Controls and Functions, Front panel | Yamaha RX-V1600 manual

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS

Front panel

Note

The XM Satellite Radio controls (SEARCH MODE, CATEGORY, PRESET/TUNING/CH l/ h, MEMORY and DISPLAY) are only applicable to the U.S.A. model and are operational only when XM is selected as the input source. For details, see “Front panel functions” on page 53.

1 2 3

MAIN ZONE

INPUT

ON/OFF

MASTER

ON OFF

1MASTER ON/OFF

4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E											F
											PURE DIRECT
											VOLUME
AUDIO	MULTI CH				PRESET/				TUNING	TONE
SELECT	INPUT	A/B/C/D/E	PRESET/TUNING/CH		TUNING	FM/AM	MEMORY		MODE	STRAIGHT CONTROL
					EDIT
		CATEGORY			SEARCH MODE	DISPLAY	MAN'L/AUTO FM		AUTO/MAN'L	EFFECT
		SPEAKERS				ZONE ON/OFF		ZONE CONTROL
				MULTI ZONE						PROGRAM
				MULTI ZONE
		A	B			ZONE 2	ZONE 3
		YPAO	SILENT CINEMA	S VIDEO	VIDEO	L AUDIO R			OPTICAL
		OPTIMIZER	PHONES
		MIC	PHONES		VIDEO/AUX

(U.S.A. model)

G H I J K L M

4AUDIO SELECT

Press inward to the ON position.

•Turns on this unit.

•Turns on the main room.

•Sets Zone 2 and Zone 3 to the standby mode. Press again to release it outward to the OFF position.

•Turns off this unit.

•Turns off the main room, Zone 2 and Zone 3. See page 30 for details.

2MAIN ZONE ON/OFF

Turns on this unit only or sets it to the standby mode.

In the standby mode, this unit consumes a small quantity of power.

Notes

•When you turn on this unit, there will be a 6 to 7 second delay before this unit can reproduce sound.

•This button is operational only when MASTER ON/OFF is pressed inward to the ON position.

3INPUT selector

Selects the desired input source.

Toggles the priority for the type of audio input jack between AUTO, HDMI, COAX/OPT and ANALOG when one component is connected to two or more input jacks on the rear panel (see page 43).

5MULTI CH INPUT

Selects the input source connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks. When selected, the MULTI CH INPUT source takes priority over the input source selected with the INPUT selector (or the input selector buttons on the remote control).

6A/B/C/D/E

Selects one of the 5 preset station groups (A to E) when TUNER is selected as the input source (see page 50).

7PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h

Selects the preset station number (1 to 8) when TUNER is selected as the input source and the colon (:) is displayed next to the band indication in the front panel display.

Selects the tuning frequency when TUNER is selected as the input source and the colon (:) is not displayed in the front panel display.

See pages 46 to 51 for details.

RX-V1600 specifications

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Yamaha RX-V1600 owner manual Controls and Functions, Front panel

Models: RX-V1600