PIONEER Service Manual. A subscription to, or additional copies Also test with plug reversed of, PIONEER Ser vice Manual may be obtained at a (Using AC adapter Earth nominal charge from PIONEER. plug as required)
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By following the instructions in this manual, be sure to apply the prescribed grease or glue to proper portions by the appropriate amount.For replacement parts or tools, the prescribed ones should be used. VSX-C301-S...
"DTS" and "DTS Digital Surround" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Accessories • Power Cable (MYXU Type) • Remote Control Unit (ADG1154) (AXD7348) AM loop antenna FM wire antenna • Dry Cell Battery (R6P, AA) • Power Cable (NVXU Type) (ATB7009) (ADH7030) (ADG1156) (VEM1010) VSX-C301-S...
For the applying amount of lubricants or glue, follow the instructions in this manual. (In the case of no amount instructions, apply as you think it appropriate.) 2.1 PACKING VSX-C301-S/MYXU and VSX-C301-K/MYXU Types Only VSX-C301-S/NVXU Type Only VSX-C301-S/NVXU Type Only...
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Packing Case See Contrast table(2) (Dutch, Spanish) NSP 9 Polyethylene Bag (A4*2) See Contrast table(2) (2) CONTRAST TABLE VSX-C301-S/MYXU, VSX-C301-K/MYXU and VSX-C301-S/NVXU are constructed the same except for the follow- ing: VSX-C301-S/ VSX-C301-K/ VSX-C301-S/ Mark No. Symbol and Description MYXU...
2.2 EXTERIOR SECTION Refer to "2.3 INTERIOR SECTION". Refer to "2.4 FRONT PANEL SECTION". VSX-C301-S...
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• • • • • • NSP 24 Label VRW1629 > AC Inlet Assy VKP2116 (2) CONTRAST TABLE VSX-C301-S/MYXU, VSX-C301-K/MYXU and VSX-C301-S/NVXU are constructed the same except for the follow- ing: VSX-C301-S/ VSX-C301-K/ VSX-C301-S/ Mark No. Symbol and Description MYXU...
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AEC7458 Core Stay A ANG7447 Core Stay B ANG7448 Jack Stay ANG7450 Trans Frame ANG7446 NSP 26 Under Base ANA7151 PCB Support AEC7365 PCB Mold AMR2533 NSP 29 PC Support VEC1749 Foot REC-434 Screw BBZ30P060FMC Screw BCZ40P060FNI Screw BBZ30P180FMC VSX-C301-S...
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AAK8083 Insulator Ring AAK8091 Screw PPZ30P080FMC Rubber Foot VEB1325 VOL Ring ABH7220 (2) CONTRAST TABLE VSX-C301-S/MYXU, VSX-C301-K/MYXU and VSX-C301-S/NVXU are constructed the same except for the follow- ing: VSX-C301-S/ VSX-C301-K/ VSX-C301-S/ Mark No. Symbol and Description MYXU MYXU NVXU 5 Front Panel 301SMY Assy...
(AWX8168) 12V ASSY (AWX8170) AC POWER CORD MYXU: ADG1154 NVXU: ADG1156 AC INLET ASSY VKP2116 1/5- MOTHER ASSY (AWX8171) PRIMARY ASSY (AWX8166) 1/2- DSP ASSY (AWX8241) J4601 ADX7442 FRONT IN ASSY (AWX8219) FRONT ASSY (AWX8173) POWER SW ASSY (AWX8174) VSX-C301-S...
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Note : When ordering service parts, be sure to refer to "EXPLODED VIEWS and PARTS LIST" or "PCB PARTS LIST". AMP KAWA ASSY AMP OUT ASSY (AWX8223) (AWX8164) DC FAN MOTOR AXM7025 6CH AMP ASSY (AWM7786) DSP KAWA ASSY (AWX8167) VHVL ASSY (AWX8237) D5V ASSY (AWX8224) ENCODER ASSY (AWX8175) VSX-C301-S...
3.3 FM/AM TUNER MODULE FM/AM TUNER MODULE (AXQ7246) FM FRONT END (FM) (FM) (FM) (FM) (AM) (AM) (AM) MW RF TUNING BLOCK (FM) (AM) VSX-C301-S...
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: The power supply is shown with the marked box. (TX) : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (TUNER) (AM) : AM SIGNAL ROUTE (FM) : FM SIGNAL ROUTE CN801 (AM) (TX) (FM) (TX) (TX) (TX) (FM) (FM) (TX) (AM) VSX-C301-S...
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: VIDEO SIGNAL ROUTE (COMPOSITE) : VIDEO SIGNAL ROUTE (RGB: R) T1 PT IC2104: ANALOG AUDIO FUNCTION CN1262 CAUTION : FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE. REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE NO. 49102.5 FOR IC2101 AND IC2102 MFD, BY LITTELFUSE INC. VSX-C301-S...
