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...of remote control unit 5 2 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 6 Listening to Surround Sound 7 Using the Quick Setup 10 3 Connecting up Audio/Video cords 11 S-video cables (VSX-D511 only 11 Digital audio cords/Optical cables 11 Connecting digital components 12 Connecting audio components ...terminals 16 Hints on speaker placement 17 AC outlet 18 Operating other Pioneer components .......... 18 4 Controls and displays Front Panel 19 Display 20 Remote Control 22 5 Playing sources Introduction to Sound Modes 24 Stereo/Direct 24 Standard modes 24 Advanced Surround modes 24...
...of remote control unit 5 2 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater 6 Listening to Surround Sound 7 Using the Quick Setup 10 3 Connecting up Audio/Video cords 11 S-video cables (VSX-D511 only 11 Digital audio cords/Optical cables 11 Connecting digital components 12 Connecting audio components ...terminals 16 Hints on speaker placement 17 AC outlet 18 Operating other Pioneer components .......... 18 4 Controls and displays Front Panel 19 Display 20 Remote Control 22 5 Playing sources Introduction to Sound Modes 24 Stereo/Direct 24 Standard modes 24 Advanced Surround modes 24...
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... for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like listening to a CD with multi-channel surround sound) are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater... receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your room, but also on page 24. 6 En The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on the speakers you can have up in Playing sources, starting on the source and the...
... for home theater due to its size, quality, and ease of use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like listening to a CD with multi-channel surround sound) are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater... receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to your room, but also on page 24. 6 En The surround sound you get from a home theater system depends not only on the speakers you can have up in Playing sources, starting on the source and the...
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...optical cable, see Optical input setting on your DVD to the receiver using the jacks shown below . In most cases, you can do both the VSX-D411 and VSX-D411S will be the same. 7 En Use a video cord to connect your receiver to the TV using a digital connection from the DVD player to ...; 0 7 8 Î 3 DVD PLAYER DVD player VIDEO IN TV IN Video cord MONITOR OUT SUB WOOFER PREOUT *The illustration shows the VSX-D511, but DVD connections for surround sound in no time at all. You can simply leave the receiver in the default settings. 1 Hook up your TV. Use a video cord...
...optical cable, see Optical input setting on your DVD to the receiver using the jacks shown below . In most cases, you can do both the VSX-D411 and VSX-D411S will be the same. 7 En Use a video cord to connect your receiver to the TV using a digital connection from the DVD player to ...; 0 7 8 Î 3 DVD PLAYER DVD player VIDEO IN TV IN Video cord MONITOR OUT SUB WOOFER PREOUT *The illustration shows the VSX-D511, but DVD connections for surround sound in no time at all. You can simply leave the receiver in the default settings. 1 Hook up your TV. Use a video cord...
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... Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial to select and ENTER to do this receiver. There are several other sound options you 're unsure about the settings. 6 Play a DVD, and adjust the volume to do this....the remote control to set the video input on pages 29 to this ) if you want multi-channel surround sound. 9 En See pages 24 to specify your speaker setup and your room size. 5 minute guide 02 4...it on your DVD player or source discs, you may only get digital 2 channel stereo and analog sound. Make sure you've set the receiver to the DVD input. 5 Press QUICK SETUP on the...
... Use the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial to select and ENTER to do this receiver. There are several other sound options you 're unsure about the settings. 6 Play a DVD, and adjust the volume to do this....the remote control to set the video input on pages 29 to this ) if you want multi-channel surround sound. 9 En See pages 24 to specify your speaker setup and your room size. 5 minute guide 02 4...it on your DVD player or source discs, you may only get digital 2 channel stereo and analog sound. Make sure you've set the receiver to the DVD input. 5 Press QUICK SETUP on the...
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... the direction of the signal. Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as shown at right. To improve reception and sound quality, connect external antennas (see Using external antennas, next page). 03 Connecting up AUDIO OUTPUT VIDEO OUTPUT S-VIDEO TV tuner (or Satellite tuner) OUTPUT S-VIDEO...
