Onkyo 29400468 manual

A V Receiv er HT-RC230 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo A V Receiv er . Please read this manual thoroughl y before making connections and plugg ing in the unit. Follo wing the in structions in this m anual will enable you to obtain opti mum performance and listening enjoyment from your new A V Receiv er . Please retain th is man[...]

2 En Introduction Impor tant Safety Instructions 1. Read these ins tructions. 2. Ke ep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follo w all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near w ater . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block an y ventilat ion openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not i[...]

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

4 En Supplied Accessories Make sure you hav e the following accessories: * In catalogs and on packaging , the letter at the end of the prod- uct name indicates the color . Sp ecificatio ns and operations are the same regardless of color . Installing the Batterie s Note • If the remo te controller doesn’t work reliably , try replacing the batter[...]

5 En Contents Important Safety Instruction s ......................................... 2 Precautions ................................................................ ....... 3 Supplied Accessories ............................................... ....... 4 Using the Remote Controller .......................................... 4 Features ...... ......[...]

6 En Features Amplifier • 60 W atts/Channel @ 8 ohms (FTC) • Optimum Gain V olume Circuitry • H.C.P .S. (High Current Po wer Supply) Massi ve High Po wer T ransformer Proces sing • HDMI (V er .1. 4 with Audio Re turn Channel, 3D), Deep- Color , x.v .Color * , Lip Sync, DTS *1 -HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby T rueHD *2 [...]

7 En Fr ont & Rear P anels The actual front panel has v ari ous logos printed on it. They are not shown here for clarity . The page numbers in pa rentheses show where you can find th e main e xplanation for each item. a ON/ST ANDBY button ( ➔ 18 ) b ST ANDBY indicator ( ➔ 18 ) c HDMI THRU indicator ( ➔ 32 ) d SPEAKERS A and B buttons ( ?[...]

8 En For detailed information, se e th e pages in parentheses. a A and B speaker indicators ( ➔ 10 , 20 ) b A udio input indicators c Listening mode and format indicators ( ➔ 19 , 24 ) d T uning indicators ( ➔ 21 ) e SLEEP indicator ( ➔ 20 ) f MUTING indicator ( ➔ 20 ) g Message area a DIGIT AL IN CO AXIAL and OPTICAL jacks b COMPONENT VI[...]

9 En Remote Contr oller For detail ed information, see the pages in parent heses. a ON/ST ANDBY button ( ➔ 18 ) b REMO TE MODE / INPUT SELECT OR bu tt on s ( ➔ 19 ) c TO N E , + and – buttons ( ➔ 35 ) d SP A/B bu tton ( ➔ 10 , 20 ) e Arr ow q / w / e / r and ENTER buttons f SETUP butto n ( ➔ 27 ) g LISTENING MODE b uttons ( ➔ 24 ) h D[...]

10 En About Home Theater Y ou can use two sets of speak ers with the A V receiv er: Speakers A and Speak ers B . Speakers A should be used in your main listeni ng room for up to 5.1-channel playback. * While Speakers B is on, Speakers A is reduced to 2.1- channel playback. Speakers B can be used in another room and offers 2-channel stereo playback.[...]

11 En Connections Connecting the A V Receiver Speaker Configura tion The follo wing table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you ha ve. For 5.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need fi ve speakers and a po wered subwoofer . No matter ho w many speake rs you use, a po wered sub- woofer is recommended f[...]

12 En Connecting the Speaker Cab les Screw-type speak er terminals Using Banana Plugs • If you are using banana plugs, tighten th e speaker terminal before inserting the banana plug. • Do not insert the speaker code directly in to the center hole of the speaker terminal. Push-type speaker terminals The follo wing illustration sho ws which speak[...]

13 En Connected ima ge with 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 comp leted and double-checked all A V connections. • Push plugs in all the way to mak e good connecti ons (loose connecti ons can cause noise or malfunc- tions).[...]

