Setting the Powered Zone 2

 

Using Zone 2

 

 

 

If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV receiver, as explained in “Connecting Your Zone 2 Speak- ers Directly to the AV receiver” (➔ 46), you must set the “Front High/Zone2” setting to “Zone2”.

Menu

 

Hardware

 

1

Press RECEIVER followed by SETUP.

 

The setup menu appears.

 

 

2

Use q/wto select “Hardware”, and then press

 

ENTER.

 

 

3

Use q/wto select “FrontHigh/Zone2”, and e/rto

 

select “Zone2”.

 

 

`Zone2:

FRONT HIGH OR ZONE2 L/R speaker ter-

minals activated (Powered Zone 2 enabled).

Note

•When “Zone2” is selected and Zone 2 turned on, the Zone 2 speakers connected to the FRONT HIGH OR ZONE2 L/R speaker terminals output sound, but the surround back or front high speakers connected to the SURR BACK OR FRONT HIGH L/R speaker terminals do not. When “Zone2” is selected and Zone 2 turned off, the surround back or front high speakers output sound as normal.

•When the “Front High/Zone2” setting is set to “Zone2” and the input selector of Zone 2 is selected, power consumption on standby mode slightly increases.

•Powered Zone 2 cannot be used if “Speakers Type” is set to “Bi-AMP” (➔ 40).

This section explains how to turn Zone 2 on and off, how to select an input source for Zone 2, and how to adjust the volume for Zone 2.

Controlling Zone 2 from the AV receiver

ZONE 2 OFF –/+

ZONE 2 indicator Input selector buttons

1 To turn on Zone 2 and select an input source, press ZONE 2 on the AV receiver followed by an input selector button within 8 seconds.

Zone 2 turns on, the ZONE 2 indicator lights.

To select AM or FM press the TUNER input selector button repeatedly.

(North American models) You can also select SIR-

IUS.

To select the same source as that of the main room, press ZONE 2 repeatedly until “Z2 Selector: Source” appears on the display.

Note

•You cannot select different AM or FM radio stations for your main room and Zone 2. The same FM/AM radio sta- tion will be heard in each room.

2 To turn off Zone 2, press OFF on the AV receiver.

Note

•While Powered Zone 2 is being used, listening modes that require surround back and front high speakers (6.1/7.1), such as Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height, Dolby Digital EX, and DTS-ES are unavailable.

•When the “Front High/Zone2” setting is set to “Zone2” and the input selector of Zone 2 is selected, power consumption on standby mode slightly increases.

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TX-SR508 specifications

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