Multi-Zone; Making Multi-Zone Connection - Onkyo TX-RZ900 Basic Manual

AM/FM frequency step setting
It may be necessary for you to change the frequency
step to tune the radio in your area. Change the step
with the following procedure. Note that when this
setting is changed, all radio presets are deleted.
1 After pressing RCV on the remote controller,
press SETUP.
2. Select "6. Hardware" with the cursor and press
ENTER.
3. Select "Tuner" with the cursor and press ENTER.
4. Select "AM/FM Frequency Step" (North American
models) or "AM Frequency Step" (European,
Australian and Asian models) with the cursor
and select the frequency step for your area.
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Multi-zone

You can listen to audio in a room (called Zone 2 or Zone
3) other than the one where this unit is located (called the
main room). You can also output video and audio to a TV in
the separate room (Zone 2) via HDMI.
■ Sources you can playback
･ External players ( Ú 1)
･ NET ( Ú 2)
･ BLUETOOTH
･ AM/FM Radio
＊1 In Zone 2, you can play equipment connected to any of the HDMI
IN1 to IN5 jacks, DIGITAL IN COAXIAL/OPTICAL jacks, or AUDIO
IN jacks. Note that only analog or 2-channel PCM audio signals can
be played and that some players require audio output setting. Only
players connected to the AUDIO IN jack by analog connection can
be played in Zone 3.
＊2 DSD and Dolby TrueHD audio cannot be played in Zone 2/Zone 3.

Making Multi-zone Connection

There are the following three methods of connection.
Simultaneous playback in all zones is also possible.
a. Connecting a TV in a separate room
b. Connecting with an integrated amplifier or power
amplifier in a separate room
c. Connecting with speakers in a separate room
■ a. Connecting a TV in a separate room
You can play video and audio of the HDMI connected
player on the TV in a separate room. With an HDMI cable,
connect between the HDMI OUT SUB/ZONE 2 jack of the
unit and the HDMI IN jack of the TV in a separate room.
Zone 2
Settings are required: Press RCV and then
SETUP on the remote controller, select "1. Input/
Output Assign" - "TV Out" and set the "Zone 2
HDMI" setting to "Use".
･ The information for a connected device can
be displayed on the TV screen in a separate
room. Press the ZONE2 button on the remote
controller to select Zone 2 and press DISPLAY.
･ Adjust the volume on the TV in the separate
room.
■ b. Connecting with an integrated amplifier or
power amplifier in a separate room
It is possible to play 2 ch source in a separate room while
7.1 ch source is being played in the main room.
Connect the PRE/LINE OUT ZONE2 jacks or LINE OUT
ZONE3 jacks of the unit and the line-in jacks of the
integrated amplifier in a separate room with an RCA cable.
Settings are required to listen to HDMI input
audio in Zone 2: Press RCV and then SETUP
on the remote controller, select "1. Input/Output
Assign" - "TV Out" and set the "Zone 2 HDMI"
setting to "Use".
Main room
Zone 2
Zone 2 audio can be adjusted with both the unit and the
pre-main amplifier used in the separate room. Zone 3 audio
should be adjusted with the pre-main amplifier used in the
separate room.
Settings are required to adjust audio in Zone
2 using this unit: Press RCV and then SETUP
on the remote controller, select "3. Audio Adjust"
- "Multi Zone" and set the "Zone 2 Out" setting
to "Variable". Be sure to make this setting if you
connect a power amplifier. If you do not, the volume
output may be big enough to cause damage.
Step 3: Playing Back
Main room
Zone 3
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