14 En Connect your components to the appropr iate jack s. The default input assi gnments are sho wn below . ✔ : Assignment can be changed ( ➔ 28 ). Refer to “ About HDMI” ( ➔ 48 ) and “Using an p -compatible TV , Player, or Recorder” ( ➔ 49 ). Tip T o listen to audio recei ved b y the HDMI IN jacks through your TV’ s speakers: •[...]

15 En Connect your components to th e appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are sho wn belo w . ✔ : Assignment can be changed ( ➔ 28 ). ■ How to recor d the video W ith the connections descri bed here, you cannot record the video through the A V rece iver. T o make a connection for video recording ( ➔ 23 ). *1 Connect a turntable[...]

16 En W ith u (Remote Interacti ve), you can use the follo wing special functions: ■ System On/A uto P ower On When you start playback on a component connected via u , if the A V receiver is on Standby , it will automati- cally turn on and select th at component as the input source. ■ Direct Change When playback is started on a component connec[...]

17 En The A V recei ver supports se veral conn ection formats for comp atibilit y with a wide range of A V equipment. The format you choose will depend on the fo rmats supported by your components. Use the follo wing sections as a guide. Note The on-screen setup menus are displayed when: • There is no video input, or • The video input is 480p, [...]

18 En T ur ning On & Basic Operations T urning On/Off the A V Receiver T urning On Press ON/ST ANDBY on the fr ont panel. or Press RECEIVER followed by ON/ST ANDBY on the remote co ntroller . The A V rece iv er comes on, the display lights, and the ST ANDBY indicator goes of f. T urning Off Press ON/ST ANDBY on the fr ont panel or the remote co[...]

19 En Basic Operations ■ Operating on the A V receiver ■ Operating with the remo te controller Y ou can display v arious info rmation about the current input source as follows. Tip • Alternativ ely , you can use the A V recei ver’ s DISPLA Y . The following information ca n typically be displayed. *1 When AM or FM radio is used , the band, [...]

20 En Y ou can temporarily mute the output of the A V receiv er. Tip • T o unmute, press MUTING again or adjust the volume. • The Mute function is ca ncelled when the A V receiv er is set to Standb y . W ith the sleep timer , you can set the A V receiv er to turn off aut omatically after a specif ied period. Tip • If you need to cancel the sl[...]

21 En Listening to the Radio W ith the built-in tuner you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. Y ou can store your fa vo rite stations as presets for quick selection. This model changes FM/AM frequency in 200/10kHz (or 50/9kHz) steps ( ➔ 31 ). Listening to th e Radio T uning into Radio Stations ■ Auto tuning mode When tuned into a station, the T[...]

22 En Y ou can store a combination of up to 40 of your fav orite FM/AM radio stations as presets. Selecting Presets Tip • Y ou can also use the remote controller’s number b uttons to select a preset directly . Deleting Pres ets Presetting FM/AM Stations 1 T une into the FM/AM station that you wa nt to store as a pr eset. See the previous sectio[...]

23 En Recor ding This section explains ho w to record the selected input source to a component with recording capa bility , and how to record audio and video from different sources. Connecting a Recor ding Component Note • The A V recei ver must be turned on for recording. Recording is not possible while it’ s in Standby mode. • If you want t[...]

24 En Using the Listening Modes See “ About Listening Modes” for detailed information about the listening mod es ( ➔ 24 ). Listening Mode Buttons MO VIE/TV b utton This butto n selects the listening modes intended for use with movies and TV . MUSIC button This butto n selects the listening modes intended for use with music. GAME button This b[...]

25 En ■ Speaker Lay out The illustration sho ws which speakers are acti v ated in each channel. See “Sp Config (Speaker Configuration)” for the speaker setup ( ➔ 29 ). Listening Mode s Listening Mode Description Input Source Speaker Layo u t Direct In this mode, au dio from the input source is output without surround-so und process- ing. Th[...]

26 En Onky o-Original DSP List ening Modes Note *1 For the Blu-ray Discs, Dolby Digital is used. *2 A V rece i ver can input the DSD signal from HDMI IN . Setting the output setting on the player side to PCM might obtain a better sound according to the player . In that case, set the output setting on the player side to PCM. *3 Depending on the inpu[...]

