CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS

Front panel

1

STANDBY

/ON

PHONESSPEAKERS

AB

SILENT CINEMA

A B

2

3 4

5

6

7

8

PRESET/TUNING

FM/AM

A/B/C/D/E

l PRESET/TUNING h

MEMORY

TUNING MODE

EDIT

 

NEXT

LEVEL

MAN'L/AUTO FM

AUTO/MAN'L MONO

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

STRAIGHT

l

PROGRAM h

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT MODE

 

MULTI CH

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

EFFECT

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

BASS/TREBLE

 

 

 

C D E F G H I J

9 0

(U.S.A. model)

VOLUME

VIDEO AUX

VIDEO

L AUDIO R

RDS MODE/FREQ

EON

PTY SEEK

MODE START

K L M N

(U.K. and Europe models only)

1STANDBY/ON

Turns on this unit or sets it to the standby mode. When you turn on this unit, you will hear a click and there will be a 4 to 5-second delay before this unit can reproduce sound.

Note

In standby mode, this unit consumes a small amount of power in order to receive infrared-signals from the remote control.

2Remote control sensor

Receives signals from the remote control.

3Front panel display

Shows information about the operational status of this unit.

4FM/AM

Switches the reception band between FM and AM.

5A/B/C/D/E (NEXT)

Selects one of the 5 preset station groups (A to E) when the unit is in tuner mode.

Selects the speaker channel to be adjusted when the unit is not in tuner mode.

6PRESET/TUNING l / h (LEVEL –/+)

Selects preset station number 1 to 8 when the colon (:) is displayed next to the band indication in the front panel display when the unit is in tuner mode. Selects the tuning frequency when the colon (:) is not displayed.

Adjusts the level of the speaker channel selected using A/B/C/D/E (NEXT) when the unit is not in tuner mode.

7MEMORY (MAN’L/AUTO FM)

Stores a station in the memory. Hold down this button for more than 3 seconds to start automatic preset tuning.

8TUNING MODE (AUTO/MAN’L MONO)

Switches between automatic tuning (AUTO indicator on) and manual tuning (AUTO indicator off).

9VIDEO AUX jacks

Input audio and video signals from a portable external source such as a game console. To reproduce source signals from these jacks, select V-AUX as the input source.

0VOLUME

Controls the output level of all audio channels. This does not affect the REC OUT level.

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Yamaha RX-V450 owner manual Controls and Functions, Front panel

RX-V450 specifications

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