RX-V559
 Important Safety Instructions
 Example of Antenna Grounding
FCC Information for US customers
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We Want You Listening For a Lifetime
For Canadian Customers
Serial No
 Contents
 Features
 Installing batteries in the remote control
Supplied accessories
Snap the battery compartment cover back into place
Getting Started
 Front panel
Controls and Functions
 Volume
Tuning Mode AUTO/MAN’L
PRESET/TUNING, Edit
Input Mode
 Controlling this unit
Remote control
 Volume +
Power
Return
Standby
 Controlling the Tuner functions
Using the remote control
Numeric buttons
Band
 Front panel display
 PTY Hold
EON
 Rear panel
Asia and General models only
AC Outlets
 Placing speakers
Connections
 Front speakers a Right Left Surround speakers Subwoofer
Connecting speakers
A. model Front Speakers Center
Speaker
 Center terminals
Front terminals
Surround terminals
Surround Back terminals
 Connecting the speaker cable
Tighten the knob to secure the wire
Loosen the knob
 Information on jacks and cable plugs
Audio jacks
Video jacks
 Audio and video signal flow
Audio signal flow for Audio OUT REC
Video signal flow for Monitor OUT
 Connecting a TV
 Connecting a DVD player, a DVD recorder, a VCR or an STB
Connecting a DVD player
DVD player
 Connecting a DVD recorder or a VCR
Connecting an STB
DVD recorder or
 Connecting a CD player, an MD player or a tape deck
CD player
MD recorder or Tape deck
 Connecting a Yamaha iPod universal dock
 Multi-format player or External decoder
Connecting a multi-format player or an external decoder
 Into place
Connecting the AM loop antenna
Ground GND terminal
Outdoor AM antenna
 Memory back-up
Connecting the power cable
 Make sure this unit is turned off
Setting the speaker impedance
See page 27 for details about turning on or off this unit
Following display appears in the front panel display
 When all connections are complete, turn on this unit
Turning on and off the power
Turning on this unit
Turning off this unit
 Press Enter to enter Basic Setup
Basic Setup
Press u / d to select Basic Setup
Press SET Menu to enter SET Menu
 Press Enter to confirm your selection
Basic Setup
 Press SET Menu to exit from Basic Setup
Press j / i to select the desired setting
 Currently selected Input source Input mode
Playback
Available input sources
 Currently selected Surround field program
Treble
 Using Audio Features
Using Silent Cinema
Muting the audio output
 Using the sleep timer
Selecting the input mode
Auto
DTS
 Adjusting the speaker level
Flashes
Lights up
 Selecting the Compressed Music Enhancer mode
 Music Enhancer
Selecting the Multi CH Input component
Multi CH Input
Display
 Enjoying pure hi-fi stereo sound
Enjoying multi-channel sources in 2-channel stereo
Enjoying unprocessed input sources
Direct Stereo
 Signal Info
Using Video Features
Displaying the input source information
SET Menu
 Selecting the OSD mode
Playing video sources in the background
Music
 Enjoying multi-channel sources in surround
Enjoying Surround Sound
Auto Auto
Decoders
 PRO Logic
Enjoying 2-channel sources in surround
 Using Virtual Cinema DSP
 Mdsleep
Recording
 Automatic tuning
FM/AM Tuning
Press PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h once to begin automatic tuning
4 1
 Manual tuning
Hold down the button to continue searching
No colon
 Press and hold Memory MAN’L/AUTO FM
Automatic preset tuning
For more than 3 seconds
Press FM/AM to select FM as the reception band
 Automatic preset tuning options
Manual preset tuning
2,5
Tune into a station automatically or manually
 Preset station number
Selecting preset stations
Repeat steps 1 through 5 to store other stations
Displayed station has been stored as C3
 See Selecting preset stations on
Exchanging preset stations
1,3
Press and hold Edit for more than 3 seconds
 Press Edit again
A5FM 90.6 MHz L R
 Information from XM Satellite Radio Inc
XM Satellite Radio Tuning
 Remote control functions
XM Satellite Radio controls and functions
Front panel functions
 Activating XM Satellite Radio
Remote control Lights up
 Preview L R
Basic XM Satellite Radio operations
