10Controlling the rest of your system

Button(s)

 

Function

Components

ENTER/

 

Use to enter a channel.

Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV/

DISC

 

 

 

DTV

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

 

Select different menus from the DTV functions.

DTV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select the menu screen.

Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

& Press to select or adjust and navigate items on the menu

Cable TV/Satellite TV/TV/

ENTER

 

screen.

DTV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The four TV CONTROL buttons on the remote control are dedicated to control the TV assigned to the TV CONT button. Thus if you only have one TV to hook up to this system assign it to the TV CONT MULTI CONTROL button. If you have two TVs, assign the main TV to the TV CONT button.

Controls for other components

This remote control can control these components after entering the proper codes or teaching the receiver the commands (see Setting the remote to control other components on page 57 for more on this). Use the MULTI CONTROL buttons to select the component.

Button (s)

Function

Components

 

 

 

SOURCE

Press to switch the component between standby and on. CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

Press to return to the start of the current track.

CD/MD/CD-R/DVD/LD

 

Repeated presses skips to the start of previous tracks.

player

 

 

 

 

Go back channels (channel –).

DVR/VCR

 

 

 

 

Press to advance to the start of the next track.

CD/MD/CD-R/DVD/LD

 

Repeated presses skips to the start of following tracks.

player

 

 

 

 

Go forward channels (channel +).

VCR

 

 

 

 

Pause playback or recording.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

Start playback.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

Hold down for fast forward playback.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

 

 

 

 

Hold down for fast reverse playback.

CD/MD/CD-R/VCR/DVD/LD/

 

 

DVR player/Cassette deck

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Pioneer VSX-D814, VSX-D914 manual Controls for other components, Disc

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