03Displays & Controls

Front Panel

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INPUT SIGNAL

DIGITAL

MULTI ch

STANDBY

FRONT INPUT

AUDIO/VIDEO MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER VSX-C300

 

 

 

VIRTUAL

 

 

 

 

 

2PROLOGIC 2DIGITAL

DTS

MPEG

PHONES SURR. STEREO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

TV/SAT

VCR

TUNER

FRONT

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

OFF ON

 

DOWN

UP

PHONES VIDEO

L AUDIO R DIGITAL IN

 

 

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STEREO

dB

 

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TUNED

 

 

MONO

 

 

 

RDS

 

 

 

RFATT

 

 

 

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- 0

 

1 — OFF/ _ ON (Main power) button

Press this button to the ON position so that the power button on the remote control will be opera- tional. If the button is OFF (—), the power of the receiver is shut off and the RECEIVER button on the remote control does not function. When this button is ON, the power button on the remote control toggles between ON and STANDBY mode.

2STANDBY indicator

Lights when the receiver is in standby mode. The

receiver uses a small amount of electricity (1W) in standby mode.

3INPUT SIGNAL indicators Indicates the kind of input signal.

DIGITAL :

When a digital source is input this indicator will light.

MULTI :

When a multichannel source is input this indicator will light.

4DECODE MODE indicators

Indicates how the signal is being decoded.

2 PRO LOGIC:

Lights when 2 PRO LOGIC decoding is in use.

2 DIGITAL:

Lights when playing a 2 DIGITAL sound source DTS:

lights when playing a DTS sound source . MPEG:

Lights when playing an MPEG source.

52 Ch Listening Mode indicators

When these indicators are lit sound is only coming from the front speakers (and possibly the subwoofer in some settings) or headphones.

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VIRTUAL/PHONES SURR.:

Lights when the VIRTUAL or PHONES SURR. listening modes are selected.

STEREO: Lights in stereo mode.

6MASTER VOLUME

Use to set the overall listening volume.

7Input buttons

Use to select the playback source: the possibilities are

DVD, TV/SAT, VCR, TUNER and FRONT.

8FRONT jacks

You can connect a portable DVD player, video camera, video game system, or whatever equipment you would like to have handy, to the FRONT jacks

(refer to page 13).

9PHONES jack

Use to connect headphones (this switches the speakers off).

DISPLAY

0Volume level indicator - MIDNIGHT indicator

Lights when Midnight Listening mode is on. = CHARACTER display

Shows the current input (DVD, TV/SAT, etc.), listening mode, radio frequency, etc.

~ TUNER indicators

STEREO: Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is being received in auto stereo mode.

TUNED: Lights when a broadcast is being received.

MONO: Lights when the mono mode is set using the MPX button.

RDS: Lights when an RDS broadcast is received.

RF ATT: Lights when the RF ATT is on (see p. 33).

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Pioneer VSX-C300-S manual Displays & Controls, Front Panel

VSX-C300-S, VSX-C300 specifications

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