Pioneer VSX-C502-S Operating Instruction Download

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Contents

Before you start

Checking the supplied accessories

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Loading the batteries

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Ventilation

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Maintenance of external surfaces

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01 Quick start guide

Introduction

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Easy Setup

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Connecting speakers

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Connecting your TV and DVD player

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Switching on and playing a DVD

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02 Introductory information

Introduction to home theater

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Features

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03 Connecting your equipment

Rear panel

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Installing the receiver

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When making cable connections

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Connecting a DVD player

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Connecting your TV

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Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other
set-top box

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Connecting a VCR or DVD recorder

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Connecting other video components

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Connecting equipment to the front panel inputs

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Installing your speaker system

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Connecting the speakers

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Placing the speakers

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Connecting antennas

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AM loop antenna

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FM wire antenna

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Connecting external antennas

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Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display

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Operating other Pioneer components with this unit’s
sensor

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Plugging in the receiver

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04 Controls and displays

Front panel

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Display

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Remote control

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Operating range of the remote control

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05 Getting started

Automatically calibrating your listening area
(MCACC)

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MCACC error messages

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Summary of Contents for VSX-C502-S

Page 1: ...AUDIO VIDEO MULTI CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX C502 S Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...t and to protect it from overheating To prevent fire hazard the openings should never be blocked or covered with items such as newspapers table cloths curtains or by operating the equipment on thick carpet or a bed D3 4 2 1 7b_A_En Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity 5 ºC 35 ºC 41 ºF 95 ºF less than 85 RH cooling vents not blocked Do not install this unit in a poor...

Page 3: ...d between the unit and walls or other equipment heat will build up inside interfering with performance and or causing malfunctions See below for exceptions to this Don t place anything on top of the receiver except for a Pioneer DV 667A 466 366 266 566K 676A 575K or 373 DVD player If you do place one of these pieces of equipment on top of the receiver be sure to leave the ventilation space over it...

Page 4: ...king the settings on your DVD or other player 25 Playing a source 26 06 Home theater sound Playing multichannel sources 27 Playing stereo sources 27 Listening with headphones 28 Using the Advanced Surround effects 28 Using the Sound Modes 28 Enhancing dialog 28 Using the surround back channel 29 Listening with virtual surround back speakers 29 07 Using the tuner Setting the channel step 30 Finding...

Page 5: ...the diagram below Prepare the speaker cable by stripping about 1 cm of the plastic shielding from each speaker wire Connect the front speakers to the FRONT L R terminals the center speaker to the CENTER terminals the surround speakers to the SURROUND L R terminals and the surround back speaker to the SURROUND BACK terminals Press on a tab to open a terminal insert the exposed wire then release the...

Page 6: ...cted Although there are a number of more detailed settings you can make to optimize the surround sound you should be able to get acceptable surround sound performance right away 1 Switch on your TV and powered subwoofer Also make sure that your TV is set to the AV input you connected the receiver to 2 Press RECEIVER on the remote or STANDBY ON on the front panel to switch on the receiver 3 Press D...

Page 7: ...but will also generate convincing surround sound for any stereo source SR operation with Pioneer plasma displays page 18 If you have a Pioneer plasma display you can take advantage of the SR features such as automatic input switching with the receiver and on screen displays for receiver information Surround and Advanced Surround modes pages 27 28 Used together with the Dolby Digital DTS or Dolby P...

Page 8: ...io jack for the TV SAT input although it is possible to reassign it to the DVD input DVR VCR OPT2 jack page 13 Optical digital audio jack for the DVR VCR input When connecting optical cables be careful when inserting the plug not to damage the shutter protecting the optical socket When storing optical cable coil loosely The cable may be damaged if bent around sharp corners DVD TV SAT COAX jack pag...

Page 9: ...r with the voltage in your country or region Installing the receiver When installing this unit make sure to put it on a secure and level plane that is stable Don t place 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 areas in extremely hot o...

Page 10: ... on your DVD player This connection carries stereo and multichannel digital audio If your DVD player doesn t have a coaxial digital audio out jack it is possible to use an optical connection to the TV SAT DVD OPT1 jack However since by default this input is assigned to the TV SAT input you will need to reassign it to the DVD input before you can use it After connecting up everything else see Optic...

Page 11: ...o out jack it is possible to use a coaxial connection to the DVD TV SAT COAX jack However since by default this input is assigned to the DVD input you will need to reassign it to the TV SAT input before you can use it After connecting up everything else see Optical input setting on page 36 for how to do this COAX AC IN IN FRONT L R DVD MONITOR OUT FMUNBAL75Ω AM LOOP ANTENNA SUB WOOFER OUT TV SAT D...

