RX-V2600
Special Instructions for U.K. Model
For U.K. customers
Contents
Features
Supplied accessories
Getting Started
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 speakers
Connecting to the speaker terminals
Di-pole speaker layout
10 mm
Speaker terminal wrench Red positive + Black negative
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
Cable indications
Analog jacks
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
Connecting Hdmi components
Hdmi out DVD Player Cable TV or
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
Auto Setup
Optimizer microphone setup
Introduction
Using Auto Setup
Top display appears
Subwoofer
For Wiring, Distance, Size or Level, select
Press n to select Setup Type and then 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
Front panel Remote control Name of the sound field category
Dial Norm
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
Press Select on the remote control to select a decoder
Enjoying 2-channel software in surround
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
Virtual Cinema DSP
Playing video sources Background
Selecting audio input modes
Displaying information about the input Source
Audio Info. Audio information
Video Info. Video information
Turn on the power of this unit and all connected components
Recording
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. Delay Reverberation delay
Rev. Time Reverberation time
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
Sound Field Program Speaker Layouts
Monaural Stereo
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
Volume Trim Volume trimming
Input Select
Select Input Select and then press h
Press l / h to select OK and press Enter when complete
Rename Rename
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 Level Speaker level
Speaker distances
Unit Unit
SB Speaker Dist. Surround back speaker distance
Manual Setup Option
THX Set THX settings
This menu adjusts the optional system settings
Dimmer Dimmer
Multi Zone Multi zone
Speaker B Speaker B
Zone3 Amplifier Zone 3 amplifier
Zone2 Amplifier Zone 2 amplifier
Zone2 Volume Zone 2 volume
Zone3 Volume Zone 3 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
104
Macro operations
Programming Macro operations
Using Clear
105
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
Setting the Hdmi parameters
Basic Hdmi operations
113
Troubleshooting
114
General
115
116
Tuner
117
118
Remote control
Before Auto Setup
During Auto Setup
119
120
After Auto Setup
Glossary
Audio information
121
122
123
Video information
Sound field program information
124
Factor
125
Frequency
Gain
126
Specifications
General
127
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