The orange lights aren't indicators at all, they're lighted buttons. There are 19 of them on the face, and they're always lit. I basically never use the front panel (instead use the remote), so it's essentially useless to me. Doe anyone actually use the front panel on a receiver very often, especially when an MX-500 is included with it? I'm not sure, but I suspect that 11 of the lighted buttons only do something for the tuner... they're 0-9 and a +10 button. I think we could all live without those buttons, or at least without them glowing bright orange. :-)
Definitely the first receiver I've owned that looks better when turned off than when turned on. :-) Not a major gripe, it's just the oddball. But the indicator lights (sorround mode, etc.) are a nice blue. They should have stuck with blue for all of the lights or inverted the color scheme (blue for the buttons that are always lit, orange for indicator lights).
