Names of Parts and Basic Operations

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SIGNAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SFC

 

5-D

THEATER

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECT

 

H.P

 

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MONO

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MIDNIGHT

 

 

DNR

 

 

LOUDNESS

 

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ANALOG

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DIGITAL

DIGITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC-3

L C

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DTS

LS

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LFE

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1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators

Light to indicate the type of input signal selected for the current component (refer to “Front Panel”, @, SIGNAL SELECT on pages 26, 27).

ANALOG : Lights when the analog audio signals are selected.

DIGITAL : Lights when the digital audio signals are selected.

AC-3 :Lights when a source with Dolby Digital signals is played.

DTS : Lights when a source with DTS audio signals is played.

2Digital indicators

dts : Lights when DTS signals are input. (Dolby/DTS mode is ON)

PRO LOGIC : When the Dolby mode on the receiver is on, this indicator lights during 2 channel playback of Dolby Digital sources.

DIGITAL : When the Dolby mode on the receiver is on, this indicator lights to indicate playback of a Dolby Digital signal. However, PRO LOGIC lights during 2 channel playback of Dolby Digital.

3SFC (DSP) mode indicator

Lights when the DSP mode or ADVANCED THEATER mode (except for 5-D THEATER) is selected.

(Refer to “Surround modes” on page 28)

4ATT indicator

Lights when ATT (refer to “Remote Control”, 7, Number buttons on page 25) is used to reduce the level of the input signal (available in ANALOG mode only).

5Overload indicator

When “ANALOG” is selected in SIGNAL SELECT, this indicator lights to show that an excessively strong signal is being processed. When this occurs, press ATT on the remote control to attenuate the signal. Also, when “DIGITAL” is selected in SIGNAL SELECTOR, this indicator lights to show that a source containing an excessive amount of information is being processed.

When this occurs, refer to pages 31 and 32.

65-D THEATER indicator

Lights when 5-D THEATER is selected.

7MIDNIGHT indicator

Lights when the MIDNIGHT mode is on.

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8DNR indicator

Lights when the DIGITAL NR is on.

9LOUDNESS indicator

Lights when loudness is on (refer to “Front Panel”, 8, LOUDNESS on pages 26, 27).

0DIRECT indicator

Lights when direct playback is on (refer to “Front Panel”, =, DIRECT on pages 26, 27).

-Tuner indicators

STEREO : Lights when an FM stereo broadcast is received in the auto stereo mode.

TUNED : Lights when a broadcast is received.

MONO : Lights when the tuner is set to receive FM broadcasts in monaural.

=H.P indicator

Lights when headphones are plugged in.

~Speaker indicators

Light to indicate the current speaker system (refer to “Front Panel”, 7, SPEAKERS (A/B) on pages 26, 27). SP 3 A : Lights when speaker system A is selected.

SP 3 B : Lights when speaker system B is selected.

!Program format indicators

The following indicators light to show the channels being played back.

L : Left front*1*2, C : Center*1, R : Right front*1*2,

LS : Left surround*1,S : Surround (mono)*2,

RS : Right surround*1

*1: Indicates 5.1ch Dolby Digital/DTS playback.

*2: Indicates Dolby surround playback.

@LFE indicator

LFE (Low Frequency Effects) indicator lights to indicate that the program source contains an LFE channel. The indicator to the left of LFE lights during actual playback of the LFE signals (LFE signals are not present in all parts of the sound track).

#Character display

$Volume level display

Displays the volume level. Volume level is maintained even when the power is off. ---dB indicates the minimum level, and 0dB indicates the maximum level.

•Depending on the level settings for individual channels, the MAX level can range between –10dB and 0dB.

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VSX-21 specifications

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