Pioneer VSX-AX5Ai-G, VSX-AX5Ai-S manual Video, 12Additional information, Symptom, Cause, Remedy

12Additional information

Symptom Cause Remedy

When playing a DTS format LD • The input signal type is set to ANALOG. there is audible noise on the

soundtrack.

•Set the input signal type to DIGITAL (see Selecting the input signal type on page 43)

Can't record audio.	• You are trying to make an analog recording	•You can only record analog to analog, or digital to digital.
	from a digital signal, or a digital recording of
	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 sources on page 26).
Subwoofer output is very low.	• The bass attenuator is set too low.	• See Bass Peak Level on page 93 to adjust the setting.
	• The speaker settings result in very little	• Change your subwoofer setting to one of the following in
	audio signal being sent to the subwoofer.	the Speaker Setting on page 55:
		Front: SMALL / Subwoofer: YES
		Front: LARGE / Subwoofer: PLUS
Everything seems to be set up	• The speakers are out of phase.	• Check that the positive/negative speaker terminals on
correctly, but the playback sound		the receiver are matched with the corresponding
is odd.		terminals on the speakers (page 28).
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 on
between the speakers and the	slightly if run through a low-pass filter.	page 12 to set up your system again using MCACC (this
output of the subwoofer.		will automatically compensate for a delay in the
		subwoofer output).

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 pages 19–27).
• 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 16 for more on this.

	• You are using component video	• Check Assigning the component video inputs on page 82
	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 82
	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	• The MONITOR OUT jack hasn't been	• Connect the MONITOR OUT jack to the TV monitor (see
doesn't appear.	connected.	Connecting your TV on page 18).
	• You connected your TV to the MULTI ROOM
	& SOURCE MONITOR OUT jack instead of
	the main MONITOR OUT jack.
	• Some TVs connected to the receiver with	• When the receiver is in standby, switch to COLOR
	component video cables do not display the	BURST OFF by holding down the MULTI JOG CONTROL
	System Setup screen when the Color Burst	RETURN button and pressing STANDBY/ON. (the
	feature is on (this applies to the NTSC video	current setting appears in the display).
	system format only).

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