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manual VSX-515-S/-K VSX-815-S/-K VSX-915-S/-K, Audio/Video Multi-Channel Receiver
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Troubleshooting
Specs
Install
Code list
Hints on speaker placement
04Connecting up Chapter
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup
See Selecting preset codes directly on page
minute guide Using the Quick Setup
Listening to your system Using the sleep timer
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AUDIO/VIDEO
MULTI-CHANNEL
RECEIVER
VSX
-515
-S/-K
VSX
-815
-S/-K
VSX
-915
-S/-K
Operating Instructions
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Contents
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER
VSX-515-S/-K VSX-815-S/-K VSX-915-S/-K
Operating Instructions
Information to User
Voltage selector
Medium-sizescrewdriver
03 Quick surround sound setup
Contents
04 Connecting up
07 The System Setup menu
10 Controlling the rest of your system VSX-515
13 Other Settings
12 Other connections
14 Additional information
Before you start Chapter
Before you start
Introduction to home theater
Loading the batteries
01Before you start
Installing the receiver
Ventilation
Illustration shows the VSX-815/915model
5 minute guide Chapter
5 minute guide
Listening to Surround Sound
English Deutsch Français Italiano
3 Connect your speakers
025 minute guide
fig. A
5 minute guide
fig. B
fig. C
2.1ch
025 minute guide Using the Quick Setup
3.1ch
7.1ch
Quick surround sound setup Chapter
Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround sound MCACC
Above VSX-515left and VSX-815/915right
03Quick surround sound setup
Other problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup
Quick surround sound setup
04Connecting up Chapter
Connecting up
Making cable connections
Analog audio cables
S-videocables
Connecting up
Component video cables
VSX-815/915model only
The illustration shows the VSX-915,but
04Connecting up Connecting a DVD player and TV
English Deutsch
Connecting the multichannel analog outputs
Italiano
Español
Connecting other audio components
04Connecting up
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
Connecting up
Connecting other video components
Connecting to the front panel video terminal
Using the component video jacks
04Connecting up
VSX-815/915model only
Using external antennas
Connecting antennas
FM wire antenna
Antenna snap connectors
04Connecting up Connecting the speakers
A and B speaker systems
Hints on speaker placement
VSX-815model only
Connecting up
3-Dview of 7.1 channel speaker setup
Overhead view of speaker setup
04Connecting up
VSX-815/915model only
Connecting up Operating other Pioneer components
05Controls and displays Chapter
Controls and displays
Front panel
Illustration below shows the VSX-815/915model
Controls and displays
See Using the Quick Setup on page
VSX-515model
05Controls and displays Display
Controls and displays
Remote control VSX-815/915
05Controls and displays
8 Component control buttons
Controls and displays
See Confirming preset codes on page
See Selecting preset codes directly on page
See Direct function on page
05Controls and displays
Controls and displays
Remote control VSX-515
MUTE
05Controls and displays
Controls and displays
Operating range of remote control unit
06Listening to your system Chapter
Listening to your system
Auto playback
Listening in surround sound
Listening to your system
Using the Advanced surround effects
Above VSX-515left and VSX-815/915right
Neo 6 Music settings
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings
06Listening to your system
Above VSX-515left and VSX-815/915right
Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
Listening in stereo
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Illustration shows the VSX-815/915front panel
receiver to select between input signals.1
Choosing the input signal
06Listening to your system
Press repeatedly to select between
Extended mode
Using the surround back channel
Standard
Type of source
VSB mode
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode VirtualSB
sources
2Pro Logic II 2 Pro Logic
Using the tone controls
Using Loudness and Midnight listening
Enhancing dialog
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Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
Playing other sources
VSX-515model
VSX-815/915model
30 min
Listening to your system Using the sleep timer
Above VSX-515left and VSX-815/915right
07The System Setup menu Chapter
The System Setup menu
Surround back speaker setting
VSX-915model only
Manual MCACC speaker setup
The System Setup menu
See Making receiver settings from the System
Acoustic Calibration EQ settings on
Fine Channel Level
07The System Setup menu
Fine Channel Distance
settings
Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ automatically
F.ALG - Front Align Adjust balances the
from Automatically setting up for surround
Checking your Acoustic Calibration EQ settings
Setting the Acoustic Calibration EQ manually
07The System Setup menu
Speaker setting
Manual speaker setup
The System Setup menu
Channel level
Crossover network
07The System Setup menu
3 When you’re finished, press RETURN
L C R RS SBR SW LS SBL
Speaker Distance
The System Setup menu
08Using the tuner Chapter
Using the tuner
Tuning directly to a station
Listening to the radio
Saving station presets
Using the tuner
Illustrations show the VSX-815/915front panel
Above VSX-515left and VSX-815/915right
Naming station presets
08Using the tuner
Listening to station presets
Changing the frequency step
Making recordings Chapter
Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording
English
Selecting preset codes directly
Setting the remote to control other components
Controlling the rest of your system
10Controlling the rest of your system Chapter
Controlling the rest of your system
Clearing all the remote control settings
Direct function
Controls for TVs
10Controlling the rest of your system
Buttons
Function
Button s
Controls for other components
Controlling the rest of your system
Buttons
Button s
10Controlling the rest of your system
Function
Components
STB SATELLITE
Preset Code List
On digital STB
DVD Recorder
Setting the remote to control other components
11Controlling the rest of your system Chapter
Selecting preset codes directly
Controlling the rest of your system
Controlling the rest of your system
Programming signals from other remote controls
VSX-915model only
Erasing one of the remote control button settings
Erasing all of the remote control presets
11Controlling the rest of your system
Direct function
Controlling the rest of your system
Confirming preset codes
Controls for TVs
11Controlling the rest of your system
Buttons
Function
Controls for other components
Controlling the rest of your system
Buttons
Function
Button s
11Controlling the rest of your system
Function
Components
Switching the speaker system
Second Zone speaker B setup
Other connections
Other connections Chapter
12Other connections
Bi-wiringyour speakers
Bi-ampingyour front speakers
Front left
Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display
Connecting additional amplifiers
Other connections
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12Other connections
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display
Pioneer plasma
display
Other Settings Chapter
Other Settings
The Input Assign menu
Assigning the digital inputs
The Other setup menu
13Other Settings
Dynamic Range Control Setup
Dual Mono Setup
LFE Attenuator Setup
Other Settings
SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays
VSX-815/915model only
Problem
Troubleshooting
Connecting up on page
Switching the speaker system on page
Problem
Additional information
Remedy
14Additional information
Connecting the speakers on page
VSX-815/915only - The SR
see Operating other Pioneer components on page
Switching the speaker impedance
Additional information Resetting the main unit
Amplifier section
14Additional information Specifications
Audio section
Video Section
Cleaning the unit
Power cord caution
AM Tuner Section
Miscellaneous
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