Zone 2—Continued

Setting the Powered Zone 2

If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV receiver/AV amplifier, as explained in “Connecting Your Zone 2 Speakers Directly to the AV receiver/AV ampli- fier” on page 97, you must set the “Powered Zone2” set- ting to “Act” (Activated).

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button fol-

 

 

lowed by the [SETUP] button.

 

The main menu appears onscreen.

 

If the main menu doesn’t appear, make

 

sure the appropriate external input is

 

selected on your TV.

2 Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] but- tons to select “7. Hardware Setup”, and then press [ENTER]. The “Hardware Setup” menu appears.

7. Hardware Setup

1. Remote Control

2.Zone2

3.Tuner

4.Analog Multich

5.HDMI

3

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] but-

 

tons to select “2. Zone2”, and

 

then press [ENTER].

 

 

The “Zone2” menu appears.

 

7–2. Zone2

 

 

Powered Zone2

Not Act

4 Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] but- tons to select “Powered Zone2”, and use the Left and Right [e]/ [r] buttons to select:

Not Act:

ZONE 2 L/R speaker terminals not activated (Powered Zone 2 dis- abled).

Act:

ZONE 2 L/R speaker terminals activated (Powered Zone 2 enabled).

5

Press the [SETUP] button.

 

 

The setup menu closes.

Notes:

When “Act” is selected and Zone 2 turned on, the Zone 2 speakers connected to the ZONE 2 L/R speaker terminals output sound, but the surround back speakers connected to the SURR BACK L/R speaker terminals do not. When “Act” is selected and Zone 2 turned off, the surround back speakers output sound as normal.

Powered Zone2 cannot be used if “Speakers Type” is set to “Bi-Amp” (see page 45).

This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver/AV amplifier by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button.

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Onkyo TX-SA706 instruction manual Setting the Powered Zone, Tons to select 2. Zone2, Zone2 menu appears, Not Act

TX-SA706 specifications

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