Pioneer VSX-LX53 - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Checking what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
02 Controls and displays
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
03 Connecting your equipment
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Determining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Other speaker connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Placing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
THX speaker system setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing your speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Standard surround connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bi-amping your speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bi-wiring your speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting the Speaker system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Front height setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Front wide setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Speaker B setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Bi-Amping setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ZONE 2 setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About the audio connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About the video converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting your TV and playback components . . . . . 22
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting your DVD player with no HDMI
output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting your TV with no HDMI input . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR and other
video sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other
set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About the WMA9 Pro decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting AM/FM antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MULTI-ZONE setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . 30
Connecting the Bluetooth ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the
front panel input
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting a USB device for Advanced MCACC
output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting an IR receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operating other Pioneer components with this
unit’s sensor
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching components on and off using the 12 volt
trigger
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
04 Basic Setup
Switching the speaker impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the OSD display language
(OSD Language)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Automatically setting up for surround sound
(Auto MCACC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Problems when using the Auto MCACC Setup . . . . 36
The Input Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Input function default and possible settings . . . . . . 37
05 Basic playback
Playing a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing a source with HDMI connection . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing back audio files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . 39
Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory
device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Neural Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning directly to a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Listening to Internet radio stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Programming the Internet radio stations . . . . . . . . . 44
Bluetooth® ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment of
Music
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Wireless music play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth
wireless technology device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listening to music contents of a Bluetooth wireless
technology device with your system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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.