3.5 SCART-2F ASSY CN2102 CN2103 RGB VIDEO FUNCTION VSX-C301-S...
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CN552 SCART-2F ASSY (AWX8169) VIDEO POWER SUPPLY CN9001 BLANKING & STATUS SELECT : The power supply is shown with the marked box. : VIDEO SIGNAL ROUTE (COMPOSITE) : VIDEO SIGNAL ROUTE (RGB: R) VSX-C301-S...
3.6 MOTHER ASSY (1/5) CN201 SOME FUNCTION IS ON : 0V ALL FUNCTION IS ON : 5V CN2204 : The power supply is shown with the marked box. CN551 VSX-C301-S...
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CN4203 MOTHER ASSY (AWX8171) DC DETECT: 3-4V OVERLOAD DETECT: 2-3V Short-circuit Fan and Power supply circuit: less than 2V (VH/VL) CN8012 VSX-C301-S...
3.7 MOTHER ASSY (2/5) and DSP KAWA ASSY NORMAL : 0V OVERLOAD : 5V IATT ON : +12V OFF : -12V INPUT ATT A/D OVERLOAD DETECT DSP KAWA ASSY (AWX8167) CN8017 CN8003 CN8009 VSX-C301-S...
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MOTHER ASSY (AWX8171) : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (ANALOG) LOW PASS FILTER : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (DIGITAL) For SP CONFIG. MIX AMP : The power supply is shown with the marked box. VSX-C301-S...
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: AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (ANALOG) (HP) : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (HP OUT) 15dB ATT (HP) VOLUME -∞ to -15dB : 5V -14dB to 0dB : -12V MUTE ON : +3V OFF : -12V : The power supply is shown with the marked box. VSX-C301-S...
NO. 491004 FOR IC203 MFD, BY LITTELFUSE INC. CAUTION : FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE. REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE NO. 491.630 FOR IC206 MFD, BY LITTELFUSE INC. : The power supply is shown with the marked box. VSX-C301-S...
3.13 FRONT IN and AMP KAWA ASSYS FRONT IN ASSY (AWX8219) : 0V No HP : 5V (HP) (HP) J4601 ADX7442 CN1204 (HP) : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (HP OUT) VSX-C301-S...
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CN203 CN1501 : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (ANALOG) : The power supply is shown with the marked box. CAUTION : FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE. REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME TYPE NO. 491007 FOR IC4701 MFD, BY LITTELFUSE INC. VSX-C301-S...
3.14 6CH AMP ASSY CN3651 to FAN Motor CN3001 (FL) (SW) (SL) Non Distortion Circuit CN3002 VSX-C301-S...
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: FL ch AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (SL) : SL ch AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE : The power supply is shown with the marked box. : C ch AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (SW) : Refer to "7. 1. 4 Circuit Description". : SW ch AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE VSX-C301-S...
3.15 AMP OUT ASSY AMP OUT ASSY (AWX8164) (HP) CN252 (HP) OVERLOAD DETECT (HP) SP DETECT DC DETECT : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (ANALOG) (HP) : AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTE (HP OUT) : The power supply is shown with the marked box. VSX-C301-S...
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PRIMARY ASSY (AWX8166) B2P3-VH NEUTRAL LIVE AC IN VHVL ASSY (AWX8237) • NOTE FOR FUSE REPLACEMENT FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST RISK OF FIRE. CAUTION - REPLACE WITH SAME TYPE AND RATINGS ONLY. VSX-C301-S...
Symbol In PCB Symbol In Schematic Part Name Diagrams Diagrams C E B Capacitor Connector Transistor B C E SIDE A Transistor with resistor B C E Field effect SIDE B P.C.Board Chip Part transistor Resistor array 3-terminal regulator VSX-C301-S...
J4602 FRONT IN ASS'Y HCMK-P3X CAUTION AWX8219 CN4102 C4108 REPLACE WITH SAME TYPE NO. KN4101 J4601 Production Code 491010 FOR IC201,IC202 MFD. BY LITTELFUSE INC. C4101 CN4102 (ANP7453-B) CN1204 SIDE B SIDE B FRONT IN ASSY CN4102 CN4102 (ANP7453-B) VSX-C301-S...
CN4701 CN4705 CN4706 ATTENTION EN CAS DE REMPLACEMENT FUSIBLES IC4701 N'UTILISER QUE LA REFERENCE 491007 DE CHEZ LITTELFUSE SLOUT SLOUT INC. SROUT SROUT COUT COUT SBOUT SBOUT GNDS FLOUT FLOUT GNDP PYKC F4 GNDP FROUT FROUT (ANP7451-B) CN4703 J4702 VSX-C301-S...
4.10 ENCODER, FRONT and POWER SW ASSYS SIDE A CN9006 FRONT ASSY CN4203 CONTACT SIDE D4205 D4203 D4204 D4206 CN4203 AWX8199 AWX8173 AWX8205 AWX8214 X4201 AWX8202 AWX8196 AWX8211 AWX8217 4202 FRONT ASS'Y 4501 4501 J4201A POWER SW ASS'Y AWX8174 AWX8206 HCMK-P3X (ANP7453-B) POWER SW ASSY VSX-C301-S...
