Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TX-SR876 Onkyo
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E n A V Receiv er TX-SR876 TX-NR906 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo A V Receiv er. Please read this manual thoroughl y before making connections and plugg ing in the unit. Follo wing the inst ructions in this manual will enable you to obtain opti mum performance and listening enjoyment from your new A V Receiv er.
2 Impor tant Safety Instructions 1. Read these ins tructions. 2. K eep these instru ctions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. F ollow all instruc tions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dr y cloth. 7. Do not block any v entil ation openings.
3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recordi ng copyrighted ma terial is ille gal with- out the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The AC fuse inside the unit is not user - serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer .
4 Precautions —Continued F or British models Replacement and mounting of an A C plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel.
5 Contents Features ...... ................. ................. ................. ... 6 Supplied Accessories ........................ .............. 7 Multiroom Capability .......................... .............. 8 Front & Rear Panels ............
6 Features Amplifier • 140 W atts/Channel (2ch Dri ven) @ 8 ohms (FTC) • 200 W atts/Channel @ 6 ohms (IEC) • 250 W atts/Channel @ 6 ohms (JEIT A) • WRA T -W ide Range Amplifier T echnology (5 .
7 Features —Continued *8 In Europe, using banana p lugs to con nect speakers to an audio amplif ier is prohibi ted. *9 ©2005 SIRIUS Sa tellite Radi o Inc. “SIRIU S”, SiriusCon nect, the SIRIUS dog log o, channel names and logos are tradema rks of SIRIUS S atellite Radio Inc .
8 Multir oom Capability Y ou can use four speaker systems with this A V receiver — Speak ers A: a surround-sound speaker system (up to 7.1 channels) for enjoying D VD movies in your main room, Speak.
9 Fr ont & Rear P anels The actual front panel has v arious logos printe d on it. They are not shown here for clarity . The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. a ON/ST ANDBY button (51) Sets the A V receiv er to On or Standb y .
10 Front & Rear P anels —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can f ind the main explanation for each item. l PHONES jack (72) This 1/4-inch phone jack is for connect ing a stan- dard pair of stereo hea dphones for priv ate listening.
11 Fr ont & Rear P anels —Continued cs Up [ r ] and Down [ e ] b uttons (106, 135) Used to adjust the tone, and the volum e and balance of Zone 2 and Zone 3. ct DIGIT AL INPUT bu tton (64) Used to assign digital inputs to input selectors. dk LISTENING MODE [ e ]/[ r ] buttons (81) Select the Onkyo orig inal listening modes.
12 Front & Rear P anels —Continued k Audio input indi cators (76, 120) Indicate the type of audio i nput that’ s selected as the audio source: HDMI, AN ALOG, or DIGIT AL. While a digital HD Radio transmission is being recei ved, the DIGIT AL indicator lights up.
13 Fr ont & Rear P anels —Continued a u REMO TE CONTROL This u (Remote Interactiv e) jack can be con- nected to the u jack on another u -capable Onkyo component for remo te and system control.
14 Front & Rear P anels —Continued v T APE IN/OUT These analog audio input and output jacks are for connecting a recorder with an a nalog audio input and output, such as a cassette deck, MD recorder , etc. w AU X 1 I N A VCR for playback only or other video source can be connected here.
15 Remote Contr oller Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably , try replacing the batteries. • Don’t mix ne w and old batteries or dif ferent types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the re mote controller for a long time, remo ve the batter ies to prev ent damage from leakage or corrosion.
16 Remote Contr oller —Continued As well as the A V recei ver , you can also use the remote controller to control your other A V components. The remote controller has a sp ec ific op erating mode for use with each type of compone nt. Modes ar e selected by using the REMO TE MODE buttons.
17 Remote Controller —Contin ued For detaile d information, se e the pages in parentheses. a ST ANDBY button (51) Sets the A V recei ver to Sta ndby . b ON button (51) T urns on the A V receiv er. c INPUT SELECT OR buttons (70) Used to select the input sou rce.
18 Remote Contr oller —Continued T o set the remote controller to D VD mode, press the [D VD] REMOTE MODE b utton. a ST ANDBY button Sets the D VD player to Standby . b ON button T urns on the D VD player . c Number buttons Used to ente r title, chap ter , and track numbers, and to enter tim es for locating specif ic points.
19 Remote Controller —Contin ued T o control an Onky o CD player , MD recorder , or CD recorder , or a CD or MD player/recorder made by another manufacturer , press the [CD] REMO TE MODE button to select the CD/MD/CDR r emote con- troller mode.
