RX-V2600
 Special Instructions for U.K. Model
For U.K. customers
 Contents
 Features
 Getting Started
Supplied accessories
Please check that you received all of the following parts
 Installing batteries Zone 2/Zone 3 remote control
Installing batteries in the remote controls
 To open, press gently on the lower part of the panel
Handling the remote control
Opening and closing the front panel door
Approximately 6 m
 Main Zone ON/OFF
Controls and Functions
Master ON/OFF Audio Select
Multi CH Input
 FM/AM
PRESET/TUNING Edit
Tuning Mode AUTO/MAN’L, Display
Volume
 Macro
Remote control
GUI TOP, Band
Macro ON/OFF
 Standby
Power
Volume +
PTY Seek Mode
 Volume +
Zone 2/Zone 3 remote control
Preset +
ID1/ID2 switch
 Front panel display
 PTY Hold
 AC Outlets
Rear panel
Wrench Holder
Voltage Selector
 Connections
Before connecting speakers
 Connecting to the speaker terminals
Connecting speakers
Di-pole speaker layout
 Speaker terminal wrench Red positive + Black negative
10 mm
Red positive + Black negative
 Connect presence speakers to these terminals
Connecting the banana plug
Speaker layout
PRESENCE/ZONE 23 terminals
 PRE OUT
Right Left Surround speakers Surround back speakers
 Bi-AMP connection
Using bi-wire and bi-AMP connections
Bi-wire connection
Conventional connection
 Analog jacks
Cable indications
Digital jacks
 Digital Audio Coaxial jacks
Audio signal flow for OUT REC
Audio jacks
Audio jacks Digital Audio Optical jacks
 Component Video jacks
Video signal flow for Monitor OUT
Video jacks
Video jacks
 Hdmi out DVD Player Cable TV or
Connecting Hdmi components
Hdmi Video Monitor
 Connecting a DVD player
Connecting video components
 DVD recorder Or VCR
Connecting other video components
Satellite tuner
Video Monitor
 Connecting to the Video AUX jacks on the front panel
Connecting to the Multi CH Input jacks
 CD player
Connecting audio components
CD recorder
MD recorder or tape deck
 Connecting an external amplifier
 Ground GND terminal AM loop antenna included
Connecting the antennas
Connecting the AM loop antenna
Indoor FM antenna included
 Turning on and off this unit
Connecting the power cable
Connecting the AC power cable
AC Outlets Switched
 SP IMP.-8ΩMIN appears in the front panel display
Setting the speaker impedance
This unit will be set to the standby mode
This unit, Zone 2 and Zone 3 are turned off
 Optimizer microphone setup
Auto Setup
Introduction
 Top display appears
Using Auto Setup
Subwoofer
 Press n to select Setup Type and then select
For Wiring, Distance, Size or Level, select
For Equalizing, press k / n to select
 Press n to select Start and then press
If you set Setup Type to Auto
If you set Setup Type to Step
Confirming the results
 Auto Setup
 Connected to this unit
Turn on the power of the video monitor
Playback
Basic operations
 Dial Norm
Front panel Remote control Name of the sound field category
Program name
 Additional operations
Adjusting the tonal quality
Using Silent Cinema
Press Mute on the remote control
 Auto
To play back Dolby Digital or DTS signals in 5.1 channels
Selecting the Multi CH Input
Enjoying multi-channel software 7.1 channel surround
 Enjoying 2-channel software in surround
Press Select on the remote control to select a decoder
Decoder types for the Surround program
 Lights up
Using Pure Direct
Using the night listening modes
Choices MIN, MID, MAX
 Straight
Using the sleep timer
Listening to unprocessed input signals
Downmixing to 2 channels
 Playing video sources Background
Virtual Cinema DSP
Selecting audio input modes
 Audio Info. Audio information
Displaying information about the input Source
Video Info. Video information
 Recording
Turn on the power of this unit and all connected components
Front panel or
 Automatic tuning
FM/AM Tuning
Automatic tuning
Press PRESET/TUNING l / h once to begin
 Automatic preset tuning
Manual tuning
 Customized automatic preset tuning
 Preset station group
Manual preset tuning
See page 47 for tuning instructions
Memory indicator flashes for about 5 seconds
 Repeat steps 1 to 5 to store other stations
Selecting preset stations
 2,4
Exchanging preset stations
Press and hold PRESET/TUNING Edit for more than 3 seconds
Press PRESET/TUNING Edit again
 Receiving Radio Data System stations
Changing the Radio Data System mode
 Selected program type appears in the front panel display
Press PTY Seek Mode to set this unit in the PTY Seek mode
Press Preset k / n to select the desired program type
PTY Seek function
 EON function
To cancel this function
 Elements of a sound field
What is a sound field?
