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