Playing Your Av Components - Onkyo TX-SR304 Instruction Manual

Playing Your AV Components—Continued
Using the Multichannel Input
ON/STANDBY
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECTOR
1
V 1
MULTI CH
4
7
TAPE
+ 10
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The multichannel input is for connecting a component
with individual 5.1-channel analog audio output jacks,
such as a DVD player or MPEG decoder. See page 25 for
hookup information.
Press the [RECEIVER] button fol-
RECEIVER
lowed by the [MULTI CH] button
so that MULTI CH indicator
appears on the display.
Audio from the multichannel input will
now be used for the DVD input source.
MULTI CH
MULTI CH indicator
Note:
• While the multichannel input is selected, the Speaker
Configuration settings on page 34 are ignored, and
signals from the multichannel input are fed to the front
left, front right, center, surround left, and surround
right speakers and subwoofer regardless of those set-
tings.
Displaying Source Information
ON/STANDBY
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECTOR
1
V 1
AUDIO SUBTITLE
TEST TONE CH SEL
PLAY MODE
DISPLAY
DISPLAY
REMOTE MODE
RECEIVER DVD
TAPE
C D
2 3
V 2 V 3
MD
5 6
MULTI CH DVD
CDR
8 9
TUNER C D
0 CLR
HDD
DIMMER SLEEP
CH
VOL
DISC
ALBUM
REMOTE MODE
DVD
RECEIVER
TAPE
C D
2 3
V 2 V 3
MD
5 6
LEVEL - LEVEL +
L NIGHT CINE FLTR
RC - 645 S
You can display various information about the current
input source as follows.
Press the [RECEIVER] button,
RECEIVER
and then press the [DISPLAY]
button repeatedly to cycle
through the available informa-
tion.
DISPLAY
The following information can typically be displayed for
input sources.
Input source &
1
volume*
2
Signal format*
or sampling
frequency
Input source &
listening mode
*1 When AM or FM radio is used, the band, preset num-
ber, and frequency are displayed.
*2 If the input signal is analog, or AM or FM radio is
selected, no format information is displayed. If the
input signal is PCM, the sampling frequency is dis-
played. If the input signal is digital but not PCM, the
signal format is displayed. Information is displayed
for about 3 seconds, then the previous display reap-
pears.
Interpreting Surround Channel Information
A
A: The number of front channels (front left, front right,
and center).
B: The number of surround channels (surround left and
surround right). If there's surround back channel
information, this number will be 3.
C: LFE channel for subwoofer (1 means yes).
B C
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