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AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL
RECEIVER
VSX-D2011-S
VSX-D2011-G
Operating Instructions
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NOTE: THE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS COMPARTMENT WARNING IS LOCATED ON THE APPLIANCE BONNET 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. Installing the Receiver VENTILATION: When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 60
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TWO VOLTAGE SELECTOR Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity: SWITCHES (multi-voltage +5°C – +35°C (+41°F – +95°F); less than 85%RH model only) (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install in the following locations Only multi-voltage model is provided with these • Location exposed to direct sunlight or strong switches. Mains voltages in Saudi Arabia are 127 artificial light V and 220 V only. Never use this model with the • Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly
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Table of Contents Features .................................................6 Displays & Controls ............................ 28 Front Panel ................................................................. 28 Remote Control .......................................................... 30 Before You Start ....................................7 Display ........................................................................ 33 Checking the Supplied Accessories ........................... 7 Back Pane
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EASY SETUP GUIDE PREPARATION PREPARATION SURROUND SETUP BASIC EXPERT Table of Contents An introduction to RDS (European model only) ..... 62 Fine Tuning Your System ................... 89 Using the RDS display ......................................... 62 Searching for RDS programs Other System Settings .............................................. 89 (European model only).............................................. 63 THX CINEMA Setup ................................................... 90 Bas
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Features High Quality, Balanced Multichannel Design The VSX-D2011 receiver is constructed with Pioneer’s industry-leading advanced and well balanced multichannel Featuresconcept. This means it is designed to reproduce music and movie soundtracks as close as possible to the intentions of the producer during mastering. The receiver uses a revolutionary 3-D Frame Construction technique and a Symmetrical Power Train Design, with high-performance Advanced Direct Energy MOS-FET output devices, generat
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PREP PREPARA ARATION TION PREPARATION SETUP S0URCE TV SYSTEM RECEIVER OFF DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR1/ TV CONT DVR MULTI CONTROL VCR2 VIDEO CD MULTI OPERATION TAPE1 CD-R/ TAPE2 MD/ TUNER RECEIVER DIMMER LOUDNESS TONE EFFECT/CH SEL 12 34 SIGNAL SEL DNR BASS/TREBLE + 5 6 7 8 VIDEO SEL HI-BIT – +10 DISC 9 0 ENTER DIRECT ACCESS SEARCH MODE SYSTEM SETUP GUIDE MENU TOP MENU TUNER EDIT TRACK ENTER EXIT AUDIO RETURN MPX TEXT ON RF ATT DISP MODE ¶ 8 SUB TITLE TUNING – BAND TUNING + 1 3 ¡ STATION – TEXT OFF CL
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SETUP S0URCE TV SYSTEM AMP OFF DVD/MULTI LD CON TV TROL SAT TV CONT V D CV RR 1/ VCR2 VIDEO OPEM R U ALTITO I N CD TC AD P-E R1 / TUNER AMP DIMMER INPUT ATT LOUDNESS SPEAKER A/B 1 2 3 4 VIDEO SEL SIGNAL SEL TAPE 2 EFFECT/CH SELL 5 6 7 8 T9 ONE BASS 1/T 0REB LE 1– 1 +10 12 + DI SC 0 DIRECT ACCESS DISP MODE SYST ME EN M S UETUP REMOTE S ETUP STATUS ENTER EXIT GU IDE RETURN MPX RF ATT ¶ 8 EXTRA MEN U TUNING – BAND TUNING + 1 3 ¡ S4 TATION – CLAS7 S S¢ TATION + CHANNEL– CHANNEL+ TV INPUT INPUT TV CO
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EASY SETUP GUIDE PREPARATION Easy Setup Guide Part1 Home Theater: The Basics Most consumers are used to using stereo equipment to listen to music but many people are not used to home theater systems that give you many more options when listening to soundtracks. In fact, home theater is not really complicated and this little guide should give you an understanding of the basics. Home theater refers to the use of multiple audio tracks combined with multiple speakers to create a surround sound eff
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Easy Setup Guide Part1 Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. 111 Hooking Up Your DVD Player & TV 11 In order to use Dolby Digital/DTS soundtracks, which are at the heart of home theater, you need to hook up your DVD player with digital audio connections. You can do this by either a coaxial or an optical connection, you don’t need to do both. The quality of these two types of connections is the same but since some DVD p
