Pioneer VSX-36TX Owner's Manual - Page 74

Setting Up the Direct Function

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Using Other Functions Using the System Off Button This button will turn off the receiver and any component that has programmed into the SYSTEM OFF settings (see above) as well as turn off all PIONEER components regardless of whether they have been programmed into SYSTEM OFF. If you use this feature when a DVD is playing, the player will stop the play mode before switching off. Î S0URCE MULTI OPERATION USE SETUP SYSTEM OFF RECEIVER DVD/LD CD TV/SAT VCR1 MULTI CONTROL MD/ TAPE1 TUNER VCR2 TVCONT 1 2 1 Set the remote control slide switch to USE. 2 Press the SYSTEM OFF button on the remote control. Setting Up the Direct Function The DIRECT FUNCTION is designed in case you have an external video source connected to your TV (a video source that is not going through the receiver). For this explanation we'll call this the "external video deck." You'd like to control the external video deck with this unit's remote control so you've assigned it a function button (for example purposes, the VCR 2 button). Yet, if you put the receiver in VCR 2 mode you'll get no picture on your TV because the external video deck signal is not going through the receiver. To get around this problem you set the DIRECT FUNCTION for VCR 2 to OFF. Now when you press VCR 2 function button you can control the external video deck with the remote but the receiver does not go into VCR 2 mode. 4 2 2,5 74 Î S0URCE MULTI OPERATION USE SETUP SYSTEM OFF RECEIVER DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR1 VCR2 MULTI CONTROL CD MD/ TAPE1 TUNER TVCONT CLASS MPX BAND DIRECT ACCESS ¶ 7 38 - + TUNING - + STATION 1¡ DTV ON/OFF DTV MENU 4¢ - + CHANNEL 123 456 7 GUIDE +10 + TV VOL - 8 0 TV TV CONTROL TV FUNC 9 EXIT ENTER DISC + VOLUME - REMOTE SETUP INPUT ATT SYSTEM SETUP EFFECT/ CH SEL MENU + MUTE FUNCTION DIGITAL NR ENTER - SIGNAL SELECT MIDNIGHT LIGHT MULTI CH INPUT THX DSP /DTS ADVANCED STEREO/ DIRECT STANDARD AV PRE-PROGRAMMED AND LEARNING REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 1 1 Set the remote control slide switch to SETUP. 3 Also make sure that your TV is on and set to the receiver. 2 Press the REMOTE SETUP (INPUT ATT) button and 4 at the same time to select the DIRECT FUNCTION mode. The MULTI CONTROL buttons DVD/LD, TV/SAT, VCR 1, VCR 2, CD, and MD/TAPE 1 start to blink. Direct Function You can choose whether the commander sends a function code or not , when you press each Multi-control button. 1Select function. 2Input YES or NO. TRANSMIT YES =1 NO =2 EXIT = Remote Setup 3 Select a component by pressing its MULTI CONTROL button. 4 Set the DIRECT FUNCTION of each external source to NO by pressing 2 . 5 Press the REMOTE SETUP button to exit the DIRECT FUNCTION mode. • When you're done setting up, remember to set the slide switch back to USE. memo The default setting is all YES. If you have turned a DIRECT FUNCTION to NO and want to turn it back to YES, follow the directions above and press 1 in step 3.

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Setting Up the Direct Function
The DIRECT FUNCTION is designed in case you have an external video source connected to your TV (a video
source that is not going through the receiver). For this explanation we'll call this the
"external video deck." You'd
like to control the external video deck with this unit's remote control so you've assigned it a function button (for
example purposes, the VCR 2 button). Yet, if you put the receiver in VCR 2 mode you'll get no picture on your
TV because the external video deck signal is not going through the receiver. To get around this problem you set
the DIRECT FUNCTION for VCR 2 to OFF. Now when you press VCR 2
function button you can control the
external video deck with the remote but the receiver does not go into VCR 2 mode.
1
Set the remote control slide switch to
SETUP.
Also make sure that your TV is on and set to the receiver.
2
Press the REMOTE SETUP (INPUT ATT)
button and
4
at the same time to select
the DIRECT FUNCTION mode.
The MULTI CONTROL buttons DVD/LD, TV/SAT, VCR 1, VCR 2,
CD, and MD/TAPE 1 start to blink.
Direct Function
You can choose whether
the commander sends a
function code or not ,
when you press each
Multi-control button.
1
Select function.
2
Input
YES or NO.
TRANSMIT
YES
=
1
NO
=
2
EXIT
=
Remote Setup
3
Select a component by pressing its MULTI
CONTROL button.
4
Set the DIRECT FUNCTION of each external
source to NO by pressing
2
.
5
Press the REMOTE SETUP button to exit the
DIRECT FUNCTION
mode.
When you're done setting up, remember to set the slide
switch back to USE.
The default setting is all YES. If you have turned a DIRECT
FUNCTION to NO and want to turn it back to YES, follow
the directions above and press
1
in step 3.
memo
Using the System Off Button
This button will turn off the receiver and any component that has programmed into the SYSTEM OFF settings
(see above) as well as turn off all PIONEER components regardless of whether they have been programmed
into SYSTEM OFF. If you use this feature when a DVD is playing, the player will stop the play mode before
switching off.
1
Set the remote control slide switch to USE.
2
Press the SYSTEM OFF button on the
remote control.
RECEIVER
S0URCE
DVD/LD
TV/SAT
VCR1
VCR2
CD
MD/
TAPE1
TUNER
TVCONT
USE
SETUP
MULTI
OPERATION
SYSTEM
OFF
Î
MULTI CONTROL
2
1
AV PRE-PROGRAMMED AND LEARNING
REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
S0URCE
DVD/LD
TV/SAT
VCR1
VCR2
CD
TV VOL
TV FUNC
MENU
ENTER
STEREO/
DIRECT
DSP
THX
LIGHT
MUTE
TV
VOLUME
MD/
TAPE1
TUNER
TVCONT
RECEIVER
USE
SETUP
MULTI
OPERATION
CLASS
MPX
DIRECT ACCESS
CHANNEL
STATION
TV CONTROL
FUNCTION
REMOTE SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
INPUT
ATT
MIDNIGHT
MULTI CH
INPUT
STANDARD
DIGITAL
NR
EFFECT/
CH SEL
SIGNAL
SELECT
BAND
SYSTEM
OFF
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
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8
7
3
1
¡
4
¢
+
-
+
-
+
-
MULTI CONTROL
+
+
+
1
2,5
2
4
3
ADVANCED
DISC
EXIT
+10
GUIDE
ENTER
/
DTS
DTV ON/OFF
DTV MENU
TUNING
Using Other Functions