CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS

Front panel

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2 3

4

5

6

7 8

9

0

STANDBY

/ON

PHONESSPEAKERS

AB

SILENT CINEMA

A B

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

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

STRAIGHT

l

PROGRAM h

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT MODE

 

MULTI CH

EFFECT

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

TONE CONTROL

BASS/TREBLE

 

 

 

C D E F G H I

VOLUME

VIDEO AUX

VIDEO

L AUDIO R

PORTABLE

J

1STANDBY/ON

Turns on this unit or set it to the standby mode (see page 25).

Notes

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

When you turn on this unit, there will be a 4 to 5-second delay before this unit can reproduce sound.

2Remote control sensor

Receives signals from the remote control (see page 7).

3PRESET/TUNING, EDIT

Switches the function of PRESET/TUNING l/ h between selecting preset station numbers and selecting the tuning frequency.

Edits the assignments of preset stations (see page 48).

4FM/AM

Switches the reception band between FM and AM when “TUNER” is selected as the input source (see page 43).

5A/B/C/D/E, NEXT

Selects one of the 5 preset station groups (A to E) when “TUNER” is selected as the input source (see page 43).

Selects the speaker channel whose output level you want to adjust when “TUNER” is not selected as the input source (see page 34).

6PRESET/TUNING l / h, LEVEL +/– buttons

• Selects one of the 8 preset station numbers (1 to 8) when “TUNER” is selected as the input source. The colon (:) is displayed in the front panel display (see page 47).

• Selects the tuning frequency when “TUNER” is selected as the input source. The colon (:) is not displayed in the front panel display (see page 44).

• Adjusts the level of the speaker channel selected using NEXT when “TUNER” is not selected as the input source (see page 34).

7MEMORY (MAN’L/AUTO FM)

Stores a preset station in the memory. Hold down this button for more than 3 seconds to start automatic preset tuning (see page 45).

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Yamaha RX-V459 Controls and Functions, Front panel, Remote control sensor, PRESET/TUNING l / h, Level +/- buttons

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