Remote Control of Other Components

CATV operations

The following operations are available from the receiver's remote control after you program your CATV into it, but some operations may need to be learned separately by the receiver (see “Setting Up the Remote Control to Control Other Components,“ p. 47-50).

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To perform these operations, press the TV CONTROL button to set the remote to the CATV operation

 

mode.

For more information on individual commands consult the manual that came with the your CATV.

4

CATV

1MUTE

Press to mute or restore the volume.

3 MENU GUIDE

2

 

PAGE

PAGE

 

L3

L4

1

MUTE

CH

ENTER

 

 

7

1

4

7

L1

2

5

8

0

3

6

9

L2

2PAGE (–/+)

Use to displays other pages of on-screen information if there is too fit one screen.

53 MENU

Use to display the main menu.

4 GUIDE

Use to display the Program Guide screen.

5 Number buttons

6

Use to select a specific TV channel.

6 L1-4

 

 

Freely assignable keys where you can enter any

 

command you like-refer to p. 47 for more on this.

7 CH ENTER

Use to select the channel specified with the number buttons (not all models require this step).

STB (DTV) operations

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The following operations are available from the receiver's remote control after you program your digital

tuner into it, but some operations may need to be learned separately by the receiver (see “Setting Up the

 

 

Remote Control to Control Other Components,“ p. 47-50).

To perform these operations, press the TV/SAT button to set the remote to the DIGITAL TUNER operation mode.

For more information on individual commands consult the manual that came with the component.

When presetting a PIONEER digital tuner, this screen will appear.

Digital Tuner screen

STB (DTV)

6

CH

CH

CH

5

 

RETURN

 

 

4BLUE GREEN RED

3

 

 

 

MENU CLEAR YELLOW

2

 

 

1

L1

L2

9

1 2

45

7 8

0

3

6

9

ENTER

8

1

Press to switch the digital tuner on or off.

2 MENU

Use to turn the main menu on or off.

3 CLEAR

 

Use to clears on-screen display.

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4 BLUE/GREEN/RED/YELLOW

Use to make selections from the DTV (Digital TV)

 

 

menu.

 

5 CH –/+

Use to chnage channels on the satellite tuner.

6CH RETURN

Use to return to the previous channel.

7Number buttons

Use to select satellite channels.

8ENTER

Use to select the channel specified with the number buttons (not all models require this step).

9L1-2

Freely assignable keys where you can enter any command you like-refer to p. 47 for more on this.

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Pioneer VSX-29TX manual Catv operations, STB DTV operations, Digital Tuner screen

VSX-29TX specifications

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