Page 12: ... connection to the DVD TV SAT COAX jack However since by default this input is assigned to the DVD input you will need to reassign it to the TV SAT input before you can use it After connecting up everything else see Coaxial input setting on page 36 for how to do this Note If your satellite cable receiver doesn t have a digital audio output omit step 2 above For recording to a DVR VCR you must have...

Page 13: ...ptical digital audio output on your DVD recorder or other video component This connection carries stereo and multichannel digital audio Note If your video component doesn t have a digital audio output omit step 2 above In order to record you must connect the analog audio cables the digital connection is for playback only COAX AC IN IN FRONT L R DVD MONITOR OUT FMUNBAL75Ω AM LOOP ANTENNA SUB WOOFER...

Page 14: ...IN 5 1CH IN OUT SPEAKERS FRONT SURROUND R CENTER SURROUND BACK L R L AUDIO AV OUT VIDEO AUDIO L R OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT VSX C502 Video player TV game etc Connecting other video components The VIDEO IN jacks can be used with any kind of video component including video players TV games and so on Note that there is no digital audio input for this set of jacks 1 Use a 3 pin AV cable to connect t...

Page 15: ...ast front left and right speakers only are necessary Note that surround speakers should always be connected as a pair do not connect just one surround speaker All the speakers you use should have a nominal impedance between 6 16Ω MASTER VOLUME INPUT SELECTOR PHONES ADVANCED NEO 6 STANDBY ON FRONT INPUT DIGITAL IN VIDEO AUDIO L R PHONES SETUP MIC DTS 2PRO LOGICII 2PRO LOGICIIX 2DIGITAL STANDBY DOWN...

Page 16: ... to secure 2 Connect the center speaker to the CENTER speaker terminals 3 Connect the surround left and right speakers to the SURROUND L R speaker terminals 4 Connect the surround back speaker to the SURROUND BACK speaker terminals 5 Connect the subwoofer to the SUBWOOFER OUT jack Placing the speakers Where you put your speakers in the room has a big effect on the quality of the sound The followin...

Page 17: ...igned to reduce noise that occurs when an antenna is connected It is not an electrical safety ground FM wire antenna Connect the FM wire antenna to the FM UNBAL 75Ω antenna terminal in the same way as the AM 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 Connecting external antennas To improve FM reception connect an exte...

Page 18: ...can use the extra SR features you need to make a few settings in the receiver See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 34 for detailed instructions To make the most of the SR features you should connect your source components DVD player etc in a slightly different way to that described in this chapter For each component connect the video output directly to the plasma display...

Page 19: ...t 2 Connect the CONTROL OUT jack of that component to the CONTROL IN jack of another Pioneer component Use a cable with a mono mini plug on each end for the connection 3 Continue the chain in the same way for as many components as you have Tip You can also set up the supplied remote to control other components in your system both Pioneer and non Pioneer See Using the remote control with other comp...

Page 20: ...s when one of the Dolby Pro Logic II surround modes is active with a 2 channel stereo source 2 PRO LOGIC IIx indicator page 27 Lights when one of the Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround modes is active NEO 6 indicator page 27 Lights when the Neo 6 listening mode is active with a 2 channel stereo source ADVANCED indicator page 28 Lights when one of the Advanced Surround modes is active PHONES indicator pa...

Page 21: ...kers that are being used for the output The letters L C R LFE Ls and Rs indicate the input channels coming into the receiver left center right low frequency effect left surround and right surround respectively S lights in Dolby Surround or Surround Monoaural and LS S RS lights when playing Dolby EX or DTS ES soundtracks The triangular segments and SW subwoofer indicate the active speaker output ch...

Page 22: ...ite tuner as the current input DVR VCR Press to select DVR VCR as the current input VIDEO Press to select VIDEO as the current input FRONT Press to select FRONT the front panel audio video inputs as the current input FM AM Press to select FM AM the built in tuner as the current input 7 SR page 37 Switches the SR mode on off 8 DVD recorder control buttons When set up these buttons can be used to co...

Page 23: ... components such as DVD and CD players Functions printed in blue control the built in tuner other functions control other external equipment 19 Number buttons page 40 Use for numerical input of track numbers radio frequencies and so on 20 CHANNEL page 40 Use to change channels on a satellite receiver cable box VCR or DVR 21 DIMMER First press RECEIVER then press DIMMER repeatedly to change the bri...

Page 24: ...table or chair Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers and the microphone Don t plug the microphone into the receiver yet 3 Press RECEIVER 4 Press MCACC SETUP MIC IN blinks in the display prompting you to connect the microphone Open the front panel cover to access the PHONES SETUP MIC jack MIC IN blinks in the display for about 30 seconds If you don t connect the microphone in that t...

