Onkyo TX-8050 manual

E n Network Ster eo Receiv er TX-8050 Instruction Manual Thank you for purch asing an Onkyo Network Stereo Recei ver . Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections and plu gging in the unit. Follo wing the instruct ions in this manual will enable you to obtain opti mum performance and listeni ng enjoyment from your new Stereo Recei [...]

En- 2 Impor tant Safety Instructions 1. Read these ins tructions. 2. K eep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. F ollow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dr y cloth. 7. Do not blo ck any ventil ation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near [...]

En- 3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recording cop yrighted material is il legal without the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The A C fuse inside the unit is not user- serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer . 3. Care —Occasionally you should dust the [...]

En- 4 Precautions —Continued F or British models Replacement and mounting of an A C plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel. IMPOR T ANT The wires in the mains lead ar e coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue: Neutral Brow n: Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lea[...]

En- 5 Contents Important Safety Instru ctions.................. .......... 2 Precautions ........... .............. ...................... .......... 3 Features ...... ....................... ...................... .......... 4 Supplied Accessories ........... ...................... ....... 6 Installing the Batteries ...... ........... ........... [...]

En- 6 Supplied Accessories Make sure you hav e the following accessories: Remote controller and two batteries (AAA/R03) Indoor FM a ntenna AM loop antenna * In catalogs and on packaging, the letter at the end of the product name indicates the color . Specifications and operation are the same regardless of color . Notes: • If the remote controller[...]

En- 7 Getting to Know the Receiver North A merican model European model For detaile d information, se e the pages in parentheses. a  ON/ST ANDBY button (18, 45, 51) b SPEAKERS A and B switches (19) c DISPLA Y button (25) d DIMME R button (North American mo del) (20) e SETUP b utton (12, 40, 44) f TUNING  /  , PRESET  /  buttons (2[...]

En- 8 Getting to Know the Receiver —Continued For detailed information, se e th e pages in parentheses. a  REMO TE CONTROL jac k (16) b UNIVERSAL PORT jac k (15) c ETHERNET port (15) d MONIT OR OUT jack (15) e PRE OUT jacks (11) f ZONE 2 PRE OUT jac ks (44) g IR IN/OUT jac ks (47) h FM ANTENNA jack and AM ANTENNA terminal (13) i DIGIT AL IN CO[...]

En- 9 Getting to Know the Receiver —Cont inued For detaile d information, se e the pages in parentheses. a  bu tton (12, 18, 45) b INPUT SELECT OR buttons (18 , 19, 22, 23, 38, 39, 45) c Control b uttons (38, 39) d REPEA T b utton (38, 39) e LIST button f Arro w [  ]/[  ]/[  ]/[  ] and ENTER buttons (12, 23, 38, 39, 40, 44) g SETUP[...]

En- 10 Connecting the Receiver  Disconnect the po wer cord from the electri c al outlet before ma king any connections. The receiv er allows you to connect two sets of speake rs. When two sets of speakers are connected, you can select which speaker set outputs sound or use both sets to output sound simultaneously . (  page 19 about “Speaker[...]

En- 11 Connecting the Receiver —Continued Using a suitable cable, connect the receiv er’ s PRE OUT : SUBWOOFER to the input on your po wered subwoofer . If your subwoofer is unpowered and you’ re using an external am plifier , connect the PRE OUT : SUBWOOFER to the amp’ s input. If you want to use a more po werful power amplifier and use th[...]

En- 12 Connecting the Receiver —Continued On the receiver , th e factory defa ult for speaker impedance is “6 Ω ”. If you need to change th e speaker impeda nce setting, read “Speaker Connecti on Precautions” on page 10 ca refully before performing the procedure belo w . Note: Be sure to minimize the v olume lev el on the recei ver befor[...]

En- 13 Connecting Antennas This section explains ho w to connect the s upplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna. The receiv er won’ t pick up any radio signals if no antenna is connected, so you must connect the antenna to use the tuner . Notes: • Once your receiv er is ready for use, you’l l need to tune into a radio statio n and positi[...]

En- 14 Connecting Y our Components Connecting A V components • Before making any A V connections, read th e manuals supplied with your A V components. • Don’t connect the po wer cord until you’ ve co mpleted and double-checke d all A V connections. • Push plugs in all the way to mak e good connections (loose connections can caus e noise o[...]

