Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS898

 

 

Input source buttons MASTER VOLUME

RCVR

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

VOL

STANDBY/ON

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

POWER

 

 

MUTING

AUDIO REC ( RED )

DVD

VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 VIDEO 4 VIDEO 5TAPEFMAMPHONO C D

ON OFF

 

 

 

ZONE 2 (GRN )

 

 

 

PURE AUDIO UPSAMPLING SELECTOR

 

DISPLAY

 

PHONES

REC OUT ZONE 2

OFF

STEREO SURROUND THX

DSP

VIDEO 5/VIDEO CAM INPUT

DIMMER FM MODE MEMORY SETUP

ENTER

RETURN

ZONE 2 LEVEL

CLEAR

TUNING

PRESET

DIGITAL

S VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO R

PHONES

Though the TX-DS898 is often used to listen to the radio, it does not show you its true ability until it is used to play music or watch videos, DVDs, and the like. The TX-DS898 has the latest in state-of- the-art features to play back today’s acoustic technologies with the utmost in fidelity and power. From a two-speaker system to a seven- speaker system, you are assured a sound space that you can always enjoy.

INPUT

SELECTOR buttons

Temporarily turning off the sound

To turn off the sound momentarily, such as when interrupted by a phone call, press the MUTING button on the remote controller. When pressed, “Muting” is displayed on the TX-DS898. Press the MUTING button again to turn the sound back on.

Remote controller

Basic operation

To use the remote controller, first press the RCVR button.

1.Press the input source (or input selector on the remote controller) button.

TX-DS898

DVD

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

VIDEO 4

VIDEO 5

TAPE

FM

AM

PHONO

C D

Remote controller

2.Turn on the corresponding component and play the media.

3.Adjust the volume.

TX-DS898

Remote controller

MASTER VOLUME

 

Adjusting the bass and treble

You can adjust the bass and treble levels at the Setup menu:Audio Adjust Tone Control. This function only affects the front left and right speakers, center speaker, and subwoofer. Only the bass level can be adjusted for the subwoofer (the treble adjustment is not effective). For multichannel sources, these dials will not work if the tone control is set to “Direct” or “Pure Audio.”

Listening with headphones

To listen with headphones, plug a pair of headphones with a standard stereo plug into the PHONES jack on the TX-DS898 front panel. When you connect headphones, the unit will enter STEREO mode automatically and no sound will be heard from the speakers.

When the headphones are unplugged, the TX-DS898 returns to its original listening mode.

When using the headphones, you can only use the Direct, Stereo, and Mono listening modes.

If you have selected MULTI CH INPUT, you will hear sound only from the FRONT L and R channels.

The headphone volume level can be adjusted at the Setup menu (see page 45).

Note that the signal to the remote zone (Zone 2) will not be affected whether or not headphones are connected.

Adjusting the main volume adjusts the volume level output from all the speakers connected to the TX-DS898 together. If headphones are connected, this also adjusts the volume heard from the headphone speakers. To adjust the volume, either press

the VOL buttons on the remote controller or turn the MASTER VOLUME dial. To increase the volume, turn the dial clockwise; to decrease the volume, turn the dial counterclockwise. The volume can be set to Min, 1 to 99, and Max (or ∞,–81 to +18 dB)

PHONES

ZONE 2 LEVEL

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Onkyo instruction manual Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS898, Temporarily turning off the sound, Basic operation