Onkyo appendix Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS696, Changing the audio mode

Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS696

Jog dial

MASTER VOLUME

REC OUT

ZONE 2 ZONE 2 LEVEL CH LEVEL

VOL

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

DSP/MODE ADJ

SETUP

AUDIO

STANDBY

RETURN

POWER

PUSH TO ENTER

ON OFF

DISPLAY DIMMER FM MODE PRESET MEMORY

TUNING

PRESET

SMART SCAN NAVIGATOR

BASS

TREBLE

PHONES

AUDIO

DVD VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 4

TAPE

FM

AM

PHONO

C D

SELECTOR

VCR 1

VCR 2

AV RECEIVER TX-DS696

DIRECT

AUDIO SELECTOR

BASS

TREBLE

HOME THEATER CONTROLLER

RC-440M

Changing the audio mode

Press the AUDIO SELECTOR button on the front panel (or AUDIO button on the remote controller) to change the audio mode. Each time the button is pressed, the mode changes from “AUTO” → “Multich” → “Analog” and back to “AUTO.” The “AUTO” audio mode is recommended for normal circumstances.

TX-DS696 Remote controller

AUDIO

SELECTOR

AUTO (automatic detection): With this setting, the TX-DS696 automatically detects whether the input signal is digital or analog. When a digital signal is not input, then the analog signal is played.

Multichannel: Select this setting to play back the input from the component connected to the MULTI CHANNEL INPUT port. This setting is effective when the Multichannel setting in the Audio Setup sub-menu is set to “Yes” (see pages 24, 39).

Analog: Select this setting to play back the input from a source component connected to an analog audio input jacks. With this setting, even if a digital signal is input from the same component, only the analog signal will be output.

Enjoying the multichannel output

Before starting operations, first make sure that the multichannel connection is properly made and that the Multichannel setting of the Input Setup → Audio Setup submenu is set to “Yes.”

1.Press the input source button for the component with multichannel output connected to the MULTI CHANNEL INPUT on the rear of the TX-DS696.

2.Select “Multich” using the AUDIO SELECTOR button on the front panel (AUDIO button on the remote controller).

TX-DS696 Remote controller

AUDIO

SELECTOR

3.Turn on the connected component and start playing the desired media.

4.If necessary, adjust the output level of each speaker as desired (see page 30).

Adjust the speaker output levels so that you can hear the same sound level from each speaker at the listening position. For the front right, front left, center, surround right, and surround left speakers, the output levels can be adjusted between –12 to +12 decibels. The subwoofer can be adjusted between –30 to +12 decibels.

5.Adjust the volume with the MASTER VOLUME dial or

the VOL buttons on the remote controller.

TX-DS696 Remote controller

MASTER VOLUME

Using the tone control:

To make the BASS and TREBLE dials work for multichannel sources, you must first set the tone control to “On.”

1.Turn the tone control on by pressing either the jog dial on the TX-DS696 or the DIRECT button on the remote controller.

TX-DS696	Remote controller
DSP/MODE ADJ

PUSH TO ENTER

When pressed only once, the current setting appears, so press twice to change the setting.

2. Adjust the tone using the BASS and TREBLE dials.

BASSTREBLE

Notes:

•Adjusting the volume level of each speaker for the MULTI CH INPUT source does not affect the speaker level adjusted by the listening position.

•If the speaker level is set to +1 dB or higher, the maximum level indicated on the display will change if you raise the volume level.

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