En- 15 Connecting Y our Components —Contin ued . Notes: • Refer to the connecte d component’ s instr uction manual for details. • Do not connect the recei ver’ s USB port to a USB port on your computer . Music on your co mputer cannot be played through the rec eiver in this way . • Connect a turntable (MM) that has a b uilt-in phono pre[...]

En- 16 Connecting Y our Components —Contin ued 1 Make sure that each Onky o component is connected wi th an analog audio cab le (connectio n 6 in the hookup examples) (  page 15). 2 Make the  connection (see the illustration). W ith  (Remote Interacti ve), you can use the follow ing special functions: ■ System On/A uto P ower On When y[...]

En- 17 Connecting Y our Components —Contin ued See “Recording” for an e xplanation of recording (  page 22). Notes: • The receiver must be tur ned on for recording. Recording is not possible wh ile it’ s in Standby mode. • If you want to record directly from your TV or playback VCR to the recording VCR without going through the recei[...]

En- 18 T urning On the Receiver Press the [  ON/ST ANDBY] button. Alternatively , press the remote contr oller ’ s [  ] button. The receiv er comes on, and the display lights up. T o turn the receiv er off, pr ess the [  ON/ST ANDBY] button, or p ress the remote controller’ s [  ] button . The receiv er will enter Standby mode. T o [...]

En- 19 Enjo ying A udio Sour ces 1 Rotate the receiver’ s [INPUT] selector , or press the remote controller’ s INPUT SELECT OR buttons to select the source y ou want to hear . 2 Use the [SPEAKERS A] and [SPEAKERS B] buttons on the receiver to select the speaker set that you want to use. The A and B speak er indicators show whe ther each speaker[...]

En- 20 Enjoying A udio Sources —Contin ued Y ou can adjust the brightness of the display . Press the remote controller’ s [DIMMER] button repeatedly to select: dim, dimmer , or normal brightness. Y ou can also use the recei v er’ s [DIMMER] button (not European model). W ith the sleep timer, you can set the receiv er so that it turns of f aut[...]

En- 21 Enjoying A udio Sources —Continued Press the remote co ntroller’ s [A UDIO] butto n repeatedly to select the listening mode. The settin g will change as foll ows each time you press the [A UDIO] button. When the Stereo indica tion is shown, pressing the [A UDIO] button will m ake the display indic ate “Music Optimizer: On” for se ver[...]

En- 22 Recor ding This section explains ho w to record th e selected input source to a component with recording capability , and how to record audio and video from dif ferent sources. Audio sources can be recorded to a recorder (e.g., cassette tape deck, CDR, MD recorder). V ideo sources can be recorded to a video recorder (e.g., VCR, D VD recorder[...]

En- 23 Listening to the Radio W ith the built-in tuner , you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. 1 Use the receiver’ s [INPUT] selector , or the remote controller’ s INPUT SELECT OR buttons to select AM or FM . In this example, FM has been selected. (Actual display depends on the country .) 2 Press the [TUNING MODE] button so that the A UT O in[...]

En- 24 Listening to the Radio —Continued ■ T uning into Statio ns by Frequency Y ou can tune to AM and FM stations directly by entering the appropriate frequenc y . 1 Press the remote controller’ s [D .TUN] button. (Actual display depends on the country .) 2 Within 8 seconds, use the number b uttons to enter the frequency of the radio station[...]

En- 25 Listening to the Radio —Continued ■ Selecting Presets T o select a pres et, use the number buttons on the remote controller , the remote controller’ s CH/ALBUM [+]/[–] buttons or the receiver’ s PRESET [  ]/[  ] but tons. ■ Deleting Presets 1 Select the preset that y ou wa nt to delete . See the pre vious section. 2 While h[...]

En- 26 Listening to the Radio —Continued RDS only works in areas where RDS broadcasts are av ailable. When tun ed into an RDS station, the RDS indicator appears. ■ What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data Sy stem and is a method of transmitting data embedded in FM radio signals. It w as dev eloped by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and is a[...]

En- 27 Listening to the Radio —Continued Displa ying Radio T ext (RT) When tuned to an RDS stati on that’s broadcasting text information, the text can be displayed. Press the [RT/PTY/TP] b utton once . The R T information scro lls across the display . Notes: • The message “W aiting” may appear whil e the receiver waits for the R T informa[...]

En- 28 Using the USB/Netw ork Device USB can be used to play music files stored on iPod/ iPhone, which can be plugged into the recei ver’ s USB port. Playing Music Files on the iPod/iPhone This section explains ho w to play music f iles on the iPod/iPhone. Compatible iPod/iPhone models Made for: iPod touch (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation), iPod[...]

