Pioneer VSX-59TXi operating instructions Display, Select button

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Symptom Cause Remedy

The date and time have suddenly changed.

• The remote control is low on batteries and • Reset the clock (see Setting the clock on page 10). reset the date automatically.

•The date was cleared after restarting the remote control.

• Reset the clock (see Setting the clock on page 10).

Display

Symptom Cause Remedy

The display is dark or off. • The display is set to dark or off.

•Press DIMMER on the remote control repeatedly to select a different brightness.

After making an adjustment the	• The display is set to off.	• Press DIMMER on the remote control repeatedly to
display goes off.		select a different brightness.
You can't get DIGITAL or 2RF to	• There is a problem with the digital	• Check your digital connections and/or assign the digital
display when using the SIGNAL	connections or the digital input is assigned	inputs correctly (see Assigning the digital inputs on
SELECT button.	incorrectly.	page 90).
	• The TAPE 2 monitoring feature is on.	• Press TAPE 2 MONITOR to switch it off (see Monitoring
		your recording on page 75).

•You’ve selected an unassigned i.LINK source input.

•Select the correct source input or assign your i.LINK connections correctly (see Assigning the i.LINK inputs on page 91).

The Dolby/DTS indicator doesn't	• The player is paused.	• Press play.
light when playing Dolby/DTS
	• The player's sound output settings are	• Set the player correctly (consult the manual that came
software.
	wrong.	with the player, if necessary).
When playing a DVD-Audio CD,	• The audio from these discs is output from	• This is not a malfunction. See also the operating
the DVD player display shows 96	the analog audio jacks of the DVD player only;	instructions that came with your DVD player.
kHz. However, the receiver’s	the receiver does not show the sampling rate
display does not.	of the input signal through the analog inputs.
During playback of a DTS 96/24	• The source is being downsampled.	• See Listening to dual mono soundtracks on page 53 for
source, the display doesn't show		several different ways listen to sources without
96kHz.		downsampling.
	• One of the DIGITAL NR, MIDNIGHT or	• Turn it/them off by pressing the corresponding button
	LOUDNESS features are switched on.	on the remote control or front panel.
When playing Dolby Digital or	• No digital connection, or the digital	• Check the digital audio connection (page 17).
DTS sources, the receiver’s	connection is incorrect.
format indicators do not light.
	• The receiver’s input signal type is set to	• Set the receiver to AUTO or DIGITAL (see Selecting the
	analog.	input signal type on page 48).
	• The DVD player is set to output Dolby Digital	• Check the settings on the player. Set the output for
	and/or DTS audio as PCM.	Dolby Digital and DTS (no PCM conversion). See also the
		operating instructions that came with your DVD player.
	• The disc has several playback audio tracks;	• Switch the playback audio channel on your DVD player.
	the one currently playing is actually PCM.	See the operating instructions that came with your DVD
		player.
When playing certain discs,	• The audio format of the disc is not 5.1/6.1	• This is not a malfunction. Check the disc packaging for
none of the receiver’s format	channel.	details of the audio formats available on the disc.
indicators light.
When playing a disc, the	• The input signal type is set to analog.	• Set the receiver to AUTO or DIGITAL (see Selecting the
2 Pro Logic II or Neo:6		input signal type on page 48).
indicator lights on the receiver.
	• A 2 channel soundtrack is currently playing. • This is not a malfunction. Check the disc packaging for
		details of the audio formats available on the disc.
	• The soundtrack currently playing is	• This is not a malfunction. Check the disc packaging for
	encoded using Dolby Surround.	details of the audio formats available on the disc.
During playback of a Surround	•The source may be Dolby Surround EX / DTS	• Switch the surround back channel setting (page 50) to
EX or DTS ES source on the	ES software, but it has no flag to indicate it is	SB CH ON then switch to the THX Surround EX or
Stream Direct or SB CH AUTO	6.1 compatible.	Standard EX listening mode (see Listening in surround
setting, the EX and ES indicators		sound on page 43).
don’t light, or the signal is not
properly processed.

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