Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AVX-280 Onkyo
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5.1ch Home Theater System A VX-280 A V Receiver (HT -R280) Speaker P ackage (HTP-380) Front Speak ers (SKF-380 L/R) Center Speaker (SKC-380) Surround Speak ers (SKR-380 L/R) Subw oofer (SKW -380) Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo 5.
2 En Introduction Impor tant Safety Instructions 1. Read these ins tructions. 2. Ke ep these instructi ons. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follo w all instructi ons. 5. Do not use this apparatus near w ater . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block an y ventilat ion openings.
3 En Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recording copyrighted ma terial is ille gal without the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The A C fuse inside the unit is not user-ser- viceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo de aler .
4 En Speaker Precautions Placement • The subwoofer cabinet is ma de out of wood and is there- fore sensiti ve to e xtreme temperatures and humidity , do not put it in locations subjec t to direct sunlight or in humid places, such as near an air con ditioner , humidifier , bathroom, or kitchen.
5 En Installing the Batte ries Note • If the remote controller doesn’ t work reliably , try replacing the batteries. • Don’t mix new and old batteries or diff erent types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for a long time, remove the batteries to prevent damage from leak- age or corrosion.
6 En Features A V Receiver HT-R280 • 110 W atts/Channel @ 6 ohms • Optimum Gain V olume Circuitry • H.C.P .S. (High Current Po wer Supply) Massiv e High Po wer T ransformer • HDMI (V er.
7 En Fr ont & Rear P anels The actual front panel has v ari ous logos printed on it. They are not sho wn here for clarity . The page numbers in pa rentheses show where you can fi nd th e main explanation for each item.
8 En For detailed information, se e th e pages in parentheses. a A and B speaker indicators ( ➔ 11 , 22 ) b A udio input indicators c Listening mode and format indicators ( ➔ 21 , 26 ) d T uning i.
9 En Speaker P ac kage a Speaker terminals These push terminals are for connecting the speaker to the HT-R280 with the supplied speaker cables. The supplied speaker cables are color -coded for easy identif ication. Simply connect each cable to the same- colored positi ve speak er terminal.
10 En Remote Contr oller For detail ed information, se e the pages in parentheses. a ON/ST ANDBY button ( ➔ 20 ) b REMO TE MOD E / INPUT SELECT OR buttons ( BD/D VD , VCR/DV R , CBL/SA T , GAME , AU.
11 En About Home Theater Y ou can use two sets of speake rs with the A V recei ver: Speak ers A and Speakers B . Speakers A should be used in your main listeni ng room for up to 5.1-channel playback. * While Speakers B is on, Speakers A is reduced to 2.
12 En Connections Connecting the A V Receiver Speaker Configurat ion The follo wing table indicate s the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you hav e. For 5.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need 5 speakers and a po wered subwoofer .
13 En Connecting the Sp eaker Cables Screw-type speaker termi nals Using Banana Plu gs • If you are using banana plugs, tighten the speak er terminal before inserting the banana plug. • Do not insert the speaker code directly in to the center hole of the speaker terminal.
14 En The speakers can easily be wa ll mounted b y using the ke y- hole slots. T o prev ent the speaker from vibrating ag ainst the wall, attach tw o of the supplied thick rubber stopp ers to the rear of each speaker .
15 En Connected ima g e with A V components • Before making any A V connections, read th e manuals supplied with your A V components. • Don’t connect the po wer cord until you’ ve comp leted and double-checked all A V connections.
16 En Connect your components to the appropr iate jack s. The default input assi gnments are shown belo w . ✔ : Assignment can be changed ( ➔ 30 ). Refer to “ About HDMI” ( ➔ 51 ) and “Using an RIHD-comp atible TV , Player , or Recorder” ( ➔ 52 ).
17 En Connect your components to th e appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are sho wn below . ✔ : Assignment can be changed ( ➔ 30 ). ■ How to recor d the video W ith the connections descri bed here, you cannot record the video through the A V rece iver.
18 En W ith u (Remote Interacti ve), you can use the following special functions: ■ System On/A uto P ower On When you start playback on a component connected via u , if the A V receiv er is on Sta ndby , it will automati- cally turn on and select th at component as the input source.
19 En The A V receive r supports sev eral connection formats for comp at ibility with a wide range of A V equipment. The format you choose will depend on the fo rmats supported by your components.
