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TX-SR304_En.book Page 1 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM
AV Receiver
TX-SR304
TX-SR304E
TX-SR404
TX-SR8440
Instruction Manual
Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV Receiver.
Please read this manual thoroughly before making
connections and plugging in the unit.
Following the instructions in this manual will enable
you to obtain optimum performance and listening
enjoyment from your new AV Receiver.
Please retain this manual for future reference.
Contents
Introduction ..................................... 2
Connection .................................... 17
Turning On & First Time Setup..... 32
Basic Operation
Playing your AV components ....... 36
Using the Tuner............................ 38
Enjoying the Listening Modes ..... 45
Advanced Operation ..................... 48
Troubleshooting ............................ 55
Specifications................................ 58
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  • Page 1 TX-SR304E TX-SR404 TX-SR8440 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV Receiver. Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections and plugging in the unit. Following the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your new AV Receiver.

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 2 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

  • Page 3: Precautions

    5. Never Touch this Unit with Wet Hands— Never handle this unit or its power cord while your hands are wet or damp. If water or any other liquid gets inside this unit, have it checked by your Onkyo dealer. 6. Handling Notes •...

  • Page 4: Memory Backup

    We, ONKYO EUROPE ELECTRONICS GmbH LIEGNITZERSTRASSE 6, 82194 GROEBENZELL, GERMANY declare in own responsibility, that the ONKYO product described in this instruction manual is in compliance with the corresponding technical standards such as EN60065, EN55013, EN55020 and EN61000-3-2, -3-3. GROEBENZELL, GERMANY...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 5 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Features Amplification • 65 W/channel into 6 ohms (20 Hz–20 kHz, 0.7%, FTC) • 90 W/channel into 6 ohms (1 kHz, DIN) • 110 W/channel into 6 ohms (JEITA) • Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry •...

  • Page 6: Front Panel

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 6 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Front & Rear Panels Front Panel North American and Asian Models STANDBY/ON STANDBY A SPEAKERS B TONE PHONES MULTl CH European Models STANDBY/ON STANDBY A SPEAKERS B TONE PHONES MULTl CH For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses.
  • Page 7 TX-SR304_En.book Page 7 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Front & Rear Panels —Continued MEMORY button (39) This button is used when storing or deleting radio presets. TUNING MODE button (38) This button is used to select the Auto or Manual tun- ing mode.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    (RCA) between the AV receiver and the other component, even if they are connected digitally. Note: can only be used with Onkyo components. CD IN These analog inputs can be used to connect a CD player with analog outputs.

  • Page 9: Before Using The Av Receiver

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 9 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Before Using the AV receiver Installing the Batteries To open the battery compartment, press the small hollow and slide open the cover. Insert the two supplied batteries (AA/R6) in accordance with the polarity diagram inside the battery compartment.

  • Page 10: Remote Controller

    five REMOTE MODE buttons. ■ RECEIVER/TAPE Mode In RECEIVER/TAPE mode, you can control the AV receiver and an Onkyo cassette recorder connected via ■ DVD, CD, MD, CDR & HDD Modes With these modes, you can control an Onkyo DVD player and CD/MD/CDR/HDD player/recorder.
  • Page 11 TX-SR304_En.book Page 11 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Remote Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. ON/STANDBY button (32) This button is used to set the AV receiver to On or Standby. INPUT SELECTOR buttons (36) These buttons are used to select the input sources.

  • Page 12: Dvd Mode

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 12 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Remote Controller —Continued DVD Mode To select your DVD player as the input source, press: RECEIVER To set the remote controller to DVD mode, press the [DVD] REMOTE MODE button. ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER TAPE...
  • Page 13 TX-SR304_En.book Page 13 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Remote Controller —Continued CD Mode To select your CD player as the input source, press: RECEIVER To set the remote controller to CD mode, press the [CD] REMOTE MODE button. ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER TAPE...
  • Page 14 TX-SR304_En.book Page 14 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Remote Controller —Continued MD, & CDR Mode To select your MiniDisc or CD recorder as the input source, press: MD or CD recorder RECEIVER TAPE * You must change the Input Display (see page 33). To set the remote controller to MD or CDR mode, press the [MD] or [CDR] REMOTE MODE button.

