RX-V2600
Important Safety Instructions
Example of Antenna Grounding
FCC Information for US customers
Serial No
Iii
For Canadian Customers
Pour LES Consommateurs Canadiens
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 20 ft
Front panel
Controls and Functions
FM/AM
PRESET/TUNING Edit
Tuning Mode AUTO/MAN’L, Display
Volume
GUI TOP, Band
Remote control
Macro ON/OFF
Standby
Power
Volume +
Macro
Volume +
Zone 2/Zone 3 remote control
Preset +
ID1/ID2 switch
Front panel display
Night indicator
96/24 indicator
LFE indicator
Presence and surround back speaker indicators
Wrench Holder
Rear panel
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 3/8
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
Indoor FM antenna included
Connecting the antennas
Connecting the AM loop antenna
Ground GND terminal
Turning on and off this unit
Connecting the power cable
Connecting the AC power cable
Front panel Remote control
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
Basic operations
Playback
Name of the currently selected input source
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
Front panel or
Turn on the power of this unit and all connected components
Recording
See page 30 for details
Begin automatic tuning
FM/AM Tuning
Automatic tuning
Press PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h once to
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
Information from XM Satellite Radio Inc
XM Satellite Radio Tuning
What is XM Satellite Radio?
XM Satellite Radio connections
XM Satellite Radio controls and functions
Front panel functions Remote control functions
Activating XM Satellite Radio
Zone 2/Zone 3 remote control functions
See
Selecting the XM Satellite Radio mode
Modes
All Channel Search mode
Preset Search mode
Category Search mode
Preset Search
Direct Number Access mode
When the channel number 040 is selected
Setting XM Satellite Radio preset channels
Display changes as follows
Colon appears
Preset group
Preset number
Group letter appears
Displaying the XM Satellite Radio information
When the channel number/name is displayed
When the channel category is displayed
When the artist name/song title is displayed
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
THX
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
Audio
Sound Field Program Speaker Layouts
Channel audio 6.1-channel
Stereo
Audio *2 Audio *3
Monaural Stereo
Standard
Straight
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
Antenna Level Antenna level
Input Select
Select Input Select and then press h
Assignment Input/output assignment
Volume Trim Volume trimming
Press l / h to select OK and press Enter when complete
Rename Rename
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
Component I/P Component interlace Progressive
Conversion Video conversion
Hdmi Up-Scaling Hdmi up-scaling
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
100
To load settings
Press Enter to load settings
Language
101
Advanced Setup
Using Advanced Setup
User preset Preset
102
Control area
Remote Control Features
103
104
Controlling each component
Set AMP/SOURCE/TV to Source
Setting remote control codes
Remote control code default settings
105
106
Buttons can be programmed independently for each component
Using Learn
Press Learn again to exit from the setup mode
107
Learn appears in the display window
Press Learn using a ballpoint pen or similar object
Press Learn again to exit the learning mode
108
109
Using RE-NAME
Macro buttons First Second Third
Using Macro
110
Press a macro button
Macro operations
111
Programming Macro operations
112
Using Clear
Basic Clear operations
Press Learn again to exit
Remote control returns to the learning mode
113
Clearing a learned function
Clearing a macro function
Press Clear to exit the clearing mode
Remote control returns to the macro programming mode
114
115
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
116
117
Remote control operations
Set AMP/SOURCE/TV on the remote control to AMP
Controlling Zone 2 and Zone
118
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
119
Basic Hdmi operations
Setting the Hdmi parameters
120
121
Troubleshooting
General
122
123
Tuner
124
XM Satellite Radio
125
Remote control
During Auto Setup
Before Auto Setup
126
127
After Auto Setup
Audio information
Glossary
128
129
130
Sound field program information
Video information
131
Factor
132
Frequency
Gain
133
Specifications
General
134
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