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Operating Instructions

AUDIO/VIDEO

MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER

VSX-409RDS

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Summary of Contents for VSX-409RDS

Page 1: ...Operating Instructions AUDIO VIDEO MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX 409RDS ...

Page 2: ...age within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance CAUTION TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK...

Page 3: ...urround Sound 20 Listening in Dolby Pro Logic Mode 20 Listening in DVD 5 1 Channel Input Mode 21 Listening in DSP Mode 22 Using the Tuner 23 Finding a Station 23 Tuning Directly to a Station 24 Memorizing Stations 25 Naming Memorized Stations 26 Recalling Memorized Stations 27 An Introduction to RDS EON 28 Searching for RDS Programmes 30 Using EON Search 31 Making a Recording 32 Making an Audio Re...

Page 4: ...nt RDS EON radio tuning Use the fast and convenient RDS system to immediately find the type of radio programme you want to listen to This program identification system could also be extremely useful in locating helpful broadcasts in emergencies or adverse weather conditions DVD 5 1 channel input A special 5 1 Channel input makes the VSX 409RDS fully compatible with Dolby Digital decoders and DVD p...

Page 5: ...m to it It also describes how to set up a multi channel speaker system to take full advantage of the great surround sound features of your receiver Operation This section shows you how to use every feature of the receiver and its remote control unit It also covers using the supplied remote control to operate your other Pioneer home theater components To find out more about a specific button contro...

Page 6: ...t using this remote control unit Point the remote control unit towards the remote sensor of this unit even when operating other equipment The remote control signals are received by the remote sensor of this unit and sent to the other devices via the CONTROL OUT terminal memo memo CAUTION Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards as leakage and bursting Observe the following precautions...

Page 7: ...IN OUT CONTROL SURROUND CENTER SUB WOOFER PREOUT TO MONITOR TV VCR DVR TV SAT DVD LD FRONT P L A Y CENTER SPEAKER SURROUND SPEAKERS FRONT SPEAKERS L R SUB WOOFER L R O U T R E C DVD 5 1 CH INPUT OUT Antenna snap connectors Twist the exposed wire strands together and insert into the hole then snap the connector shut Using external antennas Connecting Antennas Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM ...

Page 8: ...onents as shown below When connecting equipment always make sure the power switched off and the power cord is disconnected from the wall outlet Audio cords Use good quality audio cords with RCA phono plugs at each end not supplied to connect your audio components L R Cassette deck placement Depending on where the cassette deck is placed noise caused by leakage flux from the transformer in the rece...

Page 9: ...omponents equipped with 5 1 channel analogue output jacks Connecting DVD 5 1 Channel Components DVD and LD discs are often compatible with both 2 channel and 5 1 channel audio output formats Refer to page 21 for more information on how to switch between the two input methods Connections can be made from a DVD player multi channel decoder equipped with 5 1 analogue outputs to the 5 1 analogue input...

Page 10: ...DVR etc DVD LD player Connecting Video Components Connect your video components as shown below When connecting equipment make sure the power is switched off and the power cord disconnected from the wall outlet Connecting Your System FM UNBAL 75Ω L R L R AM LOOP ANTENNA FM ANTENNA CD OUT CD R TAPE MD IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT SURROUND CENTER CONTROL TO MONITOR TV VCR DVR TV SAT DVD LD FRONT P L A...

Page 11: ... L R SUB WOOFER L R O U T R E C DVD 5 1 CH INPUT OUT INPUT Front left Front right Center Powered sub woofer Surround left Surround right Connecting Speakers Connect your speakers as shown below Be sure to connect each speaker to the appropriate speaker terminals and also to connect the positive and negative terminals correctly positive to positive negative to negative When connecting equipment alw...

Page 12: ...vent possible interference such as discoloration of the picture when the TV is switched on If you do not have magnetically shielded speakers and notice discoloration of the TV picture move the speakers farther away from the TV Install the center speaker above or below the TV so that the sound of the center channel is localized at the TV screen CAUTION If you choose to install the center speaker on...

Page 13: ...s in your system should appear to be equal Follow the steps below to do all of these things especially adjust the volumes of the center and surround speakers relative to the main front speakers for Dolby Pro Logic mode 5 1 CH mode and the DSP mode Setting Up for Surround Sound 1 Switch on the receiver The STANDBY indicator goes out 2 Press the SURROUND button 3 Press the 3 button to select the sur...

Page 14: ...sition and set the distance accordingly You can set the distance in a range from 0 3 9 metres 9 Press the 3 button to select the distance mode for the SURR surround speakers 10 Press the 5 buttons to increase decrease the distance of the SURR speakers Again You need to judge how far the speakers are from your normal listening position and set the distance accordingly As above you can set the dista...

Page 15: ...s heard from the sub woofer however 4 Adjust the respective speaker levels with the LEVEL buttons when the TEST TONE sounds from that speaker Adjust the volumes of the speakers so that the volume of all speakers appears equal from your normal listening position 5 Press TEST TONE again When you are satisfied that the set up is complete press the TEST TONE button to return to normal operation No TES...

