Pioneer VSX-32 User Manual

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If you selected Speaker B at Speaker system setting on 
page 83, you can switch between speakers using the 
SPEAKERS button. If you selected Normal(SB/FH), 
Normal(SB/FW), Front Bi-Amp or ZONE 2, the button 
will simply switch your main speaker terminals on or off. 
The options below are for the Speaker B setting only.

1

speaker system setting.
As mentioned above, if you have selected Normal(SB/
FH) or Normal(SB/FW), the button will simply switch 
your main speaker terminal (A) on or off. 

Press repeatedly to choose a speaker terminal option:

• SP

A – Sound is output from the A-speaker 

terminals (up to 7 channels (including surround back 
channels), depending on the source).

• SP

B – Sound is output from the two speakers 

connected to the B-speaker terminals. Multichannel 
sources will not be heard.

• SP

AB – Sound is output from the A-speaker 

terminals (up to 5 channels, depending on the 
source), the two speakers connected to the B-
speaker terminals, and the subwoofer. The sound 
from the B-speaker terminals will be the same as the 
sound from the A-speaker terminals (multichannel 
sources will be downmixed to 2 channels).

• SP

 (off) – No sound is output from the speakers.

The following steps use the front panel controls to adjust 
the sub zone volume and select sources. See MULTI-
ZONE remote controls on page 63.

• The  explanations for ZONE 3 below only apply to the 

VSX-33.

Each press selects a MULTI-ZONE option:

• ZONE 2 ON – Selects your primary (ZONE 2) sub 

zone

• ZONE 2&3 ON

2

 – Select both sub zones

• ZONE 3 ON

2 

 – Selects your secondary (ZONE 3) sub 

zone

• MULTI ZONE OFF – Switches the MULTI-ZONE 

feature off

The MULTI-ZONE indicator lights when the MULTI-ZONE 
control has been switched ON.

select the sub zone(s) you want.
If you selected ZONE 2&3 ON above, you can toggle 
between ZONE 2 and ZONE 3.

• When the receiver is on,

3

 make sure that any 

operations for the sub zone are done while ZONE and 
your selected sub zone(s) show in the display. If this 
is not showing, the front panel controls affect the 
main zone only.

for the zone you have selected.
For example, ZONE 2 CD-R sends the source connected 
to the CD-R inputs to the primary (ZONE 2) sub room.

• If  you  select  TUNER, you can use the tuner controls 

to select a preset station (see Saving station presets 
on page 45 if you’re unsure how to do this).

4

CONTROL again to return to the main zone controls.
You can also press MULTI-ZONE ON/OFF on the front 
panel to switch off all output to the sub zone(s).

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d.This setting is only displayed when the video signals below are 

being input:
• 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i analog video signals
• 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1080p24 HDMI video 
signals

e.• This setting is valid for component outputs and HDMI output.

• This setting have the effect only for pictures recorded in the 
interlaced scan format (480i/576i or 1080i signals).
• P.MOTION is disabled when PCINEMA is set to ON.

f. You can’t use this setting when the HDMI or component video 

signals are  being input.

1 • The subwoofer output depends on the settings you made in Manual speaker setup on page 82. However, if SP

B is selected above, no sound 

is heard from the subwoofer (the LFE channel is not downmixed).
• All speaker systems (except Speaker B connections) are switched off when headphones are connected.

2 This can only be selected on the VSX-33.
3 If  the  receiver is in standby, the display is dimmed, and ZONE and your selected sub zone(s) continue to show in the display.
4 The tuner cannot be tuned to more than one station at a time. Therefore, changing the station in one zone also changes the station in the other 

zone. Please be careful not to change stations when recording a radio broadcast.

5 • You won’t be able to switch the main zone off completely unless you’ve switched off the MULTI-ZONE control first.

• If you don’t plan to use the MULTI-ZONE feature for a while, turn off the power in both the sub and main rooms so that this receiver is in 
standby.

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