En- 29 Using the USB/Network De vice —Continued This section explains ho w to play music files from a USB device (e.g., USB flash dri ves and MP3 p layers). See also: “Net work/USB Features” (  page 34). 1 Press [USB] button to select the “USB” input. 2 Plug your USB device into the receiver’ s USB port. The USB appears in the d ispl[...]

En- 30 Using the USB/Netw ork Device —Continued Y ou can select Internet radi o stations by connecting to the recei ver from your computer and selecting stations in your web brow ser . Internet radio URLs in the follo wing formats are supported: PLS, M3U, and podcast (RSS). Ho weve r, depending on the type of data or audio format used by the Inte[...]

En- 31 Using the USB/Network De vice —Continued Registering Pres ets *1 Y ou can add the currently playing song or station to “My Fa vorites”. Y ou ca n preset up to 40 Internet radio stations. Once you’ ve added a station to the li st, simply select it in the “My Fav orites” menu, a nd then press [ENTER] to start playback. *1 From the [...]

En- 32 Using the USB/Netw ork Device —Continued Tip : Y ou can also use the recei ver’ s [MENU], [  /  ], [  ] or [  ] buttons as follo ws. [MENU]: Hold do wn to move to the top menu. [  /  ]: Start playback / Pause playback [  ]: Select the beginning of the current song (hold down to f ast reverse) [  ]: Select the next[...]

En- 33 Using the USB/Network De vice —Continued 3 Use [  ]/[  ] to select “DLNA”, and press [ENTER]. A list of media server app ears. Note: Remote playback cannot be used while the music files of another media serv er are being played. Y ou must stop their playback f irst. 4 On Windows Media Pla yer 12, right-clic k on music file. Right[...]

En- 34 Netw ork/USB Features The follow ing diagram shows ho w you can connect the receiv er to your home network. In this example, it’ s connected to a LAN port on a router , which has a 4-port 100 Base-TX switch b uilt-in. ■ Ethernet Netw ork For the best results, a 100 Base-TX switched Ethernet network is recomme nded. Although it’ s possi[...]

En- 35 Network/USB Features —Contin ued • USB mass storage device class (b ut not always guaranteed). • F A T16 or F A T32 f ile system format. • If the storage device h as been partitioned, each section will be treate d as an independent de vice. • Each folder may contain up to 20,000 music f iles and folders, and folders may be nested u[...]

En- 36 iP od/iPhone Pla yback via Onky o Doc k UP-A1 Dock W ith the UP-A1 Dock, you can easily play the music stored on your Apple iPod/iPhone through the receiv er and enjoy great sound. Y ou can use the recei ver’ s remote controller to operate your iPod/iPhone. ■ System Function A uto Po wer On If you start iPod/iPhone playba ck while the re[...]

En- 37 iP od/iPhone Playbac k via Onkyo Doc k —Continued RI Doc k W ith the RI Dock, you can easily play the music stored on your Apple iPod/iPhone through the recei ver and enjoy great sound. Y ou can even use the recei ver’ s remote controller to operate your iPod/iPhone. Notes: • Connect the RI Dock to the recei ver with an  cable ( [...]

En- 38 iP od/iPhone Playbac k via Onkyo Doc k —Continued Notes: • With some iPod/iPhone models or gen erations, or some RI Do cks, certain b uttons m ay not w ork as exp ected. • For details on operating your iPod/iPhone, pl ease refer to the instruction manual of the RI Dock. *1 If a UP-A1 is connected to UNIVERSAL POR T in Extended mode ( ?[...]

En- 39 Contr olling Other Components Y ou can use the receiv er’ s re mote controller to control your other A V components. Note: W ith some components, certain buttons may not work as expected, and some may not work at all. *1 If using a double cass ette deck, casse tte B will be operated. *2 [  ] (Pause) functions as re verse playback. The [[...]

En- 40 Adv anced Setup Here’ s how to change the Adv anced Setup settings. Example: Intelli v olume setting procedure Intelli V olume W ith IntelliV olume, you can se t the input lev el for each input selector individ ually . Th is is useful if one of your source components is louder or quieter than the others. Use the arro w [  ]/[  ] butt[...]

En- 41 Adv anced Setup —Continued 1. Digital A udio Input If you connect a component to a digital audio input, you must assign that input to an input selector . For example, if you connect your CD player to the OPTICAL IN 1, you must assign “OPTICAL1” to the “CD” input selector . Here are the default assignment s. CO AXIAL1, COAXIAL2, OPT[...]

