Pioneer VSX-420-S: Listening to your system

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Chapter 4:

English

Listening to your system

2 Select the input function you want to

Français

Important

play.

• The listening modes and many features

You can use the input function buttons on the

described in this section may not be

remote control, INPUT SELECT, or the front

available depending on the current source,

panel INPUT SELECTOR dial.

settings and status of the receiver.

If you need to manually switch the input signal

type (digital or analog audio) press SIGNAL

SEL (see Choosing the input signal on

Basic playback

page 26).

Here are the basic instructions for playing a

3Press

AUTO/DIRECT

to select ‘

AUTO

source (such as a DVD disc) with your home

SURROUND

’ and start playback of the

theater system.

2

Italiano

source.

If you’re playing a Dolby Digital or DTS

surround sound DVD disc, with a digital audio

connection, you should hear surround sound.

If you’re playing a stereo source or if the

connection is an analog audio connection,

Nederlands

you will only hear sound from the front left/

right speakers in the default listening mode.

It is possible to check on the front panel

display whether or not surround sound

playback is being performed properly (see

Display on page 8).

Español

1 Switch on your system components and

If the display does not correspond to the input

receiver.

signal and listening mode, check the

Start by switching on the playback component

1

connections and settings.

(for example a DVD player), your TV

and

subwoofer (if you have one), then the receiver

4 Use the volume control to adjust the

Deutsch

(press  RECEIVER).

volume level.

Turn down the volume of your TV so that all

sound is coming from the speakers connected

to this receiver.

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1 Make sure that the TV’s video input is set to this receiver (for example, if you connected this receiver to the VIDEO jacks on

your TV, make sure that the VIDEO input is now selected).

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2 • You may need to check the digital audio output settings on your DVD player or digital satellite receiver. It should be set to

output Dolby Digital, DTS and 88.2 kHz / 96 kHz PCM (2 channel) audio, and if there is an MPEG audio option, set this to convert

the MPEG audio to PCM.

• Depending on your DVD player or source discs, you may only get digital 2 channel stereo and analog sound. In this case, the

receiver must be set to a multichannel listening mode if you want multichannel surround sound.

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Selecting the multichannel

analog inputs

If you have connected a decoder or a BD/DVD

player with multichannel analog outputs to this

receiver (page 21), you must select the analog

1

multichannel inputs for surround sound.

• Press MULTI IN on the remote control.

To cancel playback from the multichannel

inputs, switches to the other input signal.

Using the headphone

1 Insert the headphone into the PHONE

jack.

2 Press then press the SPEAKERS

button to select SP OFF.

• You can also use the

SPEAKERS

button on

the front panel.

The sound is heard from the headphone and no

sound is heard from the speakers connected to

this receiver.

The listening mode when the sound is heard

from the headphone can be selected only from

STEREO or A.L.C..

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1 • During playback from the multichannel inputs, you can’t use any of the sound features/modes and only the volume and

channel levels can be set.

• Change the output settings of the systems with multichannel analog outputs according to the number of the speakers

connected to the receiver.

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