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VSX_519V_WDWP.book  48 ページ  2009年1月20日 火曜日 午前11時20分

Summary of Contents for VSX-519V-K

Page 1: ...VSX 519V K ...

Page 2: ...e voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or region Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area where this unit will be used meets the required voltage e g 230 V or 120 V written on the rear panel D3 4 2 1 4_A_En Before plugging in for the first time read the following section carefully Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity 5 ºC to 35...

Page 3: ...ord can be easily unplugged from the AC outlet in case of an accident To avoid fire hazard the power cord should also be unplugged from the AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time for example when on vacation D3 4 2 2 2a_A_En Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby Pro Logic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Manufactured under license under ...

Page 4: ...nit 20 Display 21 Remote control 23 05 Listening to your system Auto playback 26 Listening in surround sound 26 Using the Advanced surround effects 27 Listening in stereo 27 Using Front Stage Surround Advance 28 Using Stream Direct 28 Using the Sound Retriever 28 Using Phase Control 29 Setting the Audio options 30 Playing other sources 32 Choosing the input signal 32 Selecting the multichannel ana...

Page 5: ...explode or catch fire It can also reduce the life or performance of batteries Installing the receiver When installing this unit make sure to put it on a level and stable surface Don t install it on the following places on a color TV the screen may distort near a cassette deck or close to a device that gives off a magnetic field This may interfere with the sound in direct sunlight in damp or wet ar...

Page 6: ...ct your speakers and place them for optimal surround sound See Connecting the speakers on page 16 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 Also see Hints on speaker placement on page 17 for more on this 3 Plug in and switch on the receiver followed by your BD DVD player subwoofer and TV Make sure you ve s...

Page 7: ... DVI in one specification HDCP is used to protect digital content transmitted and received by DVI compliant displays HDMI has the capability to support standard enhanced or high definition video plus standard to multi channel surround sound audio HDMI features include uncompressed digital video a bandwidth of up to 2 2 gigabytes per second with HDTV signals one connector instead of several cables ...

Page 8: ...ible color reproduction of your video source The color signal of the TV is divided into the luminance Y signal and the color PB and PR signals and then output In this way interference between the signals is avoided About video outputs connection This receiver is not loaded with a video converter When you use component video cables or HDMI cables for connecting to the input device the same cables s...

Page 9: ...NA FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP FRONT L R L R CENTER SURROUND COAXIAL CD IN 1 CD R TAPE IN 1 1 2 DVR VCR IN 2 OPTICAL ASSIGNABLE IR ASSIGNABLE ASSIG OUT Y PB PR IN ZONE2 OUT MONITOR OUT BD DVD IN TV SAT SUBWO PRE OU L R DVR VCR TV SAT OUT IN DVR VCR L R OUT BD DVD IN TV SAT IN OUT IN IN IN CD R TAPE CD SUBWOOFER IN COAXIAL CD IN 1 L R TV SAT IN BD DVD IN L R MONITOR OUT BD DVD IN OUT CD R TAPE IN 1 HDMI ...

Page 10: ...own below 4 Note 1 This connection will allow you to make analog recordings from your BD DVD player 2 If your player also has a component video output you can connect this too See Using the component video jacks on page 14 3 In this case you ll need to tell the receiver which digital input you connected the TV to see Choosing the input signal on page 32 4 The multichannel input can only be used wh...

Page 11: ... AUDIO DIGITAL COMPONENT VIDEO BD DVD MULTI CH IN BD DVD IN HDMI ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 Ω AM LOOP FRONT L R L R CENTER SURROUND COAXIAL CD IN 1 CD R TAPE IN 1 1 2 DVR VCR IN 2 BD DVD IN 1 TV SAT IN 2 OPTICAL ASSIGNABLE IR ASSIGNABLE 1 2 ASSIGNABLE OUT OUT Y PB PR IN FRONT ZONE2 OUT MONITOR OUT BD DVD IN TV SAT IN R SUBWOOFER PRE OUT L R DVR VCR TV SAT OUT IN DVR VCR VIDEO L R OUT TV SAT IN OUT IN IN ...