20 En T ur ning On & Basi c Operations T urning On/Off the A V Receiver T urning On Press ON/ST ANDBY on the fr ont panel. or Press RECEIVER follo we d by ON/ST ANDBY on the remote contr oller . The A V receiver comes on, the display lights, and the ST ANDBY indicator goes of f.
21 En Basic Operations ■ Operating on the A V receiver ■ Operating with the remo te contr oller Note • The maximum master volume le vel is affected by the subw oofer volume le vel. Y ou can display va rious info rmation about the current input source as follows.
22 En Y ou can temporarily mute the output of the A V receiv er. Tip • T o unmute, press MUTING again or adjust the volume. • The Mute function is ca ncelled when the A V receiver is set to Standb y . W ith the sleep timer, you can set the A V recei ver to turn off aut omatically after a specified peri od.
23 En Listening to the Radio W ith the built-in tuner you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. Y ou can store your fa vo rite stations as presets for quick selection. Y ou can change the frequency steps ( ➔ 33 ). Listening to th e Radio T uning into Radio Stations ■ Auto tuning mode When tuned into a station, the TU NED indicator lights.
24 En Y ou can store a combination of up to 40 of your favorite FM/AM radio stations as presets. Selecting Presets Tip • Y ou can also use the remote controller’s number b uttons to select a preset directly . Deleting Pres ets Presetting FM/AM Stations 1 T une into the FM/AM station that you wa nt to store as a pr eset.
25 En Recor ding This section explains ho w to record the selected input source to a component with recording capa bility , and how to record audio and video from different sources. Connecting a Recor ding Component Note • The A V receiver must be turned on for recording.
26 En Using the Listening Modes See “ About Listening Modes” for detailed information about the listening modes ( ➔ 26 ). Listening Mode Buttons MO VIE/TV button This butto n selects the listening modes intended for use with movies and TV . MUSIC button This butto n selects the listening modes intended for use with music.
27 En ■ Speaker Lay o ut The illustration sho ws which speakers are acti vated in each channel. See “Sp Conf ig (Speaker Configuration)” for the speaker setup ( ➔ 31 ). Listening Mode s Listening Mode Description Input Source Speaker Layo u t Direct In this mode, au dio from the inpu t source is output withou t surround-sound process- ing.
28 En Onky o-Original DSP Listening Modes Note *1 For the Blu-ray Discs, Dolby Digital is used. *2 A V receiver can input the DSD signal from HDMI IN . Setting the output setting on the player side to PCM might obtain a better sound according to the player .
29 En Advanced Operations Adv anced Setup Note The on-screen setup menus are displayed when: • There is no video input, or • The video input is 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p. The on-screen setup menus a ppear on the connected TV and provide a con venient way to cha nge the A V receiver’ s various settin gs.
30 En Explanatory No tes Menu HDMI Inpu t If you connect a video component to an HDMI input, you must assign that input to an i nput selector . For example, if you connect your Blu-ray Disc/D VD player to HDMI IN 2 , you must assign “ HDMI2 ” to the “ BD/D VD ” input selector .
31 En Note •W h e n a n HDMI IN is assigned to an input selector in “HDMI Input” ( ➔ 30 ), this input assignment is automatically set to the same HDMI IN . And in addition to the usual inputs (e.g., COAX , etc.), you can also select HDMI inputs.
32 En ■ Left, Center, Righ t, Surrou nd Right, Su rround Left, Subwoofer ` Specify the dist ance from the each speake r to your lis- tening position. Note • The speaker distance setting cannot be changed while a pair of headphones is connected, or “ Audio TV OUT ” setting is s et to “ On ” ( ➔ 34 ) or Speakers B is on.
33 En DTS Setting Neo:6 Music ■ Center Im age ` 0 to 2 to 5 W ith this setting, you can specify b y how mu ch the front left and right channel output is attenuated in order to create the center c hannel. Setting a v alue “0” in the middle is set to hear a sound.
34 En Menu HDMI Set up ■ A udio TV OUT ` Off : HDMI audio is not output. ` On : HDMI audio is output. This preference dete rmines whether audio received at the HDMI IN is output by the HDMI OUT .
35 En Note •T h e “ Po wer Control ” setting can be set on ly when the above “ HDMI Control ” setting is set to “ On ”. • HDMI power control only works with p -compatible components that support it and may not w ork properly with some components due to thei r settings or compatibility .
