Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K, VSX-915-S/-K Minute guide, Play a DVD, and adjust the volume to your liking

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Make sure that the speaker cable you’re using is properly prepared with about 10 mm of insulator stripped from each wire, with the exposed wire strands twisted together (fig. A).

Unscrew the terminal a few turns until there is enough space to insert the exposed wire (fig. B). Once the wire is in position, tighten the terminal until the wire is firmly clamped (fig. C).

fig. A fig. B fig. C

10mm

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. See Hints on speaker placement on page 23 for more on this.

Center	Front
	speaker
speaker
	(R)
(C)

Front
speaker	Subwoofer (SW)
(L)		Surround
		speaker (RS)

	Surround
Listening	back
	speaker (SBR)
position
	Surround
	speaker (LS)
	Surround back
	speaker (SBL)

5Press QUICK SETUP on the front panel to specify your speaker setup, room size and listening position.

Use the MULTI JOG dial to select and ENTER to confirm your selection. See Using the Quick Setup below if you’re unsure about the settings.1

6Play a DVD, and adjust the volume to your liking.

Make sure that DVD/LD is showing in the receiver’s display, indicating that the DVD input is selected. If it isn’t, press DVD/LD on the remote control to set the receiver to the DVD input.2

There are several other sound options you can select. See Listening to your system on page 36

for more on this.3

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4Plug in the receiver and switch it on, followed by your DVD player, your subwoofer and the TV.

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.

Note

1See also Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 46 for more setup options.

2• You may need to set your DVD player to output Dolby Digital, DTS and 88.2/96kHz PCM (2 channel) audio (see your DVD player’s manual for more on this).

3Depending on your DVD player or source discs, you may only get digital 2 channel stereo and analog sound. In this case, the listening mode must be set to STANDARD (see Listening in surround sound on page 36 if you need to do this) if you want multichannel surround sound.

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