Contents
01 Before you start
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating range of remote control unit
. . . . . . 5
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
02 5 minute guide
Introduction to home theater
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Listening to Surround Sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Quick Setup
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03 Connecting up
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a DVD player and TV
. . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the multichannel analog
outputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a satellite receiver or other
digital set-top box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting other audio components
. . . . . . 15
About the WMA9 Pro decoder
. . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting other video components
. . . . . . 16
Using the component video jacks
. . . . . . . . 16
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
FM wire antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AM loop antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the speakers (VSX-415)
. . . . . . . 19
Connecting the speakers (VSX-515)
. . . . . . . 20
Speaker terminals
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hints on speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Speaker placement diagrams
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AC outlet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
04 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VSX-515 model:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VSX-415 model:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
05 Listening to your system
Auto playback
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Listening in surround sound
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Using the Advanced surround effects
. . . . 30
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Choosing the input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
(VSB)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Midnight and Loudness listening
. . . . 35
Enhancing dialog
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the tone controls
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Playing other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting the multichannel analog inputs
. . . 36
Using the sleep timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
06 Setting up the receiver
Choosing your receiver setup
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Surround and sound setup options
. . . . . . . . 38
Speaker setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Subwoofer setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Crossover frequency setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
LFE attenuator setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . . 39
Center speaker distance setting . . . . . . . . . 39
Surround speaker distance setting . . . . . . . 39
Subwoofer distance setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dynamic range control setting . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dual mono setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Digital input settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting separate channel levels for
listening modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
07 The System Setup menu
Making receiver settings from the System Setup
menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual speaker setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speaker setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Crossover network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Channel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Other setup menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dynamic Range Control Setup . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dual Mono Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LFE Attenuator Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
08 Using the tuner
Listening to the radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Naming station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Listening to station presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
09 Making recordings
Making an audio or a video recording . . . . . . 48
10 Additional information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching the speaker impedance. . . . . . . . . 51
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power cord caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cleaning the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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