Controls And Displays; Front Panel; Display - Pioneer VSX-S300-k Operating Instrctions

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Controls and displays

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Chapter 1:
Controls and displays

Front panel

STANDBY/ON
PORTABLE /
PHONES MCACC SETUP MIC
1 2 3
1  STANDBY/ON
2 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).
3 PORTABLE/MCACC SETUP MIC jack
Use to connect an auxiliary component using a stereo mini-
jack cable (page 15) or connect a microphone when
performing Auto MCACC setup (page 16).
4 Remote sensor
Receives the signals from the remote control (see Operating
range of remote control on page 8).
5 Character display
See Display on page 6.
6 MCACC indicator
Lights when Acoustic Calibration EQ (page 25) is on
(Acoustic Calibration EQ is automatically set to on after the
Auto MCACC setup (page 16)).
7 HDMI indicator
Blinks when connecting an HDMI-equipped component;
lights when the component is connected (page 13).
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En
MCACC
HDMI
4 5 6 7 8 9
8 INPUT SELECTOR
Selects an input source (page 18).
9 SOUND RETRIEVER
Press to restore CD quality sound to compressed audio
sources (page 24).
10 MASTER VOLUME dial

Display

11 Dolby Digital indicators
2 D – Lights when a Dolby Digital encoded signal is
detected.
2TrueHD – Lights when a source with Dolby TrueHD
encoded audio signals is detected.
2 D+ – Lights when a source with Dolby Digital Plus
encoded audio signals is detected.
EX – Lights to indicate Dolby Digital EX decoding.
PLII(x/z) – Lights to indicate 2 Pro Logic II/2 Pro Logic
IIx or 2 Pro Logic IIz decoding (see Listening in surround
sound on page 22 for more on this).
12 DTS indicators
DTS – Lights when a source with DTS encoded audio
signals is detected.
VSX-S300
AUDIO/ VIDEO MULTI- CHANNEL RECEIVER
INPUT SELECTOR
MASTER
SOUND
VOLUME
RETRIEVER
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HD – Lights when a source with DTS-EXPRESS or DTS-
HD encoded audio signals is detected.
ES – Lights to indicate DTS-ES decoding.
96/24 – Lights when a source with DTS 96/24 encoded
audio signals is detected.
13 Listening mode indicators
AT – Lights when the Auto Surround feature is switched
on (page 22).
DIR – Lights when the DIRECT or PURE DIR mode is
switched on (page 23).
14 Audio signal indicators
D – Lights when a digital audio input is selected. Blinks
when a digital audio input is selected and selected audio
input is not provided.
HDMI – Lights when an HDMI input is selected. Blinks
when an HDMI input is selected and selected HDMI
signal is not provided.
15 Character display
Displays various system information, the preset number of
the tuner or the input signal type, etc.
16 Sleep timer ( ) indicator
Lights when the receiver is in sleep mode (page 7).
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