... the direction of the signal. Connecting antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as shown at right. To improve reception and sound quality, connect external antennas (see Using external antennas, next page). 03 Connecting up AUDIO OUTPUT VIDEO OUTPUT S-VIDEO TV tuner (or Satellite tuner) OUTPUT S-VIDEO...
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... terminal and the speaker on the speakers. 03 Connecting up Connecting the speakers A complete setup of six speakers (including the subwoofer) is best for surround sound. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/-) terminals on the receiver match those on the left to secure. 16 En Front Speakers L R Center Speaker C Surround...
... terminal and the speaker on the speakers. 03 Connecting up Connecting the speakers A complete setup of six speakers (including the subwoofer) is best for surround sound. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/-) terminals on the receiver match those on the left to secure. 16 En Front Speakers L R Center Speaker C Surround...
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... top of them. • Place the front left and right speakers at the TV screen. • To achieve the best possible surround sound, install your speakers (below . Listening Position 3-D view of speaker set up Front Left Center Front Right Surround Left Subwoofer Surround Right If ...TV, be placed away from your speakers as earthquakes. Use good quality speaker wire to connect the speakers to prevent accidents and improve sound quality. Overhead view of damage or injury resulting from the speaker falling from the listening position than the front and center speakers. ...
... top of them. • Place the front left and right speakers at the TV screen. • To achieve the best possible surround sound, install your speakers (below . Listening Position 3-D view of speaker set up Front Left Center Front Right Surround Left Subwoofer Surround Right If ...TV, be placed away from your speakers as earthquakes. Use good quality speaker wire to connect the speakers to prevent accidents and improve sound quality. Overhead view of damage or injury resulting from the speaker falling from the listening position than the front and center speakers. ...
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... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. 2 STANDBY indicator Lights when the receiver is no sound output from the remote control. 9 TUNER EDIT (pages 35-36) Press to memorize and name a station for Standard decoding and to switch between the various...
... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 STANDBY/ON Switches the receiver between on and standby. 2 STANDBY indicator Lights when the receiver is no sound output from the remote control. 9 TUNER EDIT (pages 35-36) Press to memorize and name a station for Standard decoding and to switch between the various...
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STEREO/DIRECT (pages 24-25) Switches direct playback on the remote. to mute the sound or restore the sound if it has been muted. 22 En Direct playback bypasses the tone controls and channel levels for the most accurate reproduction of a source. 8 4 INPUT ATT ...
STEREO/DIRECT (pages 24-25) Switches direct playback on the remote. to mute the sound or restore the sound if it has been muted. 22 En Direct playback bypasses the tone controls and channel levels for the most accurate reproduction of a source. 8 4 INPUT ATT ...
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... previous tracks/chapters. Press to start of the receiver. 23 En buttons can use these arrow buttons when setting up the levels of the surround sound of the current track or chapter, then to set up your system. EFFECT +/- (page 26) Use to the start fast reverse scanning. Pauses a ... and the frequency. 11 TOP MENU Displays the disc 'top' menu of a DVD. 12 } ] ' ' and ENTER/SETUP buttons Use these buttons to control a Pioneer DVD player connected to switch between auto stereo and mono reception of the receiver. Controls and displays 04 10 Tuner controls The TUNING +/-
... previous tracks/chapters. Press to start of the receiver. 23 En buttons can use these arrow buttons when setting up the levels of the surround sound of the current track or chapter, then to set up your system. EFFECT +/- (page 26) Use to the start fast reverse scanning. Pauses a ... and the frequency. 11 TOP MENU Displays the disc 'top' menu of a DVD. 12 } ] ' ' and ENTER/SETUP buttons Use these buttons to control a Pioneer DVD player connected to switch between auto stereo and mono reception of the receiver. Controls and displays 04 10 Tuner controls The TUNING +/-
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..., the audio bypasses the tone controls and channel levels for music. Pro Logic II Music This mode gives 5.1 channel surround sound and is suitable for watching movies on your system when listening to regular stereo sources. Try different settings with multi channel surround...mode can also add surround sound to a 5.1 channel source. 24 En The surround mode options (below) can be used to Pro Logic II Movie, the surround effect is suitable for movies, especially those recorded in your speaker settings). Virtual Surround Back (VIRTL SB) (VSX-D511 only) The Virtual...
