Onkyo TX-8030 manual

E n Ster eo Receiv er TX-8030 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onk yo Stereo Receiv er . Please read this manual thoroughl y before making connections and plugg ing in the unit. Follo wing the instructions in this manual wil l enable you to obtain opti mum performance and listening enjoyment from your new Stereo Recei ver . Please ret[...]

En- 2 Impor tant Safety Instructions 1. Read these ins tructions. 2. K eep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. F ollow al l instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dr y cloth. 7. Do not block any v entil 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 c opyrighted ma terial is ille gal with- out the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The AC 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 th[...]

En- 4 Contents Important Safety Instructions ............. .............. 2 Precautions.................... .............. .............. ......... 3 Supplied Accessories ........ ........... ........... ......... 5 Installing t he Batterie s ......... ........... ........... ............ ....5 Aiming the Remote Controlle r ............ ...........[...]

En- 5 Supplied Accessories Make sure you ha ve the follo wing accessories: Remote controller and two batteries (AAA/R03) Indoor FM antenna 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- 6 Getting to Kno w the Receiver For detailed information, se e th e pages in parentheses. a  ON/ST ANDBY b utton (17, 30, 37) b SPEAKERS A and B switc hes (18) c DISPLA Y button (24) d RT/PTY/TP button (26) e SETUP button (11, 27, 29) f TUNING  /  , PRESET  /  b uttons (22, 23, 26, 27) g ENTER button (26) h RETURN button (27) [...]

En- 7 Getting to Know the Receiver —Cont inued For detaile d information, se e the pages in parentheses. a  REMO TE CONTR OL jack (15) b UNIVERSAL PORT jack (14) c MONIT OR OUT jack (14) d PRE OUT jacks (10) e ZONE 2 PRE OUT jac ks (29) f IR IN/OUT jacks (32) g FM ANTENNA jack and AM ANTENNA terminal (12) h PHONO IN (MM) and GND terminal (14) [...]

En- 8 Getting to Know the Receiver —Continued For detailed information, se e th e pages in parentheses. a  button (11, 17, 30) b INPUT SELECT OR buttons (17, 18, 21, 22, 30, 35, 36) c MODE b utton (35, 36) d Contro l buttons ( 35, 36) e REPEA T b utton (35, 36) f RANDOM button (35, 36) g Arrow [  ]/[  ]/[  ]/[  ] and ENTER b u tton[...]

En- 9 Connecting the Receiver  Disconne ct the power cord from the electrical outlet before making any connections. The receiv er allo ws you to c onnect two sets of speakers. When two sets of speakers are connected, you can select which speaker set outputs s ound or use both sets to output sound simultaneously . (  page 18 about “Speakers [...]

En- 10 Connecting the Receiver —Continued Using a suitable cable, conn ect the recei ver’ s PRE OUT : SUBWOOFER to the input on your powered subw oofer . If your subwoofer is unpow ered and you’ re using an external amplif ier , connect the PRE OUT : SUBWOOFER to the amp’ s input. If you want to use a more po werful power amplif ier and use[...]

En- 11 Connecting the Receiver —Continued On the recei ver , the factory default for speak er impedance is “6 Ω ”. If you n eed to change the speaker impeda nce setting, read “Speaker Connection Precaution s” on page 9 ca refully before performing the procedure belo w . Note: Be sure to mini mize the v olume le ve l on the recei ver befo[...]

En- 12 Connecting Antennas This section explains ho w to connect the supplied 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’ll need to tune into a radio station and positi on[...]

En- 13 Connecting Y our Components Connecting A V components • Before making any A V con nections, 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 con nections. • Push plugs in all the way to make go od connections (loose connections can caus e noise [...]

En- 14 Connecting Y our Components —Contin ued . Notes: • Refer to the connec ted component’ s instruction manual f or details. • Connect a turntable (MM) that has a b uilt-in phono preamp to CD IN, or connect it to PHONO IN with the phono preamp turned of f. If your turntable (MM) doesn’t ha ve a phono preamp, connect it to PHONO IN. If [...]

En- 15 Connecting Y our Components —Contin ued 1 Make sure that each Onkyo component is connected with an analog audio cable (connection 3 in the hookup examples) (  pa ge 14). 2 Make the  connection (see the illustration). Wi t h  (Remote Interactive), you can use the followi ng special functions: ■ System On/A uto P ower On When you [...]

En- 16 Connecting Y our Components —Contin ued See “Recording” for an explanation of recording (  page 21). Notes: • The recei ver must be t u rned 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 re cording VCR without going through the rec[...]

En- 17 T urning On the Receiver Press the [  ON/ST ANDBY] button. Alternativ ely , press the remo te contr oller’ s [  ] button. The receiver comes on, and the display lights up. T o turn the recei ver off, press the [  ON/ST ANDBY] butto n, or press the remote controller’ s [  ] button. The receiv er will enter Standby mod e. T o p[...]

En- 18 Enjo ying A udio Sour ces 1 Rotate the receiver’ s [INPUT] selector , or press the remote controller’ s INPUT SELECT OR b uttons to select the source yo u want to he ar . 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 speaker indi cators show whether each speake[...]

En- 19 Enjoying A udio Sources —Continued Y ou can adjust the brightness of the display . Press the remote controller’ s [DIMMER] button repeatedly to select: dim, dimmer , or normal brightness. W ith the sleep timer , you can se t the receiv er so that it turns off automatically after a specified period. Press the remote controller’ s [SLEEP[...]