Page 12: ...ion to the CD R TAPE analog output jack using a stereo RCA phono cable Connecting to the front panel audio mini jack Front audio connections are accessed via the front panel using the INPUT SELECTOR or PORTABLE button on the remote control Use a stereo mini jack cable to connect a digital audio player etc Note 1 Note that you must connect digital components to analog audio jacks if you want to rec...

Page 13: ...e shows a recorder connected to the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN 2 DVR VCR input 1 AUDIO AUDIO DIGITAL COMPONENT VIDEO BD DVD MULTI CH IN BD DVD IN HDMI ANTENNA AM LOOP FRONT L R L R CENTER SURROUND COAXIAL CD IN 1 CD R TAPE IN 1 1 2 DVR VCR IN 2 BD DVD IN 1 TV SAT IN 2 OPTICAL ASSIGNABLE IR ASSIGNABLE 1 2 ASSIGNABLE OUT OUT Y PB PR IN ZONE2 OUT MONITOR OUT BD DVD IN TV SAT IN R SUBWOOFER PRE OUT L R DVR VC...

Page 14: ...t video inputs to the input source you ve connected This only needs to be done if you didn t connect according to the following defaults COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1 BD DVD COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2 TV SAT See The Input Assign menu on page 35 3 Connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on this receiver to the component video inputs on your TV or monitor Use a three way component video cable AUDIO AUDIO DIGITAL COM...

Page 15: ...b 3 Place the AM antenna on a flat surface and in a direction giving the best reception 4 Connect the FM wire antenna in the same way as the AM loop antenna For best results extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or door frame Don t drape loosely or leave coiled up Using external antennas To improve FM reception Connect an external FM antenna as shown below To improve AM reception Connect a...

Page 16: ...nal and the speaker on the left to the left terminal Also make sure the positive and negative terminals on the receiver match those on the speakers Be sure to complete all connections before connecting this unit to the AC power source Bare wire connections Front speaker terminals 1 Twist exposed wire strands together 2 Loosen terminal and insert exposed wire 3 Tighten terminal Center and surround ...

Page 17: ...event 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 Place the center speaker above or below the TV so that the sound of the center channel is localized at the TV screen If possible place the surround speakers slightly above ...

Page 18: ...ck Do not place the unit a piece of furniture or other object on the power cord or pinch the cord in any other way Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cables The power cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be stepped on A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electric shock Check the power cord once in a while If you find it damaged ask your nearest Pion...

Page 19: ...UME dial 6 PHONES jack Use to connect headphones page 32 7 Listening mode buttons AUTO SURROUND STREAM DIRECT Switches between Auto surround mode Auto playback on page 26 and Stream Direct playback Stream Direct playback bypasses the tone controls for the most accurate reproduction of a source page 28 STEREO A L C Switches between stereo playback Auto level control stereo mode page 27 and Front St...

Page 20: ...ent using a stereo mini jack cable page 12 Operating range of remote control unit The remote control may not work properly if There are obstacles between the remote control and the receiver s remote sensor Direct sunlight or fluorescent light is shining onto the remote sensor The receiver is located near a device that is emitting infrared rays The receiver is operated simultaneously with another i...

Page 21: ...om the headphone jack 7 Sleep timer indicator Lights when the receiver is in sleep mode page 25 8 Tuner preset indicators PRESET Shows when a preset radio station is registered or called MEM Blinks when a radio station is registered 9 PRESET information or input signal indicator Shows the preset number of the tuner or the input signal type etc 10 DTS indicators DTS Lights when a source with DTS en...

Page 22: ...4 SIGNAL SELECT indicators DIGITAL Lights when a digital audio signal is selected Blinks when a digital audio signal is not selected HDMI Lights when an HDMI signal is selected Blinks when an HDMI signal is not selected 15 DIMMER indicator Shows when the display is set to turn off as the DIMMER setting 16 DIR Lights when the DIRECT or PURE DIRECT mode is switched on page 28 ...

