Setting The Display Brightness; Muting The Av Receiver/Av Amplifier; Using The Sleep Timer; Using Headphones - Onkyo TX-SR705 Instruction Manual

Basic Operations
DIMMER

Setting the Display Brightness

You can adjust the brightness of the display.
Press the [RECEIVER] button,
and then press the [DIMMER]
button repeatedly to select:
• Normal + VOLUME light on.
• Normal + VOLUME light off.
• Dim + VOLUME light off.
• Dimmer + VOLUME light off.
Alternatively, you can use the AV
receiver/AV amplifier's [DIMMER]
button (not European models).

Muting the AV receiver/AV amplifier

You can temporarily mute the output of the AV receiver/
AV amplifier.
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/AV ampli-
fier, press the [MUTING] button again,
or adjust the volume.
The Mute function is cancelled when
the AV receiver/AV amplifier is set to
Standby.
Tip:
You can specify how much the output is muted with the
Muting Level setting (see page 92).

Using the Sleep Timer

With the sleep timer, you can set the AV receiver/AV
Press
amplifier to turn off automatically after a specified
[RECEIVER]
period.
first
SLEEP
MUTING
If you need to cancel the sleep timer, press the [SLEEP]
button repeatedly until the SLEEP indicator disappears.
To check the time remaining until the AV receiver/AV
amplifier 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 min-
utes.

Using Headphones

You can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch
phone plug) to the AV receiver/AV amplifier's PHONES
jack for private listening, as shown.
Notes:
• Always turn down the volume before connecting your
headphones.
• The speakers are turned off while the headphones plug
is inserted in the PHONES jack (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, Direct, or Pure Audio.
• Only the Stereo, Direct, Pure Audio, and Mono listen-
ing modes can be used with headphones (the listening
modes available also depend on the currently selected
input source).
• When the multichannel input is used, only the front
left and right audio can be heard in the headphones.
• To adjust the headphone level, press the [CH SEL]
button on the remote controller, and then press the
[LEVEL +]/[LEVEL -] buttons. You can adjust the
level between –12 dB and +12 dB.
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.
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