Playing Your AV Components—Continued

STANDBY/ONREMOTE MODE

 

 

 

RECEIVER

DVD

RECEIVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE/AMP

 

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

M D/CDR

 

 

1

2

3

CD

 

 

 

 

 

DOCK

 

 

VCR/DVR

CBL/SAT

 

 

 

MULTI CH

4

5

6

T V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUX

MULTI CH

DVD

 

 

 

7

8

9

VCR

 

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

CABLE

 

 

10

11

12

 

 

+10

0

CLR

SAT

 

 

D TUN

ENT

 

 

 

 

--/---

DIMMER

SLEEP

 

 

 

TV

VOL

CH

VOL

 

 

DISC

 

 

 

 

ALBUM

 

 

 

 

LISTENING MODE

 

 

 

STEREO

SURROUND

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

SUBTITLE RANDOM

REPEAT

 

 

TEST TONE

CH SEL

LEVEL-

LEVEL+

 

DISPLAY

PLAY MODE

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

L NIGHT

CINE FLTR

 

 

 

VCR

DVD

HDD

 

 

 

RC-681M

 

 

Using the Multichannel DVD Input

The multichannel DVD input is for connecting a compo- nent with a 7.1-channel analog audio output, such as a DVD-Audio or SACD-capable DVD player, or an MPEG decoder. See page 26 for hookup information.

Displaying Source Information

You can display various information about the current input source as follows.

RECEIVER

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

 

MODE button, and then press the

 

[DISPLAY] button repeatedly to

 

cycle through the available infor-

DISPLAY

mation.

The following information can typically be displayed:

Input source & volume*1

Signal format*2 or sampling frequency

Input source & listening mode

*1 When AM or FM radio is used, the band, preset num- ber, and frequency are displayed.

*2 If the input signal is analog, or AM or FM radio is selected, no format information is displayed. If the input signal is PCM, the sampling frequency is dis- played. If the input signal is digital but not PCM, the signal format is displayed. Information is displayed for about 3 seconds, then the previous display reap- pears.

RECEIVER

MULTI CH

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button, followed by the [MULTI CH] button.

The MULTI CH indicator appears on the display.

MULTI CH indicator

Audio from the multichannel DVD input will now be used for the DVD input source.

Note:

The listening mode is displayed only when speaker set A is on.

Interpreting Surround Channel Information

A

B C

A: The number of front channels (front left, front right,

and center).

 

B: The number of surround channels (surround left and

surround right). If there’s surround back channel

Note:

While the multichannel DVD input is selected, the Speaker Configuration settings on page 56 are ignored, and signals from the multichannel input are fed to the speakers as they are.

information, this number will be 3.

C: LFE channel for subwoofer (1 means yes).

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Onkyo SR575, TX-SR8550 Playing Your AV Components, Using the Multichannel DVD Input, Displaying Source Information

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