Page 23: ...page 32 MIDNIGHT Switches to Midnight or Loudness listening page 30 PHASE Press to switch on off Phase Control page 29 S RETRIEVER Press to restore CD quality sound to compressed audio sources page 28 7 Listening mode buttons AUTO DIRECT Switches between Auto surround mode Auto playback on page 26 and Stream Direct playback Stream Direct playback bypasses the tone controls for the most accurate re...

Page 24: ...age 38 9 TUNE PRESET ENTER Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system page 33 Also used to control BD DVD menus options Use the TUNE buttons can be used to find radio frequencies page 38 and the PRESET buttons can be used to select preset radio stations page 39 10 Component control buttons The main buttons etc are used to control a component after you have selected it using t...

Page 25: ...IMMER Dims or brightens the display The brightness can be controlled in four steps 12 SOURCE Turns on or off the power of the Pioneer DVD DVR units when BD DVD or DVR is selected using the MULTI CONTROL buttons 13 TV CONTROL buttons These buttons can control only be used with Pioneer flat screen TVs Use to turn on off the power of the TV INPUT Use to select the TV input signal CH Use to select cha...

Page 26: ...ce you re listening to While listening to a source press STANDARD If the source is Dolby Digital DTS or Dolby Surround encoded the proper decoding format will automatically be selected and shows in the display With two channel sources press STANDARD repeatedly to select from DOLBY PLII MOVIE Up to 5 1 channel sound especially suited to movie sources DOLBY PLII MUSIC3 Up to 5 1 channel sound especi...

Page 27: ... speakers Listening in stereo When you select STEREO you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings Dolby Digital or DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo In the Auto level control stereo mode A L C this unit equalizes playback sound levels if each sound level varies with the music source recorded in...

Page 28: ...ce as well as with dual mono settings 1 You will hear sources according to the number of channels in the signal PURE DIRECT Analog and PCM sources are heard without any digital processing 2 Using the Sound Retriever When audio data is removed during the compression process sound quality often suffers from an uneven sound image The Sound Retriever feature employs new DSP technology that helps bring...

Page 29: ...urces Press PHASE to switch on phase correction Note 1 Phase matching is a very important factor in achieving proper sound reproduction If two waveforms are in phase they crest and trough together resulting in increased amplitude clarity and presence of the sound signal If a crest of a wave meets a trough as shown in the upper section of the diagram above then the sound will be out of phase and an...

Page 30: ...URCE DVR INPUT CH TV CONTROL RECEIVER ZONE 2 ON OFF CD CD R TUNER ENTER RETURN SETUP AUDIO PARAMETER TUNER EDIT TOOLS MASTER VOLUME BAND MENU HOME MENU TOP MENU TUNE TUNE P R E S E T P R E S E T RETURN AUDIO PARAMETER RECEIVER Setting What it does Option s S DELAY Sound Delay Some monitors have a slight delay when showing video so the soundtrack will be slightly out of sync with the picture By add...

Page 31: ...ude ultra low bass tones Set the LFE attenuator as necessary to prevent the ultra low bass tones from distorting the sound from the speakers The LFE is not limited when set to 0 dB which is the recommended value When set to 10 dB the LFE is limited by the respective degree When OFF is selected no sound is output from the LFE channel LFEATT 0 0 dB LFEATT 10 10 dB LFEATT OFF HDMI HDMI Audio Specifie...

Page 32: ...MULTI IN on the remote control To cancel playback from the multichannel inputs switches to the other input signal Using the headphone 1 Insert the headphone into the PHONE jack 2 Press RECEIVER then press the SPEAKERS button to select SP OFF The sound is heard from the headphone and no sound is heard from the speakers connected to this receiver The listening mode when the sound is heard from the h...

Page 33: ...quencies will be sent to the subwoofer see Crossover network on page 34 CH LEVEL Adjust overall balance of your speaker system see Channel level on page 34 SP DISTN Specify the distance of your speakers from the listening position see Speaker Distance on page 35 3 Press RETURN after making the adjustments necessary for each setting Speaker setting Use this setting to specify your speaker configura...

