Pioneer VSX-C550 User Manual

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Additional Information
Symptom
The sound distorts.
You can only hear treble
from speakers.
No image is output when
an input is selected.
The settings have all been
cleared.
OVERLOAD blinks in the
display and the power
turns off automatically.
You can't set the subwoofer
frequency route.
The display is dark or off.
After making an adjust-
ment the display goes off.
The receiver cannot be re-
mote controlled.
Other components cannot
be remote controlled.
The shutter of the optical
terminal doesn’t close af-
ter removing plug.
Cause
• The analog signal is too strong.
• Master volume is too loud.
• The front speakers are set to small.
• The video connections are incorrect.
• The input source is not properly selected.
• The DVD/video player settings are incor-
rect.
• The receiver has been unplugged or the
main power turned off for more than a
month.
• There is a short in your speaker cable.
• The output is too high.
• All the speakers are set to either large or
NO (i.e. no speakers are set to small).
• The DIMMER feature is set to dark or off.
• The DIMMER feature is set to off.
• The remote control batteries have worn
out.
• You are too far away or at a bad angle for
operation.
• There is an obstacle between the receiver
and the remote control.
• Strong light such as fluorescent light.
• The CONTROL terminal has been
hooked up.
• The proper code hasn't been input into
the remote control to control that com-
ponent.
• The  remote control is in a mode to make some
setting or control something on the receiver.
• Something is plugged into the "CON-
TROL  IN Terminal " (see page 19).
• The plug was inserted improperly.
Remedy
• Turn on input attenuator (see page 30).
• Turn the volume down.
• Set the front speakers to large (refer to
page 28).
• Make sure the video component is con-
nected correctly (refer to pages 11 to 14).
• Make sure the proper component is se-
lected by pressing the correct function
button (see page 20).
• Set correctly. Refer to the instruction
manual supplied with the DVD/video
player.
• Set the receiver again (refer to page 26-
30).
• Fix the short or get new speaker cable.
• Turn the volume down.
• Change the speaker settings (refer to page
27–29).
• Press DIMMER on the remote control re-
peatedly to select a different brightness.
• Press DIMMER on the remote control re-
peatedly to select a different brightness.
• Replace the batteries (refer to page 10).
• Operate within 7 m, 30° of the remote
sensor on the front panel (refer to page
10).
• Remove the obstacle or operate from an-
other angle of position.
• Avoid exposing the remote sensor on the
front panel to direct light.
• Disconnect the CONTROL terminal.
• Input the proper code into the remote
control (see page 47).
• Press the button of the component you
want to control.
• Either point remote at the remote
sensor of the unit that is plugged into
the "Control Terminal in" or unplug the
cable from the "CONTROL IN
Terminal" and use remote normally.
• The  terminal is fine but the shutter won’t
close.
If the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electricity.
Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to return to normal operating conditions.