Pioneer VSX-915-S/-K User Manual

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Contents

01 Before you start

Introduction to home theater

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Checking what’s in the box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Loading the batteries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installing the receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Ventilation

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02 5 minute guide

Listening to Surround Sound

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Using the Quick Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

03 Quick surround sound setup

Automatically setting up for surround sound
(MCACC)

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Other problems when using the Auto
MCACC Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

04 Connecting up

Making cable connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Analog audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Digital audio cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Video cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting a DVD player and TV

. . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs

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Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting other audio components

. . . . . . 18

About the WMA9 Pro decoder

. . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting other video components

. . . . . . . 19

Using the component video jacks

. . . . . . . . 20

Connecting to the front panel video
terminal

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Connecting antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

FM wire antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

AM loop antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using external antennas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting the speakers

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A and B speaker systems

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Hints on speaker placement

. . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Operating other Pioneer components

. . . . . . 25

05 Controls and displays

Front panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Remote control (VSX-815/915)

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Remote control (VSX-515)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Operating range of remote control unit

. . . . . 35

06 Listening to your system

Auto playback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Listening in surround sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Advanced surround effects

. . . . . 37

Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music settings

. . . . . . . . 38

Neo:6 Music settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Listening in stereo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . 39

Choosing the input signal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VirtualSB)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Loudness and Midnight listening

. . . . . 43

Enhancing dialog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the tone controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Playing other sources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs

. . . 44

Using the sleep timer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

07 The System Setup menu

Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu

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Surround back speaker setting

. . . . . . . . . . . 46

Manual MCACC speaker setup

. . . . . . . . . . . 47

Fine Channel Level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Fine Channel Distance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Acoustic Calibration EQ

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Manual speaker setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Speaker setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Crossover network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Channel level

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Speaker Distance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Improving FM stereo sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tuning directly to a station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Saving station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Naming station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Listening to station presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Changing the frequency step

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

09 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording

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