Controls and displays

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6(TUNE/ST) /ENTER

Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system (page 36) and the AV options (page 57). Also used to control DVD menus/options and for deck 1

of a double cassette deck player. Use the TUNE

 

buttons to find radio frequencies and use ST

to

find preset stations (page 33).

 

7 TV CONTROL buttons

These buttons are dedicated to control the TV assigned to the TV CTRL button. Thus if you only have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the TV CTRL input source button. If you have two TVs, assign the main TV to the TV CTRL button (see page 61 for more on this).

TV – Use to turn on/off the power of the TV.

TV VOL +/– – Use to adjust the volume on your TV.

INPUT SELECT – Use to select the TV input signal.

TV CH +/– – Use to select channels.

8 Component control buttons

The main buttons ( , , etc.) are used to control a component after you have selected it using the input source buttons.

The controls above these buttons can be accessed after you have selected the corresponding input source button (for example DVD, DVR1 or TV). The following controls can be accessed when listening to the built-in tuner:

MPX – Switches between stereo and mono reception of FM broadcasts. If the signal is weak then switching to mono will improve the sound quality (page 33).

DISP – Switches between named station presets and radio frequencies (page 34). Also used to display RDS information (page 34).

EON – Use to search for programs that are broadcasting traffic or news information (page 35).

9 STATUS

Press to check selected receiver settings (page 59).

10 MULTI OPE

Use this button to perform multi operations (page 63).

11 SHIFT

Press to access the controls outlined in white boxes (for

example, INPUT SELECT

 

), or to display the currently

 

selected input source in the remote control LCD.

12 SOURCE

Press to turn on/off other components connected to the receiver (see page 61 for more on this).

13 Character display (LCD)

This display shows information when transmitting control signals.

The following commands are shown when you’re setting the remote to control other components (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 61):

SETUP – Indicates the setup mode, from which you choose the options below.

PRESET – See Selecting preset codes directly on page 61.

LEARNING See Programming signals from other remote controls on page 61.

MULTI OP – See Multi Operation and System Off on

page 63.

SYS OFF – See Multi Operation and System Off on page 63.

DIRECT F – See Direct function on page 63.

RENAME – See Renaming input source names on page 63.

ERASE – See Erasing one of the remote control button settings on page 62.

RESET – See Resetting the remote control presets on page 62.

READ ID – See Confirming preset codes on page 62.

14 RECEIVER

Switches the remote to control the receiver (used to select the green commands above the number buttons (ANALOG ATT, etc)). Also use this button to set up surround sound (page 8, page 36).

15 VOL +/–

Use to set the listening volume.

16 MUTE

Mutes the sound or restores the sound if it has been muted (adjusting the volume also restores the sound).

17Receiver controls

SIGNAL SEL – Use to select an input signal (page 29).

SBch – Use to select the surround/virtual back channel mode (page 29).

STEREO – Switches between direct and stereo playback. Direct playback bypasses the tone controls and any other signal processing for the most accurate reproduction of a source (page 28).

THX – Press to select a Home THX listening mode (page 27).

STANDARD – Press for Standard decoding and to switch between the various 2Pro Logic IIx and Neo:6 options (page 26).

ADV.SURR – Use to switch between the various surround modes (page 27).

18PHASE – Press to switch on/off Phase Control (page 10).

MCACC – Press to switch between MCACC presets (page 28).

S.DIRECT – Press to select Auto Surround (page 26) or Stream Direct (page 28) listening.

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Pioneer VSX-2016AV operating instructions 6TUNE/ST /ENTER, Status, Multi OPE, Shift, Source, Mute

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