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Step 3:
Playing Back
c. Connecting Speakers in a Separate Room
It is possible to directly connect the speakers in another
room without an amplifier. Connect the speakers in another
room to the ZONE2 speaker terminals of the unit using
speaker cables. Note that 5.2 ch will be the maximum (
¼
)
in the main room during Zone 2 playback. Sound cannot be
output from the Surround Back speakers, Height speakers
and Wide speakers.
¼
In this case, the Dolby Atmos listening mode cannot be selected.
Zone 2
Change the setting
: Press Receiver and then Home on
the remote controller, select "Setup" - "2. Speaker Setup" -
"Speaker Settings" and set "Powered Zone2" to "Yes".
Volume adjustment can be performed only from the unit.
For details, see the next section.
Performing Multi-zone Playback
1.
Press Zone on the remote controller several times
to select either 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. (Zone 2 or Zone 3 is now on.)
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 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 several times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3
and press
z
Receiver. Alternatively press Off on the main
unit.
To adjust the volume
: Press Zone on the remote controller
several times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and adjust
with VOL
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l
. To control on the main unit, press Zone2
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Volume control.
To mute temporarily
: Press Zone on the remote controller
several times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3 and press Muting.
To adjust the sound quality for the separate room
(Zone 2 only)
: It is necessary to make appropriate
settings to enable this function. Press Home on the remote
controller and select "Setup" - "7. Hardware Setup" - "Multi
Zone" - "Zone 2 Out", and set its value to "Variable". As for
the operation, press Zone2 on the main unit and press Tone
several times to display "Bass", "Treble" or "Balance" on the
main unit display. Display the desired setting on the display
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If Zone 2 or Zone 3 is on, power consumption during
standby becomes larger than normal.
While Zone 2 or Zone 3 is on, the RI linked system
function (interlink between Onkyo components) is
disabled.
Pressing Input Selector on the remote controller while
you are using the remote controller for Zone 2 or Zone
3 will switch the controlled target to the main room. To
control Zone 2 or Zone 3 again, press Zone several
times to select Zone 2 or Zone 3.
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.
WHOLE HOUSE MODE is effective only for
playback of the external player connected to the
analog audio input jacks.
This function cannot be used if headphones are
connected or audio is output from the speakers
of the TV.
