Pioneer VSX-516 Contents, Before you start, 02 5 minute guide, Connecting up, Using the tuner

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

03 Connecting up

Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting the multichannel analog

outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Connecting a satellite receiver or other

digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 11 About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting other video components . . . . . . 12 Using the component video jacks. . . . . . . . 12 Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 15 AC outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

04 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 23 Setting the effect options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using surround back channel processing. . . 24 Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB) . . . . . . 25 Using Midnight and Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Enhancing dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using the tone controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs. . . 26

06 The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 30 Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

07 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

08 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 32

09 Other connections

Second Zone speaker B setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Switching the speaker system. . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bi-amping your front speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bi-wiring your speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

10 Additional information

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . . . 37 Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Cleaning the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38