Page 16: ...evel dB appears in the display 4 Adjust the front left FL speaker level with the LEVEL buttons Adjust the volumes of the speakers to a standard level of your choice when seated in your normal listening position 5 Press CH SELECT again to move to the next speaker The second speaker CT center and it s relative volume level dB appears in the display 6 Adjust the center CT speaker level with the LEVEL...

Page 17: ...h for different programs that are transmitting traffic or news information this search method is called EON 0 Display see p 18 Remote sensor Receives the signals fromthe remote control DSP MODE button see p 22 Use to switch between the various DSP modes available HALL JAZZ DANCE THEATER1 THEATER2 and DSP off Use to create different surround sound effects from any stereo source DOLBY PRO LOGIC butt...

Page 18: ...icator with a box around it ligh s but during actual reception of an EON broadcast the EON indicator will flash An empty box in the EON indicator spot means it is possible to pick up an EON broadcast but the receiver has not been set to do so this will only appear when RDS is switched on 7 RDS indicator Lights when an RDS broadcast is received 8 RF ATT indicator Lights when the RF ATT is on see p ...

Page 19: ... of memorized frequencies or change channels on Pioneer made TVs CLASS MENU button see p 27 Use to switch between the three banks classes of station memories 2 RF ATT 3 DISP 5 FQ ENTER buttons see p 13 14 23 35 36 Use these arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system see p 13 16 These buttons are also used to control DVD menus options and for deck 1 of a double cassette deck player Th...

Page 20: ...or Surround Sound on pages 13 15 Listening in Surround Sound 1 Press 2 DOLBY PRO LOGIC on the receiver Pressing repeatedly changes the Pro Logic mode in the following sequence 2 Press the SURROUND button This starts the process of setting the effect level 3 Use the EFFECT to adjust the DSP effect level PRO LOGIC THEATER1 and PRO LOGIC THEATER2 You can adjust the effect level within an range of 10 ...

Page 21: ...ASS MENU MPX SET UP D ACCESS TOP MENU SOURCE SOURCE SELECT DVD TAPE CD TUNER TV CONT CH SELECT FUNCTION FL DIMMER RECEIVER MD CD R TV VOL EFFECT TV FUNC TEST TONE MUTING MASTER VOLUME DSP MODE SORROUND 2 Î AV MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT LEVEL CHANNEL STATION ENTER RF ATT DISP FQ FQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 1 1 1 Use the FUNCTION button to select DVD 5 1 CH On the receiver press the DVD 5...

Page 22: ...NC TEST TONE MUTING MASTER VOLUME DSP MODE SORROUND 2 Î AV MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT LEVEL CHANNEL STATION ENTER RF ATT DISP FQ FQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 3 2 1 1 1 Select a DSP MODE Repeated presses of DSP MODE changes the DSP mode in the following sequence 2 Press the SURROUND button 3 Use the EFFECT buttons to adjust the DSP effect level You can adjust the effect level within an ra...

Page 23: ...tart searching for the next station stopping when it has found one Repeat this step to search for other stations Manual tuning To change the frequency one step at a time press the FQ FQ 5 buttons To change frequency more quickly press and hold the FQ FQ buttons until the desired frequency is reached then release Once you ve found a station you can store it in the receiver s memory for easy recall ...

Page 24: ...ONTROL UNIT LEVEL CHANNEL STATION ENTER RF ATT DISP FQ FQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 5 1 4 3 2 1 3 Using the Tuner 1 Use the FUNCTION button to put the receiver in tuner mode On the receiver press the FM AM button to select the tuner mode 2 Press the TUNER button on the remote control to put the remote control in tuner mode 3 Press the TEST TONE button to select either FM or AM Each press switches the ba...

Page 25: ...om the controls on the front panel of the receiver Using the Tuner SP A STEREO TUNED 1 Tune to a station you want to memorize See Finding a Station and Tuning Directly to a Station on pages 23 and 24 for more on how to do this 2 Press MEMORY The display shows a blinking memory class 3 Press CLASS to select one of the three classes Repeatedly pressing this button cycles through the three available ...

Page 26: ... select the preset channel 5 Press CHARACTER SEARCH to select the character input mode 6 Press STATION to choose the first character The STATION buttons scroll through the letters numbers and symbols you can input 7 Press MEMORY to input the first of the four characters That character appears in the display and the cursor automatically moves to the next space After four characters have been entere...

Page 27: ...through the three available classes A B and C 4 Use the STATION buttons to select the station memory in which the station is stored Alternatively recall the station memory using the number buttons on the remote control If the receiver is left disconnected from the AC power outlet for a lengthy period the station memories will be lost and will have to be reprogrammed CLASS MENU MPX SET UP D ACCESS ...

