05Controls and displays

3 MULTI CONTROL buttons

Press to select control of other components (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 64).

4Number buttons and other receiver/ component controls

Use the number buttons to directly select a radio frequency (page 54) or the tracks on a CD, DVD, etc.

DISC (ENTER) can be used to enter commands for TV or DTV, and can also be used to select a disc in a multi-CD player.

The following are accessed by pressing the RECEIVER button first:

FL DIMMER

Dims or brightens the display.

SR+

Switches the SR+ mode on/off (page 74).

5Tuner/component control buttons/

SYSTEM SETUP

The following button controls (except SYSTEM SETUP) can be accessed after you have selected the corresponding MULTI CONTROL button (TUNER, DVD/LD, TV/SAT, etc.)

D. ACCESS

After pressing, you can access a radio station directly using the number buttons (page 54).

TOP MENU

Displays the disc ‘top’ menu of a DVD.

DTV MENU

Displays menus on a digital TV.

T. EDIT

Press to memorize and name a station for recall (page 55).

GUIDE

Displays the guides on a digital TV.

SYSTEM SETUP

(Press RECEIVER first to access)

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Use to access the System Setup menu (see page 46).

CLASS

Switches between the three banks (classes) of radio station presets (page 55).

MENU

Displays the disc menu of DVD-Video discs. It also displays TV and DTV menus.

BAND

Switches between the tuner AM and FM bands (page 54).

RETURN

Press to confirm and exit the current menu (also use to return to the previous menu with DVDs or to select closed captioning with DTV).

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(TUNE/ST +/–) /ENTER

Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system (see page 46). 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 55).

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 64 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.

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