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AV Receiver
VSX-322-K
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Operating Instructions
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This product is for general household purposes. Any IMPORTANT failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a CAUTION restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK repair will be charged for even during the warranty DO NOT OPEN period. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral K041_A1_En within an equilateral triangle, is intended to TO PREVENT THE RI
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If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC Information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment and used batteries outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed Symbol for These symbols on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents mean and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and equipment that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should not be mixed with mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of general household waste. this unit sh
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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. 03 Basic playback 06 ARC (Audio Return Channel) function Contents Canceling the demo display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ARC Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Playing a source . . . . . .
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5 The FL Demo Mode menu (page 26) Before you start Flow of settings on the (When you don’t want the demo display to show on the front panel display.) receiver Checking what’s in the box The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped with an Using the Audio Return Channel function (page 27) Please check that you’ve received the following supplied abundance of functions and terminals. It can be used easily (When the connected TV supports the HDMI Audio after following the procedure below to ma
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01 Controls and displays 01 Chapter 1: Controls and displays Front panel 127 34 5 6 AV RECEIVER VSX-322 12 13 14 15 16 14 17 HDMI SPEAKERS DIMMER DISPLAY BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE PRESET ENTER AUTO SURROUND/ ALC/ ADVANCED SOUND STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR SURROUND STEREO RETRIEVER INPUT MASTER SELECTOR VOLUME STANDBY/ON PHONES 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 24 8 9 10 11 1 INPUT SELECTOR dial TUNER EDIT – Use with TUNE / , PRESET / and 9 PHONES jack Selects an input source (page 17). ENTER to memorize and n
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Controls and displays 01 01 11 SOUND RETRIEVER 96/24 – Lights when a source with DTS 96/24 encoded Press to restore CD quality sound to compressed audio audio signals is detected. sources (page 22). NEO:6 – When one of the NEO:6 modes of the receiver is on, this lights to indicate NEO:6 processing (page 21). Display 20 Dolby Digital indicators 12 PHASE 2D – Lights when a Dolby Digital encoded signal is detected. Lights when the Phase Control is switched on (page 22). 2D+ – Lights when a sourc
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T E S E R P E T N U 01 Controls and displays 01 As for operating other devices, the remote control codes for Press BD first to access: Remote control the Pioneer products are preset. The settings cannot be BD MENU* – Displays the disc menu of Blu-ray Discs. changed. 8 System Setup and component control buttons 1 12 1 SLEEP The following button controls can be accessed after you have TV RECEIVER SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL Press to change the amount of time before the receiver selected the correspond
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Controls and displays 01 01 Press RECEIVER first to access: 14 MASTER VOLUME +/– WARNING Use to set the listening volume. BASS –/+, TRE –/+ – Use to adjust Bass or Treble. Store the batteries out of the reach of children and infants. If • These controls are disabled when the listening mode is 15 MUTE accidentally swallowed, contact a doctor immediately. set to DIRECT or PURE DIRECT. Mutes/unmutes the sound. • When the front speaker is set at SMALL in the Speaker Operating range of remote contr
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02 Connecting your equipment 02 a. This layout is available only when the additional amplifier is connected to the unit and the Chapter 2: surround back speakers are connected to the amplifier. For details, see Connect the surround back speakers on page 11. Connecting your equipment Hints on the speaker placement Placing the speakers Where you put your speakers in the room has a big effect on the quality of the sound. The following guidelines should help you to get the best sound from your sy
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Connecting your equipment 02 02 Front right Front left Subwoofer Connecting the speakers Center The receiver will work with just two stereo speakers (the front speakers in the diagram) but using at least three speakers is recommended, and a complete setup is best for surround LINE LEVEL INPUT sound. Make sure you connect the speaker on the right to the right (R) terminal and the speaker on the left to the left (L) terminal. Also make sure the positive and negative (+/–) terminals on the rece
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HDMI 02 Connecting your equipment 02 Note About HDMI Making cable connections ® • Use a High Speed HDMI cable. If HDMI cable other than The HDMI connection transfers uncompressed digital video, Make sure not to bend the cables over the top of this unit. If ® as well as almost every kind of digital audio that the a High Speed HDMI cable is used, it may not work this happens, the magnetic field produced by the connected component is compatible with, including DVD- properly. transformers in th
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OPTICAL COAXIAL IN IN VIDEO L AUDIO R Connecting your equipment 02 02 Analog audio cables Video cables About video outputs connection Use stereo RCA phono cables to connect analog audio This receiver is not loaded with a video converter. When you Standard RCA video cables components. These cables are typically red and white, and use HDMI cables for connecting to the input device, the These cables are the most common type of video connection you should connect the red plugs to R (right) term
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02 Connecting your equipment 02 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal Connecting a TV and playback components This diagram shows connections of a TV and DVD player (or other playback component) with no HDMI terminal to the receiver. Connecting using HDMI If you have an HDMI or DVI (with HDCP) equipped component (Blu-ray Disc player, etc.), you can connect it to this receiver using a commercially available HDMI cable. OUT HDMI DVR/BDR IN DVD IN BD IN CD/SAT IN COAXIAL OPTICAL IN 1 IN
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Connecting your equipment 02 02 Connecting a satellite receiver or other digital Connecting other audio components Connecting antennas The number and kind of connections depends on the kind of Connect the AM loop antenna and the FM wire antenna as set-top box component you’re connecting. Follow the steps below to shown below. To improve reception and sound quality, Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV tuners connect a CD-R, MD, DAT, tape recorder or other audio connect ex
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02 Connecting your equipment 02 Using external antennas Plugging in the receiver Only plug in after you have connected all your components to To improve FM reception this receiver, including the speakers. Use a PAL connector (not supplied) to connect an external FM antenna. CAUTION • Handle the power cord by the plug part. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord, and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet, as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place
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T E S E R P E T N U Basic playback 03 03 • The input source can also be selected by using INPUT Chapter 3: Selecting the audio input signal SELECT buttons on the remote control, or by Basic playback using the front panel INPUT SELECTOR dial. In this case, The audio input signal can be selected for each input source. Once it is set, the audio input that was selected will be the remote control won’t switch operational modes. applied whenever you select the input source using the input If you
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T E S E R P E T N U 03 Basic playback 03 • When digital input (optical or coaxial) is selected, this • You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To Listening to the radio 96 kHz) and DTS (including DTS 96 kHz/24 bit) digital prevent noise, make the proper digital connections The following steps show you how to tune in to FM and AM signal formats. The compatible signals via the HDM
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T E S E R P E T N U Basic playback 03 03 Saving station presets Listening to station presets An introduction to RDS If you often listen to a particular radio station, it’s convenient You will need to have some presets stored to do this. See Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio to have the receiver store the frequency for easy recall Saving station presets above if you haven’t done this already. stations to provide listeners with various kinds of whenever you want to liste
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T E S E R P E T N U 03 Basic playback 03 AUDIO TUNER EDIT MASTER PARAMETER TOOLS VOLUME Displaying RDS information MENU TV TV RECEIVER TOP RECEIVER SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL SLEEP SOURCE CONTROL MENU Use the DISP button to display the different types of RDS information available. RECEIVER INPUT SELECT DTV/TV RECEIVER INPUT SELECT DTV/TV ENTER INPUT INPUT Press DISP for RDS information. BD DVD TV BD DVD TV Each press changes the display as follows: HOME MENU BAND • Listening mode CH SETUP RETURN CH