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EASY SETUP GUIDE Easy Setup Guide Part1 22 222 Speaker Connections Home theater is designed to be setup with five, or seven speakers (front left & right; center; surround left & right; and, optimally, surround back left & right) and a subwoofer, but you can use this receiver with fewer speakers. Hook up the speakers you have to the A speaker terminals on the back of the receiver. If you only have two speakers hook them up as FRONT. If you have three hook up the single speaker as CENTER. Follow
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Easy Setup Guide Part1 33 333 Setting up the Main Unit 1 Plug the AC power cord into a wall outlet. 2 Press the –OFF-ON button to put the receiver in ON mode. 3 Press the STANDBY/ON button to switch the receiver ON. 444 Assigning the Digital Inputs 44 This is only necessary if you did not hook up your DVD player to DIGITAL IN 3 using a coaxial cable but rather connected it to one of the optical digital inputs. The following example shows how to assign the DIGITAL IN 2 jack to DVD. Use the a
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EASY SETUP GUIDE Easy Setup Guide Part2 11 111 AUTO SURROUND SOUND SETUP If setting up your surround sound speakers seems like it's going to be an involved task you only need to use this quick, automatic method, known as the MCACC system, to achieve good surround sound. You'll need to hook up the microphone so that the receiver can hear and judge the distance, size, sound character and sound pressure level of the speakers and thus know what settings to make. First turn the volume down, then p
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\ \ \ Easy Setup Guide Part2 1.Surround Setup 8 8 Select AUTO SETTING with the 5∞ [ SurrBack System ] buttons and press ENTER. [ Auto Setting ] [ Quick ] [ Normal ] [ Expert ] ] [ Exit 9 Some auto setup instructions will be listed, make sure to follow them. Make sure you have: hooked up the microphone and moved obstacles to the speakers out of the way. If you have a Auto Surround Setup 10 subwoofer make sure it is turned on and has the volume Set microphone Turn on subwoofer turned up.
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EASY SETUP GUIDE Easy Setup Guide Part2 memo 12 Use the ∞5 buttons to select a speaker press ENTER. Then use the • Make sure the room environment follows the ∞5 buttons to select the size of guidelines displayed on the OSD during auto setup. If the room environment is not optimal each speaker individually. Press for auto setup (too much ambient noise, ENTER. Use the ∞5 buttons to obstacles blocking the speakers from the select OK and press ENTER. microphone, etc.) the final settings may be inc
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Y PB PR S VIDEO Connecting Your Equipment Connecting your TV Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your TV to the jacks as shown below. Hook up with either component video, S video, or compos- ite video cords (the quality descends in this order) but you must use the same type of video cords to hook up your DVD player (and all other video components) as you use to hook up your TV. If you plan to hook up your DVD p
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PREPARATION PREPARATION Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Video Components Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your video components as shown on this and the following page. For video components (for example, a DVD player) there are two types of connections to make, video and audio. Hook up your video signal with either component video, S video or composite video cords (the quality descends in this order) bu
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Connecting Your Equipment Connecting VCRs or DVRs Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect the video out of your VCR/DVR using either S video or composite video cords, depending on how you connected the receiver to your TV (see page 16). Use analog audio cords for the audio signal. To record, you also need to connect a set of audio/video outputs from the receiver to the audio/video inputs on your VCR/DVR. Note that
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PREPARATION PREPARATION Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Satellite TV (SAT) Components Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Hook up the video signal with either component video, S video, or composite video cords, depending on how you connected the receiver to your TV (see page 16). For the audio signal, in order to use digital soundtracks broadcast you must hook up a digital input. Use either a coaxial or optical ca
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L R Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Analog Audio Components Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the AC outlet. Connect your audio components to the jacks as shown below. These are all analog connections and your analog audio components (turntable, cassette deck) use these jacks. Remember that for components you want to record with you need to hook up four plugs (a set of stereo ins and a set of stereo outs), but for components t
