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Controls and displays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MCACC

 

 

 

 

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SPEAKERS

CONTROL MULTI-ZONE ON/OFF BAND

TUNER EDIT

TUNE

PRESET

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO SURROUND/

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iPod iPhone iPad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STREAM DIRECT STANDARD SURR

SURROUND

STEREO DIRECT CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

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MCACC

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SETUP MIC

 

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1INPUT SELECTOR dial

Selects an input source (page 25).

2SPEAKERS

See Switching the speaker terminal on page 13.

3MCACC indicator

Lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ (page 34) is on (Acoustic Calibration EQ is automatically set to on after the Auto MCACC setup (page 23)).

4ZONE controls

If you’ve made MULTI-ZONE connections (see Making MULTI- ZONE connections on page 54) use these controls to control the sub zone from the main zone (see Using the MULTI-ZONE

controls on page 54).

5Character display

See Display on page 8.

6Tuner control buttons

BAND – Switches between AM, FM ST (stereo) and FM MONO radio bands (page 32).

TUNER EDIT – Use with TUNE /, PRESET / and

ENTER to memorize and name stations for recall (page 32).

TUNE / – Used to find radio frequencies (page 32).

PRESET / – Use to select preset radio stations (page 32).

7HDMI indicator

Blinks when connecting an HDMI-equipped component; lights when the component is connected (page 16).

8iPod iPhone iPad indicator

Lights when an iPod/iPhone/iPad is connected and iPod/USB input is selected (page 27).

9Remote sensor

Receives the signals from the remote control (see Operating range of remote control on page 10).

10 MASTER VOLUME dial

11STANDBY/ON

12PHONES jack

Use to connect headphones. When the headphones are connected, there is no sound output from the speakers. The listening mode when the sound is heard from the headphone can be selected only from PHONES SURR, STEREO or STEREO ALC mode (S.R AIR mode can be also selected with ADAPTER input).

13 Listening mode buttons

AUTO SURROUND/STREAM DIRECT – Switches between Auto surround mode (page 33) and Stream Direct playback (page 34).

ALC/STANDARD SURR – Press for standard decoding and to switch between the modes of 2Pro Logic II, 2 Pro Logic IIx, 2Pro Logic IIz and NEO:6, and the Auto level control stereo mode (page 33).

ADVANCED SURROUND – Switches between the various surround modes (page 34).

STEREO – Press to select stereo playback (page 33).

14 MCACC SETUP MIC jack

Use to connect a microphone when performing Auto MCACC setup (page 23).

15 iPod iPhone iPad/USB terminal

Use to connect your Apple iPod or USB mass storage device as an audio source (page 21).

16 iPod iPhone iPad DIRECT CONTROL

Change the receiver’s input to the iPod and enable iPod operations on the iPod (page 28).

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