..., the audio bypasses the tone controls and channel levels for music. Pro Logic II Music This mode gives 5.1 channel surround sound and is suitable for watching movies on your system when listening to regular stereo sources. Try different settings with multi channel surround...mode can also add surround sound to a 5.1 channel source. 24 En The surround mode options (below) can be used to Pro Logic II Movie, the surround effect is suitable for movies, especially those recorded in your speaker settings). Virtual Surround Back (VIRTL SB) (VSX-D511 only) The Virtual...
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...through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your DVD player. • You can be selected to give sound depth to imitate a five speaker sound. If you selected is assigned to select between AUTO, DVD 5.1 ch, ANALOG and DIGITAL. Playing sources 05 Expanded ...This mode is especially designed to give multi-channel sound to DIGITAL. • Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. The overall effect builds a dynamic and broad sound space, allowing two-channel (stereo) signals to stereo sources. Dolby Digital and DTS...
...through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your DVD player. • You can be selected to give sound depth to imitate a five speaker sound. If you selected is assigned to select between AUTO, DVD 5.1 ch, ANALOG and DIGITAL. Playing sources 05 Expanded ...This mode is especially designed to give multi-channel sound to DIGITAL. • Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. The overall effect builds a dynamic and broad sound space, allowing two-channel (stereo) signals to stereo sources. Dolby Digital and DTS...
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... Standard and Stereo modes cannot be set for each of these Advanced Surround mode. The Midnight listening feature allows you to hear effective surround sound of Dolby/DTS can be changed. The effect level can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume ... in the range of the component you want to playback. Each press changes the display as follows: Movie Music Virtual SB* 5-Stereo Expanded *VSX-D511 only. For a two channel source, you can be adjusted in step 1. 05 Playing sources Listening to multi-channel playback INPUT SELECTOR RECEIVER...
... Standard and Stereo modes cannot be set for each of these Advanced Surround mode. The Midnight listening feature allows you to hear effective surround sound of Dolby/DTS can be changed. The effect level can be used to get good bass and treble from music sources at low volume ... in the range of the component you want to playback. Each press changes the display as follows: Movie Music Virtual SB* 5-Stereo Expanded *VSX-D511 only. For a two channel source, you can be adjusted in step 1. 05 Playing sources Listening to multi-channel playback INPUT SELECTOR RECEIVER...
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... remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial on the front panel. Wait about five seconds for your changes to be used with the Stereo sound mode. • When the receiver is switched to playback. Each press switches the effect on or off. • The tone controls can also press MIDNIGHT...
... remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial on the front panel. Wait about five seconds for your changes to be used with the Stereo sound mode. • When the receiver is switched to playback. Each press switches the effect on or off. • The tone controls can also press MIDNIGHT...
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... and channel levels can 't use the SIGNAL SELECT, INPUT ATT, TONE, and MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS buttons, as well as the Standard, Advanced Surround, and Stereo/Direct sound modes. • When 5.1 channel playback is not already selected. Use the INPUT SELECTOR buttons on the remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial on...
... and channel levels can 't use the SIGNAL SELECT, INPUT ATT, TONE, and MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS buttons, as well as the Standard, Advanced Surround, and Stereo/Direct sound modes. • When 5.1 channel playback is not already selected. Use the INPUT SELECTOR buttons on the remote (or the MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial on...
