Component Video Input

If you connect a video component to a component video input, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you connect your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player to COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2, you must assign “IN2” to the “BD/DVD” input selector.

Here are the default assignments.

Input selector

Default assignment

BD/DVD

IN1

 

 

VCR/DVR

- - - - -

 

 

CBL/SAT

IN2

 

 

GAME

- - - - -

 

 

AUX

- - - - -

 

 

TV/CD

- - - - -

 

 

PORT

- - - - -

 

 

BD/DVD, VCR/DVR, CBL/SAT, GAME, AUX, TV/CD, PORT

`IN1, IN2:

Select a corresponding component video input to which the video component has been connected.

`- - - - -:

Select if you are using the HDMI output, not the component video output, to output composite video and component video sources.

Note

If you connect a component (such as UP-A1 Dock with docked iPod/iPhone) to the UNIVERSAL PORT jack, you cannot assign any input to the “PORT” selector.

The “TUNER” selector cannot be assigned and is fixed at the “- - - - - option.

Digital Audio Input

If you connect a component to a digital audio input, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you connect your CD player to the OPTICAL IN 1, you must assign “OPTICAL1” to the “TV/CD” input selector.

Here are the default assignments.

Input selector

Default assignment

 

 

BD/DVD

COAXIAL1

 

 

VCR/DVR

- - - - -

 

 

CBL/SAT

COAXIAL2

 

 

GAME

OPTICAL1

 

 

AUX

- - - - -

 

 

TV/CD

OPTICAL2

 

 

PORT

- - - - -

 

 

BD/DVD, VCR/DVR, CBL/SAT, GAME, AUX, TV/CD, PORT

`COAXIAL1, COAXIAL2, OPTICAL1, OPTICAL2:

Select a corresponding digital audio input to which the component has been connected.

`- - - - -:

Select if the component is connected to an analog audio input.

Note

When an HDMI IN is assigned to an input selector in “HDMI Input” (page 41), the same HDMI IN will be set as a priority in this assignment. In this case, if you want to use the coaxial or optical audio input, make the selection in the “Audio Selector” (page 50).

Available sampling rates for PCM signals from a digital input (optical and coaxial) are 32/44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz/16, 20, 24 bit.

If you connect a component (such as UP-A1 Dock with docked iPod/iPhone) to the UNIVERSAL PORT jack, you cannot assign any input to the “PORT” selector.

The “TUNER” selector cannot be assigned and is fixed at the “- - - - - option.

Speaker Setup

Main menu

Speaker Setup

Some of the settings in this section are set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ® Room Correction and Speaker Setup (page 29).

Here you can check the settings made by Audyssey 2EQ Room Correction and Speaker Setup function, or set them manually, which is useful if you change one of the connected speakers after using Audyssey 2EQ Room Correction and Speaker Setup function.

Note

These settings are not available in either of the following cases:

a pair of headphones is connected.

the “Audio TV Out” setting is set to “On” (page 53).

HDMI Control (RIHD)” is set to “On” (page 52) and you’re listening through your TV speakers.

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Onkyo TX-NR579 Speaker Setup, Component Video Input, Digital Audio Input, ` IN1, IN2, Input selector Default assignment

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