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Pioneer VSX-527-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.

Before you start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

Flow of settings on the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

01 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Loading the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Operating range of remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

02 Connecting your equipment

Determining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connect the surround back or front height speakers

(In case of VSX-827). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connect the surround back or front height speakers

(In case of VSX-527). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Switching the speaker terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Digital audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

About the video converter (VSX-827 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

About video outputs connection

(VSX-527 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting a TV and playback components . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting your TV with no HDMI input . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI output

(VSX-827 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting optional Bluetooth

®

ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . . 20

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

03 Basic Setup

Canceling the Auto Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Canceling the demo display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Automatically setting up for surround sound (MCACC) . . 23

Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup . . . 24

04 Basic playback

Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Playing an iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing back files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Watching photos and video content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory

device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory

device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Bluetooth

®

ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of Music . . . 30

Wireless music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth wireless

technology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wireless

technology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

AIR JAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

An introduction to RDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Searching for RDS programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

05 Listening to your system

Choosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using surround back channel processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Setting the Up Mix function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

06 Playback with NETWORK features

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

About playable DLNA network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and

iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

About the DHCP server function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Authorizing this receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Playback with Network functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Listening to Internet radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Playing back audio files stored on components on

the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

The Network Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Network Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

About network playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Content playable over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

About playback behavior over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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