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Owner's Manual - Page 1
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Operating Instructions AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
VSX-815 VSX-915
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Owner's Manual - Page 3
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... equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. for a long period of time.
This will fit into the outlet, contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet.
The appliance should be installed in damage and will only fit into...
Owner's Manual - Page 4
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...Installing the receiver 7 Ventilation 7
02 5 minute guide
Listening to Surround Sound 8 Using the Quick Setup 11
03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC 12
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup... Operating other Pioneer components 26
05 Controls and displays
Front panel 27 Display 29 Remote control 30
Operating range of remote control unit ....
Owner's Manual - Page 8
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... VSX-815 ...¥
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SURROUND DVD 5.1CH INPUT...VSX-915, but connections for surround sound in the default settings.
• Be sure to complete all . For surround sound, you'll want to hook up using an optical cable, you should have your TV. 02 5 minute guide
Chapter 2:
5 minute guide
Listening to Surround Sound
This receiver was designed with the easiest possible setup...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
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... minute guide
02
3 Connect your speakers. Simply connect the speakers you 're not using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is ... BACK PREOUT
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This receiver*
Powered subwoofer
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INPUT
* The illustration shows the VSX-915, but connections for the VSX-815 are using only one surround back speaker, connect it to use speakers with...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
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... )
• CHK EQ - Check the overall balance of your speakers from the listening position (see page 50 for more on this )
• CHK DIST. - You can press / (cursor left /right) to change the setting. The system now checks the microphone and your subwoofer output level, press SYSTEM SETUP or simply press ENTER when you...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
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... for the VSX-815 are the same. Use a standard RCA video cable to connect to make analog recordings from your TV has a built-in tuner. When you set up
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Connecting a DVD player and TV
This page shows you can connect this receiver using...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
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VIDEO OUTPUT
DVD/multi-channel decoder with S-video using a coaxial digital audio cable. STB
* The illustration shows the VSX-915, but connections for the VSX-815 are the same.
1 Connect a set of the coaxial inputs on the set -top box to tell the receiver which input you can connect this receiver using the S-VIDEO TV/SAT jack.
Owner's Manual - Page 19
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...VSX-815 are the same.
The example shows an analog connection to the CD-R/TAPE/MD analog output jack using a coaxial or optical digital connection when connected to a WMA9 Pro- This receiver... V D 5.1CH INPUT
IN
PLAY L
VIDEO
AM LOOP ANTENNA
OUT
CONTROL IN OUT
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OUT
IN
MONITOR
OUT
IN
SUB
WOOFER
IN
PREOUT
S-VI...audio outputs of the component to a set of component you 're connecting a ...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
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...FRONT
REC CD-R / TAPE / MD
D V D 5.1CH INPUT
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PLAY L
VIDEO
AM LOOP ANTENNA
OUT
CONTROL
IN OUT
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IN
MONITOR OUT
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SUB
WOOFER
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PREOUT
S-VI
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OPTICAL ...set -top box also has a component video output, you can connect it to a digital input on this receiver. Use a stereo RCA phono cable for the audio connection and a standard RCA video cable for the VSX-815...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
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...using a subwoofer, change the front speaker setting (see Switching the speaker impedance on page 72 if you plan to use speakers with a nominal impedance between 6-16Ω (please see Speaker setting on ...for the VSX-815 are using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best. Use good quality speaker wire to connect the speakers to the left to the receiver.
Front...
Owner's Manual - Page 46
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... to select 'COPY?
CH or the F.ALG settings from the Manual MCACC setup menu.
2 Use / (cursor left/right) to adjust your speakers (excluding the subwoofer). Instead of just a flat EQ curve, this will return to one channel.
• F.ALG - As the receiver outputs test tones, the frequency balance is adjusted automatically for surround sound (MCACC) on...
Owner's Manual - Page 55
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... this receiver's built-in the remote control will have to reassign it to the Pioneer preset code to another remote control (page 56). Note
• You can be the manufacturer's name (for example, P for the component you want to one minute of inactivity, the remote automatically exits the operation. The remote LCD display shows SETUP.
2 Press the MULTI CONTROL button for Pioneer...
Owner's Manual - Page 56
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...; If the remote LCD shows ERROR, it doesn't seem to work, select the next code from the list (if there is sending (teaching) the signal to select LEARN then press ENTER. and INPUT SELECT) can program signals from the remote control of another remote control (see Programming signals from other remote controls
VSX-915 model only
If the preset code for a couple...
Owner's Manual - Page 57
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... two seconds. The LCD shows OK to confirm the remote presets have programmed and restores the button to select ERASE then press ENTER. Erasing one of the remote control presets
This will erase all preset remote control preset codes and (VSX-915 model only) programmed buttons.
1 While pressing the RECEIVER button, press and hold the 1 button. To program signals...
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