Pioneer VSX-520-S: Flow of settings on the receiver

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Flow of settings on the receiver

The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped

The colors of the steps indicate the following:

with an abundance of functions and terminals.

It can be used easily after following the

Required setting item

procedure below to make the connections and

settings.

Setting to be made as necessary

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Before you start

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• Checking what’s in the box (page 7)

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Power On

• Loading the batteries (page 7)

Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV to



this receiver. Check the manual that came with

the TV if you don’t know how to do this.

2

Connecting the speakers

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Where you place the speakers will have a big

effect on the sound. Place your speakers as

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The Pre Out Setting (page 42)

shown below for the best surround sound effect.

(When connecting the front height speakers.)

• Placing the speakers (page 16)

• Connecting the speakers (page 18)

The Input Assign menu (page 42)

• Connect the surround back or front height

(When using connections other than the

speakers (page 19)

recommended connections.)

*Front Height

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Right (FHR)

*Front Height

Left (FHL)

Subwoofer (SW)

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Use the automatic MCACC setup to set

Front

Listening

up your system

Right (R)

position

• Automatically setting up for surround sound

Surround

Front

Right (SR)

(MCACC) (page 27)

Left (L)

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Center (C)

*Surround Back

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Basic playback (page 29)

Right (SBR)

Surround

Left (SL)

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*Surround Back

Left (SBL)

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Adjusting the sound as desired

•Using the various listening modes

You can connect only one of either the surround back

• Using the Sound Retriever (page 33)

speaker or the front height speaker.

• Better sound using Phase Control (page 33)

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• Using surround back channel processing

(page 34)

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Connecting the components

• Setting the Up Mix function (page 35)

For surround sound, you’ll want to hook up

• Setting the Audio options (page 35)

using a digital connection from the BD/DVD

• Choosing the input signal (page 38)

player to the receiver.

• Manual speaker setup (page 39)

• About video outputs connection (page 21)

• Connecting a TV and playback components

(page 22)

• Connecting antennas (page 25)

• Plugging in the receiver (page 26)

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