Page 28: ... it telephone number as RT for example Programme Service Name PS is the name of the radio station Programme Type PTY indicates the kind of programme currently being broadcast The VSX 409RDS can search for and display the following programme types Using the Tuner News Affairs Current affairs Info General information Sport Educate Educational material Drama Radio plays or serials Culture Science Sci...

Page 29: ... to the FM station automatically when an EON linked Traffic Information or News programme begins When the programme ends the original function will be restored The EON function will not operate however when the the tuner is on AM The receiver s internal Program Identification function PI Programme Identification This is an identifying marker the tuner automatically attaches to stations stored in y...

Page 30: ...he programme type The tuner searches through the FM stations stored in the station memories If the tuner finds a matching programme type the tuner plays 5 seconds of the station To listen to that station press the CHARACTER SEARCH button The tuner stops searching If you don t press the CHARACTER SEARCH button during the above metioned 5 seconds the tuner resumes the search When the tuner finds a p...

Page 31: ...st When the programme ends the receiver will return to the original mode When the EON mode is set the EON indicator with a box around it ligh s but during actual reception of an EON linked broadcast the EON indicator will flash An empty box in the EON indicator spot means it is possible to pick up an EON linked broadcast but the receiver has not been set to do so this will only appear when RDS is ...

Page 32: ...REMOTE CONTROL UNIT LEVEL CHANNEL STATION ENTER RF ATT DISP FQ FQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 1 MONITOR 1 Record MONITOR You can listen to monitor the recording as it s being made using the MONITOR button on the Front Panel a cassette deck would have to have a record monitor function Press the MONITOR button to switch between the recorded signal and the original source signal 1 Press the FUNCTION button t...

Page 33: ...R RECEIVER MD CD R TV VOL EFFECT TV FUNC TEST TONE MUTING MASTER VOLUME DSP MODE SORROUND 2 Î AV MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT LEVEL CHANNEL STATION ENTER RF ATT DISP FQ FQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 1 1 1 Press the FUNCTION button to select a source to record On the receiver select the source directly using the front panel buttons 2 Prepare the programme source Load the DVD LD etc 3 Insert ...

Page 34: ...ress to advance to the start of the next track Repeated presses skips to the start of following tracks 5 2 This button has no function 6 8 Press to pause playback 7 Hold down for fast forward playback 8 1 Hold down for fast reverse playback 9 3 Press to start playback 0 7 Press to stop playback on some models pressing this when the disc is already stopped will cause the disc tray to open MPX SETUP...

Page 35: ...of reverse side of tape auto reverse models only 6 8 Press to pause playback or recording 7 Press to fast forward the tape Pressing during playback starts forward search 8 1 Press to rewind the tape Pressing during playback starts reverse search 9 3 Press to start playback 0 7 Press to stop playback 5 Press to fast forward the tape Pressing during playback starts forward search Press to rewind the...

Page 36: ...r DVD models Use the number buttons to navigate the on screen display 8 TOP MENU Use to display or close the top menu screen 9 AUDIO Press repeatedly to select one of the audio languages and or audio formats programmed on a DVD 0 Hold down for fast forward playback 1 Hold down for fast reverse playback 3 Press to start playback on some models pressing this when the disc tray is empty will cause th...

Page 37: ...U MPX SET UP D ACCESS TOP MENU SOURCE SOURCE SELECT DVD TAPE CD TUNER TV CONT CH SELECT FUNCTION FL DIMMER RECEIVER MD CD R TV VOL EFFECT TV FUNC TEST TONE MUTING MASTER VOLUME DSP MODE SORROUND 2 Î AV MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT LEVEL CHANNEL STATION ENTER RF ATT DISP FQ FQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 2 3 4 5 1 TV Controls The following controls are available from the receiver s remote if ...

Page 38: ...e by other equipment fluorescent lamp motor etc Remedy Connect the power plug to the wall outlet Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again Make sure the component is connected correctly see pages 7 through 11 Press MUTING on the remote control Adjust MASTER VOLUME Press SPEAKERS to switch on the speakers Press the MONITOR ...

Page 39: ... control signal light receiving window Remedy Connect an outdoor antenna see page 7 Set the correct center mode according to the speakers in your system see page 13 See Setting Volume Levels on page 15 16 to check the speaker levels Connect the speakers see pages 11 12 Replace the batteries see page 6 Operate within 7 m 30 of the remote sensor on the front panel see page 6 Remove the obstacle or o...

Page 40: ...D TV SAT 200 mV 47 kΩ Frequency Response CD VCR DVR CD R TAPE MD DVD LD TV SAT 5 Hz to 100 000 Hz Output Level Impedance VCR DVR REC CD R TAPE MD REC 200 mV 2 2 kΩ Tone Control BASS 6 dB 100 Hz TREBLE 6 dB 10 kHz S BASS 8 dB 100 Hz Signal to Noise Ratio DIN Rated power output 50 mW CD VCR DVR CD R TAPE MD DVD LD TV SAT 88 dB 64 dB Video Section Input Sensitivity Impedance VCR DVD LD TV SAT 1 Vp p ...

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