First Time Setup

Assigning Digital Inputs to Input Sources

2, 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

/ PRESET

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A SPEAKERS B

TONE

+

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTl CH

DVD

VIDEO 1/VCR

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

1

To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, you must connect your DVD player to the AV receiver by using a digital audio connection (coaxial or optical).

Here are the default assignments.

Input selector

Default assignment

 

 

DVD

COAX

VIDEO 1/VCR

- - - -

VIDEO 2

OPT 1

VIDEO 3

- - - -

TAPE

- - - -

CD

OPT 2

With this function, you can assign digital inputs to input sources. For example, if you connect your DVD player to DIGITAL IN OPTICAL, you’ll need to assign that input (OPT1) to the DVD input source.

You can change the assignments as follows.

Note:

Make sure you also set your digital sources to send out a digital signals. Please refer to the digital sources’ man- ual.

1

 

Press the input selector button

 

 

 

 

for the source that you want to

DVD

VIDEO 1/VCR

VIDEO 2

 

 

assign.

VIDEO 3

TAPE

TUNER (Digital inputs cannot be assigned to

 

 

the TUNER input source.)

CD

 

 

2

 

Press the [DIGITAL INPUT]

 

 

 

DIGITAL INPUT

button.

 

 

 

 

The current assignment appears.

3

 

Press the [DIGITAL INPUT] but-

 

 

 

DIGITAL INPUT

ton repeatedly to select COAX,

 

OPT1, OPT2, or “– – – –” (analog).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changing the Input Display

If you connect an -capable Onkyo MiniDisc recorder, CD recorder, or next generation HDD-compat- ible component to the TAPE IN/OUT or VIDEO 3 IN

jacks, for to work properly, you must change this setting.

This setting can only be changed on the AV receiver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

/ PRESET

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

STANDBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A SPEAKERS B

TONE

+

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTl CH

DVD

VIDEO 1/VCR

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

1, 2

1, 2

iPod photo: If you’re using an iPod photo with the DS-A1 Remote Interactive Dock, connect the DS-A1’s S VIDEO jack directly to an S-Video input on your TV.

1

 

Press the [TAPE] or [VIDEO 3]

TAPE

input selector button so that

 

 

 

 

“TAPE” or “VIDEO3” appears on

 

 

the display.

 

or

 

 

VIDEO 3

 

2

 

Press and hold down the [TAPE]

TAPE

or [VIDEO 3] input selector but-

 

 

 

 

ton (about 3 seconds) to change

 

 

the setting.

 

or

Repeat this step to select MD, CDR, or

 

HDD.

 

VIDEO 3

 

For the TAPE input selector, the setting

 

 

 

 

changes in this order:

 

 

TAPE MD CDR HDD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the VIDEO 3 input selector, the set-

 

 

ting changes in this order:

 

 

VIDEO 3 HDD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

HDD can be selected for the TAPE input selector or VIDEO 3 input selector, but not both at the same time.

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Onkyo TX-SR304 instruction manual First Time Setup, Assigning Digital Inputs to Input Sources, Changing the Input Display

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