Advanced setup Chapter, Input Assign menu

11Advanced setup

Chapter 11 Advanced setup

The Input Assign menu

You only need to make settings in the Input Assign menu if you didn’t hook up your digital equipment according to the default settings for the digital inputs, or if you have connected equipment using component video or i.LINK cables.

To access the Input Assign menu, follow the steps below.

1Make sure your receiver and TV are both switched on.

2Using the remote control, press RECEIVER on the touch screen, then press the SYSTEM SETUP button.

HOME 1/3

RECEIVER RECEIVER

INPUT 1		2	3
DVD		TV	SAT
/ LD		/ DVD	SAT
/ LD		/ DVD
DVR		CD	TUNER
/ VCR1		CD	TUNER
/ VCR1
TV		MULTI	SYSTEM
CONT	OPERATION		OFF
		SETUP
CHANNEL		ENTER	VOLUME
CHANNEL			VOLUME
MENU			MUTE
SYSTEM
SETUP

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An on-screen display (OSD) appears on your TV. Use the hard keys and ENTER on the remote control to navigate through the screens and select menu items.


• The	(cursor up/down) hard keys select menu
items and the		(cursor left/right) hard keys

change the setting of the item selected.

3Select ‘Input Assign’ then press ENTER. The Input Assign menu appears on screen:

System Setup				1.Input Assign
[Auto Surround Setup]
				[	1.Digital In	]
[	1.	Input Assign	]	[ 2.Component Video In ]
[2.		Surround Setup ]		[ 3.i.LINK In ]
[3.		Expert Setup ]		[ 4.Video Assign ]
[4.		THX Audio Setup ]
				[Return]
[Exit]

Assigning the digital inputs

•Default settings:

Digital-1 (coaxial) – DVD/LD Digital-2 (coaxial) – TV/DVD Digital-3 (coaxial) – CD Digital-4 (optical) – SAT

Digital-5 (optical) – DVR (/VCR1)

Digital-6 (optical) – CD-R (/TAPE1/MD)

2RF (coaxial) – DVD/LD

You only need to do this if you didn’t hook up your digital equipment according to the default settings for the digital inputs (see above). This setting tells the receiver what digital equipment is hooked up to which terminal so the buttons on the remote correspond to what you have hooked up.

1Select ‘Digital In’ from the Input Assign menu and press ENTER.

1.Input Assign

[ 1.Digital In ]

[ 2.Component Video In ] [ 3.i.LINK In ]

[ 4.Video Assign ] [Return]

2Select the number of the digital input to which you’ve connected your digital component.

The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the back of the receiver.

1.1. Digital-In
Digital-1	[ DVD/LD ]
Digital-2	[ TV/DVD ]
Digital-3	[	CD	]
Digital-4	[	SAT	]
Digital-5	[	DVR	]
Digital-6	[	CD-R	]
RF IN	[ DVD/LD ]

[Return]

3 Use the (cursor left/right) hard keys to select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input.

Select between DVD/LD, TV/DVD, SAT, DVR/VCR 1, VCR 2, VCR 3 or CD-R (however, the RF IN setting doesn't include CD-R).

•If you assign a digital input to a certain function (for example, DVD/LD) then any digital inputs previously assigned to that function will automatically be switched off.

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Pioneer VSX-59TXi Advanced setup Chapter, Input Assign menu, Assigning the digital inputs

Models: VSX-59TXi