04Controls and displays

6(TUNE/ST +/–) /ENTER

Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system (see page 38). Also used to control DVD menus/options and for deck 1 of a double cassette deck player. Use the TUNE +/– buttons to find radio frequencies and use ST +/– to find preset stations (page 48).

7 TV CONTROL buttons

These buttons are dedicated to control the TV assigned to the TV CONT button. Thus if you only have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the TV CONT MULTI CONTROL button. If you have two TVs, assign the main TV to the TV CONT button (see page 50 for more on this).

TV

Use to turn on/off the power of the TV.

TV VOL +/–

Use to adjust the volume on your TV.

INPUT SELECT

Use to select the TV input signal.

TV CH +/–

Use to select channels.

8 Component control buttons

The main buttons ( , , etc.) are used to control a component after you have selected it using the MULTI CONTROL buttons.

The controls above these buttons can be accessed after you have selected the corresponding MULTI CONTROL button (for example DVD/LD, DVR/VCR or TV/SAT (when connected to a DTV)).

DTV ON/OFF

Switches a digital TV on/off.

DTV INFO

Use to bring up information screens on a digital TV.

TUNER DISPLAY

Switches between named station presets and radio frequencies (page 48).

MPX

Switches between stereo and mono reception of FM broadcasts. If the signal is weak then switching to mono will improve the sound quality (page 47).

AUDIO

Changes the audio language or channel on DVD discs.

CH RETURN

Returns to the last channel selected with DTV, SAT and some TVs.

SUBTITLE

Displays/changes the subtitles included in multilingual DVD-Video discs.

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CH +/–

Use to select channels when using a TV, VCR, DVR, etc.

The following DVR controls can be accessed by pressing

SHIFT:

REC

Starts recording.

REC STOP

Stops recording.

HDD/DVD

These buttons switch between the hard disk and DVD controls for DVD/HDD recorders.

9RECEIVER CONTROL buttons

THX

Press to select a Home THX listening mode (page 31).

STANDARD

Press for Standard decoding and to switch between the various Pro Logic IIx and Neo:6 options (page 30).

ADV. SURR

Use to switch between the various surround modes (page 31).

STEREO

Switches between direct and stereo playback. Direct playback bypasses the tone controls and any other signal processing for the most accurate reproduction of a source (page 32).

AUTO SURR

Press to have the receiver automatically detect what kind of source you’re playing and select multichannel or stereo playback as necessary (page 30).

ACOUSTIC EQ

Press to select an Acoustic Calibration EQ setting (page 33).

SIGNAL SELECT

Use to select an input signal (page 33).

MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS

Use Midnight when listening to movie soundtracks at low volume. Use Loudness to boost the bass and treble at low volume (page 36).

EFFECT/CH SEL

Press repeatedly to select a channel, then use –/+ to adjust the level (page 45). Also adjusts the level of the Advanced Surround effects (page 31) as well as Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music (page 32) and Neo:6 Music parameters (page 32). You can then use the + and buttons to make these adjustments.

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Pioneer VSX-9100TX 6TUNE/ST +/- /ENTER, Dtv On/Off, DTV Info, Tuner Display, Audio, CH Return, Subtitle, Shift REC

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