  • Page 15: Hdd Mode

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 15 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Remote Controller —Continued HDD Mode To select your HDD component as the input source, press: RECEIVER TAPE * You must change the Input Display (see page 33). To set the remote controller to HDD mode, press the [HDD] REMOTE MODE button.

  • Page 16: Tape Mode

    To select your Cassette deck as the input source, press: RECEIVER TAPE TAPE mode is used to control an Onkyo cassette recorder connected to the AV receiver via To set the remote controller to TAPE mode, press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button.

  • Page 17: Speaker Sets A And B

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 17 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Enjoying Home Theater Speaker Sets A and B You can use two sets of speakers with the AV receiver: speaker set A and speaker set B . Speaker set A should be used in your main listening room for up to 5.1-channel playback. *While speaker set B is on, speaker set A is reduced to 2.1-channel playback.

  • Page 18: Connecting Your Speakers

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 18 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Speakers Speaker Configuration For the best surround-sound experience, you should con- nect five speakers and a powered subwoofer. The following table shows which channels you should use based on the number of speakers that you have. Number of speakers: ✓...

  • Page 19: Connecting Speaker

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 19 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Connecting Speaker Strip 3/8" (10 mm) of insu- lation from the ends of the speaker cables, and twist the bare wires tightly, as shown. While pressing the lever, insert the wire into the hole, and then release the lever.

  • Page 20: Connecting Antenna

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 20 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Antenna This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially available outdoor FM and AM antennas. The AV receiver won’t pick up any radio signals without any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use the tuner.

  • Page 21: Connecting An Outdoor Fm Antenna

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 21 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Antenna —Continued Connecting an Outdoor FM Antenna If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out- door FM antenna instead. Notes: • Outdoor FM antennas work best outside, but usable results can sometimes be obtained when installed in an attic or loft.

  • Page 22: About Av Connections

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 22 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components About AV Connections • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV components. • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and double-checked all AV connections. Optical Digital Jacks The AV receiver’s optical digital jack has shutter-type cover that open when an optical plug is inserted and...

  • Page 23: Connecting Your Components

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 23 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting Both Audio & Video By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can select both the audio and video simultaneously simply by selecting the appropriate input source on the AV receiver. : Signal Flow Video Audio...

  • Page 24: Connecting A Dvd Player

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 24 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a DVD Player Step 1: Video Connection (DVD Player to AV Receiver to TV) If your TV has component video input jacks, connect your DVD player to the AV receiver’s COMPONENT VIDEO DVD IN jacks.

  • Page 25: Step 2: Audio Connection

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 25 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Step 2: Audio Connection If your DVD player has a coaxial digital audio output jack, connect it to the AV receiver’s DIGITAL IN COAX- IAL jack. You can enjoy Dolby and DTS listening modes with this connection. If your DVD player has an optical digital audio output jack instead of coaxial one, connect it to the AV receiver’s DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1 or 2 jack, and set the DIGITAL INPUT assignment to OPT1 or OPT 2 (see page 33).

  • Page 26: Connecting A Vcr For Playback

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 26 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a VCR Connecting a VCR for Playback Step 1: Video Connection (VCR to AV Receiver to TV) Connect your VCR’s video output jack to the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 IN jack and connect the AV receiver’s MONITOR OUT jack to your TV’s video input jack.

  • Page 27: Connecting A Vcr For Recording

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 27 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a VCR for Recording Step 1: Video Connection Connect the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 OUT jack to your VCR’s video input jack. Step 2: Audio Connection Connect the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 OUT L/R jacks to your VCR’s audio input jacks.

  • Page 28: Connecting A Satellite, Cable, Set-Top Box, Or Other Video Source

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 28 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top Box, or Other Video Source Step 1: Video Connection Connect your set-top box’s video output jack to the AV receiver’s VIDEO 2 IN jack and connect the AV receiver’s MONITOR OUT jack to your TV’s video input jack.

  • Page 29: Connecting A Cd Player Or Turntable

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 29 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a CD Player or Turntable ■ CD Player or Turntable with Built-in Phono Preamp Connect your CD player’s analog audio output jacks, or your turntable with built-in phono preamp’s audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s CD IN L/R jacks.