20 Remote Contr oller —Continued Dock mode is for controlling an Apple iPod in an Onkyo RI Dock. T o control an RI Dock, pr ess the [CD] (TX-NR906) or [DOCK] (TX-SR876) REMO TE MODE button to select the DOCK remote contr oller mode. In order to control an RI Dock, you must first enter the appropriate remote cont rol code (see page 137).
21 Remote Controller —Contin ued NET/USB mode is for play ing music files on a net- worked computer , media server , or USB mass storage device, o r for listeni ng to Internet radio. T o set the remot e controll er to NET/USB mode, pr ess the [NET/USB] REMO TE MODE button.
22 About Home Theater Thanks to the A V receiv er’ s superb capabilities, you can enjoy surround sound wi th a real sense of mov e ment in your own home—just lik e being in a movie theater or concert hall. W ith D VDs you can enjoy DTS and Dolby Dig ital.
23 Connecting the A V Receiver About Speaker s A and Speaker s B (TX-NR906 only) Speakers A and Speakers B allo ws you to have tw o speaker c onf igurations of up to 7.1 speakers. Each conf iguration has its ow n pair of stereo front speakers and can use the same subw oofer , center , surround, and surround back speakers, as required.
24 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued Speaker Configurat ion For 7.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need sev en speakers and a po wered subwoofer . The following table sho ws which channels you should use based on the number of speakers you hav e.
25 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued Speaker Connectio n Precautions Read the following before connecting your speak ers: • Y ou can connect speakers with an impedance of between 4 and 16 ohms.
26 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued ■ 7.1-channel Pla yback with Speakers A The follow ing illustration shows which speaker should be conn ected to each pai r of terminals for 7.1 -channel playback with Speakers A. If you’ re using only one surround back speak er , connect it to the SURR BA CK L terminals.
27 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued The FR ONT L/R and SURR BA CK L/R terminal posts can be used with front Speakers A and surround back speakers respe ctiv ely , or bi-amped to provide separ ate tweeter and woofer feeds for front Speakers A, pro viding improv ed bass and treble performance.
28 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued The FR ONT L/R and SURR B ACK L/R terminal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers respecti vely , or bridged together to pro vide almost double the output po wer for the front speakers.
29 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued The ZONE 2 L/R and SURR B A CK L/R terminal posts can be used with front Sp eakers B and surround back speakers respe ctiv ely , or bi-amped to provide separ ate tweeter and woofer feeds for front Speaker s B, providing improv ed bass and treble performance.
30 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued The ZONE 2 L/R and SURR BA CK L/R terminal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers respecti vely , or bridged together to pro vide almost double the output po wer for the front speakers.
31 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued This section explains ho w to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop ante nna, and how to connect commercially a vailable outd oor FM and AM antennas. The A V receiv er won’t pick up any radio signals without any an tenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use the tuner .
32 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued If you cannot achie ve good reception with the supplied indoor AM loop antenna, try using it with a commer- cially av ailable outdoor AM antenna (see page 32).
33 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued • Before making any A V conne ctions, read the manuals supplied with your other A V components. • Don’t connect the po wer cord until you’ ve completed and double-checked all A V connections.
34 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued By connecting both the audio a nd video outputs of your D VD player and ot her A V components to the A V recei ver, you can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the A V receiv er.
35 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued ■ “Monitor Out” Setting Set to “Analog” W ith the “Monitor Out” setting set to “Analog” (see page 52), video input signals flo w through the A V receiver as sho wn, wi th composite video and S-V ideo sources being upcon verted for the component video output.
36 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued See “Connecting Components with HDMI” on page 42 for HD MI connection information. • W ith connection , you can listen to and record audio from your TV or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3. • T o enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or .
37 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued • W ith connection , you can listen to and record audio from a D VD or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3. • T o enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (T o record or list en in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use and , or a nd .
38 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued Hooking Up the Multich annel Input If your D VD player supports multichannel audio formats such as DVD- Audio a nd SACD, and it has a multichannel analog audio output, you can connect it to the A V receiver’ s multichannel input.
39 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued W ith this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or D VR to listen to your fav orite TV programs via the A V recei ver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs. • W ith connection , you can listen to the VCR or DVD recorder in Zone 2 or Zone 3.
40 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued Notes: • The A V receiv er must be turned on for recording. Recording is not possible while it’ s on Standby mode.