Page 34: ...stem 1 Select CH LEVEL from the SP SETUP menu 2 Use to select a setup option T TONE M Move the test tone manually from speaker to speaker and adjust individual channel levels T TONE A Adjust channel levels as the test tone moves from speaker to speaker automatically 3 Confirm your selected setup option The test tones will start after you press ENTER 3 4 Adjust the level of each channel using If yo...

Page 35: ...input to the component you ve connected or else you may see the video signal of a different component For more on this see Using the component video jacks on page 14 1 Select IN ASSIG from the System Setup menu 2 Select COMP IN from the IN ASSIG menu 3 Use to select the number of the component video input to which you ve connected your video component The numbers match the numbers beside the input...

Page 36: ...ns The following table shows what you can listen to in the sub zone Basic MULTI ZONE setup ZONE 2 Connect a separate amplifier to the ZONE 2 AUDIO OUT jacks on the rear of this receiver You should have a pair of speakers attached to the sub zone amplifier as shown in the following illustration Note 1 You can t use sound controls such as the bass treble controls or Midnight listening or any surroun...

Page 37: ... press the buttons below to operate the corresponding zone The following table shows the possible MULTI ZONE remote controls a Without pressing the SHIFT button you can switch power on off in the sub zone b In ZONE 2 you cannot select MULTI IN inputs Note 1 If the receiver is in standby the display is dimmed and ZONE2 ON continues to show in the display BAND PHONES INPUT SELECTOR STANDBY ON PHASE ...

Page 38: ...press the BAND button to select FM MONO and set the receiver to the mono reception mode This should improve the sound quality and allow you to enjoy the broadcast Saving station presets If you often listen to a particular radio station it s convenient to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall whenever you want to listen to that station This saves the effort of manually tuning in eac...

Page 39: ... Listening to station presets above for how to do this 2 Press TUNER EDIT twice The cursor at the first character position is blinking on the display 3 Input the name you want Choose a name up to eight characters long Use the PRESET buttons to select character position Use the TUNE buttones to select characters The name is stored when ENTER is pressed Tip To erase a station name follow steps 1 and...

Page 40: ...the source component see page 32 for more on this 3 Prepare the source you want to record Tune to the radio station load the CD video DVD etc 4 Prepare the recorder Insert a blank tape MD video etc into the recording device and set the recording levels 2 Refer to the instructions that came with the recorder if you are unsure how to do this Most video recorders set the audio recording level automat...

Page 41: ...tically take the unit to your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer for servicing No sound is output when a function is selected Make sure the component is connected correctly refer to Connecting up on page 7 Press MUTE on the remote control to turn muting off Press SIGNAL SEL to select the proper input signal see Choosing the input signal on page 32 No image is output when a fu...

Page 42: ...Speaker Distance on page 35 Noise during playback of a cassette deck Move the cassette deck further from your receiver until the noise disappears No sound is output or a noise is output when software with DTS is played back Set the digital volume level of the player to full or to the neutral position Make sure the player s settings are correct and or the DTS signal out is on Refer to the instructi...

Page 43: ...heck that the components you are connecting are also HDCP compatible If they are not please connect them using the component or composite video jacks Depending on the connected source component it s possible that it will not work with this receiver even if it is HDCP compatible In this case connect using the component or composite video jacks between source and receiver If video images do not appe...

Page 44: ...Ω 0 2 Rated power output Front Center Surround 125 W per channel 1 kHz 6 Ω 1 Maximum power output Front Center Surround 150 W per channel 1 kHz 6 Ω 10 Total Harmonic Distortion 0 06 20 Hz to 20 kHz 8 Ω 85 W ch Guaranteed speaker impedance 6 Ω to 16 Ω Input Sensitivity Impedance LINE 200 mV 47 kΩ Output Level Impedance REC 200 mV 330 Ω ZONE 2 200 mV 1 kΩ Signal to Noise Ratio IHF short circuited A ...

Page 45: ...op antenna 1 FM wire antenna 1 These operating instructions Note The specifications are applicable when the power supply is 230 V Specifications and the design are subject to possible modifications without notice due to improvements Cleaning the unit Use a polishing cloth or dry cloth to wipe off dust and dirt When the surface is dirty wipe with a soft cloth dipped in some neutral cleanser diluted...

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