Connecting Your Tv And Dvd Player; Switching On And Playing A Dvd - Pioneer VSX-C302 Mode D'emploi

01 Quick start guide

Connecting your TV and DVD player

1 Connect your DVD player to the receiver.
Connect a 3-pin AV cable (not supplied) between the
audio/video outputs of your DVD player and the DVD IN
jacks of this receiver for the video and analog audio.
For digital audio, connect a coaxial digital audio cable
(supplied) between your DVD player's coaxial digital
output and the DVD(TV/SAT) COAX jack on this
receiver.
• If your DVD player doesn't have a coaxial digital out
you can use an optical cable connected between the
optical output jack on your DVD player and the TV/
SAT(DVD) OPT1 jack on this receiver. However, you
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DVD Player

Switching on and playing a DVD

Once you switch the receiver on it will automatically
detect the speakers you have connected. Although there
are a number of more detailed settings you can make to
optimize the surround sound, you should be able to get
acceptable surround sound performance right away.
1 Switch on your TV and powered subwoofer.
Also make sure that your TV is set to the AV input you
connected the receiver to.
2 Press RECEIVER on the remote or
ON on the front panel to switch on the receiver.
3 Press DVD on the remote or turn the INPUT
SELECTOR knob on the front panel to select the DVD
input.
4 Switch on your DVD player.
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SPEAKERS
FRONT SURROUND
CENTER
R R
L L
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
VIDEO
L
AUDIO
R
OPTICAL
OPEN/CLOSE
STANDBY/ON
will have to reassign the input to DVD before using
for the first time. See Optical input setting on page 33
for how to do this.
• If you connect an optical digital cable, be careful
when inserting the plug not to damage the shutter
protecting the optical socket.
2 Connect your TV to the receiver.
Use a standard video cable (not supplied) to connect the
MONITOR OUT video jack on this receiver to a video
input on your TV.
3 Connect the supplied AC power cable to the AC
IN on this receiver and plug in the other end to a
power outlet.
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AM LOOP FM UNBAL 75Ω
IN
OUT
IN IN
CONTROL
L
DIGITAL IN
R
SUB TV/SAT DVR/VCR DVD
DVD TV/SAT
(DVD) (TV/SAT)
WOOFER
OPT1 OPT2 COAX
OUT
TV
5 Load a DVD and start playback.
This receiver will automatically decode Dolby Digital,
DTS, or Dolby Surround DVD-Video discs, according to
your speaker setup. In most cases, you won't have to
make changes for realistic surround sound.
Other possibilities (like listening to a CD with
multichannel surround sound) are explained in Home
theater sound on page 26.
6 Use the MASTER VOLUME control (front panel or
remote) to adjust the volume.
STANDBY/
• Turn down your TV's volume so that you only hear
sound from this system.
VIDEO
AC IN
IN OUT MONITOR
OUT
L L
R R
DVR/VCR
AUDIO
VIDEO