Pioneer VSX-520 User Guide

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Contents

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box

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Loading the batteries

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Installing the receiver

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02 Controls and displays

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Operating range of remote control

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03 Connecting your equipment

Placing the speakers

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Hints on the speaker placement

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Connecting the speakers

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Connect the surround back or front
height speakers

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Making cable connections

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Analog audio cables

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Digital audio cables

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About video outputs connection

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Connecting a TV and playback components

Connecting using HDMI

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Connecting your component with no
HDMI terminal

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Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box

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Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR
and other video sources

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Using the component video jacks

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Connecting other audio components

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Connecting antennas

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Using external antennas

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Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack

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Plugging in the receiver

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04 Listening to your system

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Listening in surround sound

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Using the Advanced surround effects

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Listening in stereo

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Using Front Stage Surround Advance

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Using Stream Direct

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Using the Sound Retriever

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Better sound using Phase Control

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Using surround back channel processing

Setting the Up Mix function

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Setting the Audio options

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Choosing the input signal

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Using the headphone

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05 The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu

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Manual speaker setup

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Speaker setting

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Crossover network

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Speaker distance

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The Input Assign menu

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The Pre Out Setting

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06 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

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Improving FM stereo sound

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Saving station presets

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Listening to station presets

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Naming preset stations

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07 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.

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