AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-D514 VSX-D714 VSX-D814 Operating Instructions IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. D3-4-2-1-1_En NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: ­ ­ ­ ­ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. D8-10-1-2_En Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user's right to operate the equipment. D8-10-2_En CAUTION: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electric appliances such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections. D8-10-3a_En WARNING: The apparatus is not waterproofs, to prevent fire or shocks hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture and do not put any water source near this apparatus, such as vase, flower pot, cosmetics container and medicine D3-4-2-1-3_En bottle etc. Before changing the voltage, disconnect the AC power cord. Use a medium size screwdriver to change the voltage selector switch. If the voltage is not properly set or if you move to an area where the voltage requirements differ, adjust the selector switches as follows. 1. Use a medium-size screwdriver. 2. First, insert the screwdriver in the groove of the voltage selector at the right, and adjust so that the tip of the groove points to the voltage value of your area. 3. Next, insert the screwdriver in the groove of the voltage selector at the left and adjust until the voltage is the same as at the right. TWO VOLTAGE SELECTORS 110V 120-127V 220V 240V The STANDBY/ON switch is secondary connected and therefore, does not separate the unit from mains power in STANDBY position. Therefore install the unit suitable places easy to disconnect the MAINS plug in case of the accident. The MAINS plug of unit should be unplugged from the wall socket when left D3-4-2-2-2a_En unused for a long period of time. Voltage selector You can find the voltage selector switch on the rear panel of multi-voltage models. The factory setting for the voltage selector is 220 V. Please set it to the correct voltage for your country or region. · Saudi Arabia operates on 127V and 220V mains voltage. Please set to the correct voltage before using. · For Taiwan please set to 110 V befor using. 220V 110V 240V 120­ 127V Medium-size screwdriver D3-4-2-1-5_En Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference. 01 Before you start Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating range of remote control unit . . . 5 5 5 6 04 Controls and displays Front panel (VSX-D514) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Front panel (VSX-D714/D814) . . . . . . . . . . 29 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 English 02 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Listening to Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 05 Listening to your system Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using the Advanced surround effects . . .37 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Choosing the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using the Surround Back Channel (SB CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using Midnight and Loudness listening . .41 Using the tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playing other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 VSX-D514 model:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 VSX-D714/D814 model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Italiano 03 Connecting up Audio/Video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component video cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital audio coaxial cords/Optical cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting digital components . . . . . . . . Connecting audio components . . . . . . . . Connecting DVD 5.1 channel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting video components. . . . . . . . . Connecting to the front panel video terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM wire antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting the speakers (VSX-D514/D714) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting the speakers (VSX-D814) . . . . Speaker terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A and B speaker systems. . . . . . . . . . . . Hints on speaker placement . . . . . . . . . Speaker placement diagrams . . . . . . . . Connecting additional amplifiers . . . . . . . Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating other Pioneer components . . . Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 21 22 22 22 23 24 25 25 26 Français Deutsch 06 Setting up the receiver Choosing your receiver setup . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Surround back speaker setting . . . . . . . . 46 Subwoofer setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . 47 LFE attenuator setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . 48 Front left speaker distance setting . . . . . 48 Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 48 Front right speaker distance setting . . . . 48 Surround speaker distance setting . . . . . 48 Surround right speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Surround back speaker distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Surround left speaker distance setting . .49 Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . 49 Nederlands Español Dynamic range control setting. . . . . . . . Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Component video input settings . . . . . . Digital input settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SR+ control for Pioneer plasma displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manually calibrating your listening area (MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting separate channel levels for listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer plasma display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 50 50 50 51 52 53 54 Preset Code List (VSX-D514/D714) . . . . . . . 66 Preset Code List (VSX-D814) . . . . . . . . . . . 68 10 Additional information Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . 72 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Amplifier section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Audio section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Video Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Component video section . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 FM Tuner Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 AM Tuner Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 "DTS" ,"DTS-ES Extended Surround" and "Neo:6" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. 07 Using the tuner Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . Tuning directly to a station. . . . . . . . . . . Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naming station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . Changing the frequency step . . . . . . . . . . 56 56 56 57 58 58 58 08 Making recordings Making an audio or a video recording . . . 59 09 Controlling the rest of your system Setting the remote to control other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting preset codes directly. . . . . . . . . Programming signals from other remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing all of your programmed settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearing all the remote control settings . . Direct function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls for other components. . . . . . . . . 60 60 61 62 62 62 63 64 For U.S. and Australia Model C67-7-3_En Before you start 01 Chapter 1: English Before you start Checking what's in the box Please check that you've received the following supplied accessories: · AM loop antenna · FM wire antenna · Dry cell batteries (AA size IEC R6) x2 · Remote control · Power cords (make sure you use the correct cord for your country/region): VSX-D514/D714/D814-K (black models) Round 2-pin type and Australian type VSX-D514/D714-S (silver models) Round 2-pin type, flat blade 2-pin type and UK 3-pin type (Except Australian model) VSX-D814-S (silver model) Round 2-pin type, flat blade 2-pin type, UK 3-pin type and Australian type · Power plug adaptor (VSX-D514/D714/ D814-K only) x1 · J-shape plug (VSX-D514/D714/ D814-K only) x1 · These operating instructions Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards as leakage and bursting. Observe the following precautions: · Never use new and old batteries together. · Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case. · Batteries with the same shape may have different voltages. Do not use different batteries together. · When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public instruction's rules that apply in your country or area. Italiano Français Loading the batteries Deutsch Nederlands Making cable connections Make sure not to bend the cables over the top of this unit (as shown in the illustration). If this happens, the magnetic field produced by the transformers in this unit may cause a humming noise from the speakers. Español 5 En 01 Before you start Operating range of remote control unit The remote control may not work properly if: · There are obstacles between the remote control and the receiver's remote sensor. · Direct sunlight or fluorescent light is shining onto the remote sensor. · The receiver is located near a device that is emitting infrared rays. · The receiver is operated simultaneously with another infrared remote control unit. 30 30 7m 6 En 5 minute guide 02 Cha ...