09Controlling the rest of your system

Button (s)

 

Function

Components

 

 

 

 

REC STOP

 

Stops recording.

DVR player

(SHIFT+

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Directly access tracks on a program source.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/LD player

buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the number buttons to navigate the on-screen

DVD/DVR player

 

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

+10 button

Selects tracks higher than 10. (For example, press +10

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/LD

 

 

 

then 3 to select track 13.)

player

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER/

 

 

Changes the search mode.

DVD

DISC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chooses the disc.

Multiple CD player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use as the ENTER button.

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displays the setup screen for DVR players.

DVR player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes sides of the LD.

LD player

 

 

TOP MENU Displays the disc ‘top’ menu.

DVD/DVR/LD player

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

Displays menus concerning the current DVD or DVR you

DVD/DVR player

 

 

 

are using.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pauses the tape.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stops the tape.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

Starts playback.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast rewinds/fast forwards the tape.

Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

 

&

Navigates DVD menu/options.

DVD/DVR player

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUIDE

 

 

Displays/changes the subtitles on multilingual DVDs.

DVR player

 

 

 

 

 

CH +/–

 

 

Selects channels.

VCR/DVR player

(SHIFT+

/

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

Changes the audio language, channel or track.

DVD/DVR/LD/CD player

(SHIFT+

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBTITLE

 

Displays/changes the subtitles on multilingual DVDs.

DVD/DVR player

(SHIFT+

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD

 

 

Switches to the hard disk controls when using a

DVR player

(SHIFT+

 

)

DVD/HDD recorder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

 

 

Switches to the DVD controls when using a DVD/

DVR player

(SHIFT+

)

 

HDD recorder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pioneer VSX-517-S/-K manual Function Components, Enter Guide, Ch +, Hdd, Dvd

VSX-517-S/-K specifications

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