Owner's Manual

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Step 3:
Playing Back
Listening to Music in a Separate Room
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c. Connecting an Integrated Amplifier in a
Separate Room
It is possible to play 2 ch source in a separate room
while 11.2 ch source is being played in the main room.
Connect the PRE/LINE OUT ZONE2 jacks or PRE/LINE
OUT ZONE3 jacks of the unit and the line-in jacks of the
integrated amplifier in a separate room with an analog audio
(RCA) cable.
Zone 2 Zone 3
r Volume can be adjusted with both the unit and the
integrated amplifier used in a separate room. To adjust
it with the unit, press Receiver and then Home on the
remote controller, select "Setup" - "7. Hardware Setup" -
"Multi Zone" - "Zone 2 Out" or "Zone 3 Out" and set the
setting to "Variable". If you connect a power amplifier,
be sure to make the setting and adjust the volume in the
main room.
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d. Connecting Speakers in a Separate Room
It is possible to directly connect the speakers in another
room without an amplifier. Connect the speakers in the
separate room to ZONE2 or ZONE3 speaker terminals
of the unit using speaker cables. Note that 9.2 ch will be
the maximum in the main room during Zone 2 or Zone 3
playback. When both Zone 2 and Zone 3 playbacks are
performed at the same time, 7.2 ch will be the maximum in
the main room.
Zone 3Zone 2
Required setting: Press Receiver and then Home on the
remote controller. Select "Setup" - "2. Speaker Setup" -
"Speaker Settings" and set "Powered Zone 2" or "Powered
Zone 3" to "Yes".
r Volume adjustment can be performed only from the unit.
Performing Multi-zone Playback
1.
Press Zone on the remote controller a repeatedly to
select Zone 2 or Zone 3. Point the remote controller at
this unit and press
z
Receiver.
"Z2" or "Z3" lights on the main unit display and Zone
function is enabled.
r The Zone button stays lit red when Zone 2 is selected
and green when Zone 3 is selected.
2.
Press Input Selector of the input source you want to
play in the 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 2 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 Zone2 or Zone3 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 Zone2 or Zone3
twice.
To turn off the multi-zone function: Press Zone on the
remote controller repeatedly to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and
press
z
Receiver. To control on the main unit, press Zone2
or Zone3 and within 8 seconds, press Off.
To adjust the volume: Press Zone on the remote controller
repeatedly to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and adjust with
VOL
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. To control on the main unit, press Zone2 or Zone3
and within 8 seconds, adjust with the Master Volume control.
To mute temporarily: Press Zone on the remote controller
repeatedly to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and press Muting.
To adjust the sound quality for the separate room (Zone
2 only): It is necessary to make appropriate settings to
enable this function. Press Home on the remote controller
and select "Setup" - "7. Hardware Setup" - "Multi Zone"
- "Zone 2 Out", and set its value to "Variable". As for the
operation, press Zone2 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 When a TV in a separate room is HDMI connected to the
unit, information of a connected device can be displayed
on the TV screen. Press Zone on the remote controller
repeatedly to select Zone 2 and press Display.
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.
r Pressing Input Selector on the remote controller while you
are using the remote controller for Zone 2 or Zone 3 will
switch the controlled target to the main room. To control
Zone 2 or Zone 3 again, press Zone repeatedly to select
Zone 2 or Zone 3.
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.
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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.