Owner's Manual

15
Step 3: Playing Back
 c. Connecting Speakers in a Separate Room
It is possible to directly connect the speakers in another
room without an amplifier. Connect the speakers in another
room to the ZONE2 speaker terminals of the unit using
speaker cables. Note that 5.1 ch will be the maximum in the
main room during Zone 2 playback. In a separate room, you
can enjoy sound from an external player connected to the
HDMI input jack or the analog audio input jacks of the unit,
sound from the "NET" or "USB" source, and the AM/FM
broadcasting.
Zone 2
Change the setting: Press Receiver and then Home on
the remote controller, select "Setup" - "2.Speaker Setup" -
"Speaker Settings" and set "Powered Zone2" to "Yes".
r Adjust the volume on this unit.
Performing Multi-zone Playback
1.
Press Zone on the remote controller several times to
select either Zone 2 or Zone 3.
The Zone button stays lit red when Zone 2 is selected
and green when Zone 3 is selected.
2. Point the remote controller at the remote controller
sensor and press zReceiver.
"Z2" or "Z3" lights on the main unit display and the multi-
zone function is enabled.
3. Press Zone on the remote controller several times
again to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and press Input
Selector of the input to be played in a separate
room.
If you turn the unit to standby during multi-zone
playback, the Z2/Z3 indicators are dimmed and the
playback mode is switched to playback in a separate
room only. Performing steps 1 and 3 while the unit is in
standby also switches the playback mode to playback in
a separate room only.
To control on the main unit: Press Zone 2 or Zone 3 and
within 8 seconds, press the input selector button of the
input to be played in a separate room. To play the same
source in the main room and separate room, press Zone 2
or Zone 3 twice.
To turn off the multi-zone function: Press Zone on the
remote controller several times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3
and press zReceiver. Alternatively press Off on the main
unit.
To adjust the volume: Press Zone on the remote controller
several times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and adjust with
VOL
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. To control on the main unit, press Zone 2 or Zone
3 and within 8 seconds, adjust with the Master Volume
control.
To mute temporarily: Press Zone on the remote controller
several times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and press Muting.
To adjust the sound quality and balance for a separate
room: Press Zone 2 on the main unit and press Tone
several times to display "Bass", "Treble" or "Balance" on the
main unit display. Display the desired setting on the display
and adjust it with + or -.
r Muting and adjustment of sound quality and balance
is not effective if "Zone 2 Out" or "Zone 3 Out" is set to
"Fixed".
r If Zone 2 or Zone 3 is on, power consumption during
standby becomes larger than normal.
r While Zone 2 or Zone 3 is on, the RI linked system
function (interlink between Onkyo components) is
disabled.
WHOLE HOUSE MODE: If you press WHOLE
HOUSE MODE while playback is being performed in
the main room, the WHOLE HOUSE MODE is turned
on, "Z2" and "Z3" on the display light at the same
time and the playback sources of all the rooms are
switched to the same source at once.
r WHOLE HOUSE MODE is effective only for
playback of the external player connected to the
analog audio input jacks.
r This function cannot be used if headphones are
connected or audio is output from the speakers
of the TV.