Flow of settings on the receiver

The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped with an abundance of functions and terminals. It can be used easily after following the procedure below to make the connections and settings.

The colors of the steps indicate the following:

Required setting item

Setting to be made as necessary

1Before you start

Checking what’s in the box (page 7)

Loading the batteries (page 7)

2Connecting the speakers

Where you place the speakers will have a big effect on the sound. Place your speakers as shown below for the best surround sound effect.

Placing the speakers (page 16)

Connecting the speakers (page 18)

Connect the surround back or front height speakers (page 19)

*Front Height

Right (FHR)

*Front Height

Left (FHL) Subwoofer (SW)

Front Listening

Right (R) position

Surround

Front Right (SR)

Left (L)

4Power On

Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV to this receiver. Check the manual that came with the TV if you don’t know how to do this.

5The Pre Out Setting (page 40)

(When connecting the front height speakers.)

The Input Assign menu (page 40)

(When using connections other than the recommended connections.)

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Basic playback (page 27)

 

 

 

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Adjusting the sound as desired

Using the various listening modes

Center (C)

Surround Left (SL)

*Surround Back Right (SBR)

• Using the Sound Retriever (page 31)

• Better sound using Phase Control (page 31)

• Using surround back channel processing

(page 32)

*Surround Back

Left (SBL)

You can connect only one of either the surround back speaker or the front height speaker.

3Connecting the components

For surround sound, you’ll want to hook up using a digital connection from the BD/DVD player to the receiver.

About video outputs connection (page 21)

Connecting a TV and playback components (page 22)

Connecting antennas (page 25)

Plugging in the receiver (page 26)

• Setting the Up Mix function (page 33)

• Setting the Audio options (page 33)

• Choosing the input signal (page 36)

• Manual speaker setup (page 37)

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Pioneer VSX-520 manual Flow of settings on the receiver