Getting to Know the AV Receiver

Front Panel

North American Model

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MASTER VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

PRESET

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

MULTI CH

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

 

TAPE

TUNER

C D

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO 3 INPUT

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

L AUDIO

R

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

TUNING

 

 

 

A

B

 

TONE

 

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY

INPUT

DIMMER MEMORY

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

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Other Models

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

PRESET

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

PURE AUDIO

MULTI CH

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

 

TAPE

TUNER

C D

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO 3 INPUT

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

L AUDIO

R

 

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

 

TUNING

 

 

 

 

A

B

TONE

 

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY

RT/PTY/TP MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

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For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses.

 

F Arrow/TUNING/PRESET and ENTER buttons

ASTANDBY/ON button (32)

Sets the AV receiver to On or Standby.

BSTANDBY indicator (32)

Lights up when the AV receiver is on Standby and flashes while a signal is being received from the remote controller.

CRemote-control sensor (11)

Receives control signals from the remote controller.

DDisplay

See “Display” on page 9.

EInput selector buttons (36)

Select the input sources.

The [MULTI CH] button selects the multichannel DVD input.

When AM, FM, or XM is selected, the TUNING

[] [] buttons are used for radio tuning, and the PRESET [] [] buttons are used to select radio presets (see page 39). With the setup menus, they work as arrow buttons and are used to select and set items. The ENTER button is also used with the setup menus.

GMASTER VOLUME control (36)

Sets the volume of the AV receiver to MIN, 1 through 79, or MAX.

HPHONES jack (47)

This 1/4-inch phone jack is for connecting a stan- dard pair of stereo headphones for private listening.

ISPEAKERS A and B buttons (6, 36)

Turn speaker sets A and B on or off.

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Onkyo TX-SR504/B, TX-SR504E, TX-SR8450 instruction manual Getting to Know the AV Receiver, Front Panel

TX-SR504/B, TX-SR8450, TX-SR504E specifications

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