Pioneer VSX-1015TX operating instructions Video, Audio components on

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Symptom	Cause	Remedy
Can't record audio.	• You are trying to make an analog recording	• You can only record analog to analog, or digital to
	from a digital signal, or a digital recording of	digital.
	an analog source.
	• The digital source is copy protected.	• You can't record digital sources that have been copy
		protected.
	• The analog REC jacks have not been	• Check your analog connections (see Connecting analog
	connected properly.	audio components on page 17).
Subwoofer output is very low.	• The speaker settings result in very little	• To route more audio signal to the subwoofer, set it to
	audio signal being sent to the subwoofer.	PLUS, or select SMALL for the front speaker setting (see
		Speaker Setting on page 46).

Everything seems to be set up	• The speakers are out of phase.
correctly, but the playback sound
is odd.

•Check that the positive/negative speaker terminals on the receiver are matched with the corresponding terminals on the speakers (see Connecting the speakers on page 20).

Noise or hum can be heard even	• There is electrical interference from another	• Check that personal computers or other digital
when there is no sound being	component or appliance.	components connected to the same power source are not
input.		causing interference.
There seems to be a time lag	• The subwoofer channel can be delayed	• See Automatically setting up for surround sound
between the speakers and the	slightly if run through a low-pass filter.	(MCACC) on page 11 to set up your system again using
output of the subwoofer.		MCACC (this will automatically compensate for a delay in
		the subwoofer output).
The maximum volume available	• The channel levels may have been adjusted. • This is not a malfunction. If the levels in Channel Level
(shown in the front panel display)		on page 47 have been adjusted, the maximum volume will
is lower than the +12dB		change accordingly.
maximum.

Video

Symptom Cause Remedy

No image is output when an input is selected.

• The video connections are incorrect.

•Make sure the video component is connected correctly (see page 18).

•You are using component video connections for your source, but not for your TV.

•Using the video converter, video signals can be converted from a composite or S-video input to a component video output, but not vice-versa. See About the video converter on page 15 for more on this.

	• You are using component video	• Check Assigning the component video inputs on page 63
	connections and the component video inputs	to make sure you’re assigned the correct input.
	are assigned incorrectly.
	• The DVD/video player settings are incorrect. • Set correctly. Refer to the instruction manual supplied
		with the DVD/video player.
	• The video input selected on the TV monitor	• Set correctly. Refer to the instruction manual supplied
	is incorrect.	with the TV.
	• The component video inputs are assigned	• Check Assigning the component video inputs on page 63
	to a video component connected only to the	to make sure the component video assign for that video
	composite or S-Video terminals.	component is switched to OFF.
The System Setup screen	• Some TVs connected to the receiver with	• When the receiver is in standby, switch to COLOR
doesn't appear.	component video cables do not display the	BURST OFF by holding down the front panel ACOUSTIC
	System Setup screen when the Color Burst	EQ button and pressing STANDBY/ON. (the current
	feature is on.	setting appears in the display).
Can’t record video.	• You are trying to record a source connected	• Connect the source component to either the composite
	to the component video jacks.	video or the S-video jacks (see Connecting video
		components on page 18).
	• The source is copy protected.	• You can't record sources that have been copy protected.
	• The recorder's video input is hooked up	• Hook up the source and the recorder using the same
	using a different type of cable to the source	type of video cable (see About the video converter on
	video output.	page 15).

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