Muting The Av Receiver; Using The Sleep Timer; Using Headphones - Onkyo HT-RC160 Instruction Manual

Basic Operations—Continued

Muting the AV receiver

You can temporarily mute the output of the AV receiver.
Press the [RECEIVER] button,
and then press the [MUTING] but-
ton.
The output is muted and the MUTING
indicator flashes on the display, as
shown.
To unmute the AV receiver, press the
[MUTING] button again, or adjust the
volume.
The Mute function is cancelled when
the AV receiver is set to Standby.
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Using the Sleep Timer

Press
With the sleep timer, you can set the AV receiver to turn
[RECEIVER]
off automatically after a specified period.
first
MUTING
If you need to cancel the sleep timer, press the [SLEEP]
button repeatedly until the SLEEP indicator disappears.
SLEEP
To check the time remaining until the AV receiver sleeps,
press the [SLEEP] button. Note that if you press the
[SLEEP] button while the sleep time is being displayed,
you'll shorten the sleep time by 10 minutes.

Using Headphones

You can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch
phone plug) to the AV receiver's PHONES jack for pri-
vate listening, as shown.
Notes:
• Always turn down the volume before connecting your
headphones.
• While the headphones plug is inserted in the PHONES
jack, the speakers are turned off. (The Powered Zone
2 speakers are not turned off.)
• When you connect a pair of headphones, the listening
mode is set to Stereo, unless it's already set to Stereo,
Mono, or Direct.
• Only the Stereo, Direct, and Mono listening modes
can be used with headphones (the listening modes
available also depend on the currently selected input
source).
Press the [RECEIVER] button,
and then press the [SLEEP] but-
ton repeatedly to select the
required sleep time.
The sleep time can be set from 90 to 10
minutes in 10 minute steps.
The SLEEP indicator appears on the
display when the sleep timer has been
set. The specified sleep time appears on
the display for about five seconds, then
the previous display reappears.