11Controlling the rest of your system

Button (s)

Function

Components

ENTER/

Chooses the disc.

Multiple CD

DISC

 

player

 

 

 

 

Use as the ENTER button.

VCR/DVD player

 

 

 

 

Displays the setup screen for

DVR player

 

DVR players.

 

 

 

 

 

Changes sides of the LD.

LD player

 

 

 

TOP MENU

Displays the disc ‘top’ menu of a

DVD/DVR

 

DVD player.

player

 

 

 

MENU

Displays menus concerning the

DVD/DVR

 

current DVD or DVR you are

player

 

using.

 

 

 

 

 

Pauses the tape.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

Stops the tape.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

ENTER

Starts playback.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

Fast rewinds/fast forwards the

Cassette deck

 

tape.

 

 

 

 

 

Navigates DVD menu/options.

DVD/DVR

& ENTER

 

Player

 

 

 

GUIDE

Press to access the DVD player

DVD/DVR

 

setup screen.

Player

Operating other Pioneer components with this unit’s sensor

Many Pioneer components have SR CONTROL jacks which can be used to link components together so that you can use just the remote sensor of one component. When you use a remote control, the control signal is

passed along the chain to the appropriate component.1

Important

Note that if you use this feature, make sure that you also have at least one set of analog audio or video jacks connected to another component for grounding purposes.

1Decide which component you want to use the remote sensor of.

When you want to control any component in the chain, this is the remote sensor at which you’ll point the corresponding remote control.

CH +/–

Selects channels.

VCR/DVD/DVR

2 Connect the CONTROL OUT jack of that component

to the CONTROL IN jack of another Pioneer component.

 

 

Player

AUDIO

Changes the audio language or

DVD/DVR

Use a cable with a mono mini-plug on each end for the

connection.

 

 

 

 

channel.

Player

 

 

 

SUBTITLE

Displays/changes the subtitles

DVD/DVR

 

 

 

 

 

 

on multilingual DVDs.

Player

 

OUT

MULTI-ROOM & SO

 

 

 

OUT

IR

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

ROOM 2(ZONE 2)

 

 

 

 

IN 1

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

Switches to the VCR controls

VCR/DVD/DVR

IN 2

(DVR/

INY

PB

 

 

 

 

 

IN 1

COMPONENT VID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+SUBTITLE

when using a VCR/DVD/HDD

Player

 

VCR1)

1

CONTROL

CONTROL

 

IN 2

 

 

recorder.

 

 

(TV/SAT)

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

IN 3

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(CD)

 

 

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

HDD (SHIFT

Switches to the hard disk

DVR Player

 

ASSIG-

 

RS-232C

S-VIDEO

 

 

 

HDMI

1 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

+ CH–)

controls when using a DVD/

 

 

CONTROL

 

iPod

 

 

 

 

 

HDD recorder.

 

IN

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XM

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD (SHIFT

Switches to the DVD controls

DVR Player

 

AUDIO

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

+ CH+)

when using a DVD/HDD

 

 

IN 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD/LD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorder.

 

 

IN 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COAXIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVR/VCR2)

CD

CD-R/TAPE/MD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Continue the chain in the same way for as many components as you have.

Note

1 • If you want to control all your components using this receiver’s remote control, refer to Setting the remote to control other components on page 65.

If you have connected a remote control to the CONTROL IN jack (using a mini-plug cable), you won't be able to control this unit using the remote sensor.

• See Using this receiver with a Pioneer plasma display on page 55 if you are connecting a Pioneer plasma display.

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