Onkyo HT-S780 Owner Manual - Page 35

Using the Multichannel Input, Displaying Source Information - speaker hookup

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)54@&OCPPL 1BHF  .POEBZ 'FCSVBSZ 1. Playing Your AV Components-Continued MULTI CH ON STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER DVD TAPE/AMP INPUT SELECTOR 1 2 3 V1 V2 V3 M D C D CDR 4 5 6 TV MULTI CH DVD 7 8 9 VCR TAPE TUNER C D +10 0 CLR 10 11 12 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP SAT CABLE TV VOL INPUT CH DISC VOL RECEIVER Displaying Source Information You can display various information about the current input source as follows. Press the [RECEIVER] button, and then press the [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to cycle through the available information. DISPLAY LISTENING MODE STEREO SURROUND AUDIO SUBTITLE RANDOM REPEAT TEST TONE CH SEL LEVEL- LEVEL+ PLAY MODE HDD DISPLAY OR-EQ L NIGHT DVD CINE FLTR RC-608M Using the Multichannel Input The multichannel input is for connecting a component with individual 5.1-channel analog audio output jacks, such as a DVD player or MPEG decoder. See page 25 for hookup information. Press the [RECEIVER] button followed by the [MULTI CH] button so that MULTI CH indicator appears on the display. Audio from the multichannel input will now be used for the DVD input source. MULTI CH indicator Note: • While the multichannel input is selected, the Speaker Configuration settings on page 48 are ignored, and signals from the multichannel input are fed to the front left, front right, center, surround left, and surround right speakers and subwoofer regardless of those settings. The following information can typically be displayed for input sources. Input source & volume Signal format* or sampling frequency Input source & listening mode *If the input signal is analog, no format information is displayed. If the input signal is PCM, the sampling frequency is displayed. If the input signal is digital but not PCM, the signal format is displayed. Information is displayed for about three seconds, then the previously displayed information reappears. Interpreting Surround Channel Information A BC A: The number of front channels (front left, front right, and center). B: The number of surround channels (surround left and surround right). If there's surround back channel information, this number will be 3. C: LFE channel for subwoofer (1 means yes). 35

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Playing Your AV Components
—Continued
The multichannel input is for connecting a component
with individual 5.1-channel analog audio output jacks,
such as a DVD player or MPEG decoder. See page 25 for
hookup information.
Note:
While the multichannel input is selected, the Speaker
Configuration settings on page 48 are ignored, and
signals from the multichannel input are fed to the front
left, front right, center, surround left, and surround
right speakers and subwoofer regardless of those set-
tings.
You can display various information about the current
input source as follows.
The following information can typically be displayed for
input sources.
*If the input signal is analog, no format information is
displayed. If the input signal is PCM, the sampling fre-
quency is displayed. If the input signal is digital but not
PCM, the signal format is displayed. Information is dis-
played for about three seconds, then the previously dis-
played information reappears.
Interpreting Surround Channel Information
A:
The number of front channels (front left, front right,
and center).
B:
The number of surround channels (surround left and
surround right). If there’s surround back channel
information, this number will be 3.
C:
LFE channel for subwoofer (1 means yes).
Using the Multichannel Input
Press the [RECEIVER] button fol-
lowed by the [MULTI CH] button
so that MULTI CH indicator
appears on the display.
Audio from the multichannel input will
now be used for the DVD input source.
RANDOM
SUBTITLE
PLAY MODE
AUDIO
REPEAT
RC-
608
M
--
/
---
TAPE/AMP
M
D
CDR
CABLE
ON
STANDBY
DIMMER
SLEEP
10
11
12
INPUT SELECTOR
DVD
HDD
REMOTE MODE
V
1
V
2
V
3
C
D
TAPE
TUNER
DVD
MULTI CH
LISTENING MODE
TV
DISPLAY
TEST
TONE
CH SEL
SURROUND
STEREO
CINE FLTR
LEVEL
+
LEVEL
-
L NIGHT
OR-EQ
VOL
VOL
SAT
VCR
TV
DVD
RECEIVER
C
D
INPUT
+10
0
CLR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
CH
DISC
DISPLAY
RECEIVER
MULTI CH
MULTI CH indicator
Displaying Source Information
Press the [RECEIVER] button,
and then press the [DISPLAY]
button repeatedly to cycle
through the available informa-
tion.
Input source &
volume
Signal format*
or sampling
frequency
Input source &
listening mode
A
B
C
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