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Selecting the listening mode
Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE.
Press one of the listening mode buttons.
DIRECT button: Set the listening mode to “Direct”.
STEREO button: Set the listening mode to “Stereo”.
SURROUND button: Set the listening mode to “PLII” (when the
sound is analog, PCM or Dolby Digital stereo source), “Dolby D”
(when the sound is Dolby Digital) or “DTS” (when the sound is
DTS).
A.STEREO button: Set the listening mode to “All Ch St”.
DSP button on the front panel: Recall the Onkyo-original DSP
mode. Each time this button is pressed, the listening mode cycles;
“Orchestra” → “Unplugged” → “Studio Mix” → “TV Logic” →
“All Ch St” → “Orchestra” (back to the beginning).
DSP button on the remote controller: All of the listening modes
that can be selected for the current source can be selected in
sequence. This button is valid also when the remote control mode is
other than RCVR/TAPE (see pages 33, 34).
Enjoying the listening modes
A.STEREO
STEREO
DIRECT
DSP
SURROUND
DSP
STEREOSURROUND
DIRECT
Lights up when “Direct”
mode is selected.
Lights up when “Dolby Pro
Logic II” is selected.
Lights up when “Stereo”
mode is selected.
Lights up when Onkyo-original DSP
mode (“Orchestra”, “Unplugged”,
“Studio-Mix”, “TV Logic” or “All Ch St”) is
selected.
The input source and available listening mode
Input source Analog PCM*
1
Dolby Digital DTS
signal format
Source software Tape, CD, Video CD, DVD video, LD
*2
CD
FM/AM DVD Video, DVD Video,
Listening mode Video cassette tape DVD Audio Except 2/0 2/0 LD*
2
Direct ●●
Stereo ●●●●●
PL II Movie ●● ●
PL II Music ●● ●
Dolby D ●
DTS ●
Orchestra ●●
Unplugged ●●
Studio-Mix ●●
TV Logic ●●
All Ch St ●●
*
1
Only Stereo or Direct can be selected when the PCM source has been recorded with a sampling rate
96 kHz.
*
2
If you have an LD player with AC-3RF output, connect it via an AC-3RF demodulator to one of the
HT-R8230’s DIGITAL INPUT terminals.
Notes
• Only “Stereo” (“Stereo” or
“Direct” for PCM/Analog source)
can be selected when the speaker
configuration is set to “Speaker
2ch”, when headphones are used,
or when speakers B is selected.
• The listening mode cannot be
selected when “Multich” is
selected.
• You can select “Orchestra”,
“Unplugged”, “Studio-Mix”,
“TV Logic” and “All Ch St”, only
when the speaker configuration is
set to “Speaker 4ch” or “Speaker
5ch”.
• If you select “Orchestra”, no
sound is reproduced from the
center speaker even when the
speaker configuration is set to
“Speaker 5ch”.
Before operating the
remote controller,
press RCVR/TAPE.