Onkyo HT-R8230 appendix Enjoying the listening modes, Selecting the listening mode

Enjoying the listening modes

SURROUND STEREO

DIRECT

DSP

DSP STEREO

DIRECT A.STEREO SURROUND

Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE.

Selecting the listening mode

Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE.

Lights up when “Direct” mode is selected.

Lights up when “Dolby Pro

Logic II” is selected.

Press one of the listening mode buttons.

DIRECT button: Set the listening mode to “Direct”.

STEREO button: Set the listening mode to “Stereo”.

SURROUND button: Set the listening mode to “PLII” (when the sound is analog, PCM or Dolby Digital stereo source), “Dolby D” (when the sound is Dolby Digital) or “DTS” (when the sound is DTS).

A.STEREO button: Set the listening mode to “All Ch St”.

DSP button on the front panel: Recall the Onkyo-original DSP mode. Each time this button is pressed, the listening mode cycles; “Orchestra” → “Unplugged” → “Studio Mix” → “TV Logic” → “All Ch St” → “Orchestra” (back to the beginning).

DSP button on the remote controller: All of the listening modes that can be selected for the current source can be selected in sequence. This button is valid also when the remote control mode is other than RCVR/TAPE (see pages 33, 34).

The input source and available listening mode

Lights up when “Stereo” mode is selected.

Lights up when Onkyo-original DSP mode (“Orchestra”, “Unplugged”, “Studio-Mix”, “TV Logic” or “All Ch St”) is selected.

Input source	Analog	PCM*1	Dolby Digital		DTS
signal format
Source software	Tape,	CD, Video CD,	DVD video, LD*2		CD
	FM/AM	DVD Video,			DVD Video,
Listening mode	Video cassette tape	DVD Audio	Except 2/0	2/0	LD*2
Direct	●	●
Stereo	●	●	●	●	●
PL II Movie	●	●		●
PL II Music	●	●		●
Dolby D			●
DTS					●
Orchestra	●	●
Unplugged	●	●
Studio-Mix	●	●
TV Logic	●	●
All Ch St	●	●

Notes

•Only “Stereo” (“Stereo” or “Direct” for PCM/Analog source) can be selected when the speaker configuration is set to “Speaker 2ch”, when headphones are used, or when speakers B is selected.

•The listening mode cannot be selected when “Multich” is selected.

•You can select “Orchestra”, “Unplugged”, “Studio-Mix”, “TV Logic” and “All Ch St”, only when the speaker configuration is set to “Speaker 4ch” or “Speaker 5ch”.

•If you select “Orchestra”, no sound is reproduced from the center speaker even when the speaker configuration is set to “Speaker 5ch”.

*1	Only Stereo or Direct can be selected when the PCM source has been recorded with a sampling rate
	96 kHz.
*2	If you have an LD player with AC-3RF output, connect it via an AC-3RF demodulator to one of the
	HT-R8230’s DIGITAL INPUT terminals.

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