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Owner's Manual - Page 1
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Operating Instructions Mode d'emploi Manual de instrucciones AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER RECEPTEUR AUDIOVISUEL A VOIES MULTI-CANAUX RECEPTOR AUDIO-VIDEO MULTICANAL
VSX-521-K
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Owner's Manual - Page 4
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...audio cables 13 Digital audio cables 13 Video cables 13
About video outputs connection 13 Connecting a TV and playback components 14
Connecting using HDMI 14 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal . . 15 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital... 25 Listening in a safe place for buying this Pioneer product. Thank you will know how to your model properly.
Please read ...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
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...indicator Blinks when connecting an HDMI-equipped component; Switches between Auto surround mode (page 25) and Stream Direct playback (page 26). CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-521
HDMI
INPUT SELECTOR
STANDBY /ON
SPEAKERS
...Controls and displays
Chapter 1:
Controls and displays
Front panel
1
23
4
MCACC
5 67
8
AUDIO/ VIDEO MULTI- TUNE / - When the SP OFF is selected, no sound...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
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...restore CD quality sound to compressed audio sources (page 26).
14 PORTABLE/MCACC SETUP MIC jack Use to connect an auxiliary component using a stereo minijack cable ...Dolby Digital Plus encoded audio signals is detected. SPA means the speakers are switched off .
27 DIR. Lights when a digital audio signal is registered.
2D+ - MEM - Lights when a source with Dolby TrueHD encoded audio...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
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... playback, may not work properly.
• When an HDMI cable with a built-in the proper direction. Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, High bitrate audio (Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio), DVDAudio, CD, SACD (DSD 2 ch only), Video CD, Super VCD • Synchronized operation with components using the Control with HDMI function (see below through HDMI connections.
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
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... to get the best possible color reproduction of the TV is avoided. These cables are used for audio.
Coaxial digital audio cable
COAINXIAL
OPTINICAL
Optical cable
Note • When connecting optical cables, be used to connect digital components to L (left) terminals. Video cables
Standard RCA video cables These cables are the most common type of...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
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...IN
HDMI IN
R
L
OPTICAL
ANALOG AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
Select one
HDMI/DVI-compatible TV
If the TV does not support the HDMI Audio Return Channel function, this connection is ...
AM LOOP
IN
R FRONT L
R
CEN
IN 2 (DVR/ BDR)
L
IN
IN
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
TV/SAT BD
R SUBWOOFER
DVD PRE OUT Class 2 Wiring
SPEAKERS A
HDMI/DVI-compatible Blu-ray Disc player
This ...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
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...
UNBAL 75
L
AM LOOP
IN
R FRONT L
R
CENT
IN 2 (DVR/ BDR)
L
IN
IN
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
TV/SAT BD
R SUBWOOFER
DVD PRE OUT Class 2 Wiring
SPEAKERS A
VIDEO IN
TV
OPTICAL
R
L
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT ANALOG AUDIO OUT
Select one
Set-top box, etc. See Connecting using HDMI on page 14 or Using the...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
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... L
R
C
IN 2 (DVR/ BDR)
L
IN
IN
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
TV/SAT BD
R SUBWOOFER
DVD PRE OUT Class 2 Wiring
SPEAKERS A
R
L
ANALOG AUDIO IN
VIDEO IN
VIDEO OUT
R
L
OPTICAL
ANALOG AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
Select one
HDD/DVD recorder, Blu-ray Disc recorder, etc.
COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1: DVD - Note
• In order to listen to...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
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... ADAPTER (Pioneer Model No. HDMI
DVR/BDR IN DVD IN
BD IN
VIDEO IN
OUT COAXIAL IN 1
IN 1
ASSIGNABLE
IN OP
2
ASS
VIDEO
(CD)
AUDIO
SURR BACK...
L
IN
IN
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR
COMPONENT VIDEO
TV/SAT BD
R SUBWOOFER
DVD PRE OUT Class 2 Wiring
SPEAKERS A
R REC L ANALOG AUDIO IN
R
L
COAXIAL OPTICAL
ANALOG AUDIO OUT
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
Select one wire fully into the FM antenna...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
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...plug by tugging the cord, and never touch the power cord when your nearest Pioneer authorized independent service company for a replacement.
• The receiver should be ...VOLUME
PORTABLE / MCACC SETUP MIC
This receiver
AUDIO OUT
Digital audio player, etc. Indoor antenna (vinyl-coated wire)
5 m to 6 m (16 ft. 02 Connecting your components to this receiver, including the speakers.
...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
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... input source and there is displayed when playing Dolby Digital signals. When using INPUT
SELECT
buttons on the playback component (for C1, and the optical 1 or 2 audio input is an analog audio connection, you should be set to output Dolby Digital, DTS and 88.2 kHz/96 kHz PCM (2 channel) audio, and if there is fixed to PCM.
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
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...
SIGNAL SEL
O2
IN 1 (DVD) ASSIGNABLE
IN 2
(DVR/
BDR)
IN
R
Audio
L
DVR/BDR CD-R CD
IN
SIGNAL SEL
R
TV
BD DVD
A
MONITOR OUT Y
PB
PR TV/SAT BD DVD
COMPONENT VIDEO
22
En
This receiver
Remote control operation
Wireless music play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz) and DTS (including DTS...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
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... listening mode
This receiver offers a variety of listening modes to accommodate playback of various audio formats.
Using this section may not be selected and shows in surround sound below for more on the front panel. sound.
Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to see how the source is selected automatically (see...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
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...channel processing off).
• With a 7.1-channel surround system, audio signals that have a maximized Phase Control effect.
• The... matching is switched automatically. Matrix decoding processing for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you want to turn this...sound of 5.1-channel sources is heard from the surround component is a very important factor in the input signals...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
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...speaker) Spreads the center channel between components
ON
connected with an HDMI cable. The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that if a setting doesn't appear in the AUDIO PARAMETER menu, it sound wider (... not limited when set it does
Option(s)
LFE ATT (LFE Attenuate) Some Dolby Digital and DTS audio sources include ultra-low bass tones. When THRU is selected, no sound is...
Owner's Manual - Page 29
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...connected display supports the automatic audio/video synchronizing capability ('lip-sync') for Dolby TrueHD signals. h. Only available with dual mono encoded Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks.
Refer ...' effect.
Signals that were input to this receiver through an HDMI cable, component video cable or digital audio cable (see page 21 for more on the recorded signal.
• Some...
Owner's Manual - Page 34
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... HDMI.
• We only guarantee this receiver will work with Pioneer made Control with HDMI-compatible components and components of other makes that support the Control with HDMI function. FL ...The Control with HDMI function may not work with components of other components.
• Be sure to connect the TV's audio cable to the audio input of inputs
The receiver's input switches over ...
Owner's Manual - Page 36
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...the receiver (or move antennas farther away from your nearest Pioneer authorized independent service company to carry out repair work.
... on the remote control to turn up . The Dolby Digital or DTS source you think that the lowpass filter switch on ...overall effect on page 10). Check the audio output settings of the source component. Refer to
the Control with
DTS is...
Owner's Manual - Page 37
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... the
communication mode supporting the Bluetooth wireless
technology. Then use a separate connection
for the audio. HDMI format digital audio transmissions require a longer time
to page 28). If the component is a DVI device, use the most convenient connection (digital is in the output settings of channels available from the connected display unit (for the...
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