Enjoying Music Or Videos With The Tx-Ds898; Basic Operation; Temporarily Turning Off The Sound; Adjusting The Bass And Treble - Onkyo TX-DS898 Instruction Manual

Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS898

STANDBY/ON
STANDBY
POWER
ON OFF
ZONE
AUDIO
SELECTOR
PURE AUDIO UPSAMPLING
PHONES
REC OUT ZONE
ZONE 2 LEVEL
PHONES
Though the TX-DS898 is often used to listen to the radio, it does not
show you its true ability until it is used to play music or watch
videos, DVDs, and the like. The TX-DS898 has the latest in state-of-
the-art features to play back today's acoustic technologies with the
utmost in fidelity and power. From a two-speaker system to a seven-
speaker system, you are assured a sound space that you can always
enjoy.

Basic operation

To use the remote controller, first press the RCVR button.
1. Press the input source (or input selector on the
remote controller) button.
TX-DS898
DVD VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3
Remote controller
2. Turn on the corresponding component and play the
media.
3. Adjust the volume.
TX-DS898
MASTER VOLUME
Adjusting the main volume adjusts the volume level output from
all the speakers connected to the TX-DS898 together. If
headphones are connected, this also adjusts the volume heard
from the headphone speakers. To adjust the volume, either press
the VOL buttons on the remote controller or turn the
MASTER VOLUME dial. To increase the volume, turn the dial
clockwise; to decrease the volume, turn the dial
counterclockwise. The volume can be set to Min, 1 to 99, and
Max (or –∞, –81 to +18 dB)
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Input source buttons
2 ( GRN )
REC ( RED )
DVD VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 VIDEO 4 VIDEO 5 TAPE FM AM PHONO C D
2 OFF STEREO SURROUND THX DSP DIMMER FM MODE MEMORY SETUP ENTER RETURN
CLEAR TUNING PRESET
DIGITAL
VIDEO 4 VIDEO 5 TAPE FM AM
Remote controller
MASTER VOLUME
MASTER VOLUME
DISPL AY
VIDEO 5 /VIDEO CAM INPUT
S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R

Temporarily turning off the sound

To turn off the sound momentarily, such as when interrupted by a
phone call, press the MUTING button on the remote controller.
When pressed, "Muting" is displayed on the TX-DS898. Press the
MUTING button again to turn the sound back on.

Adjusting the bass and treble

You can adjust the bass and treble levels at the Setup menu:Audio
Adjust → Tone Control. This function only affects the front left and
right speakers, center speaker, and subwoofer. Only the bass level
PHONO C D
can be adjusted for the subwoofer (the treble adjustment is not
effective). For multichannel sources, these dials will not work if the
tone control is set to "Direct" or "Pure Audio."

Listening with headphones

To listen with headphones, plug a pair of headphones with a standard
stereo plug into the PHONES jack on the TX-DS898 front panel.
When you connect headphones, the unit will enter STEREO mode
automatically and no sound will be heard from the speakers.
When the headphones are unplugged, the TX-DS898 returns to its
original listening mode.
When using the headphones, you can only use the Direct, Stereo, and
Mono listening modes.
If you have selected MULTI CH INPUT, you will hear sound only
from the FRONT L and R channels.
The headphone volume level can be adjusted at the Setup menu (see
page 45).
Note that the signal to the remote zone (Zone 2) will not be affected
whether or not headphones are connected.
RCVR
VOL
MUTING
INPUT
SELECTOR
buttons
Remote controller
PHONES
ZONE 2 LEVEL