41 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued W ith this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable recei ver to listen to your fa vorite TV programs via the A V recei ver, which is useful if your TV has no audio outputs. • W ith connection , you can listen to and record audi o from the video source or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.
42 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demands of digital TV , HDMI (High Definition Mu ltimedia Interface) is a new digital interface standard for connecting TVs, projectors, D VD players, set-top boxes, and other video com ponents.
43 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued Making HDMI Connections ■ Video Signals Digital video signals recei ved b y th e HDMI IN jacks are norma lly output by the HDMI MAIN OUT and SUB OUT for display on your TV . Composite video, S- V ideo, and component video sources ca n be upcon verted for the HDMI outputs.
44 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued • W ith connection , you can listen to and record audio from your game cons ole or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3. • T o enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection . (T o record or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3 as well, use and .
45 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued Connecting a Camcor der or Other Device Connection A V receiver Signal flow Camcorder A UX 2 INPUT S VIDEO ⇐ S-Video output A UX 2 INPUT VIDEO ⇐ Composi.
46 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued ■ CD Player or T urntable (MM) with Built-in Phono Preamp • W ith connection , you can listen to and record audio from the CD player or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3. • T o connect the CD player di gitally , use connection or .
47 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued • W ith connection , you can play and re cord or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3. • T o connect the recorder digitally for playback, use connections and , or and . • T o connect the recorder digitall y for recording, use connection .
48 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued If you want to use a more powerful po wer amplifier and use th e A V receiv er solely as a preamp, connect the amp to the PRE OUT jacks, and connect all speakers an d the subwoofer to the po wer amplifier . If you hav e a powered subw oofer , connect it to the A V receiver ’ s PRE OUT: SUBWOOFER jack.
49 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued ■ If Y our iP od Supports Video: Connect your RI Dock’ s audio output jacks to the A V recei ver’ s A UX 1 IN L/R jacks, and connect its video output jack to the A V receiver’ s A UX 1 IN V jack. (Onkyo DS-A2X hookup sho w n below .
50 Connecting the A V Receiver —Continued W ith u (Remote Interactive) , you can us e the follo wing special functions: A uto P ower On/Standb y When you start playback on a component connected via u , if the A V receiv er is on Standb y , it will automatica lly turn on and select that component as the input source.
51 T urning On the A V Receiver For non-North American models : T o completely shut do wn the A V receiv er, set the [PO WER] switch to the OFF position ( ). ON/STANDBY ON/STANDBY POWER INPUT SELECTOR ON STANDBY DIMMER CDR/MD/DOCK SAT TAPE/AMP SLEEP MACRO REMOTE MODE -- / --- 10 11 12 TV TV CH TV VOL DVD AUX 1 AUX 2 GAME/TV CBL/SAT VCR/DVR D.
52 Firs t Time Setup This section explains the se ttings that you need to make before using the A V receiv er for the very fi rst time. On the “Monitor Out” settings , you can select whether or no.
53 First Time Setup —Continued In this Instruction Manual, i llu strations from the onscreen menu or e xplanat ions referring to the menu will be in the same language as the Instruct ion Manual. The defa ult Langua ge setting for the onscreen menu is English.
54 First Time Setup —Contin ued Carry out the settings for th e A V rece iv er by using the Onscreen Setup Menu. ■ Menus for Fir s t Time Setup Using the Onscreen Setup Men us 1 Press the [RECEIVER] b utton fol- lowed b y the [SETUP] button. The main menu a ppears o nscreen.
55 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect your TV to the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT, set the “Monitor Out” setting to “Analog” so that the onscree n setup menus are displayed and composite video and S- V ideo sources are upcon- verted and output by the COMPONENT VIDEO MON- ITOR OUT.
56 First Time Setup —Contin ued Notes: • See page 35 for charts showing ho w the “Monitor Out” and “Resolution” setti ngs af fect the video signal flow through the A V receiver. • This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiv er by using its [SETUP] button, arro w buttons, and [ENTER] button.
57 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • For composite video, S-V i deo, and component video upcon version for the HDM I OUT MA IN or HDMI OUT SUB, the “Monitor Out” setting must be set to “HDMI Main” or “HDMI Su b”, respecti vely (see page 55), and the “HDMI Input ” setting must be set to “- - -”.
58 First Time Setup —Contin ued Component Video Setup If you connect a video component to a COMPONENT VIDEO IN, you must assign that input to an input selector . For example, if you connect your D VD player to COMPONENT VIDEO IN 3, you must assign COM- PONENT VIDEO IN 3 to the D VD input selector .
