04Controls and displays

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

T.EDIT – Press to memorize and name a station for recall (page 44).

SETUP (Press RECEIVER first to access) Use to access the System Setup menu (see page 35).

CATEGORY – Press to browse digital radio broadcasts.

GUIDE – Displays the guides on a digital TV.

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).

5  (TUNE/ST +/–) /ENTER

Use the arrow buttons when setting up your surround sound system (see page 35). 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 44).

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 47 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.

7 Component control buttons

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

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The controls above these buttons can be accessed after you have selected the corresponding MULTI CONTROL button (for example DVD, DVR or TV (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.

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 44).

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

DISP – Switches between named station presets and radio frequencies (page 45).

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

AUTO SURR – Selects Auto Surround (Auto playback on page 28) or Stream Direct playback (page 30). Also when listening to XM Radio, AUTO SURR selects XM HD Surround feature (page 54).

STEREO/F.S.SURR – Switches between stereo playback and Front Stage Surround Advance modes (page 30).

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).

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VSX-917V specifications

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