27 En Advanced Operations Adv anced Setup Note The on-screen setup menus are displayed when: • There is no video input, or • The video input is 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p. The on-screen setup menus a ppear on the connected TV and provide a con venient way to change the A V rece iv er’ s various settings. Set tings are organized into te[...]

28 En Explanatory No tes Menu HDMI Inpu t If you connect a video component to an HDMI input, you must assign that input to an i nput selector . For example, if you connect your Blu-ray Disc/D VD player to HDMI IN 2 , you must assign “ HDMI2 ” to the “ BD/D VD ” input selector . Here are the defau lt assignments. ■ BD/D VD , VCR/DVR , CBL/[...]

29 En Note •W h e n a n HDMI IN is assigned to an input selector in “HDMI Input” ( ➔ 28 ), this input assignment is automatically set to the same HDMI IN . And in addition to the usual inputs (e.g., COAX , etc.), you can also select HDMI inputs. • A v ailable sampling rate for PCM signals from a digital input (optical and coaxial) is 32/4[...]

30 En ■ Left, Center, Righ t, Surround Rig ht, Surr ound Left, Subwoofer ` Specify the dist ance from the each speaker to your lis- tening position. Note • The speaker distance setting cannot be changed while a pair of headphones is connected, or “ A udio TV OUT ” setting is set to “ On ” ( ➔ 31 ) or Speakers B is on. • Speakers tha[...]

31 En DTS Setting Neo:6 Music ■ Center Im age ` 0 to 2 to 5 W ith this setting, you can spec ify by ho w much the front left and right channel output is attenuated in order to create the center ch annel. Setting a v alue “0” in the middle is set to hea r a sound. Sound is spread in left and ri ght (the outside) so that the set v alue is made [...]

32 En Note •I f “ On ” is selected and the signal can be output by the TV , the A V receiver will output no sound through its speakers. •I f “ On ” is selec ted, “ TV Sp On ” appears on the display by pressing DISPLA Y . • When “ TV Contr ol ” is set to “ On ” , this setting is fixed to “ Au t o ” . • W ith so me TVs[...]

33 En Note • Do not assign the compon ent conn ected with the HDMI input to the TV/CD selector when you set “ TV Contr ol ” setting to “ On ”. Otherwise, approp riate CEC (Consumer Electronics Con- trol) operation is not guaranteed. •S e t t o “ Off ” when the TV is not compatible or when it is unclear whether the TV is compatible o[...]

34 En Music Opti mizer The Music Optimizer function en hances the sound quality of compressed music files. Use it with musi c files that use “lossy” compression, such as MP3. ■ M.Optimizer ` Off : Music Optimizer off. ` On : Music Optimizer on. Note • The Music Optimizer function only works with PCM digital audio input signals with a sampli[...]

35 En The digital input si gnal formats are av ailable only for the input sources that you hav e a ssigned a digital input jack ( ➔ 28 ). Normally , the A V receiv er detects the signal format auto- matically . Ho wev er , if you experience either of the follow- ing issues when playing PC M or DTS material, you can manually set the signal format [...]

36 En Controlling iPod & Other Components Contr olling iP od Models sold are different depending on the re gion. Connecting an Onky o Doc k B A *1 No. Onkyo Dock Cable Note Pa ge A UP-A1 Dock (Uni versal Port Option Dock) — • When UP-A1 Dock that seated iPod is connected, the power consumption on standby mode slightly increases. • Y ou ca[...]

37 En UP-A1 Dock W ith the UP-A1 Dock, you can easily play the music, photo, or mo vie stored on your iPod through the A V receiv er and enjoy great sound. Y ou can use the A V receiver’ s remote controller to operate your iPod. ■ Basic Operation Au t o P o w e r O n If you start iPod playback while the A V receiv er is on Standby , the A V rec[...]

38 En ■ System Function System On When you turn on the A V recei ver, RI Dock and iPod turn on automatically . In addition, when the RI Dock and iPod are on, the A V receiv er can be turned on by pressing ON/ ST ANDBY . Au t o P o w e r O n If you press the remote controller’ s 1 while the A V receiv er is on Standby , the A V receiver will aut[...]