59 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a component to a digital audio input, you must assign that input to an input selector . For example, if you connect your CD player to OPTICAL IN 2, you must assign OPTICAL IN 2 to the “CD” input sele ctor .
60 First Time Setup —Contin ued If you connect a component to the A V receiv er’ s analog multichannel input, you must assign that input to an input selector . For example, if you connect your D VD player to the MUL TI CH input, you must assign it to the D VD input selector .
61 First Time Setup —Continued If the impedance of any speaker is 4 ohms or more but less than 6, set the Speaker I mpedance to 4 ohms. T o use bi-amping or bridging, you must change the “Speaker T ype” setting. For hookup information, see pages 27–30.
62 First Time Setup —Contin ued Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiver by using its [SETUP] b u tton, arro w buttons, and [ENTER] button. For the on screen setup menus to display properly , you must specify the TV system used in your area.
63 First Time Setup —Continued For AM tuning to work properly , you must specify the AM frequency step used in your area. Note that when this setting is changed, al l radio presets are deleted. Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V recei ver by using its [SETUP] bu tton, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button.
64 First Time Setup —Contin ued Using the DIGIT AL INPUT Button Digital inputs can al so be as signed to input selectors b y using the [DIGIT AL INPUT] button on the A V recei ver.
65 First Time Setup —Continued Measureme nt P ositions T o create a listening environment in your home theater that all listeners wi ll enjoy , Audysssey MultEQ ® takes measurements at up to eight positions within the lis- tening area.
66 First Time Setup —Contin ued The onscreen menus show n in this manual may be slightly different from what you see on your TV . 1 T urn on the A V rece iver and the connected TV . On the TV , select the inp ut to which the A V receiv er is connected.
67 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • When the automatic speaker setup is complete, the “Equalizer Settings” (page 102) will be set to Audys- sey . • Y ou can cancel the aut omatic speaker setu p at any point in the procedure simply by disconnecting the setup microphone.
68 First Time Setup —Contin ued Error Messa ges While the automati c speaker setup is in progre ss, one of the follo wing error messages may appear: ❑ Ambient noise is too high This message appears if th e background noise is too loud and the measurements cannot be performed properly .
69 First Time Setup —Continued Reviewing the Results Changing the Speaker Set tings Manuall y In rare situations, proper measurements taken may not be obtainable b y the by the automa tic speaker setup. F or example, there may be too mu ch noise in the room.
70 Basic Operations Selecting the Input Sour ce 4 1 INPUT SELECTOR LISTENING MODE ON STANDBY DISPLAY MUTING G U I D E E X I T PREV CH DIMMER CDR/MD/DOCK SAT TAPE/AMP SLEEP MACRO REMOTE MODE SUBTITLE AUDIO REPEAT PLAY MODE -- / --- 10 11 12 TV TV CH TV VOL PLAYLIST RANDOM DVD AUX 1 AUX 2 GAME/TV CBL/SAT VCR/DVR D.
71 Basic Operations —Continued This section explains functions that can be used with an y input source. Y ou can adjust the b rightness of the display . Y ou can adjust the volume of each speaker while listen- ing to an input source. These temporary adjustments are cancelled when the A V recei ver is set to S tandby .
72 Basic Oper ations —Continued W ith the sleep timer , you can set the A V recei ver to turn off aut omatically after a specif ied period. If you need to cancel the slee p timer , press the [SLEEP] button repeatedly un til the SLEEP indicator disappears.
73 Listening to the Radio W ith the built-in tu ner , you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations and st ore your f av orite stations as presets for easy selection. T uning into AM/FM Radio Stations ■ A uto T uning Mode When tuned into a station, the TUNED indicator appears.
74 Listening to the Radio —Continued ■ T uning into Sta tions by Frequ ency Y ou can tune into AM and FM sta tions directly b y enter- ing the appropriate frequenc y . Displa ying AM/FM Radio Information Note: When you select a preset with a cust om name (see page 110), its name is displa yed instead of the band and frequency .
75 Listening to the Radio —Continued Y ou can store a combination of up to 40 of your fa vorite AM and FM radio stations. Note: Y ou can name your radio pr esets for easy identification (see page 110). Selecting Presets Deleting Presets Presetting AM/FM Stations 1 T une into the AM or FM statio n you want to store as a preset.
76 Listening to the Radio —Continued HD Radio technology brings digital radio to con ven- tional analog AM and FM radi o station s, with improved sound quality , better receptio n, and new data services. HD Radio technology provides CD-quality sound for FM stations and FM-quality sound for AM stations.