Note : Test mode of No. 1-12 is Preset ID 150. For the FL (international) model only, when the code is received, Test mode of No. 13, 14 is Preset ID 156. 9K and 10K can be switched. When the code is first received, 10K is selected. VSX-C301-S...
Fan stop XPROTECT port (A/D) Detection method 0.4 Vdd or less Detection start time 1.0 sec after Mute: On Process Speaker Relay: Off Shifting to STBY Display No display Recovery Hold the STANDBY key pressed for 10 sec. Remarks VSX-C301-S...
5 Detection circuit for the center speaker Check signal from microcomputer Detection of the center speaker 10 kΩ Detection signal to microcomputer 47 kΩ mute Mute About 8Ω Satellite speakers may be connected. POWER AMP (IC3401) VSX-C301-S...
→ The microcomputer detects the XPROTECT level and shuts the power to the unit off. (3) When VD+5 is short-circuited The level of the XPROTECT line becomes low. The microcomputer detects the XPROTECT level and shuts the power to the unit off. VSX-C301-S...
• Check power voltage of IC1501-1503. Check Pins 15 and 17-21 • Check AMUTE. of CN3002. Check Pins 3, 7, 10, 14, • Check power voltage and periphery of IC3301 and IC3401. 18, 22 of CN3001. Check SP OUT. VSX-C301-S...
P33/A11 MVRATT P77/TA3IN P34/A12 RY-AC P76/TA3OUT P35/A13 HP DET P75/TA2IN/W P36/A14 RY_SP 1394 RST P74/TA2OUT/W P37/A15 RY_HP P40/A16 1394 CS P73/CTS2/RTS2/TA1IN/V MCACC P41/A17 1394 CK P72/CLK2/TA1OUT/V AMUTE P71/RxD2/SCL 1394 DO P42/A18 GAIN_SEL /TA0IN/TB5IN 1394 DI P70/TXD2/SDA P43/A19 IATT /TA0OUT VSX-C301-S...
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Data input signal for communication with DIR/DAC P50/WRL/WR DIR CS Chip select signal for communication with DIR/DAC P47/CS3 DIR codec over flag P46/CS2 DIR CDC RST Reset signal for DIR codec P45/CS1 DIR ERR Lock/unlock signal P44/CS0 XTL0 DIR X'tal change VSX-C301-S...
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P103/AN3 "L" fixed P102/AN2 SIMUKE1 lnput 1 to switch region P101/AN1 XPROTECT Ptotection circuit detect for amp. module AVSS AVSS Connect to VSS P100/AN0 "L" fixed VREF VREF Connect to VCC AVcc AVCC Connect to VCC P97/ADTRG/SIN4 "L" fixed VSX-C301-S...
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VOLUME JOG1(-) P60/FIP48 EN A VOLUME JOG1(+) P57/FIP47 P56/FIP46 TEST Test mode input for checker P55/FIP45 AV DIRECT P54/FIP44 P53/FIP43 P52/FIP42 1W WUP Output wakeup signal to main u-com P51/FIP41 P50/FIP40 P47/FIP39 LED1 LED output P46/FIP38 LED2 LED output VSX-C301-S...
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• Video Signal Switcher for VTR, TV Block Diagram VOUT MUTE 75Ω CTLA LOGIC CTLB Pin Function Pin Name Function Signal input CTLA Control input CTLB Control input Signal input − Ground Signal input − Power supply VOUT Signal output VSX-C301-S...
Anode Connection 7.3 CLEANING Before shipping out the product, be sure to clean the following positions by using the prescribed cleaning tools: Position to be cleaned Cleaning tools Fans Cleaning paper : GED-008 VSX-C301-S...
2 channel (stereo) source. ADVANCED indicator Lights when one of the Advanced Surround modes is active. PHONES indicator Lights when phones surround mode is active. SOUND MODE indicator Lights when one of the Sound Modes is active. VSX-C301-S...
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Lights when the Virtual Surround Back effect is on. 11 Volume level indicator 7 OVER Indicates the volume level in dB. Lights when the input signal is too high, risking distortion. Use the input attenuator to reduce the level. VSX-C301-S...
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3 CONTROL IN jack / CONTROL OUT jack any other input, that signal is output from the VIDEO IN/OUT AV Use to link Pioneer components together to enable all components connector. in the chain to use just one remote control sensor.
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Press to select the AUTO (default) sound for the current source (stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, etc.) and switch off all other sound processing. STEREO RECEIVER Press to hear the current source in stereo. SURROUND Use to select a SURROUND mode for the current source. VSX-C301-S...
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FRONT inputs. Input/control mode Preset Component select button code (manufacturer) 12 MASTER VOLUME DVD (Pioneer) Use to adjust the volume. STB (Pioneer) 13 ROOM SETUP DVR/TV DVD recorder Use to select a preset room setup. (Pioneer) 14 SYSTEM SETUP...
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Subwoofer: 0 dB AV Direct setting MANUAL Auto Input Select MANUAL setting Room Setup M / MID • The default settings for the remote control to control other components can be found in Using the remote control with other components. VSX-C301-S...