 Selecting the XM Satellite Radio search mode
All Channel Search mode
Preset Search modes. You can also enter the channel
 Press Search Mode on the front panel or
Category Search mode
Srch Mode on the remote control
Repeatedly to select CAT Search
 CAT. j / i on the remote control
Preset Search mode
Repeatedly to change the preset channel
Press Category on the front panel or
 Display changes as follows
Direct Number Access mode
 Preset channels
 Displaying the XM Satellite Radio information
Preset channel number appears in the front panel display
 When the channel category is displayed
When the channel number / name is displayed
When the artist name / song title is displayed
Press Display on the front panel or on the remote control
 Sound Field Programs
Remote control operations
Selecting sound field programs
Elements of a sound field
 For movie/video sources
Sound field program descriptions
Stereo
Music
 Movie Theater
For music sources
SUR. Standard
SUR. Enhanced
 P02 Music
Changing sound field parameter settings
 DSP Level
Sound field parameter descriptions
INIT.DLY
SB INI.DLY
 Liveness S.LIVENESS SB Liveness
Room Size P.ROOM Size S.ROOM Size SB Room Size
 REV.TIME
REV.DELAY
 REV.LEVEL
Direct
CT Level SL Level SR Level SB Level
 Panorama
Dimension
Center Width
Image
 Hall in Vienna Bttm Line Roxy Thtr
Sound field program speaker layouts
TV Sports Mono Movie Game
Monaural Stereo
 Channel audio 6.1-channel audio Monaural Stereo
SUR. Standard Dolby Digital PRO Logic DTS
 Plii Movie PLIIx Movie
SUR. Enhanced Dolby Digital PRO Logic DTS
Straight
Direct Stereo
 Basic setup Basic Setup
Manual setup Manual Setup
SET Menu
 Signal information Signal Info
 Use the remote control to access and adjust each parameter
Using SET Menu
Press u / d to select Manual Setup
Press Enter to enter Manual Setup
 Bspeaker Level
Speaker settings Aspeaker SET
Front SP
Press SET Menu to exit from SET Menu
 SUR. L/R SP
Center SP SUR. B SP
LFE/BASS OUT
Center speaker Center SP Surround back speakers
 Subwoofer phase Subwoofer Phase
02ASUBWOOFER Phase
Cross Over
Crossover Cross Over
 Elfe Level
CSP Distance
Speaker distance CSP Distance
Center graphic equalizer Dcenter GEQ
 Audio settings Gaudio SET
Fdynamic Range
Gaudio SET
 CMPNT-V Input
Input Menu
Optical
Coaxial
 Input mode Binput Mode
Binput Mode
Cinput Rename
Input rename Cinput Rename
 Display settings Adisplay SET
Dvolume Trim
Adisplay SET
Dimmer Dimmer
 CPARAM. INI
Bmemory Guard
Parameter initialization CPARAM. INI
OSD shift OSD Shift
 Dmulti Zone SET
XM Radio setting EXM Radio SET
EXM Radio SET
A. model only
 Advanced Setup
Parameter Parameter setting
5 2,4
 Remote control AMP ID Remote AMP
Factory presets Preset
Remote control Tuner ID Remote TUN
Remote control XM ID Remote XM A. model only
 Remote Control Features
Controlling this unit, a TV, or other components
Controlling a TV
 Controlling other components
 Press Code SET using a ballpoint pen or a similar object
Remote Control Code Default Settings
Transmit indicator on the remote control flashes twice
Code
 Setting library codes
Setting remote control AMP ID library Codes
Setting remote control Tuner ID library Codes
 Press the numeric buttons to enter the code number 81918 or
Press the numeric buttons to enter the code number
Control XM
 Connecting Zone
Using MULTI-ZONE Configuration
Multi-zone configuration and Zone 2 connections
This unit
 Controlling Zone
Press Zone 2 ON/OFF to set Zone 2 to the standby mode
Controlling Zone 2 with the front panel
Press Zone 2 ON/OFF to turn on Zone
 Controlling Zone 2 with the remote control
Setting the remote control to the Zone Mode
 Controlling iPod
Controlling iPod without using the OSD
 Controlling iPod using the OSD
 100
Resetting the System
 Troubleshooting
101
General
 102
 103
 104
Tuner
XM Satellite Radio U.S.A. model only
 Remote control
105
IPod
 Glossary
Audio information
106
 107
Video information
 Sound field program information
108
Virtual Cinema DSP
 109
Specifications
 APPENDIX-i
 APPENDIX-ii
 APPENDIX-iii
VCR
PVR
 DVD Player
APPENDIX-iv
LD Player
DVD Recorder
 APPENDIX-v
 APPENDIX-vi
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