Pioneer VSX-42 Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
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Chapter
7
Controls and displays
Front panel
1
INPUT SELECTOR
dial
Selects an input source (page 25).
2
SPEAKERS
See Switching the speaker terminal on page 13.
3
MCACC indicator
Lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ (page 34) is on (Acoustic
Calibration EQ is automatically set to on after the Auto
MCACC setup (page 23
)).
4
ZONE controls
If you’ve made MULTI-ZONE connections (see
Making MULTI-
ZONE connections
on page 54) use these controls to control
the sub zone from the main zone (see
Using the MULTI-ZONE
controls
on page 54).
5
Character display
See Display on page 8.
6
Tuner control buttons
BAND
– Switches between AM, FM ST (stereo) and FM
MONO radio bands (page 32
).
TUNER EDIT
– Use with
TUNE
/
,
PRESET
/
and
ENTER
to memorize and name stations for recall
(page 32
).
TUNE
/
– Used to find radio frequencies (page 32).
PRESET
/
– Use to select preset radio stations
(page 32
).
7
HDMI indicator
Blinks when connecting an HDMI-equipped component;
lights when the component is connected (page 16
).
8
iPod iPhone iPad indicator
Lights when an iPod/iPhone/iPad is connected and
iPod/USB
input is selected (page 27
).
9
Remote sensor
Receives the signals from the remote control (see Operating
range of remote control on page 10).
10
MASTER VOLUME
dial
11
STANDBY/ON
12
PHONES jack
Use to connect headphones. When the headphones are
connected, there is no sound output from the speakers. The
listening mode when the sound is heard from the headphone
can be selected only from PHONES SURR, STEREO or
STEREO ALC mode (S.R AIR mode can be also selected with
ADAPTER input).
13
Listening mode buttons
AUTO SURROUND/STREAM DIRECT
– Switches between
Auto surround mode (page 33
) and Stream Direct
playback (page 34
).
ALC/STANDARD SURR
– Press for standard decoding
and to switch between the modes of 2 Pro Logic II, 2
Pro Logic IIx, 2 Pro Logic IIz and NEO:6, and the Auto
level control stereo mode (page 33
).
ADVANCED SURROUND
– Switches between the various
surround modes (page 34
).
STEREO
– Press to select stereo playback (page 33).
14
MCACC SETUP MIC jack
Use to connect a microphone when performing Auto MCACC
setup (page 23
).
15
iPod iPhone iPad/USB terminal
Use to connect your Apple iPod or USB mass storage device
as an audio source (page 21
).
16
iPod iPhone iPad DIRECT CONTROL
Change the receiver’s input to the iPod and enable iPod
operations on the iPod (page 28
).
MASTER
VOLUME
STANDBY/ ON
INPUT
SELECTOR
iPod iPhone iPad
DIRECT CONTROL
STEREO
ADVANCED
SURROUND
PHONES
MCACC
SETUP
MIC
VIDEO
SPEAKERS
CONTROL MULTI-ZONE ON/OFF
BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE PRESET ENTER
HDMIMCACC
iPod iPhone iPad
iPod
iPhone
iPad
ALC/
STANDARD SURR
AUTO SURROUND
/
STREAM DIRECT
USB
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