Setting The Powered Zone 2; Using Zone 2 - Onkyo TX-SR508 User Manual

Setting the Powered Zone 2

If you've connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV
receiver, as explained in "Connecting Your Zone 2 Speak-
ers Directly to the AV receiver"
"Front High/Zone2" setting to "Zone2".
Menu Hardware
1
Press RECEIVER followed by SETUP.
The setup menu appears.
2
Use q/w to select "Hardware", and then press
ENTER.
3
Use q/w to select "FrontHigh/Zone2", and e/r to
select "Zone2".
Zone2:
FRONT HIGH OR ZONE2 L/R speaker ter-
minals activated (Powered Zone 2 enabled).
Note
• When "Zone2" is selected and Zone 2 turned on, the Zone 2
speakers connected to the FRONT HIGH OR ZONE2 L/R
speaker terminals output sound, but the surround back or front
high speakers connected to the SURR BACK OR FRONT
HIGH L/R speaker terminals do not. When "Zone2" is selected
and Zone 2 turned off, the surround back or front high speakers
output sound as normal.
• When the "Front High/Zone2" setting is set to "Zone2" and the
input selector of Zone 2 is selected, power consumption on
standby mode slightly increases.
• Powered Zone 2 cannot be used if "Speakers Type" is set to
"Bi-AMP" (➔ 40).
(➔ 46), you must set the

Using Zone 2

This section explains how to turn Zone 2 on and off, how
to select an input source for Zone 2, and how to adjust the
volume for Zone 2.
Controlling Zone 2 from the AV receiver
OFF
ZONE 2
ZONE 2 indicator
1
To turn on Zone 2 and select an input source, press
ZONE 2 on the AV receiver followed by an input
selector button within 8 seconds.
Zone 2 turns on, the ZONE 2 indicator lights.
To select AM or FM press the TUNER input selector
button repeatedly.
(North American models) You can also select SIR-
IUS.
To select the same source as that of the main room,
press ZONE 2 repeatedly until "Z2 Selector:
Source" appears on the display.
Note
• You cannot select different AM or FM radio stations for
your main room and Zone 2. The same FM/AM radio sta-
tion will be heard in each room.
2
To turn off Zone 2, press OFF on the AV receiver.
Note
• While Powered Zone 2 is being used, listening modes that
require surround back and front high speakers (6.1/7.1), such as
Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height, Dolby Digital EX, and DTS-ES are
unavailable.
• When the "Front High/Zone2" setting is set to "Zone2" and the
input selector of Zone 2 is selected, power consumption on
standby mode slightly increases.
–/+
Input selector buttons
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