Other Settings

Chapter 13:

Other Settings

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 cables.

1Select ‘IN ASSIG.’ from the System Setup menu.

See Making receiver settings from the System Setup menu on page 46 for more on this.

2 Use (cursor left/right) to select the setting you want to adjust then press ENTER.

DIG. IN – See Assigning the digital inputs below.

COMP. IN (VSX-815/915 model only) – See Assigning the component video inputs below.

Assigning the digital inputs

Default settings:

COAX 1 (coaxial) – DVD COAX 2 (coaxial) – CD OPT 1 (optical) – TV VSX-815/915 model only – OPT 2 (optical) – DVR

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.

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1 Select ‘DIG. IN’ from the ‘IN ASSIG.’ menu.

 

 

Deutsch

2 Select the number of the digital input to

 

which you’ve connected your digital

 

component.

 

 

Use the

(cursor left/right) buttons to do

 

this.

 

Français

• The numbers correspond with the

 

numbers beside the inputs on the back of the receiver.

3Select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input.

Use the

(cursor up/down) buttons to

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select DVD, TV, CD, CDR, DVR or OFF.

 

• If you assign a digital input to a certain

 

function (for example, DVD) then any

 

digital inputs previously assigned to that

 

function will automatically be switched off.

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4 When you're finished, press RETURN.

 

Assigning the component video inputs

 

VSX-815/915 model only

Español

COMP 2

TV

• Default settings:

 

COMP 1 DVD

COMP 3 DVR

When you select an input source (DVD/LD, TV/SAT, etc.), the receiver outputs the component video signal assigned to that source. If you didn’t make component video connections according to the defaults above, you must assign the numbered input to the component you’ve connected (or else you may see the video signal of a different component). For more on this, see Using the component video jacks on page 20.

1 Select COMP. IN from the IN ASSIG. menu.

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