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Basic Playback
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
Use the FL DIMMER button to adjust the brightness of the fluorescent display (FL=fluorescent display).
1 For the VSX-839RDS press RECEIVER.
2 Press the FL DIMMER button (for VSX-
859RDS on the front panel only).
Four levels of brightness ranging from very dim to very bright
can be selected. Each press changes the brightness of the
display. When rotating through the options, the default
brightness can also be selected.
Please note: it is a feature of this unit that the fluorescent
display will be brighter for a few seconds after you choose a
function (like DVD/LD, CD, etc.) and then get softer. This will
still happen when you adjust the brightness but the new set-
ting will be the one the display softens to.
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Direct Playback
This mode is for playing back a sound source in its purest form, no tone adjustments or other sound modes can
be used.
1 For the VSX-859RDS set the slide switch on
the remote control to USE.
2 Use the STEREO/DIRECT button to alternate
between STEREO or DIRECT mode (you can
also use the STEREO/DIRECT button on the
front panel).
The DIRECT mode will give you the most accurate reproduction of
two channel (stereo) sources but won't let you add any effects to
the sound.
• None of the tone controls or other sound modes can be used with
DIRECT playback.
• If the receiver is in a different mode than STEREO to start with the
first push of the STEREO button will put it in STEREO mode. After
that the button will toggle the receiver between STEREO and
DIRECT mode.
• For more on this button see the explanation of STEREO mode on
p. 46, 47, 50.
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FL DIMMER
S0URCE
DVD/LD TV/SAT VCR1 VCR2
RECEIVER
USE SETUP
MULTI
OPERATION
SYSTEM
OFF
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MULTI CONTROL
1
/DTS/MPEG
STEREO/
DIRECT
DSP
THXLIGHT
ADVANCED
MIDNIGHT
MULTI CH
INPUT
STANDARD
DIGITAL
NR
SIGNAL
SELECT
—
2
STEREO/DIRECT
VSX-859RDS
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RETURN
MIDNIGHT DSP STEREO
FUNCTION
ADVANCED STANDARD MUTE
CLEAR AUDIO
AV PRE-PROGRAMMED AND LEARNING
REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
RECEIVER DIRECT CONTROL