Table Des Matières - Pioneer VSX-415 Mode D'emploi

Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
03 Connecting up
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a DVD player and TV . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 15
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other video components . . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks. . . . . . . . 16
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
FM wire antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers (VSX-415) . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers (VSX-515) . . . . . . . 20
Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 21
AC outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
04 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VSX-515 model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VSX-415 model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 30
Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VSB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Midnight and Loudness listening . . . . 35
Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 36
Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
06 Setting up the receiver
Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Surround and sound setup options . . . . . . . . 38
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . 39
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . 39
Surround speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 39
Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting separate channel levels for
listening modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System Setup
menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 48
10 Additional information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . . . 51
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cleaning the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53