Zone 2—Continued

Powered Zone 2 Setting

 

3

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

If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV

 

 

buttons to select “2-1. Sp

 

 

 

receiver, as explained in “Connecting Your Zone 2

Settings”, and then press [ENTER].

Speakers Directly to the AV receiver” on page 80, you must set the “Powered Zone 2” setting to “Act” (Activated).

RECEIVER

qwer

ENTER

SETUP

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button,

 

 

followed by the [SETUP] button.

2

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

 

buttons to select “2. Speaker

Setup”, and then press [ENTER].

4

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

 

 

buttons to select “PwrdZ2”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Use the Left and Right [e]/[r]

buttons to select:

Not Act: ZONE 2 SPEAKERS L/R speaker terminals not activated (Powered Zone 2 disabled).

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

6

Press the [SETUP] button.

Setup closes.

 

Notes:

When “Act” is selected and Zone 2 turned on, the Zone 2 speakers connected to the ZONE 2 SPEAKERS 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.

On the TX-SR507, while Powered Zone 2 is being used, nothing is output by center and surround speakers (page 7).

When the “Powered Zone 2” setting is set to “Act” and the input selector of Zone 2 is selected, power con- sumption on standby mode slightly increases.

On the TX-SR577, “Powered Zone 2” cannot be used if “Sp Type” is set to “Bi-Amp” (page 40).

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

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Onkyo SR507, TX-SR577 Powered Zone 2 Setting, Use the Up and Down q/w, If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV

SR507, TX-SR577 specifications

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