Pioneer VSX-D498 Owner's Manual - Page 21

Names of Parts and Basic Operations Display 1 2 3 45 67 8 9 0-= SIGNAL SELECT ANALOG PRO LOGIC DIGITAL DIGITAL AC-3 L C R LS S RS LFE SFC ATT MIDNIGHT DIRECT TAPE2 H.P MONO LOUDNESS STEREO TUNED SP AB dB ~! 1 SIGNAL SELECT indicators Light to indicate the type of input signal selected for the current component (refer to "Front Panel", !, SIGNAL SELECT on pages 23, 24). ANALOG : Lights when the analog audio signals are selected. DIGITAL : Lights when the digital audio signals are selected. AC-3 : Lights when a source with Dolby Digital signals is played. 2 Digital indicators PRO LOGIC : When the Dolby mode on the reciever is on, this indicator lights during 2 channel playback of Dolby Digital sources. DIGITAL : When the Dolby mode on the reciever is on, this indicator lights to indicate playback of a Dolby Digital signal. However, PRO LOGIC lights during 2 channel playback of Dolby Digital. 3 SFC (DSP) mode indicator Lights when the DSP mode is selected. (Refer to "Surround modes" on page 25) 4 ATT indicator Lights when ATT (refer to "Remote Control", 9, Number buttons page 22) is used to reduce the level of the input signal. (available in ANALOG mode only) 5 Overload indicator When "ANALOG" is selected in SIGNAL SELECT, this indicator lights when an excessively strong signal is being processed . When this indicator lights, press ATT on the remote control to attenuate (lower) the signal and prevent distortion. 6 MIDNIGHT indicator Lights when the MIDNIGHT mode is on. 7 LOUDNESS indicator Lights when loudness is on (refer to "Front Panel", ,LOUDNESS on pages 23, 24). 8 DIRECT indicator Lights when direct playback is on (refer to "Front Panel", (, DIRECT on pages 23, 24). @ # 9 TAPE2 indicators Lights when TAPE 2 MONITOR is on. 0 H.P indicator Lights when headphones are plugged in. - Tuner indicators STEREO : Lights when an FM stereo broadcast is received in the auto stereo mode. TUNED : Lights when a broadcast is received. MONO : Lights when the tuner is set to receive FM broadcasts in monaural. = Speaker indicators Light to indicate the current speaker system (refer to "Front Panel", 7, SPEAKERS (A/B) on pages 23, 24). SP 3 A : Lights when speaker system A is selected. SP 3 B : Lights when speaker system B is selected. ~ Program format indicators The following indicators light to show the channels being played back. L : Left front*1*2, C : Center*1, R : Right front*1*2, LS : Left surround*1,S : Surround (mono)*2, RS : Right surround*1 *1: Indicates 5.1ch Dolby Digital playback. *2: Indicates Dolby Pro Logic playback. ! LFE indicator LFE (Low Frequency Effects) indicator lights to indicate that the program source contains an LFE channel. The indicator to the left of LFE lights during actual playback of the LFE signals (LFE signals are not present in all parts of the sound track). @ Character display # Volume level display Displays the volume level. Volume level is maintained even when the power is off. ---dB indicates the minimum level, and 0dB indicates the maximum level. • Depending on the level settings for individual channels, the MAX level can range between -10dB and 0dB. OPERATION 21