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11SIGNAL SELECT (pages 32, 35, 46) Use to select an input signal.

12MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS (page 33) Use Midnight when listening to movie soundtracks at low volume. Use Loudness to boost the bass and treble at low volume.

13SPEAKERS

Use to cycle through the speaker system: A = B = A+B

14 MONITOR

Press to switch tape monitoring on/off.

15 TONE

Press this button to access the bass and treble controls, which you can then adjust with the

MULTI JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial.

16QUICK SETUP

17VIDEO INPUT (page 17)

18DIGITAL IN (page 17)

19 FL DIMMER

Use this button to make the fluorescent display (FL) dimmer or brighter.

20Re-EQ(page 41)

This feature compensates for the effect of reproducing sounds that have been originally processed for a large movie theater in a smaller room.

21MPX (page 43)

Press to receive a radio broadcast in mono.

22BAND (page 43)

Switches between AM and FM radio bands.

23CLASS (pages 44–45)

Switches between the three banks (classes) of station presets.

24TUNER EDIT (pages 44–45)

Press to memorize and name a station for recall using the STATION +/– buttons or the MULTI

JOG/INPUT SELECTOR dial.

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Lights to indicate the type of input signal assigned for the current component:

Depending on the source, this lights when a signal with surround back channel encoding is detected.

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Lights when AUTO signal select is on

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Lights when a digital audio signal is

 

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Pioneer VSX-41 manual Controls and Displays

VSX-41 specifications

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