77 Listening to the Radio —Continued RDS only works in ar eas where RDS broadcasts are av ailable. When tuned to an RDS station, the RDS indi- cator appears. ■ What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM radi o signals.
78 Listening to the Radio —Continued Display ing Radio T ext (RT) When tuned to an RDS station that’ s broadcasting text information, the tex t can be displayed. Notes: • The message “W aiting” may appear while the A V receiv er waits for the R T information.
79 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting Multic ast Channels FM HD Radio stations can transmit multiple programs on the same frequenc y by using what are called multicast channels. If the current HD Radio station is broadcasting multicast channels, the SPS (secondary program ser- vices) indicator lights up.
80 Recor ding This section explains ho w to record the input source and how to r ecord audio and vi deo from separate sources. Notes: • The surround sound and DSP listening modes cannot be recorded. • Copy-protected DVDs cannot be recorded. • Sources connected to the analog multichannel input cannot be recorded.
81 Using the Listening Modes For a description of each lis tening mode, see “ About the Listening Modes” on page 88. Selecting on the A V Receiver ■ [PURE A UDIO] button This button selects the Pu re Audio listening mode.
82 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Analog and PCM Sou rces Listening Modes A vailable f or Each Source Format ✔ : A vailable Lis tening Modes Source format Analog/PCM Multi channel Analog Multic hannel PCM 32–96 kHz *1 *1. 32/44.1/48/ 88.2/96kHz 176.
83 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Dolb y Digital, and Dolb y Digital Plus Sources Note: W ith some HD D VD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be heard during playback. Th is may occur when the audio format changes during playback. It is not a malfunction.
84 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS Sources ✔ : A vailable Lis tening Modes Source format DTS, DTS96/24 DTS-E S Discret e/Matr ix Multichannel 2ch Mono DV D, C D , e t c . DV D, C D , et c . Pure A udio ✔✔✔✔ Direct ✔✔✔✔ Stereo ✔✔✔✔ Mono ✔✔✔✔ DTS, DTS 96/24 ✔ ✔ DTS-ES Discrete/Matri x ✔ *1 *1.
85 Using the Listening Modes —Continued T rueHD Source s Note: W ith some HD D VD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be heard during playback. Th is may occur when the audio format changes during playback.
86 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS-HD Sources Note: W ith some HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be heard during playback. Th is may occur when the audio format changes during playback.
87 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS Express and DSD Sour ces If you can select PCM or DSD output on your SA CD play er , in some cases, se lecting PCM will provide the best sound quality . Note: W ith some HD D VD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be heard during playback.
88 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The A V recei ver’ s listening modes can transform your listening room into a movie th eater or concert hall, with high fidelity and stunning surround sound.
89 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Dolb y T rueHD Designed to take full adv antage of the additional storage space offered b y the new Blu-ray and HD DV D disc for- mats, this ne w Dolby format of fers up to 7.1 discrete channels of digital audio wi th 48/96 kHz, up to 5.
90 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Neural THX 5.1/7.1 Neural-THX Surround employs psychoacou stic fre- quency domain processing, whic h allows d eliv ery of a more detailed sound stage, w ith superior channel separa- tion and locali zation of audio elements.
91 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Onky o Original DSP Modes Mono Movie This mode is suitable for old movies and other mono sources. The center speaker outputs the sound as it is, while re verb is app lied to the sound output by the other speakers, gi ving presence to even mono material.
92 Adv anced Setup The onscreen setup menus appear on the conne cted TV and pro vide a con venient way to change the A V receiv er’ s various settings . Settings are or ganized into eight catego- ries on the main menu , most containing a submenu . The following map sho w s ho w the setup me nus are organized.
93 Adv anced Setup —Continued This section e xplains items on the “Input/Output Assign” menu. Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V recei ver by using its [SETUP] button, arro w buttons, zand [ENTER] button. Monitor Out Setup 1 Press the [RECEIVER] button, follo wed by the [SETUP] b utton.
94 Adv anced Setup —Continued Monitor Out Resolution Y ou can specify the output resolution for the HDMI out- puts and ha ve the A V receiv er upcon vert the picture res- olution as necessary to ma tch the reso lution supported by your TV . Brightness W ith this setting you can adjust the picture brightness.
95 Adv anced Setup —Continued This section explains item s on the “Speaker Se tup” menu. Some of the spe aker settings are set automatically by the Automatic Speak er Setup function (see page 64). Speaker Setti ngs See “Speaker Settings” on page 61.