Changing parameter settings
Editing Sound Field Parameters
 Use the Sur.Initialize parameter in the Option menu see
Initializing sound field programs
Following display appears
To initialize all sound field programs
 Program
Sound Field Program Descriptions
For movie/video sources
Sources Control
 Remote Category Sources Control
 7ch Stereo
For music sources
 Room Size Room size
Init. Delay Initial delay
Sound Field Parameter Descriptions
DSP Level DSP level
 Sur. Room Size Surround room size
Sur. Init. Delay Surround initial delay
SB. Init. Delay Surround back initial delay
Liveness Liveness
 Rev. Time Reverberation time
Rev. Delay Reverberation delay
Rev. Level Reverberation level
 For PL x Music
Dialogue Lift Dialog lift
For 2ch Stereo
For 7ch Stereo
 For Surround Enhanced
Decode Type Decoder type For Movie Theater
For THX Cinema
For Surround Standard
 Monaural Stereo
Sound Field Program Speaker Layouts
Audio *2 Audio *3
 6.1-channel
Channel audio
 Standard
 Audio
Channel audio 6.1-channel
 Input Select Input select menu
Manual Setup Manual setup menu
System Options
Stereo/Surround Stereo/Surround menu
 Language GUI language menu
Auto Setup Auto setup menu
Signal Info. Signal information menu
System Memory System memory menu
 Press Exit
 Input Select
Volume Trim Volume trimming
Select Input Select and then press h
 Rename Rename
Press l / h to select OK and press Enter when complete
Assignment Input/output assignment
 Input Channels Input channels
Decoder Mode Decoder mode
Audio Select Audio selection
Multi CH Assign Multi channel assignment
 Headphone Headphone low-frequency effect level
Manual Setup Sound
LFE Level Low-frequency effect level
Speaker Speaker low-frequency effect level
 Speaker Speaker dynamic range
Press h to access the settings window
Dynamic Range Dynamic range
Parametric EQ Parametric equalizer
 Audio Option Audio options
Tone Control Tone control
 PR/SB Priority Presence/surround back speaker priority
Audio Delay Audio delay
Initial Volume Initial volume
Max Volume Maximum volume
 Channel Mute Channel mute
Manual Setup Video
Mode Mode
Speaker settings
 Hdmi Up-Scaling Hdmi up-scaling
Select Through not to up-scale any analog video signals
Conversion Video conversion
Component I/P Component interlace Progressive
 Wall Paper Wall paper
Hdmi Aspect Hdmi aspect ratio
Short Message Short message
Position Position
 Speaker Set Speaker set
Manual Setup Basic
Use this menu to set up basic system parameters
Test Tone Test tone
 Surround Back Surround back left/right speakers
Front Front speakers
Center Center speaker
Surround Surround left/right speakers
 Bass Out Bass out
Swfr Phase Subwoofer Phase
Speaker Distance Speaker distance
Presence Presence speakers
 Speaker distances
Speaker Level Speaker level
Unit Unit
 SB Speaker Dist. Surround back speaker distance
Manual Setup Option
THX Set THX settings
This menu adjusts the optional system settings
 Multi Zone Multi zone
Dimmer Dimmer
Speaker B Speaker B
 Zone3 Amplifier Zone 3 amplifier
Zone2 Amplifier Zone 2 amplifier
 Zone3 Volume Zone 3 volume
Zone2 Volume Zone 2 volume
Zone2 OSD Zone 2 on-screen display
 Memory Guard Memory Guard
Sur.Initialize Surround initialize
 System Memory
Hdmi Set Hdmi settings
To save settings
Press Enter to save settings
 Load Enter appears in the bottom right corner of the window
To load settings
Press Enter to load settings
Language
 Name of the selected parameter Current setting
Advanced Setup
Using Advanced Setup
User preset Preset
 Fan operation mode FAN Mode
Wake on RS-232C access Wake on 232C
Remote control AMP ID Remote AMP
Remote control tuner ID Remote TUN
 Controlling other components
Remote Control Features
Control area
Controlling this unit
 VOL
Controlling each component
 Input area Component Code Category
Setting remote control codes
Remote control code default settings
Set AMP/SOURCE/TV to Source
 Press Enter
Setting remote control AMP codes
Setting remote control tuner codes
Press Learn again to exit from the setup mode
 To 10 cm
Using Learn
100
Press an input selector button to select a source component
 Learn appears in the display window
Press Learn using a ballpoint pen or similar object
Press Learn again to exit the learning mode
101
 102
Using RE-NAME
 Macro buttons First Second Third
Using Macro
103
Press a macro button
 Macro operations
104
Programming Macro operations
 105
Using Clear
Basic Clear operations
 Press Learn again to exit
Remote control returns to the learning mode
106
Clearing a learned function
 Clearing a macro function
Press Clear to exit the clearing mode
Remote control returns to the macro programming mode
107
 108
Connecting the Zone 2 and Zone 3 components
Using the external amplifiers
Zone 2/ZONE
 Front panel operations
Using the internal amplifiers of this unit
Selecting Zone 2 or Zone
109
 110
Remote control operations
Set AMP/SOURCE/TV on the remote control to AMP
Controlling Zone 2 and Zone
 111
Using the control mode of Zone 2 and Zone
Adjusting the volume level of Zone 2 or
Adjusting the tonal quality of Zone 2 or
 Hdmi compatibility with this unit
What is HDMI?
Hdmi
112
 Basic Hdmi operations
Setting the Hdmi parameters
113
 114
Troubleshooting
General
 115
 116
 Tuner
117
 118
Remote control
 During Auto Setup
Before Auto Setup
119
 120
After Auto Setup
 Audio information
Glossary
121
 122
 123
 Sound field program information
Video information
124
 Factor
125
Frequency
Gain
 126
Specifications
 General
127
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