Pioneer VSX-519V-K User Manual

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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.

Contents

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

01 Before you start

Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

02 5 minute guide

Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

03 Connecting up

Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player or

DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital

set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 14

Connecting to the front panel audio

mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting other video components . . . . . . 15

Using the component video jacks . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Hints on speaker placement. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting an IR receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

04 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Operating range of remote control unit. . . . 22

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

05 Listening to your system

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . . 29

Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 30

Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 34

Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

06 The System Setup menu

Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

07 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature

MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 38
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 39

08 Using the tuner

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

09 Making recordings

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 42

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