96 Adv anced Setup —Continued 5 Use the Up and Down [ q ]/[ w ] but- tons to select “Subwoof er”, and then use the Left and Righ t [ e ]/[ r ] buttons to select: Ye s : Select if a subwoofer is con- nected. No: Select if no subwoofer is con- nected.
97 Adv anced Setup —Continued Low-P ass Filter for the LFE Channel W ith this setting, you can sp ecify the cutof f frequency of the LFE channel’ s lo w-pass filter (LPF), which can be used to filter out unw anted hum. The LPF only applies to sources th at use the LF E channel.
98 Adv anced Setup —Continued Setting Speaker s A and Speakers B (TX-NR906 only ) If you’ re using Speakers B, you can choose whether or not to use the subwoofer , center, surround, and surround back speakers with the Spea kers A and Speakers B con- figurations independently .
99 Adv anced Setup —Continued Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiver by using its [SETUP] b utton, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button. Speaker Dista nce W ith the “Speak er Distance” settings, you can spec ify the distance from each speaker to the listen ing position.
100 Adv anced Setup —Continued Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiver by using its [SETUP] b u tton, arro w buttons, and [ENTER] button.
101 Adv anced Setup —Continued Notes: • Speaker le vels can also be adjusted by using the dedi- cated buttons on the remote controller . Press the [TEST TONE ] button to output the test tone . Use the [CH SEL] button to select each speaker , and use th e [LEVEL–] and [LEVEL+] buttons to adjust the le vel.
102 Adv anced Setup —Continued Equalizer Settings W ith the Equalizer settings, you can adjust the tone of speakers indi vidually with a 7-band equalizer . The vol- ume of each speaker can be set on page 100. The Eq ual- izer settings only apply to Speakers A and cannot be adjusted while Speak ers B is selected.
103 Adv anced Setup —Continued Notes: • When the listening mode is set to Direct or Pure Audio, no ef fect will be produced. • The Equalizer settings ha ve no ef fect on 176.4/ 192 kHz input signals. • This procedure can also be performed on the A V recei ver by using its [SET UP] butto n, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button.
104 Adv anced Setup —Continued THX A udio Setup W ith the “SurrBack Sp Spaci ng” setting, you can specify the distance between your surround back speake rs. This setting is used by Sp eakers A and Speake rs B. If you’ re using a THX-certifie d subwoofer , set the “THX Subwoofer” setting to “Y es”.
105 Adv anced Setup —Continued Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiver by using its [SETUP] b utton, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button.
106 Adv anced Setup —Continued Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiver by using its [SETUP] b u tton, arro w buttons, and [ENTER] button. T one Contro l Settings Y ou can adjust the tone (bass and treble) of the front, center , surround, and surr ba ck speakers indi vidually .
107 Adv anced Setup —Continued ■ Dimension W ith this setting, you can m ov e the sound field forw ard or backward when using the Dolb y Pro Logic IIx Music listening mode. It can be adjusted from –3 to +3. The default v alue is 0. Lo wer se ttings mov e the sound field forward.
108 Adv anced Setup —Continued ] Y ou can change v arious audio settings by pressing the [DIRECT] button. Music Optimizer Optimizer The Music Optimizer func tio n enhances the sound qual- ity of compressed m usic files. Use it with music f iles that use “lossy” compression, such as MP3.
109 Adv anced Setup —Continued W ith the Late Night function, you can reduce the dynamic range of Dolby Digita l material so that you can still hear quiet parts e ven when listening at lo w volume lev els—ideal for watching movi es late at night when you don’t w ant to disturb an yone.
110 Adv anced Setup —Continued IntelliV olume W ith IntelliV olume, you can se t the input le vel for each input selector individ ually . Th is is useful if one of your source components is louder or quieter than the others. Use the Left and Right [ e ]/[ r ] b uttons to set the le vel.
111 Adv anced Setup —Continued Pictur e Adjust The new “4 -4. Picture Adjust” item has been added to the “1. Input/Output Assign” menu. This menu and its settings can be accessed just lik e the other menus. The settings are explained belo w .
112 Adv anced Setup —Continued Resolution Y ou can specify the output resolution for the HDMI out- puts and ha ve the A V receiv er upcon vert the picture res- olution as necessary to ma tch the reso lution supported by your TV . A vailable only when Source ha s been selected under the “1-1.
