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vsx-c301.book 1 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL
RECEIVER
VSX-C301
Operating Instructions
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vsx-c301.book 2 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 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. In some countries or regions, the shape of the power CAUTION: plug may sometimes differ from that shown in the THE STANDBY/ON BUTTON IS SECONDARY explanatory drawings. However, the method of con- CONNECTE
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vsx-c301.book 3 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Before you start Before you start Checking the supplied accessories Ventilation Please check that you've received the following supplied When installing this unit, make sure to leave space accessories: around the unit for ventilation to improve heat dispersal (at least 20 cm at the top, 50 cm at the rear, AM loop antenna and 10 cm at each side). If not enough space is FM wire antenna provided between the unit and walls or other Po
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vsx-c301.book 4 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Contents Before you start 06 Home theater sound Checking the supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Playing multichannel sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Playing stereo sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ventilation
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English vsx-c301.book 5 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Quick start guide 01 Chapter 1 Quick start guide 1 Connect your speakers to the receiver, as shown Introduction in the diagram below. This ‘Quick start guide’ shows you how to connect your Prepare the speaker cable by stripping about 1 cm of the speakers, TV and DVD player to this receiver, and also plastic shielding from each speaker wire. takes you through switching on and playing a DVD disc. Easy Setup This s
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vsx-c301.book 6 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Quick start guide 01 will have to reassign the input to DVD before using Connecting your TV and DVD player for the first time. See Optical input setting on page 32 1 Connect your DVD player to the receiver. for how to do this. Connect a 21-pin SCART cable (not supplied) between If you connect an optical digital cable, be careful the AV output of your DVD player and the DVD IN AV when inserting the plug not to dama
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English 02_Introductory_information.fm 7 ページ ２００３年２月１３日 木曜日 午前１０時４２分 Introductory information 02 Chapter 2 Introductory information Dialog Enhancement (page 24) Introduction to home theater Use the Dialog Enhancement feature to accentuate You are probably used to using stereo equipment to dialog and vocals in a program source and match the listen to music, but may not be used to home theater vertical placement of the center channel with the front systems that give you many more options (suc
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vsx-c301.book 8 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Chapter 3 Connecting your equipment Rear panel 12 3 4 ANTENNA AC IN SPEAKERS AM LOOP FRONT SURROUND CENTER FM UNBAL 75Ω R L R L IN OUT CONTROL ANTENNA AM LOOP SPEAKERS FM UNBAL 75Ω AC IN FRONT SURROUND CENTER IN R R L L OUT CONTROL VIDEO IN/OUT DVR/TV IN/OUT AV CONNECTOR DIGITAL IN DVD IN STB IN SUB STB DVR/TV DVD WOOFER (DVD) (STB) OUT OPT1 OPT2 COAX DIGITAL IN VSX-C301 SUB WOOFER STB D
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English 03_Connecting_up.fm 9 ページ ２００３年２月１２日 水曜日 午前１１時３９分 Connecting your equipment 03 DVD(STB) COAX jack (page 10) from your satellite receiver to your VCR (both connected Coaxial digital audio jack for the DVD input to this receiver) without the receiver being switched on. (although it is possible to reassign it to the STB You could also use the AV Direct mode to watch a video, input). using your TV’s speakers for the audio, without switching on the receiver. 7 SCART AV connectors You can
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vsx-c301.book 10 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting a DVD player and TV Follow the instructions below, referring to the diagram, input is assigned to the STB input, you will need to to connect your DVD player and TV to the receiver. reassign it to the DVD input before you can use it. After connecting up everything else see Optical input setting 1 Use a SCART cable to connect the DVD IN AV on page 32 for how to do this. connector to an
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English vsx-c301.book 11 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting a satellite/cable receiver or other set-top box Satellite and cable receivers, and terrestrial digital TV If your set-top box component doesn’t have an optical tuners are all examples of so-called ‘set-top boxes’. digital audio out jack, it is possible to use a coaxial connection to the DVD(STB) COAX jack. However, since 1 Use a SCART cable to connect the STB IN AV by default this inp