  • Page 30: Connecting A Cassette, Cdr, Minidisc, Or Dat Recorder

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 30 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting an HDD-compatible Component (Audio Only) As of this printing, the Onkyo Remote Interactive Dock is the only HDD-compatible component available. Connect your HDD-compatible component’s analog audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s VIDEO 3 IN L/R jacks or TAPE IN L/R jacks.

  • Page 31: Connecting The Power Cord

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting Onkyo Components Step 1: Make sure that each Onkyo component is connected to the AV receiver with an analog audio cable. Step 2: Make the connection. Step 3: If you’re using an MD, CDR, or HDD component, change the input Display (see page 33).

  • Page 32: Turning On

    ■ Have you connected a component to a digital audio input? If you have, see “Assigning Digital Inputs to Input Sources” on page 33. ■ Have you connected an Onkyo MD recorder, CD recorder, or next generation HDD-compatible component? If you have, see “Changing the Input Display” on page 33.

  • Page 33: Changing The Input Display

    VIDEO 3 Note: HDD can be selected for the TAPE input selector or VIDEO 3 input selector, but not both at the same time. -capable Onkyo MiniDisc TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME ENTER RETURN SETUP...

  • Page 34: First Time Setup

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 34 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM First Time Setup —Continued ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR MULTI CH TAPE TUNER + 10 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP DISC ALBUM GUIDE PREVIOUS TOP MENU MENU SP A / B MUTING 2–8 ENTER...

  • Page 35: Testing The Speakers

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 35 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM First Time Setup —Continued Use the Down [ ] button to select “Center,” and then use the Left and Right [ select Small , Large , or None . Small: Select if the center speaker is small.

  • Page 36: Basic Av Receiver Operation

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 36 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Receiver Operation DISPLAY STANDBY/ON STANDBY A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE PHONES MULTl CH VIDEO 1/VCR VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 TAPE MULTI CH...

  • Page 37: Using The Multichannel Input

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 37 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Playing Your AV Components —Continued Using the Multichannel Input ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR MULTI CH MULTI CH TAPE TUNER + 10 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP DISC ALBUM 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.

  • Page 38: Listening To The Radio

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 38 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Using the Tuner Listening to the Radio TUNING MODE TUNING STANDBY/ON STANDBY A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR PHONES MULTl CH VIDEO 1/VCR VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 TAPE...
  • Page 39 TX-SR304_En.book Page 39 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Using the Tuner —Continued Presetting Radio Stations 2, 4 TUNING / PRESET STANDBY/ON ENTER STANDBY RETURN A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR PHONES MULTl CH VIDEO 1/VCR...
  • Page 40 TX-SR304_En.book Page 40 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Using the Tuner —Continued Using RDS (European models only) RDS only works with European models and only in areas where RDS broadcasts are available. When tuned into an RDS station, the RDS indicator appears. RDS indicator ■...

  • Page 41: Displaying Radio Text (Rt)

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 41 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Using the Tuner —Continued Displaying Radio Text (RT) TUNING / PRESET STANDBY/ON ENTER STANDBY RETURN A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR PHONES MULTl CH VIDEO 1/VCR VIDEO 2...

  • Page 42: Setting The Display Brightness

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 42 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Common Functions This chapter explains functions that can be used with any input source. TONE, –, + TUNING / PRESET STANDBY/ON STANDBY RETURN A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT DIMMER MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR...

  • Page 43: Common Functions

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 43 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Common Functions —Continued ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR MULTI CH TAPE TUNER + 10 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP DISC ALBUM PREVIOUS GUIDE TOP MENU MENU SP A / B MUTING ENTER PLAYLIST PLAYLIST...

  • Page 44: Adjusting Speaker Levels

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 44 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Common Functions —Continued ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR MULTI CH TAPE TUNER + 10 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP DISC ALBUM GUIDE PREVIOUS MENU TOP MENU SP A / B MUTING ENTER PLAYLIST PLAYLIST...