39 En ✔ : A vailable b uttons Note • W ith some iPod models and generations, cer tain b uttons may not work as expected. • For detailed operation of the iPod, pl ease refer to the in struction ma nual. *1 This button do es not turn the Onkyo DS-A2 or DS-A2X RI Dock on or of f. Y our iPod may not respond the f irst time you press this button, [...]

40 En Contr olling Other Onky o Components Y ou can use the A V receiv er’ s remote controller (RC-762M) to control your other Onkyo A V components. This section explains ho w to enter the remote control code (with the default underlined) for a component that you want to co ntrol: D VD, CD, etc. The following REMO TE MODE are preprogrammed with r[...]

41 En If you want to control an Onk yo component by pointing the remote controller dir ectly at it, use the followin g remote control codes: ` 32900 : Onkyo Blu-ray Disc play er ` 32901 : Onkyo HD-D VD player ` 70868 : Onkyo MD recorder ` 71323 : Onkyo CD recorder ` 82990 : Onkyo Do ck Note • If you connect a cassette tape deck to the TV/C D IN j[...]

42 En Note • W ith some components, certai n buttons may no t work as expected, and some may not work at all. ✔ : A vailable b uttons *1 The p func tion is not supported. The p sup- ported by the A V receiv er is the CEC system control function of the HDMI standard. *2 These buttons function as colored buttons or A, B, C, D but- tons. *3 3 (Pau[...]

43 En Others T roub leshooting If you ha ve an y trouble using the A V recei ver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’ t resolve the issue your- self, contact your Onkyo dealer . ■ Can’t turn on the A V receiver ■ The ST ANDBY indicator flashes red ■ There’ s no soun d, or it ’ s very qu iet If you can’t reso lve the iss[...]

44 En ■ Only the fr ont speakers produce sound ■ Onl y the center speaker produce s sound ■ The surround speakers pr oduce no sound ■ The center speaker produces no sound ■ The subwoof er produces no sound ■ There’ s no sound with a ce rtain signal format ■ Can’t get 5.1 playbac k ■ The volume cannot be set to 79 ■ Noise can b[...]

45 En ■ There’ s no picture from a sour ce connected to an HDMI IN ■ The on-screen menus don’t appear ■ Reception is noisy , FM stereo reception is noisy , or the FM STEREO indicator doesn’t light ■ The remote contr oller doesn’t work ■ Can’t control other components ■ Can’t record ■ Stand-b y power consumption ■ The sou[...]

46 En ■ The foll owing settings can be made f or the composite video inputs Y ou must use the buttons on the unit to make these set- tings. 1. While holding do wn the input selector button for the inpu t source that you want to set, press SETUP . 2. Use e / r to change the setting. 3. Press the input selector button for the input source that you [...]

47 En Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section T uner Section General ■ HDMI ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ A udio Inputs ■ A udio Outputs ■ Others Specif ications and features are subject to change without notice. Rated Ou tput P ower All chan nels: 60 watts min imum continuous power per channel, 8 ohm loads, 2 channels driven [...]

48 En About HDMI Designed to meet the inc reased demands of digital TV , HDMI (High Definition Mu ltimedia Interface) is a new digital interface standard for connecting TVs, projectors, Blu-ray Disc/D VD players, set-top boxes, and other video compo- nents. Until now , sev eral sepa rate video and audio ca bles ha ve been required to conne ct A V c[...]

49 En Using an RIHD-compatible TV , Play er , or Recorder p , which stands for Remote Interacti ve ov er HDMI, is the name of the system control function found on Onkyo components. The A V recei ver can be used with CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), which allo ws system control ov er HDMI and is part of the HDMI standard. CEC provides interoperab[...]

50 En ■ How to co nnect and setup 1 Conf irm the connecting and setting. 1. Connect the HDMI OUT jack to the HDMI input jack of the TV . 2. Connect the audio output from the TV to the OPTICAL IN 2 jack of the A V receiv er using an optical digita l cable. Note • When the audio return channel (ARC) function is used with TV for HDMI 1.4, it shou [...]

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