Enjoying Music Or Videos With The Tx-Ds787; Selecting An Input Source; Adjusting The Volume; Changing The Listening Mode - Onkyo TX-DS787 Instruction Manual

Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS787

Listening mode buttons
DIMMER
RT/PTY/ TP
STANDBY/ ON
2
ST ANDBY ZONE
POWER
ON OFF
REC OUT ZONE 2
DISPLAY
PHONES AUDIO SELECTOR
DVD VIDEO
VCR
PHONES
Though the TX-DS787 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, LDs, DVDs, and the like. The TX-DS787 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.
CH LEVEL
BASS/TREBLE
FM MUTE / CHARACTER / BASS /
MODE DOWN TUNING UP MEMORY TREBLE CH LEVEL ZONE 2 VOL
DSP/ PRESET
SMART SCAN
CONTROLLER
PUSH TO ENTER
LISTENING MODE
DIRECT STEREO / DTS THX MENU
SURROUND
1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 VIDEO 4 TAPE FM AM PHONO
1 VCR 2
Input source buttons
SLEEP
MASTER VOLUME
MASTER VOLUME
EXIT
Listening
VIDEO / 4 VIDEO CAM INPUT
C D
mode
S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R
787
AV RECEIVER TX-DS
buttons
SSC

Selecting an input source

Before you can listen to any input media, you must first select the
input source at the TX-DS787. This tell it which input source to
output to the speakers and monitor.
To select an input source, simply press the button on the front
panel (or on the remote controller) that corresponds to the input
source you want.
After you have selected the input source, simply turn on the
corresponding component and play the media.

Adjusting the volume

Adjusting the main volume adjust the volume level output from all
the speakers connected to the TX-DS787 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 to the right;
to decrease the volume, turn the dial to the left.

Changing the listening mode

To change the listening mode during playback, turn the SSC dial
on the front panel or the listening mode buttons on the remote
controller (see page 59).

Listening with headphones

To listen with headphones, plug a pair headphones with a standard
stereo plug into the PHONES jack on the TX-DS787 front panel.
When you connect headphones, the unit will enter STEREO mode
automatically and no sound will be heard from the speakers. Note
that the signal to the remote zone (Zone 2) will not be affected
whether or not headphones are connected.
VOL
AUDIO MUTING MUTING
TRACK DISC
REC OPEN/CLOSE
INPUT
DVD CD
T1 T2 TUN PH
SELECTOR
V1 V2 V3 V –
buttons
STEREO DIRECT DSP
1 2 3
SURROUND THX DSP
4 5 6
LEVEL +
LEVEL +
Re-EQ CH SEL
7 8 9
LEVEL –
LATE NIGHT DIMMER LEVEL –
+ 10
0 ENT
HOME THEATER CONTROLLER CH SEL
RC-390M
DIMMER
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