10Controlling the rest of your system

Button (s)

Function

Components

 

 

 

+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 of a DVD.

DVD/DVR 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.

DVD/DVR player

 

 

 

CHANNEL

Selects channels.

VCR/DVR player

+/–

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

Changes the audio language or channel.

DVD/DVR player

 

 

 

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Pioneer VSX-915-S/-K, VSX-815-S/-K manual Enter Guide

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