05Controls and displays

4Tuner/component control buttons/SETUP The following button controls (except SETUP) can be accessed after you have selected the corresponding MULTI CONTROL button (DVD, AM, FM, TV, etc.)

TOP MENU – Displays the disc ‘top’ menu of a DVD.

MENU – Displays the disc menu of DVD- Video discs. It also displays TV menus.

T.EDIT – Press to memorize and name a station for recall (page 46).

SETUP (Press RECEIVER first to access) Use to access the System Setup menu (see page 36).

GUIDE – Displays the guides on a digital TV.

PTY SEARCH – Use this button to search for RDS program types (page 47).

RETURN – Press to confirm and exit the current menu (also use to return to the previous menu with DVDs).

5(TUNE/ST +/–) /ENTER

Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system (see page 36). 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 46).

6 TV CONTROL buttons

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

TV – Use to turn on/off the TV power. TV VOL +/– – Use to adjust the TV volume.

INPUT SELECT – Use to select the TV input signal.

TV CH +/– – Use to select channels.

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7 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 or DVR).

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 45).

EON – Use to search for programs that are broadcasting traffic or news information (page 48).

AUDIO – Changes the audio language or channel on DVD discs.

DISP – Switches between named station presets and radio frequencies (page 46). It also displays RDS information (page 47).

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

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.

JUKEBOX – Switches to the Jukebox feature.

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

8RECEIVER CONTROL buttons STANDARD – Press for Standard decoding and to switch between the various Pro Logic IIx and Neo:6 options (page 28).

ADV.SURR – Use to switch between the various surround modes (page 29).

STEREO – Selects stereo/direct playback (page 30). Also selects the Auto Surround mode (Auto playback on page 28).

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