En- 42 Adv anced Setup —Continued 4. Zone2 Setup Zone2 Out If you hav e connected your Zone 2 speakers to an amp with no volume control, set the Zone 2 Out setting to V ariable so that you can set the zone’ s volume, balance, and tone on the receiver . Fixed: The Zone 2 volume must be set on the amp in that zone. V ariable: The Zone 2 v olume c[...]

En- 43 Adv anced Setup —Continued Note: When the “Netw ork Control” setting is set to “Disable” , this setting cannot be selected. 6. Firmware Update See “Firmware Update” for the update procedure. Notes: • The setup menu display will become a vailable several tens of seconds after the receiv er has started up. • Perform the firmw[...]

En- 44 Zone 2 In addition to your main listeni ng room, you can also enjoy playback in a second room referred to as Zone 2. In addition, you can select a different source for each room. This setup allo ws 2-channel playback (with th e speaker set A and B) in your main listening room and 2-channel stereo playback in Zone 2, w ith a dif ferent source[...]

En- 45 Zone 2 —Continued This section explains ho w to turn Zone 2 on and off, ho w to select an input source fo r Zone 2, and ho w to adjust the volume for Zone 2. Contr olling Zone 2 from the rec eiver 1 T o turn on Zone 2 and select an input source, press the [ZONE 2] button repeated ly . Alternatively , press the [ZONE 2] button followed b y [...]

En- 46 Zone 2 —Continued 3 T o turn off Zone 2, press the [ZONE 2] button, followed b y the [  ] button. Adjusting the V olume of Zone 2 Press the recei ver’ s [ZONE 2] button, and then use the [V OLUME] control, or remote controller’ s [ZONE 2] button, and then use the V OLUME [  ]/[  ] b uttons. Muting Zone 2 On the remote controll[...]

En- 47 Connecting Components Not Reached b y the Remote Contr oller Signals (IR IN/OUT) In order to use the remote contr oller to control the receiv er from a r emote lo cation, y ou will need to prepar e a multiroom kit (sol d separately) such as one listed below: • Multiroom A/V distribution and control system such as those from Niles ® and Xa[...]

En- 48 Firmware Update T o update the f irmware of the receiv er, you can choose from the follo wing two methods: update via netw ork, or update via USB storage. Choos e the one that best suits your en vironment. Before proceeding with the update, please read the corresponding explanations carefully . ■ Update via network Y ou need a wired Intern[...]

En- 49 Firmware Update —Continued T r oubleshooting Case 1: If “ No Update ” is displayed on the recei ver’ s display , it means that the firmw are ha s already been updated. Y ou do not need to do an ything further . Case 2: If an error occurs, “ Err or!! *-** No media ” is displayed on the recei ver’ s display . (Alpha-numeric chara[...]

En- 50 Firmware Update —Continued 6 Select the USB input source. “Now Initializing” is displayed on the fron t display and then the name of the USB device is displayed. It takes 20 to 30 seconds to recognize the USB device. 7 Press the [SETUP] button on the remote contr oller . Setup menu will be displayed on the front display . The procedure[...]

En- 51 T r oubleshooting If you ha ve any trouble using the receiver , look for a solution in this section. Can’t turn on the receiver • Make sure that the power cord is plugged into the electric outlet properly . • Unplug the po wer cord from the electric outlet, wait 5 seconds or more, then plug it in ag ain. There’ s no sound or it’ s [...]

En- 52 T roubleshooting —Cont inued Can’t contro l other components • Make sure that REMOTE MODE is set correctly (  page 9). • If you are unable to cont rol another component, make sure that you selected an input source. • If you hav e connected an  -capable Onkyo DS- A1 Remote Interacti ve Dock to the T APE IN or VCR/ D VR IN jack[...]

En- 53 T roubl eshooting —Continued Can’t connect to the receiver from a W eb bro wser • If you’ re using DHCP , your router may not always allocate the same IP addre ss to the receiver , so if you find that you can’t connect to a server or I nternet radio station, recheck t he receiv er’ s IP address. • Check the “Network Setup”.[...]

En- 54 Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section Tu n e r S e c t i o n ■ FM ■ AM General ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ Audio Inputs ■ Audio Outputs ■ Others Specifications and features ar e subject to change without notice. Rated Output Power (North American) 80 watts min imum continuous power per channel , 8 Ω loads, 2 chan[...]

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