04Controls and displays

TV – Use to turn on/off the power of the TV.

TV VOL +/– – Use to adjust the volume on your TV.

INPUT SELECT – Use to select the TV input signal.

TV CH +/– – Use to select channels.

8 Component control buttons

The main buttons ( , , etc.) are used to control a component after you have selected it using the input source buttons.

The controls above these buttons can be accessed after you have selected the corresponding input source button (for example DVD, DVR1, TV or SAT). The following controls can be accessed when listening to the built-in tuner:

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 31).

DISP – Switches between named station presets and radio frequencies (page 32).

9 STATUS

Press to check selected receiver settings (page 65).

10 MULTIOPE

Use this button to perform multi operations (page 69).

11 SHIFT

Press to access the controls outlined in white boxes (for

example, INPUT SELECT

), or to display the currently

selected input source in the remote control LCD.

12 SOURCE

Press to turn on/off other components connected to the receiver (see page 67 for more on this).

13 Character display (LCD)

This display shows information when transmitting control signals.

The following commands are shown when you’re setting the remote to control other components (see Controlling the rest of your system on page 67):

SETUP – Indicates the setup mode, from which you choose the options below.

PRESET – See Selecting preset codes directly on page 67.

LEARNING See Programming signals from other remote controls on page 67.

MULTI OP – See Multi Operation and System Off on page 69.

SYS OFF – See Multi Operation and System Off on page 69.

DIRECT F – See Direct function on page 69.

RENAME – See Renaming input source names on page 69.

ERASE – See Erasing one of the remote control button settings on page 68.

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RESET – See Resetting the remote control presets on page 68.

READ ID – See Confirming preset codes on page 68.

14 RECEIVER

Switches the remote to control the receiver (used to select the green commands above the number buttons (ANALOG ATT, etc). Also use this button to set up surround sound (page 7, page 33). With SHIFT, this selects the multi-room control (page 54), shown in the display as RCV/RM2, RCV/RM3.

15 VOL +/–

Use to set the listening volume.

16 MUTE

Mutes the sound or restores the sound if it has been muted (adjusting the volume also restores the sound).

17Receiver controls

SIGNAL SEL – Use to select an input signal (page 29).

SBch – Use to select the surround/virtual back channel mode (page 30).

STEREO – Switches between direct and stereo playback. Direct playback bypasses the tone controls and any other signal processing for the most accurate reproduction of a source (page 29).

THX – Press to select a Home THX listening mode (page 28).

STANDARD – Press for Standard decoding and to switch between the various Pro Logic IIx and Neo:6 options (page 27).

ADV.SURR – Use to switch between the various surround modes (page 28).

18PHASE – Press to switch on/off phase correction (page 9).

MCACC – Press to switch between MCACC presets (page 29).

S.DIRECT – Press to select Auto Surround (page 27) or Stream Direct (page 29) listening.

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