113 Adv anced Setup —Continued R Brightness: W ith this setting you can adju st the picture red bright- ness. Can be adjusted from –50 to +50 in steps of 1 (default is 0). “–50” is the darkest. “+50” is the brightest. R Contrast: W ith this setting you can adjust red Contrast.
114 Adv anced Setup —Continued On the “Listening Mode Pr eset” menu, you can specify a default listening mode fo r each of the audio formats supported by each input select or . The A V receiver will then select the liste ning mode automatica lly depending on the format of the input signa l.
115 Adv anced Setup —Continued This section explains item s on the “Miscellaneous” menu. Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V recei ver by using its [SETUP] bu tton, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button. V olume Setup ■ V olume Display W ith this setting, you can choose how the volume le vel is displayed.
116 Adv anced Setup —Continued ■ P ower On V olume This setting determines wh at the volum e will be each time the A V recei ver is tu rned on. When the “V olume Di splay” preference is set to “Abso- lute”, the range is “L ast”, “Min”, 1 to “Ma x”.
117 Adv anced Setup —Continued This section e xplains items on the Hardware menu. Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V recei ver by using its [SETUP] bu tton, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button. Remote Control ■ Remote ID When se veral Onk yo components are used in the same room, their remote ID codes may ov erlap.
118 Adv anced Setup —Continued Tu n e r ■ AM Freq Step (on some models) See “ AM Frequency Step Setup (on some models)” on page 63. ■ Satellite Radio (on No rth American model) If you connec.
119 Adv anced Setup —Continued P ower Contr ol T o link the power functions of -compatible components connected via HDMI, select “Enable”. Notes: • The “Power Cont rol” setting can be set only when the abov e “Control” setting is set to “E nable”.
120 Adv anced Setup —Continued If you connect a component to more than one audio input, such as a D VD player c onnected to analog, digital, multichannel, and HDMI inputs, you can use the [A UDIO SEL] button to sele ct which audio input you want to use to listen to that component.
121 NET/USB (TX-NR906 onl y) The A V re ceiver is network-r eady , which means you can hook it up to your home network with a standard Ether- net cable and enjoy the musi c fi les stored on your com- puter or media server . If your network is connected to the Internet, you can also enjoy Internet radio.
122 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Continued USB Mass Storage De vice Requirements • The A V receiv er supports USB devices that sup port the USB mass storage device class. • Playback may not be possible with some USB devices e ven if they conform to the USB mass storage de vice class.
123 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Contin ued T o connect the A V receiver to your home network, plug one end of a shielded CA T5 Ethernet cable into the A V receiv er’ s ETHERNET port, and plug the other end into a LAN port on your rou ter or switch. The following diagram sho ws how you can connect the A V receiv er to your home network.
124 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Continued Random Playback T o play songs in random orde r , while the list of songs is displayed, press the [RANDOM] button. All of the songs in the current folder will be played in random order . When all of the songs in the folder have been played once, they’ll all be played again in a dif ferent random order .
125 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Contin ued This section explains ho w to play music files on a USB mass storage de vice. See page 121 for details on sup- ported USB mass storage de vice s and music f ile formats. Playing Music F iles on a USB Device 1 Plug your USB mass storage device into the A V receiver’ s USB port.
126 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Continued Random Playback T o play songs in random orde r , while the list of songs is displayed, press the [RANDOM] button. All of the songs in the current folder will be played in random order . When all of the songs in the folder have been played once, they’ll all be played again in a dif ferent random order .
127 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Contin ued T o receive Internet radio, you must conn ect the A V recei ver to a netw ork with Internet access (see page 123).
128 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Continued Once you’ ve added a station to the list, simply select it on the Internet Radio screen, and then pr ess [ENTER] to start playback. Notes: • When you try the connection af ter the user preset, if “[?]” is displayed in the list, URL may be entered incorrectly .
129 NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) —Contin ued Note: This procedure can also be performed on the A V receiver by using its [SETUP] b utton, arrow b uttons, and [ENTER] button. Mac Address This is the A V recei ver’ s MAC (Media Access Contr ol) address. This addres s cannot be changed.
130 Zone 2 and Zone 3 In addition to your main listening room, you can also enjoy playback in two other rooms, or as we call them, Zone 2 and Zone 3. And, you ca n select a different source for each room. There are two ways you can connect Zone 2 speakers: 1.
131 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Zone 2 Video Output The A V rece iv e r features a composite video output for connection to a TV in Zone 2, so you can enjoy both audio and video in that zone. Hookup • Use a composite video ca ble to connect the A V recei ver’ s ZONE 2 OUT V ja ck to a composite video input on your Zone 2 TV .
