Onkyo HT-S990THX instruction manual Playing Your AV Components, Using the Multichannel DVD Input

Playing Your AV Components—Continued

ON/STANDBY

REMOTE MODE

			RECEIVER	DVD	RECEIVER
			TAPE
	INPUT SELECTOR			M D/CDR
	1	2	3	CD
	V1	V2	V3	HDD
MULTI CH	4	5	6	T V
		MULTI CH	DVD
	7	8	9	VCR
	TAPE	TUNER	CD	CABLE
	10	11	12
	+10	0	CLR	SAT
	D TUN	ENT
	--/---	DIMMER	SLEEP
	TV	VOL	CH	VOL
			DISC
			ALBUM
	INPUT
		LISTENING MODE
	STEREO	SURROUND
	AUDIO	SUBTITLE RANDOM		REPEAT
	TEST TONE	CH SEL	LEVEL-	LEVEL+
DISPLAY	PLAY MODE
	DISPLAY		L NIGHT	Re-EQ
		VCR	DVD	HDD
		RC-650M

Using the Multichannel DVD Input

The multichannel DVD input is for connecting a compo- nent with a 7.1-channel analog audio output, such as a DVD-Audio or SACD-capable DVD player, or an MPEG decoder. See page 26 for hookup information.

Displaying Source Information

You can display various information about the current input source as follows.

RECEIVER	Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE
	MODE button, and then press the
	[DISPLAY] button repeatedly to
	cycle through the available infor-
DISPLAY	mation.

The following information can typically be displayed:

Input source & volume*1

Signal format*2 or sampling frequency

Input source & listening mode

*1 When AM or FM radio is used, the band, preset num- ber, and frequency are displayed.

*2 If the input signal is analog, or AM or FM radio is selected, no format information is displayed. If the input signal is PCM, the sampling frequency is dis- played. If the input signal is digital but not PCM, the signal format is displayed. Information is displayed for about 3 seconds, then the previous display reap- pears.

RECEIVER

MULTI CH

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button, followed by the [MULTI CH] button.

The MULTI CH indicator appears on the display.

MULTI CH indicator

Audio from the multichannel DVD input will now be used for the DVD input source.

Note:

•The listening mode is displayed only when speaker set A is on.

Interpreting Surround Channel Information

A	B C
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

Note:

•While the multichannel DVD input is selected, the Speaker Configuration settings on page 55 are ignored, and signals from the multichannel input are fed to the speakers as they are.

information, this number will be 3.

C: LFE channel for subwoofer (1 means yes).

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