36 En EX.BASS EX.B ASS is a technology that have dev eloped by experi- ments and listening tests to reproduce a natural deeper bass. When you turn th e mode on, you can get dynamic and deeper presence on your movies and music. ■ EX.B ASS ` Off: EX.B A SS off.
37 En A udio Selector Y ou can set priorities of a udio output when there are both digital and analog inputs. ■ AudioSel ` ARC : The audio signal from your TV tuner can be sent to the HDMI OUT of the A V receiver. *1 W ith this selection the TV’ s audio can be automati- cally selected as a prior ity among other assignments.
38 En Controlling iPod & Other Components Contr olling iP od Models sold are different depending on the re gion. Connecting an Onky o Dock No. Onkyo Dock Cable Note Pa ge A UP-A1 Dock (Uni versal Port Opt ion Dock) — • When UP-A1 Dock that seated iPod is connected, the power consumption on standby mode slightly increases.
39 En UP-A1 Dock W ith the UP-A1 Dock, you can easily play the music, photo, or mo vie stored on your iPod through the A V receiv er and enjoy great sound.
40 En Note • Enter the appropriate remote c ontrol code before using the A V receiver’ s remote controller for the first time ( ➔ 42 ). • Connect the RI Dock to the A V receiver with an u cable ( ➔ 38 ). • Set the RI Dock’ s RI MODE switch to “HDD” or “HDD/ DOCK”.
41 En ✔ : A vailable b uttons Note • W ith some iPod models and generations, cer tain buttons may not work as expected. • For detailed operation of the iPod, pl ease r efer to the in struction ma nual. *1 This button do es not turn the Onkyo DS-A2 or DS-A2X RI Dock on or off .
42 En Contr olling Other Onky o Components Y ou can use the A V receiv er’ s remote controller (RC-762M) to control your other Onkyo A V components. This section explains ho w to enter the remote control code for a component that you want to control: D VD, CD, etc.
43 En If you want to control an Onk yo component by pointing the remote controller dir ectly at it, use the follo wing remote control codes: ` 32900 : Onkyo Blu-ray Disc play er ` 32901 : Onkyo HD-D V.
44 En Note • W ith some components, certai n buttons may not work as expected, and some may not work at all. ✔ : A vailable b uttons *1 The p func tion is not supported. The p sup- ported by the A V rece iv er is the CEC system control function of the HDMI standard.
45 En Others T r oubleshooting If you ha ve any trouble using the A V recei ver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’ t resolve the issue your- self, contact your Onkyo dealer .
46 En ■ Only the fr ont speakers pr oduce sound ■ Onl y the center spea ker produces so und ■ The surround speakers pr oduce no sound ■ The center speaker produces no sound ■ The subwoof er produces no sound ■ There’ s no soun d with a cer tain signal format ■ Can’t get 5.
47 En ■ There’ s no picture from a source connected to an HDMI IN ■ The on-screen menus don’t appear ■ Reception is noisy , FM stereo reception is noisy , or the FM STEREO indicator doesn’.
48 En ■ The foll owing settings can be made f o r the composite video inputs Y ou must use the buttons on th e unit to make these set- tings. 1. While holding do wn the input selector button for the input source that you want to set, press SETUP . 2.
49 En Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section T uner Section General ■ HDMI ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ A udio Inputs ■ A udio Outputs ■ Others Specif ications and features are subject to change without notice.
50 En P assive Subwoofer (SK W -38 0) Front Speaker (SKF-38 0) Center Speaker (SKC-380) Surround Spe aker (SKR-380) Specifications and features are subject to change without notic e.
51 En About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demand s of digital TV , HDMI (High Definition Mult imedia Interface) is a new digital interface standard for connect ing TVs, projectors, Blu-ray Disc/D VD players, set-top boxes, and oth er video compo- nents.
52 En Using an RIHD-compatible TV , Pla yer , or Recor der p , which stands for Remote Interacti ve ov er HDMI, is the name of the system control function found on Onkyo components. The A V receiver can be us ed with CEC (Consumer Electronics Cont rol), which allo ws system control over HDMI and is part of the HDMI standard.
53 En ■ How to connect and setup 1 Confirm the connecting and setting . 1. Connect the HDMI OUT jack to the HDMI input jack of the TV . 2. Connect the audio output from the TV to the OPTICAL IN 2 jack of the A V receiv er using an optical digital cable.
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