132 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued If you’ ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the A V receiv er, as explained in “Connecting Y our Zone 2 Speakers Directly to the A V receiv er” on page 130, you must set the “ Powered Zone2” setting to “Act” (Acti - vated).
133 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued If you’ ve connected your Zone 2 or Zone 3 speakers to an amp with no v olume contro l, set the “Zone2 Out” or “Zone3 Out” setting, respecti vely , to “V ariable” so that you can set the zone’ s volume, balance, and tone on the AV r e c e i v e r .
134 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Selecting an Input Source f or Zones Notes: • T o select AM or FM, pre ss the [TUNER] input selec- tor bu tton repeatedly . On the North American model, you can also select XM or SIRIUS. • Only analog input sources are output by the ZONE 2 PRE OUT, ZONE 3 PRE OUT and ZONE 2 L/R speaker terminal s.
135 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Adjusting the V olume of Zones Note: Zones can also be unmuted by adjusting the v olume. Muting Zones Adjusting the T one and Balance of Zones Notes: • The tone cannot be adjusted for Zone 3.
136 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued T o control the A V receiver with the remot e controller while you’ re in Zone 2 or Zo ne 3, you’ll need a commer- cially a va ilable multiroom remot e control kit for e ach zone. • Multiroom kits are made by Ni les and Xantech.
137 Contr olling Other Components Y ou can control your other components, including those made by oth er manufacturers, with the re mote controller . This section explains ho w to: • Enter the remote control code for a component that you want to control: D VD, TV , VCR, etc.
138 Controlling Other Components —Contin ued Remote Contr ol Codes for Onky o Components Connected via u Onkyo components that are connected via u are co n- trolled by pointing the remo te controll er at the A V receiv er, not the component. Th is allo ws you to control components that are out of vie w , in a rack, for example.
139 Contr olling Other Components —Continued T o control another component, point the remote controller a t it and use th e butt ons explained belo w .
140 Controlling Other Components —Contin ued The A V recei ver’ s remote controller can learn the com- mands of other remote controllers. By tra nsmitting, for example, the Play command from your .
141 Contr olling Other Components —Continued Y ou can program the remote controller’ s MA CR O but- tons to perform a sequence of remote control actions. Example: T o play a CD you typically need to perform the follow- ing actions: 1. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE b utton to select the Receiver remote controller mode.
142 T roub leshooting If you hav e any trouble using the A V recei ver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’ t resolve the issue yourself, contact your Onkyo dealer . Can’t turn on the A V rec eiver • Make sure that the po wer cord is properly plugged into the wall outle t.
143 T r oubleshooting —Contin ued The surround bac k speakers produce no sound • The surround back speakers are not used with all lis- tening modes. Select anothe r listening mode (page 81). • Not much sound may be produced by the surround back speakers wit h some sources.
144 T r oubleshooting —Continued • If your TV is connected to the HDMI output, set the “Monitor Out” setting to “HDMI Main” or “HDMI Sub” (page 52), and select “- - -” in the “V ideo Input Setup” on page 56 to watch co mposite video, S-V ideo, and component video sources.
145 T r oubleshooting —Contin ued • T o control an Onkyo component that’ s not connected via u , or another manufactu rer’ s component, point the remote controller at that component. Be sure to enter the appropriate remote control code first (page 137).
146 T r oubleshooting —Continued The sound chang es when I co nnect my head- phones • When a pair of headphones is connected, the listening mode is set to Stereo, unless it’ s already se t to Stereo, Mono, Direct, or Pure Audio.
147 Video Resolution Char t The follow ing tables sho w how vide o signals at dif ferent resolutions are output by the A V receiver. *1 The video signal is out put only when the “Monitor Out” setting is set to “HD MI Main” or “HD MI Sub”. *2 The output is limited to 480p for an effectiv e signa l in the effect of Ma crovision.
148 Specifications (TX-SR876) Amplifier Section Video Section Tu n e r S e c t i o n ■ FM ■ AM ■ Digital T u ner General ■ Video Input ■ Video Output ■ Audio Inputs ■ Audio Outputs ■ Contr ol T erminal Specifications and features ar e subject to change without notice.
149 Specifications (TX-NR906) Amplifier Sect ion Video Section T uner Sectio n ■ FM ■ AM ■ Digital T uner General ■ Video Input ■ Video Output ■ A udio Inputs ■ A udio Outputs ■ Control T erminal Specifications and features ar e subject to change without notice.
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