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Contents Thank you for buying this Onkyo product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. Before you start 3 Checking what's in the box 3 Installing the receiver 3 Flow of settings on the receiver 3 1 Controls and displays Front panel 4 Display 5 Remote control 6 Loading the batteries 7 Operating range of remote control 7 2 Connecting your equipment Placing the speakers 8 Affixing Non-Skid Pads 8 Hints on the speaker placement 8 Connecting the speakers 9 Making cable connections 10 HDMI cables 10 About HDMI 10 Analog audio cables 11 Digital audio cables 11 Standard RCA video cables 11 About video outputs connection 11 Connecting a TV and playback components 12 Connecting using HDMI 12 Connecting your component with no HDMI terminal 13 Connecting antennas 14 Using external antennas 14 Connecting a USB device 15 Plugging in the receiver 15 3 Basic playback Playing a source 16 Selecting the audio input signal 16 Playing a USB device 18 Basic playback controls 18 Compressed audio compatibility 18 Music playback using BLUETOOTH® wireless technology 19 Pairing with the unit (Initial registration 19 Listen to music on the unit from a BLUETOOTH capable device 19 Radio wave caution 19 Listening to the radio 20 Improving FM sound 20 Saving station presets 20 Listening to station presets 21 Naming preset stations 21 An introduction to RDS (For Europe 21 Searching for RDS programs 21 Displaying RDS information 22 4 Listening to your system Choosing the listening mode 23 Listening in surround sound 23 Playing back in the STEREO mode 23 Using the DSP 23 Using Direct 23 Using the Music Optimizer 24 Setting the Audio options 24 Displaying the Fixed PCM Setting menu 26 Changing the TV format setting of Graphical User Interface (Except for the U.S.A., Canada and Latin America models 26 Changing the frequency step of AM Radio (Except for the U.S.A., Canada and Latin America models 27 5 Setup Using the Setup 28 Manual speaker setup 28 Speaker Setting 28 X.Over 29 Channel Level 29 Speaker Distance 30 The Input Assign menu 30 The Auto Power Down menu 31 The HDMI Setup menu 31 6 Additional information Troubleshooting 33 General 33 HDMI 34 Important information regarding the HDMI connection 34 USB messages 34 About the Speaker System 35 Precautions 35 Effective Combination of Subwoofer and Front/Center/Surround speakers 35 Operation 35 Making amplifier settings 35 Wall-mounting the Front/Center/Surround speaker system 36 Resetting the main unit 36 Cleaning the unit 36 Specifications 37 Software license notice 39 2

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Thank you for buying this Onkyo product. Please read
through these operating instructions so you will know how to
operate your model properly.
Before you start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Checking what’s in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Flow of settings on the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading the batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operating range of remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Connecting your equipment
Placing the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Affixing Non-Skid Pads
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hints on the speaker placement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting the speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Making cable connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HDMI cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Analog audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Digital audio cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Standard RCA video cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About video outputs connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting a TV and playback components
. . . . . . . . 12
Connecting using HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting your component with no HDMI
terminal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Plugging in the receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 Basic playback
Playing a source
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting the audio input signal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing a USB device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Music playback using BLUETOOTH® wireless
technology
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Pairing with the unit (Initial registration)
. . . . . . . . . . 19
Listen to music on the unit from a BLUETOOTH
capable device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Radio wave caution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Improving FM sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Saving station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Naming preset stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
An introduction to RDS (For Europe)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Searching for RDS programs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Displaying RDS information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4 Listening to your system
Choosing the listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing back in the STEREO mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the DSP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using Direct
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Music Optimizer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the Audio options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Displaying the Fixed PCM Setting menu
. . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the TV format setting of Graphical User
Interface (Except for the U.S.A., Canada and
Latin
America models)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing the frequency step of AM Radio
(Except for the U.S.A., Canada and
Latin America
models)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5 Setup
Using the Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Manual speaker setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speaker Setting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
X.Over
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Channel Level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speaker Distance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The Input Assign menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The Auto Power Down menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The HDMI Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6 Additional information
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
General
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
HDMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Important information regarding the HDMI
connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
USB messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
About the Speaker System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Precautions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Effective Combination of Subwoofer and
Front/Center/Surround speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Making amplifier settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wall-mounting the Front/Center/Surround
speaker system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Resetting the main unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cleaning the unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Software license notice
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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