  • Page 45: Selecting Listening Modes

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 45 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Using the Listening Modes Selecting Listening Modes See “About the Listening Modes” on page 46 for detailed information about the listening modes. • The Dolby Digital and DTS listening modes can only be selected if your DVD player is connected to the AV receiver with a digital audio connection (coaxial or optical).

  • Page 46: About The Listening Modes

    field that cannot be produced with conven- tional stereo. Use this mode with stereo material such as music CDs. Onkyo Original DSP Modes Mono Movie This mode is suitable for use with old movies and other mono sound sources. The center speaker outputs the...
  • Page 47 Multich PLII Movie/Music/Game ✔ Neo:6 Cinema Neo:6 Music Dolby D Mono Movie Orchestra Onkyo Unplugged ✔ Original Studio-Mix TV Logic All Ch Stereo Full Mono *1. In the Direct listening modes, PCM signals at 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz are processed at 64 kHz, 88.2 kHz, and 96 kHz respectively.

  • Page 48: Adjusting The Listening Modes

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 48 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Adjusting the Listening Modes ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR MULTI CH TAPE TUNER + 10 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP DISC ALBUM GUIDE PREVIOUS MENU TOP MENU SP A / B MUTING ENTER ENTER...

  • Page 49: Using The Late Night Function

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 49 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued PL II Music Mode Settings These settings apply to only 2-channel (stereo) sources. ■ Panorama With this function, you can broaden the width of the front stereo image when using the Pro Logic II Music listening mode.

  • Page 50: Recording

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 50 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Recording This chapter explains how to record the selected input source to an AV component with recording capability, and how to record audio and video from two different sources. Recording the Input Source You can record only to AV components that are con- nected to the TAPE OUT or VIDEO 1 OUT jacks.

  • Page 51: Advanced Setup

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 51 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Advanced Setup Advanced Speaker Settings The advanced speaker settings cannot be changed while headphones are connected, Speaker set B is on, or the multichannel input is being used. Crossover Frequency This setting only applies to the speakers that you speci- fied as Small in the “Speaker Configuration”...

  • Page 52: Advanced Setup

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 52 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Distance To get the best from surround sound, it’s important that the sound from each speaker reaches the listener at the same time. To achieve this, you need to specify the dis- tance from each speaker to the listening position.

  • Page 53: Digital Input Signal Formats

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 53 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Advanced Setup —Continued Use the Left and Right [ buttons to adjust the speaker level, and use the Down [ ton to select the next speaker. The level can be adjusted from –12 to +12 dB in 1 dB steps (–15 to +12 dB for the subwoofer).

  • Page 54: Correcting Sound And Picture Sync

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 54 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Advanced Setup —Continued Correcting Sound and Picture Sync When using progressive scanning on your DVD player, you may find that the picture and sound are out of sync. With this setting, you can correct this by delaying the audio signals.

  • Page 55: Power

    If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, try resetting the AV receiver before contacting your Onkyo dealer. To reset the AV receiver to its factory defaults, turn it on and, while holding down the [VIDEO 1] button, press the [STANDBY/ON] button.

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting

    Input Display to MD, CDR, or HDD (see page 33). • To control an Onkyo component that’s connected via , point the remote controller at the AV receiver.
  • Page 57 five seconds, and then plug it back in again. Onkyo is not responsible for damages (such as CD rental fees) due to unsuccessful recordings caused by the unit’s malfunction. Before you record important data, make sure that the material will be recorded cor- rectly.

  • Page 58: Specifications

    TX-SR304_En.book Page 58 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Specifications Amplifier Section Rated Output Power North American (FTC) All channels: 65 watts per channel min. RMS at 8 ohms, 2 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, with no more than 0.7% total harmonic distortion All channels: 90 watts per channel min.
  • Page 59 TX-SR304_En.book Page 59 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:01 AM Memo...
  • Page 60 Units 2102-2107, Metroplaza Tower I, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, N.T., HONG KONG Tel: 852-2429-3118 Fax: 852-2428-9039 http://www.ch.onkyo.com/ SN 29344161 (C) Copyright 2006 ONKYO CORPORATION Japan. All rights reserved. HOMEPAGE http://www.onkyo.com/ I0602-1 * 2 9 3 4 4 1 6 1 *...

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