Pioneer VSX-528 manual
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- Speaker Distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54The Input Assign menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Analog Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
- 07 Home MenuUsing the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Manual speaker setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Speaker Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
- About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
- About network playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Content playable over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50About playback behavior over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
- Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
- Network setting using Safari browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Friendly Name setting using Safari browser. . . . . . . . . . 48Firmware update using Safari browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
- Playing back audio files stored on components on thenetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Playing back your favorite songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46The Network Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
- Listening to Internet radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- About HTC Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Playback with Network functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
- 06 Playback with NETWORK featuresIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43About playable DLNA network devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Using AirPlay on iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, andiTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43About the DHCP server function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Authorizing this receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
- Setting the Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
- Using surround back channel processing(VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Setting the Up Mix function (VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
- Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Better sound using Phase Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
- 04 Basic playbackPlaying a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Selecting the audio input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
- Other problems when using the Auto MCACC setup . . . 26
- 03 Basic SetupBefore setting up (for Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Changing the TV format setting (for Australia). . . . . . . . 24Canceling the Auto Power Down (for Europe, Russia andU.K.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Automatically setting up for surround sound(MCACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
- Using the Advanced surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Using Stream Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
- 05 Listening to your systemChoosing the listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Searching for RDS programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
- Improving FM sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Saving station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Naming preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Changing the radio frequency step (for Australia) . . . . . 35
- Listening to Music Contents of Bluetooth wirelesstechnology device with Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34AIR JAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
- Playing an MHL-compatible device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Bluetooth® ADAPTER for Wireless Enjoyment ofMusic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Wireless music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Pairing the Bluetooth ADAPTER and Bluetooth wirelesstechnology device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
- Playing an MHL-compatible device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
- Playing back audio files stored on a USB memorydevice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Playing back photo files stored on a USB memorydevice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31About playable file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
- Playing back files stored on an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Watching photos and video content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Playing a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- Before you start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Checking what’s in the box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Installing the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Flow of settings on the receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- 01 Controls and displaysFront panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- 02 Connecting your equipmentDetermining the speakers’ application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- Some tips for improving sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
- Switching the speaker terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Making cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15HDMI cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
- Analog audio cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Digital audio cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16About video outputs connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- . . . . . . . . . . . 17Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- Bluetooth® ADAPTER . . . . . . . . . . . 19Connecting to the network through LAN interface . . . . . . 19
- Connecting antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Using external antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
- Connecting an IR receiver (VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Connecting an iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Use a dedicated cable to enjoy iPod video. . . . . . . . . . . 21
- Connecting a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Connecting an MHL-compatible device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Connecting an HDMI-equipped component to the frontpanel input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Component Input (VSX-828 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
- 08 Using the MULTI-ZONE feature (VSX-828 only)MULTI-ZONE listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Making MULTI-ZONE connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Using the MULTI-ZONE controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
- 09 Control with HDMI functionMaking Control with HDMI connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58HDMI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
- Before using synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59About synchronized operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Cautions on the Control with HDMI function . . . . . . . . . . 59
- 10 Controlling the rest of your systemSetting the remote to control other components . . . . . . . 60Selecting preset codes directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Clearing all the remote control settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
- Controls for TVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Controls for other components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Preset Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
- 11 Additional informationTroubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
- NETWORK feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
- HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Important information regarding the HDMIconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67MHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
- HTC Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68About iPod/iPhone/iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Apple Lossless Audio Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68About FLAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68About messages displayed when using networkfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
- Resetting the main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Cleaning the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
- Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Pioneer VSX-528 is a receiver that provides a wide range of functionality and features for an immersive home entertainment experience. With 5.1 channels, it delivers a powerful and balanced sound output. It also supports Dolby Digital and DTS sound formats, offering high-quality audio playback. It has four HDMI inputs that allow you to easily connect your devices, such as Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes. It also has a USB port that enables easy playback of music files from USB storage devices. The Pioneer VSX-528's design is sleek and modern, with a clear and easy-to-use interface. The receiver comes with several sound modes and equalizer presets for fine-tuning the audio output according to personal preferences. The receiver also supports wireless audio streaming via Bluetooth, making it easy to play music from compatible smart devices. In terms of power consumption, the Pioneer VSX-528 is energy-efficient, with a standby power consumption of less than 0.5 watts. It also comes with an eco mode that helps reduce power consumption without compromising sound quality. Overall, the Pioneer VSX-528 is a versatile and reliable receiver that delivers exceptional sound quality and a range of features for an immersive home entertainment experience.
Can't find the answer to your question in the manual? You may find the answer to your question in the FAQs about the Pioneer VSX-528 below.
When is my volume too loud?
A volume above 80 decibels can be harmful to hearing. When the volume exceeds 120 decibels, direct damage can even occur. The chance of hearing damage depends on the listening frequency and duration.
Can bluetooth devices of different brands be connected to each other?
Yes, bluetooth is a universal method that allows different devices equipped with bluetooth to connect to each other.
What is bluetooth?
Bluetooth is a way of exchanging data wirelessly between electronic devices via radio waves. The distance between the two devices that exchange data can in most cases be no more than ten metres.
What is HDMI?
HDMI stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface. An HDMI cable is used to transport audio and video signals between devices.
How can I best clean my receiver?
A slightly damp cleaning cloth or soft, dust-free cloth works best to remove fingerprints. Dust in hard-to-reach places is best removed with compressed air.
Wat is Dolby Atmos?
Dolby Atmos is a technology that ensures that the sound is reflected from the ceiling to where you are listening. This makes it possible to create a 5.1 effect with only 1 speaker.
Is the manual of the Pioneer VSX-528 available in English?
Yes, the manual of the Pioneer VSX-528 is available in English .
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