Pioneer VSX-516-S/-K User Manual

5 minute guide

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Chapter 2:

5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater

Home theater refers to the use of multiple
audio tracks to create a surround sound effect,
making you feel like you're in the middle of the
action or concert. The surround sound you get
from a home theater system depends not only
on your speaker setup, but also on the source
and the sound settings of the receiver.

This receiver will automatically decode
multichannel Dolby Digital, DTS, or Dolby
Surround sources according to your speaker
setup. In most cases, you won’t have to make
changes for realistic surround sound, but
other possibilities (like listening to a CD with
multichannel surround sound) are explained in

Listening to your system

on page 28.

Listening to Surround Sound

This receiver was designed with the easiest
possible setup in mind, so with the following
quick setup guide, you should have your
system hooked up for surround sound in no
time at all. In most cases, you can simply leave
the receiver in the default settings.

• Be sure to complete all connections before

connecting to an AC power source.

Connect your TV and DVD player.

See

Connecting a TV and DVD player

page 12 to do this. For surround sound, you’ll
want to hook up using a digital connection
from the DVD player to the receiver.

Connect your speakers and place them for

optimal surround sound.

See

Connecting the speakers

on page 17.

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

page 18 for more on this.

* VSX-516 model only

Plug in and switch on the receiver, followed

by your DVD player, subwoofer and TV.

Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV
to this receiver. Check the manual that came
with the TV if you don’t know how to do this.

Press QUICK SETUP on the front panel to

specify your speaker setup, room size and
listening position.

Use the

MULTI JOG

dial to select and

ENTER

to confirm your selection. See

Using the Quick

Setup

below for more on this.

Play a DVD, and adjust the volume.

Make sure that

DVD/LD

is showing in the

receiver’s display, indicating that the DVD
input is selected. If it isn’t, press

DVD

(VSX-416

model)

DVD/LD

(VSX-516 model)

on the

remote to set the receiver to the DVD input.

There are several other sound options you can
select. See

Listening to your system

on page 28

for more on this.