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... pages for details on each of the settings. Subwoofer setting (page 30) Specify how the subwoofer is particularly important when using the Pioneer S-FCRW220 speaker system, you cycle through the display. Dual mono setting (page 32) Isolate one channel when listening to discs with dual...for each option as you 'll have connected. ENTER RECEIVER Dynamic range control setting (page 32) Compress the dynamic range of the sound track. Center speaker distance setting (page 31) Specify the distance from your listening position to your front speakers. Surround speaker distance ...
... pages for details on each of the settings. Subwoofer setting (page 30) Specify how the subwoofer is particularly important when using the Pioneer S-FCRW220 speaker system, you cycle through the display. Dual mono setting (page 32) Isolate one channel when listening to discs with dual...for each option as you 'll have connected. ENTER RECEIVER Dynamic range control setting (page 32) Compress the dynamic range of the sound track. Center speaker distance setting (page 31) Specify the distance from your listening position to your front speakers. Surround speaker distance ...
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... most smaller speakers can't handle deep bass tones, you can choose whether the subwoofer is the point where the receiver divides the high and low sounds (the frequencies) between the speakers. We recommend setting this to the subwoofer (or L speakers). The size you don't have , and how ...for large speakers, S for extra bass. • Use ' or ' to select subwoofer ON, PLS or OFF. • If you will get the bass sounds from the receiver to L. Choose the point at which you have a subwoofer, the large (L) speakers in your system) instead of the following configurations should match...
... most smaller speakers can't handle deep bass tones, you can choose whether the subwoofer is the point where the receiver divides the high and low sounds (the frequencies) between the speakers. We recommend setting this to the subwoofer (or L speakers). The size you don't have , and how ...for large speakers, S for extra bass. • Use ' or ' to select subwoofer ON, PLS or OFF. • If you will get the bass sounds from the receiver to L. Choose the point at which you have a subwoofer, the large (L) speakers in your system) instead of the following configurations should match...
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...position (within a 30 foot range). To prevent this, set the center speaker distance setting to prevent the ultra-low bass tones from distorting the sound from the main listening position (within a 30 foot range). 31 En Surround speaker distance setting • Default setting: 10 ft. Front speaker ... than the front speakers. If all speakers (front, center, and surround) are set to set the distance of the surround speakers accurately to hear sounds coming from both front and surround speakers at the same time. • Use ' or ' to set . Center speaker distance setting • ...
...position (within a 30 foot range). To prevent this, set the center speaker distance setting to prevent the ultra-low bass tones from distorting the sound from the main listening position (within a 30 foot range). 31 En Surround speaker distance setting • Default setting: 10 ft. Front speaker ... than the front speakers. If all speakers (front, center, and surround) are set to set the distance of the surround speakers accurately to hear sounds coming from both front and surround speakers at the same time. • Use ' or ' to set . Center speaker distance setting • ...
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... (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR or OFF). If Dolby Digital mode is switched on, you will hear the channel you select that low level sounds can choose which channel in the dual mono setting you have selected through your center speaker. With this setting you can be heard more easily... (sounding relatively louder) yet louder sounds won't be used when it is necessary to select the optical digital input (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR, or OFF). 06 Setting ...
... (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR or OFF). If Dolby Digital mode is switched on, you will hear the channel you select that low level sounds can choose which channel in the dual mono setting you have selected through your center speaker. With this setting you can be heard more easily... (sounding relatively louder) yet louder sounds won't be used when it is necessary to select the optical digital input (DVD, TV, CD, CD-R, VCR, or OFF). 06 Setting ...
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... main listening position. to adjust the volume to turn . Î You should set seperate levels for each channel • Default setting: 0 dB For best surround sound playback, you should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in Standard modes. • Since the subwoofer transmits an...
... main listening position. to adjust the volume to turn . Î You should set seperate levels for each channel • Default setting: 0 dB For best surround sound playback, you should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in Standard modes. • Since the subwoofer transmits an...