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Step 3:
Playing Back
Listening to Music in a Separate Room
c. Connecting an Integrated Amplifier in a
Separate Room
It is possible to play 2 ch source in a separate room while
9.2 ch source is being played in the main room. Connect
the PRE/LINE OUT ZONE 2 jacks or PRE/LINE OUT ZONE
3 jacks of the unit and the line-in jacks of the pre-main
amplifier in a separate room with an analog audio (RCA)
cable.
Zone 2 Zone 3
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Volume can be adjusted with both the unit and the pre-
main amplifier used in a separate room. To adjust it with
the unit, press RECEIVER and then HOME on the remote
controller, select "Setup" - "7. Hardware Setup" - "Multi
Zone" - "Zone 2 Out" or "Zone 3 Out" and set the setting
to "Variable". If you connect a power amplifier, be sure to
make the setting and adjust the volume in the main room.
d. Connecting Speakers in a Separate Room
It is possible to directly connect the speakers in another
room without an amplifier. Connect the speakers in the
separate room to ZONE2 or ZONE3 speaker terminals
of the unit using speaker cables. Note that 7.2 ch will be
the maximum in the main room during Zone 2 or Zone 3
playback. When both Zone 2 and Zone 3 playbacks are
performed at the same time, 5.2 ch will be the maximum in
the main room.
Zone 2
Zone 3
Required setting: Press RECEIVER and then HOME on
the remote controller. Select "Setup" - "2. Speaker Setup" -
"Speaker Settings" and set "Powered Zone 2" or "Powered
Zone 3" to "Yes".
r Volume adjustment can be performed only from the unit.
Performing Multi-zone Playback
1.
Press ZONE on the remote controller a repeatedly to
select Zone 2 or Zone 3. Point the remote controller
at the unit and press
z
RECEIVER.
"Z2" or "Z3" lights on the main unit display and Zone
function is enabled.
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The Zone button stays lit red when Zone 2 is selected
and green when Zone 3 is selected.
2.
Press INPUT SELECTOR of the input source to be
played in a separate room.
If you turn the unit to standby during multi-zone playback,
the Z2/Z3 indicators are dimmed and the playback
mode is switched to playback in a separate room only.
Performing steps 1 and 2 while the unit is in standby also
switches the playback mode to playback in a separate
room only.
To control on the main unit: Press ZONE2 or ZONE3 and
within 8 seconds, press the input selector button of the input to
be played in a separate room. To play the same source in the
main room and separate room, press ZONE2 or ZONE3 twice.
To turn off the multi-zone function: Press ZONE on the
remote controller repeatedly to select Zone 2 or Zone 3.
Press
z
RECEIVER. To control on the main unit, press
ZONE2 or ZONE3 and within 8 seconds, press OFF.
To adjust the volume: Press ZONE on the remote
controller a repeatedly to select Zone 2 or Zone 3. Adjust
the volume using VOL
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. To do this on the main unit,
press ZONE2 or ZONE3, and adjust the volume using the
MASTER VOLUME control within 8 seconds.
To temporally mute the audio: Press ZONE on the remote
controller repeatedly to select Zone 2 or Zone 3. Then,
press MUTING to mute the audio.
To adjust the sound quality for the separate room: Press
ZONE2 on the main unit. Press TONE a few times to display
"Bass", "Treble" or "Balance" on the display. When the
desired item appears on the display, adjust the value with +
or - button.
r If "Zone 2 Out" is set to "Fixed", sound quality adjustment
are not effective.
r If Zone 2 or Zone 3 is on, power consumption during
standby becomes larger than normal.
r If Zone 2 or Zone 3 is turned on when the listening mode
of the main room is Pure Audio, it will automatically
switch to Direct.
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While Zone 2 or Zone 3 is on, the RI linked system function
(interlink between Onkyo components) is disabled.
WHOLE HOUSE MODE: If you press WHOLE
HOUSE MODE while playback is being performed in
the main room, the WHOLE HOUSE MODE is turned
on, "Z2" and "Z3" on the display light at the same
time and the playback sources of all the rooms are
switched to the same source at once.
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WHOLE HOUSE MODE is effective only for playback
of the external player connected to the analog audio
input jacks.
r This function cannot be used if headphones are
connected or audio is output from the speakers of
the TV.