Using the Listening Modes

Selecting the Listening Modes

For a description of each listening mode, see “About the Listening Modes” on page 84.

•The Dolby Digital and DTS listening modes can only be selected if your DVD player is connected to the AV controller with a digital audio connection (coaxial, optical, or HDMI).

•The listening modes you can select depends on the format of the input signal. To check the format, see “Displaying Source Informa- tion” on page 77.

•While a pair of headphones is connected, you can only select the Pure Audio, Mono, Direct, or Stereo listening mode.

Selecting with the Remote Controller

				ENU	M	EN
			M			EN	U
	OP						U
	T
+
CH				ENTER				VOL
DISC				ENTER				VOL
ALBUM
-		G
		G		UIDE	IT
PREV				UIDE	EX
PREV	S	E	TUP				N
CH			TUP		RET
DISPLAY								MUTING

REC	PLAYLIST	RANDOM
SURR

STEREO		LISTENING MODE			,
STEREO	STEREO	SURR
PURE A	REPEAT	AUDIO	SUBTITLE PLAY MODE		ALL ST
PURE A	PURE A	DIRECT	THX	ALL ST	ALL ST
DIRECT	TEST TONE	CH SEL	LEVEL-	LEVEL+	THX
DIRECT	OPEN/CLOSE VIDEO OFF				THX
		AUDIO SEL	L NIGHT	Re-EQ
		VCR	DVD	HDD

RC-690M

Selecting on the AV Controller

STEREO

THX

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

STANDBY

ZONE 2

ZONE 3

PURE AUDIO

AUDIO SEL

DVD

VCR/DVR

CBL/SAT

GAME/TV

AUX 1

AUX 2

TAPE

TUNER

PHONO

DISPLAY

PUSH TO OPEN

ZONE 2

OFF

LEVEL

TONE

HDMI OUT

STEREO

THX

TUNING

RETURN

SETUP MIC

AUX 2 INPUT

TUNING

PHONES

POWER

RT/PTY/TP MEMORY

MODE

SETUP

PRESET

CLEAR

ZONE 3

DIGITAL INPUT

LISTENING MODE

ENTER

S VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO

DIGITAL

TUNING

PURE AUDIO LISTENING MODE

■[PURE AUDIO] button

This button selects the Pure Audio listening mode. When this mode is selected, the AV controller’s dis- play is turned off and only the HDMI outputs output video signals. Pressing this button again will select the previous listening mode.

■[STEREO] button

This button selects the Stereo listening mode.

■[THX] button

This button selects the THX listening modes.

■LISTENING MODE []/[ ] buttons

Pressing these buttons repeatedly cycles through all of the listening modes that can be used with the cur- rent input source.

■[STEREO] button

This button selects the Stereo listening mode.

■[SURR] button

This button selects the Dolby Digital and DTS listen- ing modes.

■LISTENING MODE []/[ ] buttons

Pressing these buttons repeatedly cycles through all of the listening modes that can be used with the cur- rent input source.

■[PURE A] button

This button selects the Pure Audio listening mode. When this mode is selected, the AV controller’s dis- play is turned off and only the HDMI outputs output video signals.

■[DIRECT] button

This button selects the Direct listening mode.

■[THX] button

This button selects the THX listening modes.

■[ALL ST] button

This button selects the All Channel Stereo listening mode.

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Onkyo PR-SC885 instruction manual Using the Listening Modes, Selecting the Listening Modes

Models: PR-SC885