Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box
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Loading the batteries
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Operating range of remote control unit
. . . . . . 6
Installing the receiver
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02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
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Listening to Surround Sound
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Using the Quick Setup
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03 Quick surround sound setup
Automatically setting up for surround
sound (MCACC)
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Other problems during Auto MCACC
. . . . . 14
04 Connecting up
Making cable connections
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Analog audio cables
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Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a DVD player and TV
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Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
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Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 18
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . 19
Connecting antennas
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FM wire antenna
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AM loop antenna
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Using external antennas
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Connecting the speakers (VSX-415)
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Connecting the speakers (VSX-515)
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Speaker terminals
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Hints on speaker placement
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Speaker placement diagrams
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05 Controls and displays
Front panel
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Display
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VSX-515 model:
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VSX-415 model:
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Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
06 Listening to your system
Auto playback
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Listening in surround sound
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Using the Advanced surround effects
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Listening in stereo
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Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ
. . . . . 34
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode (VSB)
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Using Midnight and Loudness listening
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Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the tone controls
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Playing other sources
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Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . 39
Using the sleep timer
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07 Setting up the receiver
Choosing your receiver setup
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Surround and sound setup options
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Speaker setting
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Subwoofer setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . 42
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . 42
Surround speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 42
Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting separate channel levels for
listening modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
08 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System
Setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual MCACC speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fine Channel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fine Channel Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
09 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using EON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Clearing all stations from the RDS and
EON searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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