker cable by stripping about 1 cm of the

plastic shielding from each speaker wire.

Connect the front speakers to the FRONT L/R terminals;

the center speaker to the CENTER terminal; and the

surround speakers to the SURROUND L/R terminals.

Press on a tab to open a terminal; insert the exposed

wire, then release the tab to secure.

For correct sound it's important that the positive and

negative terminals of the receiver and each speaker are

matched. To help you do this, attach the supplied colored

self-adhesive labels to one half of each speaker cable.

Connect a powered subwoofer to the

SUBWOOFER OUT jack, as shown in the diagram

below.

Use a standard audio cable with RCA/phono plugs.

· For XW-HTD525 wireless speaker system only: The

SURROUND PREOUT terminal is intended for use

with a wireless speaker system. See your wireless

speaker manual for more details on connecting up.

COAX

CONTROL

AV CONNECTOR

AC IN

DVD IN

STB IN

VIDEO IN/OUT

DVR/TV IN/OUT

FMUNBAL75

AM LOOP

ANTENNA

OUT

SUB

WOOFER

OUT

STB

(DVD)

OPT1

DVR/TV

OPT2

DVD

(STB)

DIGITAL IN

CENTER

FRONT

SURROUND

SPEAKERS

PREOUT

SURROUND

PREOUT

LINE LEVEL

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