Summary of the content on the page No. 1
AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL
RECEIVER
VSX-47TX
Operating Instructions
Summary of the content on the page No. 2
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. IMPORTANT NOTICE H006AEn The serial number for this equipment is located in the rear panel. Please write this serial number on your enclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area. This is for your security. 2
Summary of the content on the page No. 3
3
Summary of the content on the page No. 4
QUICK START GUIDE PREPARATION PREPARATION SURROUND SETUP BASIC EXPERT Table of Contents Table of Contents Features .................................................6 Displays & Controls ............................ 27 Remote Control of Other Advanced Setup ..................................88 Components ........................................62 Remote Control .......................................................... 27 Assigning the Digital Inputs...................................... 88 Back
Summary of the content on the page No. 5
QUICK START GUIDE PREPARATION PREPARATION SURROUND SETUP BASIC EXPERT Table of Contents Table of Contents Features .................................................6 Displays & Controls ............................ 27 Remote Control of Other Advanced Setup ..................................88 Components ........................................62 Remote Control .......................................................... 27 Assigning the Digital Inputs...................................... 88 Back
Summary of the content on the page No. 6
Features Advanced Multichannel Stereophonic Concept The VSX-47TX receiver is constructed with Pioneer’s industry-leading advanced multichannel stereophonic concept. 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, generating 160 watts
Summary of the content on the page No. 7
PREP PREPARA ARATION TION PREPARATION SETUP S0URCE TV SYSTEM RECEIVER OFF DVD/LD TV SAT TV CONT MULTI CONTROL VCR1/ DVR VCR2 VIDEO OPERATION MULTI CD TAPE1 CD-R/ TUNER RECEIVER DIMMER INPUT ATT LOUDNESS SPEAKER A/B 1 2 3 4 SIGNAL SEL TAPE 2 VIDEO SEL EFFECT/CH SELL 5 6 7 8 TONE BASS/TREBLE–+ +10 DISC 9 0 ENTER DIRECT ACCESS DISP MODE SYSTEM SETUP REMOTE SETUP MENU TUNER EDIT ENTER STATUS EXIT GUIDE RETURN MPX DTV ON/OFF ¶ 8 EXTRA MENU TUNING – BAND TUNING + 1 3 ¡ STATION – DTV MENU CLASS STATION
Summary of the content on the page No. 8
SETUP S0URCE TV SYSTEM AMP OFF DVD/ M LDULTI CT OVNTROL 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 SYSTEM S MENUETUP REMOTE S ETUP STATUS ENTER EXIT GU IDE RETURN MPX RF ATT ¶ 8 EXTRA MEN U TUNING – BAND TUNING + 1 3 ¡ STAT4 I ON – CLASS 7 S¢ TATION + CHANNEL– CHANNEL+ TV INPUT INPUT TV CONT
Summary of the content on the page No. 9
QUICK START GUIDE PREP PREPARA ARATION TION Quick Start 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. The main reason why it seems so difficult is that there are three different factors involved in home t
Summary of the content on the page No. 10
Quick Start 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 pl
Summary of the content on the page No. 11
QUICK START GUIDE Quick Start 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."
Summary of the content on the page No. 12
Quick Start Guide Part1 33 333 Setting up the Main Unit 1 Connect the supplied AC power cord to the back of the main unit and plug the other end into a wall outlet (don't use any other power cord than the one that came with this receiver). 2 Press the POWER ON/OFF button to put the receiver in ON mode. 3 Press the STANDBY/ON button to switch the receiver ON. 44444 Assigning the Digital Inputs This is only necessary if you did not hook up your DVD player to DIGITAL IN 1 using a coaxial cable
Summary of the content on the page No. 13
QUICK START GUIDE Quick Start 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 to achieve good surround sound. You'll need to hook up the remote control, which has a microphone in it, 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 dow
Summary of the content on the page No. 14
\ \ \ Quick Start Guide Part2 9 Some auto setup instructions will be listed, make sure to follow them. 1. Auto Surround Setup Make sure you have: hooked up the remote control 10 Connect microphone microphone and moved obstacles to the speakers out of Please be quiet Move obstacles away the way. If you have a subwoofer make sure it is turned If you have a subwoofer turn power on and on and has the volume turned up. turn volume up WARNING: The test tones are very loud!!
Summary of the content on the page No. 15
QUICK START GUIDE Quick Start Guide Part2 memo Use the ∞5 buttons to select OK, GO NEXT and press ENTER. Put the • Make sure the room environment follows the remote control into the its stand. guidelines displayed on the OSD during auto setup. If the room environment is not optimal The system will output another series of test tones to for auto setup (too much ambient noise, establish the proper channel level, channel delay and obstacles blocking the speakers from the acoustic calibration EQ.
Summary of the content on the page No. 16
Y PB PR S VIDEO Connecting Your Equipment Connecting your TV 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. Com- posite video cords, which look just like regular RCA audio cords (see p.20) but have only one cable and connector, are the most common. Befor
Summary of the content on the page No. 17
PREPARATION PREPARATION Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Video Components 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) but you must use the same type of cord as you used to hook up your TV. For the audio signal, in order to use digital
Summary of the content on the page No. 18
Connecting Your Equipment Connecting VCRs or DVRs 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 p.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 to record video from a source component, the video connection from the source to the receiver and from the receiver t
Summary of the content on the page No. 19
PREPARATION PREPARATION Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Satellite TV (SAT) Components 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 p.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 cable, it doesn't matter which (see p.22-23). We recommend hooking up your audio with analog cables as well (see below)
Summary of the content on the page No. 20
L R Connecting Your Equipment Connecting Analog Audio Components 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 that only play (like a turntable) you only need to hook up one set of stereo plugs (two plugs). If you want to reco