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vsx-c301.book 12 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting other video components The VIDEO IN/OUT AV connector can be used for a VCR 2 Use a SCART cable to connect the DVR/TV IN/ or other video player or recorder with analog audio. The OUT AV connector to an AV connector on your DVD DVR/TV IN/OUT AV connector and associated digital recorder (or other video component). audio connection (the DVR/TV OPT2 jack) can be used This allows playback from and r
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English vsx-c301.book 13 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting equipment to the front panel inputs The FRONT INPUT jacks include a standard (composite) and portable audio/video equipment. video jack (VIDEO), stereo analog audio inputs (AUDIO Gently pull off the cover to access the front panel L/R) and an optical digital audio input (DIGITAL). You jacks. can use these connections for any kind of audio/video The illustration below shows example co
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03_Connecting_up.fm 14 ページ ２００３年２月７日 金曜日 午後１２時２６分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting the speakers Placing the speakers Before you can start connecting the speakers, make sure Where you put your speakers in the room has a big effect that the speaker cable you’re going to use is properly on the quality of the sound. The following guidelines prepared with about 10mm of insulator stripped from should help you to get the best sound from your system. each wire, and the exposed wire strands twis
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English vsx-c301.book 15 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting antennas The supplied antennas provide a simple way to listen to AM and FM radio. If you find that reception quality is poor, an outdoor antenna should give you better sound quality—see Connecting external antennas below. ANTENNA AM LOOP SPEAKERS FM UNBAL 75 Ω AC IN FRONT SURROUND CENTER IN R L R L OUT CONTROL VIDEO IN/OUT DVR/TV IN/OUT AV CONNECTOR DIGITAL IN DVD IN STB IN SUB
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vsx-c301.book 16 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Connecting your equipment 03 Operating other Pioneer components Plugging in the receiver Only plug in after you have connected all your with this unit’s sensor components, including the speakers. Many Pioneer components have CONTROL jacks which can be used to link components together so that you can use just the remote sensor of one component. When you use a remote control, the control signal is passed along Handle the power cabl
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English vsx-c301.book 17 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Controls and displays 04 Chapter 4 Controls and displays Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-C301 MASTER STANDBY/ON AV DIRECT 2DIGITAL DTS STEREO 2PRO LOGICII ADVANCED PHONES SOUND MODE INPUT SELECTOR VOLUME FRONT INPUT VIDEO L AUDIO R PHONES DIGITAL IN R DOWN UP 1 PHONES jack 7 Remote control sensor When headphones are connected there is no sound 8 INPUT SELECTOR knob (p
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vsx-c301.book 18 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Controls and displays 04 Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 DIG (digital) / ANA (analog) (page 29) 11 Volume level indicator Indicates whether the current input source is analog or Indicates the volume level in dB. digital. 2 Hi-FS Lights when the current input signal is 88.2/96 kHz digital. 3 Sleep timer indicator (page 29) Lights when the sleep timer has been set. 4 DIALOG indicator (page 24) Lights when
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English SOURCE vsx-c301.book 19 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Controls and displays 04 Remote control Function names printed in green on the remote control 5 AV DIRECT (page 9 and page 33) are receiver-related functions. Function names printed Press to switch the AV Direct function on / off. in blue are for the built-in tuner (see Using the tuner on SLEEP (RECEIVER + AV DIRECT) (page 29) page 25). Other functions relate to
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vsx-c301.book 20 ページ ２００３年２月６日 木曜日 午後５時４分 Controls and displays 04 ADVANCED SURROUND 21 TV CONTROL buttons (page 34) Use to select an ADVANCED SURROUND mode for Use to control your TV (after setting up the remote the current source. control to work with your TV). SOUND MODE Operating range of the remote control Use to select a SOUND MODE for the current source. The remote control may not work properly if: There are obstacles between th
