PIONEER VSX-C501-S/MYXU - Owner's Manual Immediate Download

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL

RECEIVER

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VOIES MULTI-CANAUX

VSX-C501

Operating Instructions

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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.

This product complies with the Low Voltage

Directive (73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC),

EMC

Directives

(89/336/EEC,

amended

92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC).

CAUTION:

THE

STANDBY/ON

BUT TON

SECONDARY

CONNECTED AND THEREFORE DOES NOT SEPARATE

THE

UNIT

FROM

MAINS

POWER

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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Operating Environment

Operating environment temperature and humidity:

°C +35°C (+41°F +95°F); 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, tablecloths, curtains, etc. Also do not put the apparatus on the thick

carpet, bed, sofa, or fabric having a thick pile.

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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:

· Microphone

· Mic stand

· SR+miniplug cable

· 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).

Caution

· 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-565A, 464, 360, 454 or 350 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

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

Easy Setup

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

Connecting speakers

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

Connecting your TV and DVD player

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

Switching on and playing a DVD

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

02 Introductory information

Introduction to home theater

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

Features

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

03 Connecting your equipment

Rear panel

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

The AV Direct mode

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

Installing the receiver

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

When making cable connections

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

Connecting a DVD player

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

Connecting your TV

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

Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top

box

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

Connecting a VCR or DVD recorder

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

Connecting other video components

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

Connecting equipment to the front panel inputs

. . . 16

Installing your speaker system

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting the speakers

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

Placing the speakers

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

Connecting antennas

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

AM loop antenna

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

FM wire antenna

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

Connecting external antennas

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

Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display

. . 19

Operating other Pioneer components with this unit's

sensor

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

Plugging in the receiver

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

04 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Display

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

Remote control

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

Operating range of the remote control

. . . . . . . . . . 24

05 Getting started

Automatically calibrating your listening area

(MCACC)

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

MCACC error messages

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

Other problems when using MCACC

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

Checking the settings on your DVD (or other)

player

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

Playing a source

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

06 Home theater sound

Playing multichannel sources

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

Playing stereo sources

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

Listening with headphones

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

Using the Advanced Surround effects

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

Using the Sound Modes

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

Enhancing dialog

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

Using the surround back channel

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

Listening with virtual surround back speakers

. . . . 30

07 Using the tuner

Finding a station

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

RF attenuator mode

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

Tuning directly to a station

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

MPX mode

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

Memorizing station presets

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

Naming station presets

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

Listening to memorized station presets

. . . . . . . . . 32

Radio Data System (RDS)

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

Displaying RDS information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Searching for RDS programs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Enhanced Other Network (EON)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Program identification function

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

08 Using other functions

Selecting the input signal type

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

Using the sleep timer

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

Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma

display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Resetting the system

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Default receiver settings

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

09 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Setup menu options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

SR+ control for Pioneer plasma displays

. . . . . . . . 40

Setting individual channel levels

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

10 Controlling other equipment

Using the remote control with other components

. . . 42

Recalling preset codes

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

Remote Direct function

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

Multi Operation

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

System Off function

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

Resetting all remote control settings

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

VCR / DVD / LD player and DVD recorder

controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Cable TV / satellite TV / digital TV / TV controls

. . . . 46

Preset code list

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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11 Additional information

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Surround sound formats

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Dolby Digital

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Dolby Digital Surround EX

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby Surround

. . . . . . . . . 51

DTS Digital Surround

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

DTS-ES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

DTS Neo:6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

DTS 96/24

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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