Page 25: ...microphone connection ERR Fch Check the front speaker connections ERR Sch Check the surround or surround back speaker connections ERR SW Make sure the subwoofer has been switched on and volume on the subwoofer is turned up Other problems when using MCACC If the room environment is not optimal for the auto surround setup too much background noise echo off the walls obstacles blocking the speakers f...

Page 26: ...nent If you re playing a Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound DVD disc you should hear surround sound If you are playing a stereo source you will only hear sound from the front left right speakers in the default listening mode See also Home theater sound on page 27 for more information on different ways of listening to sources 5 Use MASTER VOLUME control front panel or remote to adjust the volume l...

Page 27: ...d Surround mode is cancelled but you can still use the Sound Modes Note When you play a multichannel source in STEREO all channels are mixed to the front speakers When playing 88 2 96 kHz PCM or 88 2 96 kHz DTS stereo sources only the STEREO listening mode is available Playing stereo sources Stereo sources such as CD FM radio and TV broadcasts can be played in stereo or through all your speakers u...

Page 28: ...ry GAME Creates surround sound from video game sources EXPANDED Creates an extra wide stereo field 6 STEREO Designed to give powerful surround sound to stereo music sources VIRTUAL Creates the impression of surround sound from just the front speakers Sound Modes are unavailable when VIRTUAL is selected Note You can t use the Advanced Surround effects when the multichannel analog inputs DVD 5 1ch a...

Page 29: ... follows SB AUTO SB ON SB OFF Note If the Surround back speaker setting is set to SB you can only use the virtual surround back effect see below You can t hear the surround back channel with DTS 96 kHz 24 bit sources Listening with virtual surround back speakers Default setting VIR SB OFF If you don t have a real surround back speaker connected you can use the Virtual Surround Back feature to simu...

Page 30: ...hen 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 TUNE buttons High speed tuning Press and hold the TUNE buttons for high speed tuning releasing the button once the desired frequency is reached MPX mode If there is interference or noise during a stereo FM radio broadcast the STEREO indicator is lit or the radio rec...

Page 31: ...Use the ST buttons to select an FM preset station 4 Press T EDIT to select the station name mode ST NAME 5 Use the cursor left right buttons to choose the first character Scroll through the letters numbers and symbols stopping on the one you want 6 Press ENTER to input the first of the four characters That character lights steadily in the display and the cursor automatically moves to the next spac...

Page 32: ...he DVD input Note When the VIDEO or FM AM inputs are used the display always shows ANA analog When DVD 5 1ch multichannel analog is selected only the volume and channel level settings are applied to the sound you cannot use the Stereo Surround Advanced Surround modes Sound Modes and dialog enhancement If you want to use these select DIG digital as the input signal type MCACC setup is not usable wh...

Page 33: ...her components can be found in Using the remote control with other components on page 38 MCACCSETUP RECEIVER TUNE TUNE DISC NAVIGATOR SYSTEM SETUP Setting type Default setting Page ref Input DVD Master volume dB no sound Listening mode AUTO all inputs Page 27 Listening mode w headphones STEREO all inputs Page 28 Sound mode OFF Page 28 Dialog OFF Page 28 Surround Back Channel mode ON When speaker i...

Page 34: ...ecifies the size of the front speakers FRONT S Small the cone diameter is less than 12 cm FRONT L Large the cone diameter is 12 cm or greater Center speaker setting Specifies the size of the center speaker CENTER S Small the cone diameter is less than 12 cm CENTER L Large the cone diameter is 12 cm or greater CENTER If you have not connected a center speaker Surround speaker setting Specifies the ...

Page 35: ...m The default is 2 0 m Front right speaker distance setting Specifies the distance from your listening position to the front right speaker R 0 1 m R 9 0 m Distance can be set in increments of 0 1 m The default is 2 0 m Right surround speaker distance setting Specifies the distance from your listening position to the surround right speaker RS 0 1 m RS 9 0 m Distance can be set in increments of 0 1 ...

Page 36: ...d on the plasma display you ve connected See also Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display on page 18 and Using the SR mode with a Pioneer plasma display on page 37 Volume control setting VOL C OFF The receiver does not control the volume of the plasma display VOL C ON When the receiver is switched to one of the inputs that use the plasma display DVD or another one of functions listed bel...

Page 37: ...he relative volume of each channel as you find necessary for balanced surround sound 1 Use MASTER VOLUME to adjust the volume to an appropriate level 2 Press RECEIVER then TEST TONE to output the test tone The test tone is output in the following order from speakers that are switched on and are appropriate for the current listening mode L Front left C Center R Front right RS Right surround SB Surr...

