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Operating Instructions
VSX-60
AV Receiver
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IMPORTANT CAUTION 11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by 1) Re ad these instructions . RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK 2) Keep these instructions. the manufacturer. DO NOT OPEN 12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or 3) Heed all warnings. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral 4) Follow all instructions . table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with within an equilateral triangle, is intended to TO PREV
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The Safety of Your Ears is in Your Hands IMPORTANT NOTICE Get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a THE MODEL NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER OF safe level – a level that lets the sound come through THIS EQUIPMENT ARE ON THE REAR OR BOTTOM. clearly without annoying blaring or distortion and, most RECORD THESE NUMBERS ON YOUR ENCLOSED importantly, without affecting your sensitive hearing. WARRANTY CARD AND KEEP IN A SAFE PLACE Sound can be deceiving. Over time, your hearing FOR FUTUR
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05 Basic playback Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating Playing a source ...............................................................................................................................................................39 instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. Playing an iPod ............................................................................................................................................
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11 The Advanced MCACC menu Making receiver settings from the Advanced MCACC menu ......................................................................................73 Automatic MCACC (Expert) .............................................................................................................................................73 Manual MCACC setup ..............................................................................................................................................
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9 Basic playback (page 38) Flow of settings on the receiver j 10 Adjusting the sound and picture quality as desired ! Using the various listening modes (page 45) Flow for connecting and setting the receiver ! Better sound using Phase Control (page 48) The unit is a full-fledged AV receiver equipped with an abundance of functions and terminals. It can be used eas- ! Measuring the all EQ type (SYMMETRY/ALL CH ADJ/FRONT ALIGN) (page 73) ily after following the procedure below to make the connecti
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Before you start Checking what’s in the box ............................................................................................................8 Installing the receiver ......................................................................................................................8 Loading the batteries ......................................................................................................................8 Operating range of remote control unit .................
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01 Before you start Checking what’s in the box CAUTION Please check that you’ve received the following supplied accessories: Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards as leakage and bursting. Observe the following precautions: ! Setup microphone (cable: 5 m (16.4 ft.)) ! Never use new and old batteries together. ! Remote control unit ! Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case. ! AAA size IEC R03 dry cell batteries (to con
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01 Before you start Using AVNavigator About using AVNavigator (included CD-ROM) The included AVNavigator CD-ROM contains Wiring Navi allowing you to easily make the receiver’s connections 1 Click [AVNavigator 2012.I] on the desktop to launch AVNavigator. and initial settings in dialog fashion. High precision initial settings can be completed easily simply by following AVNavigator is launched and Wiring Navi starts up. The language selection screen appears. Follow the instruc- the instructions
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Controls and displays Remote control ..............................................................................................................................11 Display ............................................................................................................................................13 Front panel .....................................................................................................................................14 10
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02 Controls and displays The remote has been conveniently color-coded according to component control using the following system: Remote control ! White – Receiver control, TV control ! Blue – Other controls (See pages 40, 41, 42, 43 and 70.) This section explains how to operate the remote control for the receiver. 1 u RECEIVER This switches between standby and on for this receiver. RECEIVER ALL ZONE STBY SOURCE DISCRETE ON 2 ALL ZONE STBY DISCRETE ON 1 RCU SETUP 11 Use this button to perform u
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02 Controls and displays 12 OPTION The preset codes of desired devices can be registered in the remote control and button operations can be regis- tered using the learning mode. 13 Switches the remote to control the receiver (used to select the white commands). Switch to perform operations in the main zone. Also use this button to set up surround sound. 14 VOLUME +/– Use to set the listening volume. 15 MUTE Mutes the sound or restores the sound if it has been muted (adjusting the volume als
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02 Controls and displays 8 Listening mode indicators Display ! AUTO SURROUND – Lights when the Auto Surround feature is switched on (page 46). ! ALC – Lights when the ALC (Auto level control) mode is selected (page 46). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1415 ! STREAM DIRECT – Lights when Direct/Pure Direct is selected (page 47). ! ADV.SURROUND – Lights when one of the Advanced Surround modes has been selected (page 46). 2 AUTO DIGITAL PLUS DSD PCM TUNED L C R 2TrueHD MULTI-ZONE PQLS ALC
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02 Controls and displays 10 PHONES jack Front panel Use to connect headphones. When the headphones are connected, there is no sound output from the speakers. 11 Listening mode buttons 1 2 33 46 5 7 8 ! AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM DIRECT – Switches between Auto Surround (page 46), Auto Level Control and Stream Direct mode (page 47). ! STANDARD SURROUND – Press for Standard decoding and to switch various modes (2 Pro Logic, Neo:6, Stereo etc.) (page 46). ADVANCED MCACC FL OFF HDMI iPod iPhone iPad !
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Connecting your equipment Connecting your equipment .........................................................................................................16 Rear panel ......................................................................................................................................16 Determining the speakers’ application ........................................................................................17 Placing the speakers ......................................
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03 Connecting your equipment Connecting your equipment Note This receiver provides you with many connection possibilities, but it doesn’t have to be difficult. This chapter ! The RS-232C terminal is exclusively for the installer. explains the kinds of components you can connect to make up your home theater system. ! The input functions below are assigned by default to the receiver’s different input terminals. Refer to The Input Setup menu on page 36 to change the assignments if other connect
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03 Connecting your equipment [B] 7.2 channel surround system (Front wide) Determining the speakers’ application ! Speaker System setting: Normal(SB/FW) This unit permits you to build various surround systems, in accordance with the number of speakers you have. ! Be sure to connect speakers to the front left and right channels (L and R). ! It is also possible to only connect one of the surround back speakers (SB) or neither. ! If you have two subwoofers, the second subwoofer can be connected to
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03 Connecting your equipment [D] 5.2 channel surround system & Front Bi-amping connection (High quality Placing the speakers surround) Refer to the chart below for placement of the speakers you intend to connect. ! Speaker System setting: Front Bi-Amp Bi-amping connection of the front speakers for high sound quality with 5.2-channel surround sound. SW 2SW 1 FHL FHR C Front Bi-Amp L R 30 30 FWL FWR R 60 60 L SW 1 C 120 120 SW 2 SL SR 60 SR SBL SB SBR SL ! Place the surround speakers at 120
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03 Connecting your equipment Connecting the speakers Installing your speaker system Each speaker connection on the receiver comprises a positive (+) and negative (–) terminal. Make sure to match At the very least, front left and right speakers only are necessary. Note that your main surround speakers should these up with the terminals on the speakers themselves. always be connected as a pair, but you can connect just one surround back speaker if you like (it must be con- This unit supports sp
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03 Connecting your equipment Bi-amping your speakers Bi-wiring your speakers Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support bi-amping. amplifiers for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate termi- ! With these connections, the Speaker System setting makes no difference. nals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend
