Displays & Controls

Display

All the display information is explained and/or referenced here.

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SIGNAL ATT

LOUDNESS MIDNIGHT DSP STEREO

PRO LOGIC

VOLUME

SELECT OVER H.P

 

ANALOG SP

AB

DIGITAL

dB

DIGITAL

MONO STEREO

 

 

 

 

TAPE 2

 

 

TUNED AMFM

 

AC-3DTS MPEG

 

 

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H.P

 

1SIGNAL SELECT indicators

Light to indicate the type of input signal assigned for the current component (see “Front Panel”, %,

SIGNAL SELECT).

ANALOG : Lights when an analog signal is selected.

DIGITAL : Lights when a digital audio signal is selected (DVD/LD, CD, MD/TAPE1, TV/SAT, VCR1, VCR 2).

AC-3 :Lights when a source with Dolby Digital signals is played.

DTS : Lights when a source with DTS audio signals is played.

2Analog level indicators

OVER : If “ANALOG” is selected in SIGNAL SELECT, this indicator lights to show that an excessively strong signal is being processed.

When this occurs, press INPUT ATT on the front panel to attenuate (lower) the signal. Also, when “DIGITAL” is selected in SIGNAL SELECT, this indicator lights to show that a source containing an excessive amount of information is being processed. If this occurs, see p. 38.

ATT : Lights when INPUT ATT is used to reduce the level of the input signal (available in ANALOG mode only).

3LOUDNESS indicator (See p.44)

Lights when the LOUDNESS mode is on.

4MIDNIGHT indicator (See p.42)

Lights when the MIDNIGHT LISTENING mode is on.

5Radio Frequency/Function indicator

Displays the function or the frequency of the current radio station.

6DSP indicator (See p.37, 38)

Light when a DSP or Advanced Theater mode is selected.

7STEREO indicator (See p.37, 38)

Lights when a STEREO mode is selected.

8 2Surround/dts mode indcators

2DIGITAL : When the 2Surround/dts mode on the receiver is on, this indicator lights to indicate playback of a Dolby Digital signal. However, 2PRO LOGIC lights during 2 channel playback of Dolby Digital.

2PRO LOGIC : When the 2Surround/dts mode on the receiver is on, this indicator lights during 2 channel playback. ( Both B or A+B speaker systems turn off automatically when headphones are plugged in.)

DTS : Lights when DTS signals are input.

9MASTER VOLUME indication

Displays current level of master volume.

0TAPE 2 indicator

Lights when the TAPE 2 monitor is on.

-Program Format indicator

When a Dolby Digital or DTS signal is input, he following indicators light to show the channels being played back.

L: Left front*1*2, C : Center*1, R : Right front*1*2, LS : Left surround*1, S : Surround (mono)*2,

RS : Right surround*1

*1: Indicates 5.1ch Dolby Digital or DTS playback.

*2: Indicates Dolby Pro Logic playback.

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Pioneer VSX-D908S operating instructions Displays & Controls

VSX-D908S specifications

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