Pioneer VSX-52TX Video, Additional information, Symptom, Cause, Remedy, audio components on page

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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 44).

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 45 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	• Using the video converter, video signals can be
connections for your source, but not for your	converted from a composite or S-video input to a
TV.	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 64
	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.
	• Even though the sub room monitor is	• Press the MULTI ROOM&SOURCE ON/OFF button to
	connected properly, the multi-room feature is	switch it on.
	switched off.
	• The component video inputs are assigned	• Check Assigning the component video inputs on page 64
	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.
	• You connected your TV to the MULTI ROOM	• Connect the MONITOR OUT jack to the TV monitor (see
	& SOURCE MONITOR OUT jack instead of	Connecting video components on page 18).
	the main MONITOR OUT jack.
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).
	• The MONITOR OUT jack hasn't been	• Connect the MONITOR OUT jack to the TV monitor (see
	connected.	Connecting video components on page 18).
	• You connected your TV to the MULTI ROOM

& SOURCE MONITOR OUT jack instead of the main MONITOR OUT jack.

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