Table Of Contents - Pioneer VSX-420-S Operating Instructions Manual

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
01 Before you start
Checking what's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
02 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating range of remote control unit . . . . 8
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
03 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hints on the speaker placement . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Digital audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About video outputs connection . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a TV and Blu-ray Disc player. . . . 17
Connecting a TV and DVD player . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting using HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting your component with no
HDMI terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting an HDD/DVD recorder, VCR
and other video components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting other audio components . . . . . . 22
Connecting to the front panel audio
mini jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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
4
En
Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . . . . 28
Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Sound Retriever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs . . . 32
Using the headphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
05 The System Setup menu
Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
06 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature
MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . 36
Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . 37
07 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Improving FM sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Naming preset stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
08 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 41
09 Additional information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45