Page 38: ...ntrol mode select buttons Changes the receiver input and also the mode of the remote control 3 DVD recorder control buttons Dedicated buttons for controlling a Pioneer DVD recorder 4 Receiver control buttons Buttons used only for controlling receiver functions 5 Buttons for controlling other components The function of a particular button varies according to the remote control mode and the type of ...

Page 39: ...d now switch on off If the other component fails to switch on off try another preset code if there is one available 4 Repeat process to assign preset codes for as many components as you want Note See Preset code list on page 42 for the components and manufacturers available The preset codes cover a wide variety of equipment however there may be some models from a particular manufacturer that do no...

Page 40: ...pped will cause the disc tray to open All ENTER TIMER REC Use as ENTER DVD Press after keying a channel number VCR Press to display timer recording screen DVD recorder PIONEER DVR 520H 320 Press to switch sides of a disc LD 10 CLEAR Use as 10 button when entering numbers LD Press to clear a numeric entry DVD DVD recorder Number buttons Use to directly access tracks etc on a program source Method 1...

Page 41: ... DTV Pioneer PDP 5040 4340 RETURN Use to go back to the previous menu page All Press to exit menu Cable TV Satellite TV DTV GUIDE Use as DTV GUIDE button for navigation DTV AUDIO Use to switch DTV audio channels DTV ANT Press to select ANTENNA DTV Pioneer PDP 5040 4340 DTV INFO Press for information on current program DTV Use to move back a page in the menu Cable TV BLUE Satellite TV DTV Use to mo...

Page 42: ...610 621 623 GRANDIENTE 630 HITACHI 606 610 618 624 625 JVC 613 623 LOEWE 607 MAGNAVOX 603 607 610 612 629 MITSUBISHI 602 609 610 621 NOKIA 632 652 PANASONIC 607 608 622 PHILIPS 607 RCA 618 601 610 615 616 617 618 661 662 609 RADIOSHACK 602 610 621 623 SANYO 614 621 SHARP 602 619 627 SONY 604 TOSHIBA 602 605 621 626 ZENITH 603 620 Manufacturer Code PIONEER 700 JERROLD 701 702 703 704 711 712 713 71...

Page 43: ...ceiver from the wall and call a Pioneer accredited repair center Do not try to switch the unit on off again after seeing this message The unit does not respond when the buttons are pressed Improper connections Make sure the component is connected correctly see page 8 Sound is muted Press MUTE on the remote control The volume is turned down Adjust the MASTER VOLUME No sound is output when the AM FM...

Page 44: ... Master volume is too loud Turn the volume down You can only hear treble from speakers The front speakers are set to small S Set the front speakers to large L see page 34 Sound is produced from analog components but not from digital ones DVD LD CD ROM etc Digital connections are incorrect Make digital connections see page 8 The digital output of the player is turned off Turn on the digital output ...

Page 45: ...ng a DVD Audio CD the DVD player display shows 96 kHz However the receiver s display does not The audio from these discs is output from the analog audio jacks of the DVD player only the receiver does not show the sampling rate of audio through the analog inputs This is not a malfunction See also the operating instructions that came with your DVD player No digital output from the DVD player when pl...

Page 46: ...Logic II or Neo 6 indicator lights on the receiver The input signal type is set to analog Set the receiver to AUTO or DIG page 32 A 2 channel soundtrack is currently playing This is not a malfunction Check the disc packaging for details of the audio formats available on the disc The soundtrack currently playing is encoded using Dolby Surround This is not a malfunction Check the disc packaging for ...

Page 47: ...ely separate discrete surround back channel DTS ES Matrix 6 1 has a surround back channel matrixed into the surround left right channels DTS Neo 6 DTS Neo 6 can generate 6 1 channel surround sound from any matrixed stereo source such as video TV etc It uses both the channel information already encoded into the source as well as its own processing to determine channel localization DTS 96 24 DTS 96 ...

Page 48: ... Range 531 kHz to 1 602 kHz 9 kHz step 530 kHz to 1 700 kHz 10 kHz step Sensitivity IHF Loop antenna 350 µV m Selectivity 30 dB Signal to Noise Ratio 50 dB Antenna Loop antenna Miscellaneous Power Requirements AC 110 120 127 220 230 240 V 50 60 Hz Power Consumption 190W In standby 0 5 W Dimensions 420 W x 70 H x 383 D mm Weight without package 6 7 kg Furnished parts Microphone 1 Mic stand 1 SR min...

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