Pioneer VSX-420-K: Contents

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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. After you have finished reading the instructions, put

them away in a safe place for future reference.

Contents

Flow of settings on the receiver . . 5

Listening in stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 28

Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

01 Before you start

Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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

Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 32

Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

02 Controls and displays

05 The System Setup menu

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

Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Operating range of remote control unit . . . . 8

Manual speaker setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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

Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

03 Connecting your equipment

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Hints on the speaker placement. . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

06 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature

Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 36

About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 37

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

Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

07 Using the tuner

Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 16

Improving FM sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player. . . . 17

Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . 18

Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting using HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting your component with no

An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

HDMI terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR

Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

and other video components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting a satellite receiver or other

08 Making recordings

digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 41

Connecting the multichannel analog

outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

09 Additional information

Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 22

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting to the front panel audio

HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Resetting the main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Connecting an IR receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Plugging in the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

04 Listening to your system

Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Choosing the input signal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using the Advanced surround effects . . . . 27

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