Pioneer VSX-21TXH Owner's Manual - Page 53

Basic playback 05 After connecting, you will be able to use this receiver to select channels and navigate categories using the GUI screen.1 The information displayed is as follows: • Main Zone: Preset class Top Menu Preset Class : A Life is Like a Wind Rie fue The Blend Preset A1 Preset Number 25 Channel Number Song name Signal strength Artist name Channel name Channel number Category : Hits Category Category Preset number • Sub Zone: Channel name Life is Like a Wind The Blend Hits Rie fue Song name Preset class Signal strength A Artist name A1 Preset number XM25 Channel number Category Selecting channels and browsing by genre From the XM Channel Guide, you can browse XM Radio channels in the order that they appear, or you can narrow your channel search by genre.2 • Main Zone: Channel Guide A/V RECEIVER 0 RADIO ID 1 Preview 2 Highway 1 3 America 4 Hank's Place 5 Fifties (50's) 6 Sixties (60's) 7 Seventies (70's) Exit • Sub Zone: Channel Guide [ 0 RADIO ID ] [ 1 Preview ] [ 2 Highway 1 ] [ 3 America ] [ 4 Hank's Place ] [ 5 Fifties (50's) ] [ 6 Sixties (60's) ] [ 7 Seventies (70's) ] 1/xxx • Press / to enter the XM Channel Guide, then navigate through the channels one at time with /, then press ENTER to listen to the XM radio broadcast. • To browse by genre, first press CATEGORY, use / to select a genre, then press ENTER. • To cancel and exit any time, press RETURN. Tip • You can select channels directly by pressing D.ACCESS, then the three-digit channel number. • You can press DISP to change XM Radio information in the front panel display. • The currently selected channel is automatically chosen (without pressing ENTER) after 5 seconds. Using XM HD Surround XM HD Surround uses Neural Surround™, THX® technologies to achieve optimal surround sound from XM radio. XM HD Surround Sound is available on select XM channels only. • While listening to XM Radio, press AUTO/ALC/ DIRECT for XM HD Surround listening. See About Neural - THX Surround on page 110 for more on this. XM HD Surround can be selected also with STANDARD. Saving channel presets This receiver can memorize up to 63 channels, stored in seven banks, or classes (A to G) of 9 channels each.3 1 Select the channel you want to memorize. See Selecting channels and browsing by genre above. 2 Press T.EDIT. The display shows a blinking memory class. 3 Press CLASS to select one of the seven classes, then press / to select the channel preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a preset. • The default for all presets is XM1. 4 Press ENTER. After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the XM channel. Tip • You can also press MEMORY during reception display to save the information of up to five songs. See Using the XM Menu below to recall this information. Note 1 It's easiest if you have your TV switched on to take advantage of the GUI screens. You can, however, use just the front panel display to do everything if you prefer. 2 Select 0 (RADIO ID) from the GUI screen to check the Radio ID of the XM Mini-Tuner. 3 You can reset the channel presets and memory in Resetting the system on page 72. 53 En