Zone 2—Continued

Using Zone 2

Here you can turn on Zone 2, select an input source, and adjust the volume.

To set Zone 2 to the same source as the main room, press the [ZONE 2] button repeatedly to display

“Zone 2 Sel: Source.”

3To adjust the Zone 2 volume with

1

ON

STANDBY

TV

4

 

 

 

 

I

INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

V1

V2

V3

 

 

1

2

3

+

2

V4

MULTI CH

DVD

TV CH

4

5

6

-

CD

TAPE

TUNER

 

 

 

ZONE 2

the remote controller, press the [ZONE 2] button, and then use the [LEVEL–] and [LEVEL+] but- tons.

7

8

9

 

 

 

 

 

TV VOL

 

+10

0

CLEAR

 

 

-- / --- 10

11

12

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

 

MACRO

 

 

1–4

1

2

3

ZONE2

 

REMOTE MODE

 

 

 

 

RECEIVER

DVD

CD

HDD

 

TAPE/AMP

 

 

 

 

 

LISTENING MODE

 

 

STEREO

SURR

 

 

 

LEVEL- LEVEL+

To do this on the AV receiver, press the ZONE 2 LEVEL [ ]/[ ] buttons.

If the Zone 2 receiver/integrated amp is connected to the AV receiver’s ZONE 2 LINE OUT L/R jacks, use the volume control on the receiver/integrated amp.

REPEAT

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

PLAY MODE

 

 

DIRECT

 

ALLST

 

TEST TONE

CH SEL

LEVEL

LEVEL

3

OPEN/CLOSE VIDEO OFF

 

 

 

 

L NIGHT

CINE FLTR

RC-623M

Note:

To control Zone 2 with the remote controller, you must press the [ZONE 2] button first.

4

ZONE 2

STANDBY

To turn off Zone 2 with the remote controller, press the [ZONE 2] button followed by the [STANDBY] button.

To do this from the AV receiver, press the [OFF] button.

1

ZONE 2

Point the remote controller at the

AV receiver and press the

 

 

[ZONE 2] button followed by the [ON] button.

ON

This turns on Zone 2 and the AV

 

 

receiver’s 12V TRIGGER OUT.

2To select the Zone 2 input source

Notes:

Only analog input sources are output by the ZONE 2

 

LINE OUT and ZONE 2 SPEAKERS terminals. Dig-

 

ital input sources are not output. If no sound is heard

 

when an input source is selected, check if it’s con-

 

nected to an analog input.

• While Zone 2 is being used, listening modes that need

 

surround back speakers (i.e., Dolby Digital EX and

 

DTS-ES) are unavailable.

While Zone 2 is on,

 

functions will not work.

 

ZONE 2

with the remote controller, press the [ZONE 2] button followed by an input selector button.

If you select AM or FM, you can use the remote controller’s [TUNER] but- ton to select the band.

To perform steps 1 and 2 on the AV receiver, press the [ZONE 2] button followed by an input selector button within eight sec- onds.

The name of the selected Zone 2 source appears on the display.

• You can’t select different radio stations for Zone 2 and

the main room. For example, if you have an FM sta-

tion for the main room, that station will also be used

in Zone 2.

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Onkyo TX-SR603X Using Zone, To adjust the Zone 2 volume with, AV receiver and press, To select the Zone 2 input source

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