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6 SPEAKERS (A/B) button
Use to select the speaker system. A is the
primary setting. It plays all speakers hooked up
to the A system. A & B setting only plays the
front speakers of both the A & B systems and
the subwoofer. Multi channel sources will be
down-mixed to these speakers so no sound will
be lost. B setting only plays the front speakers
connected to the B system and multi channel
sources will be down-mixed to these two
speakers. The button cycles through the speaker
systems as follows: A
]
B
]
A&B
]
off
7 FL DIMMER button (See p. 56)
Use to adjust the brightness of the fluorescent
display (FL = fluorescent display).
Four levels of the brightness ranging from very
dim to very bright can be selected. Each press
changes the brightness of the display.
8 VIDEO SELECT button
Switches the receiver between the various
types of video input while keeping the audio
input the same.
9 TAPE 2 MONITOR button (See p. 84)
Selects the tape deck (MD recorder, etc.)
connected to the TAPE 2 MONITOR inputs/
outputs. Allows monitoring of a recording as it's
being made.
10 TUNER CONTROL buttons (See p. 58-67)
BAND
button –
Press to select the AM or FM
band.
CLASS
button –
Press repeatedly to switch the
preset station classes.
TUNING SELECT –
Switches the STATION/
TUNING button between station memory and
frequency select modes.
STATION –/+
button
– Use to choose pro-
grammed radio stations.
TUNING –/+
button
– Use to manually tune to
radio stations.
RF ATT
button –
Press to turn the RF attenuator
on when receiving strong FM signals (nearby
stations) to reduce sound distortion. Normally,
set the RF attenuator to off. This button does
not affect AM reception.
MEMORY
button –
Press to start the memoriza-
tion of a preset station.
CHARACTER/SEARCH
button –
Press to select
the character input mode, or initiate an RDS PTY
search (see “Memorizing a broadcast station
name” on p.62 and “Searching for a program by
program type (PTY) on p. 66).
EON MODE button (See p. 64 – 67)
Press to start EON search. (See p. 67)
11 Display (See p. 28)
12 Remote sensor
Point the remote control toward the remote
sensor to operate the receiver.
13 MULTI-JOG CONTROL buttons
SETUP –
Press to switch the setup mode.
RETURN –
Press to move back one step in the
SETUP process.
14 MULTI JOG dial
You can use this dial for three purposes. In
normal mode turn it to select a source compo-
nent or press it to switch the display between
function mode and sound mode. When you
press the SETUP button (13), you can use it to
perform SETUP operations (turn to select, push
to enter).
DVD/LD –
DVD player or laser disc player.
TV/SAT–
TV or satellite tuner.
CD –
Compact Disc player.
CD-R /TAPE1/MD–
CD recorder, tape deck or
mini disc recorder connected to CD-R/TAPE 1/
MD inputs/outputs.
TUNER –
The built-in tuner.
PHONO (VSX-859RDS only) –
Turntable.
VIDEO –
Video camera (etc.) connected to the
VIDEO INPUT on the front panel.
VCR1/DVR –
Video cassette recorder connected
to VCR1/DVR inputs.
VCR 2 –
Video cassette recorder or other
component connected to VCR 2 inputs.
15 MASTER VOLUME
Adjusts the overall receiver volume.
16 VIDEO INPUT jacks (See p. 15)
DIGITAL IN (VSX-859RDS only):
Optical input
for connecting a video game, portable DVD, etc.,
that has an optical out.
S-VIDEO :
Video input for connecting a portable
DVD player or game (etc.), that has an S-Video out.
VIDEO / AUDIO (L/R) :
Video input for
connecting a portable DVD player or game (etc.).
that has standard video/audio outputs.
17 LOUDNESS button (See p. 53)
Switches the LOUDNESS mode on or off
(cannot be used in THX mode).
18 TONE buttons
This button has two functions. Firstly, it
switches between TONE on and TONE BY-
PASS, which bypasses the tone circuitry.
Secondly, you need to press the button before
using the CHANNEL SELECT buttons to adjust
the BASS & TREBLE (cannot be used in THX
mode).
CHANNEL SELECT button
Switches the tone adjust controls between the
FRONT, CENTER, SURROUND and SUR-
ROUND BACK speakers (VSX-859RDS only).
You can then use the BASS and TREBLE
controls to adjust the sound.
BASS (–/+) buttons (See p. 54)
Use to adjust the low frequencies.
TREBLE (–/+) buttons (See p. 54)
Use to adjust the high frequencies.
19 PHONES jack
Connect headphones for private listening (no
sound will be heard through the speakers).
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