Common Functions

This chapter explains functions that can be used with any input source.

TONE, –, +

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

/ PRESET

MASTER VOLUME

STANDBY/ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

A SPEAKERS B

TONE

+

STEREO

LISTENING MODE

DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT

DIMMER MEMORY TUNING MODE

RETURN

SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTl CH

DVD

VIDEO 1/VCR

VIDEO 2

VIDEO 3

TAPE

TUNER

CD

PHONES

 

 

 

 

DIMMER

 

Using Headphones

You can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch phone plug) to the AV receiver’s PHONES jack for pri- vate listening, as shown.

STANDBY/ON

PHONES

Notes:

Always turn down the volume before connecting your headphones.

Speaker sets A and B are turned off while the head- phones plug is inserted in the PHONES jack.

When you connect a pair of headphones, the listening mode is set to Stereo, unless it’s already set to Mono, Stereo, or Direct.

When the multichannel DVD input is selected, only the front left and front right channels can be heard in the headphones.

Setting the Display Brightness

With this function, you can adjust the brightness of the display.

AV receiver

Press the [DIMMER] button

 

DIMMER

repeatedly to select: dim, dim- mer, or normal brightness.

Alternatively, you can use the [DIM-

ON/STANDBY

 

REMOTE MODE

Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEIVER

DVD

[RECEIVER]

 

 

TAPE

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

first

1

2

3

CD

 

 

V1

V2

V3

 

 

4

5

6

MD

 

 

MULTI CH

DVD

 

 

7

8

9

CDR

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

+10

0

CLR

HDD

DIMMER

--/---

DIMMER

SLEEP

 

 

 

 

CH

VOL

 

 

 

DISC

 

 

 

ALBUM

 

 

GUIDE

 

 

PREVIOUS

 

Adjusting the Bass & Treble

You can adjust the bass or treble for speaker set A’s front speakers, except when the Direct listening mode is selected.

1

Press the AV receiver’s [TONE]

 

AV receiver

button repeatedly to select either

TONE

Bass or Treble.

 

Use the TONE [–]/[+] buttons to

 

adjust.

+

 

Bass

You can boost or cut low-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –10 dB to +10 dB in 2 dB steps.

Treble

You can boost or cut high-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –10 dB to +10 dB in 2 dB steps.

Note:

To bypass the bass and treble tone circuits, select the Direct listening mode.

Remote

MER] button on the AV receiver (not

controller European models).

DIMMER

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Onkyo TX-SR304 Common Functions, Using Headphones, Setting the Display Brightness, Adjusting the Bass & Treble

TX-SR304 specifications

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