Front Panel - Pioneer Elite VSX-50 Operating Instructions Manual

02 Controls and displays

Front panel

1 2 3 4
ADVANCED
MCACC FL OFF
SPEAKERS CONTROL – MULTI-ZONE – ON/OFF
INPUT
SELECTOR
STANDBY/ ON
PHONES
9 10 11
1 u STANDBY/ON
This switches between standby and on for this
receiver.
2 INPUT SELECTOR dial
Use to select an input function.
3 Indicators
! ADVANCED MCACC – Lights when EQ is
set to ON in the AUDIO PARAMETER menu
(page 47).
! FL OFF – Lights when "off" (nothing
displayed) is selected with the display's
dimmer adjustment (page 51).
! HDMI – Blinks when connecting an HDMI-
equipped component; lights when the
component is connected (page 17).
! iPod iPhone iPad – Lights to indicate iPod/
iPhone/iPad is connected (page 22).
10
En
5 6 3 7
HDMI iPod iPhone iPad
BAND TUNER EDIT TUNE PRESET ENTER
AUTO SURR/ALC/ STANDARD ADVANCED iPod iPhone iPad
STREAM DIRECT SURROUND SURROUND STEREO DIRECT CONTROL
5V 2.1 A
iPod
MCACC iPhone USB HDMI 2 INPUT
SETUP MIC iPad
12 13 14 16
VIDEO 2 INPUT
5V 2.1 A
iPod
MCACC iPhone USB
L AUDIO R VIDEO iPad
SETUP MIC
VSX-50
12 15 13
4 MULTI-ZONE controls
If you've made MULTI-ZONE connections (page
20) use these controls to control the sub zone
from the main zone (page 50).
5 Character display
See Display on page 9 .
6 TUNER controls
! BAND – Switches between AM and FM radio
bands (page 32).
! TUNER EDIT – Use with TUNE i/j, PRESET
k/l and ENTER to memorize and name
stations for recall (page 32).
! TUNE i/j – Find radio frequencies (page
32).
! PRESET k/l – Find preset stations (page
32).
7 Remote sensor
Receives the signals from the remote control
(page 6).
8
8 MASTER VOLUME dial
9 SPEAKERS
VSX-51
Use to change the speaker terminal (page 50).
10 PHONES jack
Use to connect headphones. When the head-
phones are connected, there is no sound output
from the speakers.
11 Listening mode buttons
MASTER
VOLUME
! AUTO SURR/ALC/STREAM DIRECT –
Switches between Auto Surround (page 36),
Auto Level Control and Stream Direct mode
(page 37).
! STANDARD SURROUND – Press for
Standard decoding and to switch various
VSX-51
modes (2 Pro Logic, Neo:6, Stereo etc.)
(page 36).
! ADVANCED SURROUND – Use to switch
between the various surround modes (page
36).
! STEREO – Press to select stereo playback
mode (page 36).
12 MCACC SETUP MIC jack
Use to connect the supplied microphone (page
25).
13 iPod iPhone iPad USB terminals
Use to connect your Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad as
an audio and video source (page 22), or con-
nect a USB device for audio and photo playback
(page 22).
14 HDMI input connector
Use for connection to a compatible HDMI
device (Video camera, etc.) (page 22).
15 AUDIO/VIDEO input
See Connecting to the front panel video terminal
on page 22 .
16 iPod iPhone iPad DIRECT CONTROL
Change the receiver's input to the iPod and
enable iPod operations on the iPod (page 30).