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VSX-AX5Ai.book 1 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL
RECEIVER
VSX-AX5Ai-S
VSX-AX5Ai-G
Operating Instructions
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 2 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral within an equilateral triangle, is intended to TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC triangle is intended to alert the user to the alert the user to the presence of uninsulated SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR presence of important operating and "dangerous voltage" within the product's BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABL
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 3 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communication
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 4 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Contents 01 Before you start 04 Controls and displays Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Checking the supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 5 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 08 Controlling other equipment 11 Advanced setup Using the remote control with other The System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 THX CINEMA Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Recalling preset codes . . . . . . . . .
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 6 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Before you start 01 Chapter 1 Before you start Fine-tuned to world-class standards Features With the cooperation of the world-class studio engineers Easy setup using Advanced Multichannel at AIR Studios, this receiver amplifier has been Acoustic Calibration (MCACC) designated AIR Studios Monitor. Setting up for home theater sound is as easy as connecting your speakers, a DVD player or other source, and your TV. The Auto
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 7 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Before you start 01 Power cord x 1 (Multi-voltage NTSC model x 2) Using the remote control Loading the batteries Load the batteries into the remote control as shown below using alkaline batteries (AA IEC LR6) batteries. When you notice a decrease in the operating range, replace all batteries with new ones. All models NTSC model only Flat-bladed adapter (Multi-voltage model only) Antenna converter (Multi-voltage model on
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 8 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Before you start 01 Remote control battery indicator When the batteries get too weak to operate the remote control properly an indicator warning screen will appear on the remote. Change the batteries as shown above. This must be done within five minutes or all your remote control settings will be cleared. Operating range of the remote control The operating range is quite large, but please keep in mind the following when using the remote cont
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 9 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 5 minute guide 02 Chapter 2: 5 minute guide Introduction to home theater You are probably used to using stereo equipment to listen to music, but may not be used to home theater systems that give you many more options (such as surround sound) when listening to soundtracks. Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks to create a surround sound effect, making you feel like you're in the middle of the action or concert. The
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 10 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 5 minute guide 02 3 Connect your speakers. To take full advantage of the receiver’s surround sound capabilities connect front, center, surround and surround back speakers, as well as a subwoofer. Although this is ideal, other configurations with fewer speakers—no subwoofer or no center speaker, or even no surround speakers—will work. At the very least, front left and right speakers only are necessary. Note that your main surround speakers
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 11 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 5 minute guide 02 Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a 4 Plug in the receiver and switch it on, followed by positive (+) red, and negative (–) black terminal. For your DVD player, your subwoofer and the TV. proper sound you should take care to match these up Make sure you’ve set the video input on your TV to this with the terminals on the speakers themselves. receiver. Check the manual that came
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 12 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 5 minute guide 02 2 Connect the microphone to the MCACC SETUP Automatically setting up for MIC jack on the front panel. surround sound Make sure there are no obstacles between the speakers The Auto Surround Setup measures the acoustic and the microphone. characteristics of your listening area, taking into account ambient noise, speaker size and distance, and tests for both channel delay and channel level. After
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 13 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 5 minute guide 02 6 Make sure ‘Normal System’ is selected, then 10 Confirm the speaker configuration in the OSD. select ‘Exit’. The configuration shown on-screen should reflect the actual speakers you have. SurrBack System Check!! [ Normal System ] Front [ YES ] [ Second Zone ] Center [ YES ] [ Front Bi-Amp ] Surround [ YES ] [ MR&S ] X SurrBack [ YES 2 ] [ Exit ] Subwoofer [ YES ] [OK] [Retry] [ERR Fix
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 14 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 5 minute guide 02 If you are using THX Certified speakers, confirm that Playing a source all speakers are set to SMALL in Speaker Setting on Here are the basic instructions for playing a source (such page 55, and that the Crossover Network on page 87 as a DVD disc) with your home theater system. is set to 80Hz. 1 Turn on the power of the playback component You can also choose to v
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 15 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Connecting your equipment 03 Chapter 3 Connecting your equipment This receiver provides you with almost limitless possibilities for connecting your audio/video system, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. Depending on your needs, you could be up and running in no time after a few simple connections. This section has been designed so that you can read through this short introduction, then jump to the spec
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 16 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Connecting your equipment 03 8 Digital audio optical inputs 17 RS-232C connector Two optical digital audio inputs for connecting digital This port is provided for connecting a personal computer audio sources to this receiver. All the inputs are freely for graphical output when using Advanced MCACC. assignable to input functions for maximum flexibility. 18 Speaker termin
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PB Y PR L VIDEO R VSX-AX5Ai.book 17 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Connecting your equipment 03 When recording video sources however, you won’t be S-video cables able to record sources connected to the component S-video cables give you clearer picture reproduction than video inputs. With composite and S-video sources, regular video cables by sending separate signals for the they must be connected using the same type of video luminance and color. cable as you used to
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 18 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting your TV This page shows you how to connect your TV to the See About the video converter on page 16 if you plan receiver. To be able to play the sound from the TV’s built- on connecting your other video components using in tuner, connect the analog audio outputs from your TV different types of video cables than for your TV. to this receiver. 2 Connect the analog audio outputs from yo
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 19 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting a DVD player CENTER S400 S400 SELECTABLE VSX-AX5Ai OPTICAL COAXIAL RL AUDIO S-VIDEO DIGITAL OUT ANALOG OUT VIDEO OUT 1 2 3 DVD player Different DVD players offer a different selection of 2 If your DVD player only has stereo analog audio connections, but all should give you at least a digital outputs, connect these to the DVD/LD AUDIO inputs audio output, stereo analog audio outputs and a vide
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VSX-AX5Ai.book 20 ページ ２００４年６月２日 水曜日 午後３時２７分 Connecting your equipment 03 Connecting the multichannel analog outputs CENTER S400 S400 SELECTABLE VSX-AX5Ai RL FRONT SUB W. CENTER RL RL SURR. SURR. BACK MULTI CH OUTPUT MULTI CH. OUT 1 2 DVD player For DVD Audio and SACD playback, your DVD player may 2 If your DVD player also has outputs for surround have 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel analog outputs (depending back channels, connect these to the corresponding on whether your player sup
