11Other Settings

Chapter 11:

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.

1Press RECEIVER on the remote control, then press the SETUP button.

An on-screen display (OSD) appears on your

TV. Useand ENTER on the remote control to navigate through the screens and select menu items. Press RETURN to confirm and exit the current menu.

 

System Setup

 

System Setup

 

 

 

1.Auto

MCACC

 

1.Auto MCACC

 

 

2.Manual

MCACC

 

2.Manual

MCACC

 

 

3.Manual

SP Setup

 

3.Manual

SP Setup

 

 

4.Input

Assign

 

 

 

4.Input Assign

 

 

 

 

5.Other

Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

: Exit

 

 

: Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: VSX-918V (left) and VSX-818V (right)

2Select ‘Input Assign’ from the System Setup menu.

4.Input Assign

a.Digital Input b.Component Input c.HDMI Input

:Return

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Assigning the digital inputs

Default settings:

Coaxial DVD Optical - 1 CD

Optical - 2 TV

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.

1Select ‘Digital Input’ from the Input Assign menu.

 

4.Input Assign

 

 

4a.Digital

Input

Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coaxial

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.Digital

Input

 

 

 

 

DVD

 

 

 

 

b.Component Input

 

 

 

 

Optical–1

[

CD

]

 

 

 

c.HDMI

Input

 

 

Optical–2

[

TV

]

 

 

 

 

:Return

 

 

 

 

 

:Finish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2Select the number of the digital input to which you’ve connected the digital component. The numbers correspond with the numbers beside the inputs on the rear of the receiver.

3Select the component that corresponds with the one you connected to that input. Select between DVD, TV, CD, CDR, DVR or OFF.

• Use

and ENTER to do this.

If you assign a digital input to a certain function (for example, DVD/BD), any digital inputs previously assigned to that function will automatically be switched off.

4When you’re finished, press RETURN. You return to the Input Assign menu.

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