En- 20 Enjoying A udio Sources —Con tinued Press the remote controller’ s [A UDIO] button repeatedly to select DIRECT . The setting will change as follo ws each time you press the [A UDIO] button. When the DIRECT functi on is off, the tone controls can be used to adjust the sound, and the DIRECT indicator goes off. When the DIRECT function is o[...]

En- 21 Recor ding Unless y ou have the full consent of the copyright ho lder , copyright laws pr ohibit using your recordings for an ything other than personal enj oyment! 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 source[...]

En- 22 Listening to the Radio W ith the b uilt-in tuner , you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. 1 Use the receiver’ s [INP UT] selector , or the remote contr oller’ s INPUT SELECTOR 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 UTO i[...]

En- 23 Listening to the Radio —Continued ■ T uning into Stations b y Frequency Y ou can tune to AM and FM st ations directly by entering the appropriate frequency . 1 Press the remote contr oller’ s [D.TUN] b utton. (Actual display depends on the country .) 2 Within 8 seconds, use the number buttons to enter the frequenc y of the radio stati [...]

En- 24 Listening to the Radio —Continued ■ Selecting Presets T o select a preset, use the number buttons on the remote co ntroller , the remote con troller’ s CH/ALBUM [+]/[–] b uttons or the receiver’ s PRESET  /  but t o ns . ■ Deleting Presets 1 Select the preset that you want to delete. See the previous section. 2 While holdin[...]

En- 25 Listening to the Radio —Continued RDS only works in ar eas where RDS broadcasts are av ailable. When tuned into an RDS station, the RDS indicator appears. ■ What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data em bedded in FM radio signals. It was dev eloped by the European Bro adcasting Union (EBU) and is a[...]

En- 26 Listening to the Radio —Continued Display ing Radio T ext (R T) When tuned to an RDS station that’ s broadcasting text information, the tex t can be displayed. Press the [RT/PTY/TP] b utton once. The R T information scrolls across the display . Notes: • The message “W a iting” may appear while the recei ver waits for the R T inform[...]

En- 27 Ad v anced Setup Here’ s how to change the Adv anced Setup settings. Example: Inte lli v olume setti ng procedure Intelli V olume W ith Intelli V olume, you can set the input le vel for each input selector indi vidually . This is useful if one of your source components is louder or quieter than the others. Use the arro w [  ]/[  ] bu[...]

En- 28 Adv anced Setup —Contin ued 1. Sour ce Setup Intelli V olume See page 27. IntelliV olume does not apply for Zone 2. Name This changes the name displayed by th e [INPUT] selector . First use the [INPUT] selector to se lect the name of the source you want to change, and then use this Setup Menu to change the name that’ s displayed. Use the[...]

En- 29 Zone 2 In addition to your main listening room, you can also enjo y pla yback in a second room referred to as Zo ne 2. In addition, you can select a different source for each room. This setup allows 2-channel playback (with the speaker set A and B) in your main li stening room and 2-channel stereo playback in Zone 2, wi th a dif ferent sourc[...]

En- 30 Zone 2 —Continued This section explains ho w to turn Zone 2 on and of f, how to select an input source for Zone 2, and how to adjust the vo lume for Zone 2. Contro lling Zone 2 fr om the receiver 1 T o turn on Zone 2 and sele ct an input source, press the [ZONE 2] b utton repeatedly . Alternatively , press the [ZONE 2] b utton follo wed by[...]

En- 31 Zone 2 —Continued Adjusting the V olume of Zone 2 Press the receiv er’ s [ZONE 2] button, and then use the [V OLUME] control, or remo te controller’ s [ZONE 2] button, and then use the V OLUME [  ]/[  ] buttons. Muting Zone 2 On the remote contr oller , press the [ZONE 2] button, and then pre ss the [MUTING] button. T o unmute Zo[...]

En- 32 Connecting Components Not Reached b y the Remote Contr oller Signals (IR IN/OUT) In order to use the remote contr oller to contr ol the recei ver from a r emote location, you will need to prepar e a multir oom kit (sold separately) such as one listed below: • Multiroom A/V distribution and control system such as those f rom Niles ® and Xa[...]

En- 33 iP od/iPhone Pla yback via Onky o Dock UP-A1 Doc k W ith the UP-A1 Dock, you can easily play the music stored on your Apple iPod/iP hone through the receiv er and enjoy great sound. Y ou can use the receiv er’ s re mote controller to operate your iPod/iPhone. ■ System Function Auto P ower On If you start iPod/iPhone playback while the re[...]

En- 34 iP od/iPhone Playbac k via Onky o Doc k —Continued RI Dock W ith the RI Dock, you can easily play the music stored on your Apple iPod/iPhone through the receiver and enjoy great sound. Y ou can e ven use the recei ver’ s remote controller to operate your iPod/iPhone. Notes: • Connect th e RI Dock to the receiver with an  cable ( [...]

En- 35 iP od/iPhone Playbac k via Onky o Doc k —Continu ed Notes: • W ith some iPod /iPhone mod els or generations, or some RI Docks, certain buttons may not wo rk as expected. • For det ails on oper ating your i Pod/iPhone, p lease refe r to the instruction manual of the R I Dock. *1 If a UP-A1 is connected to UNIVERSAL POR T in Extended mod[...]

En- 36 Contr olling Other Components Y ou can use the recei ver’ s remote controller to control your other A V components. Note: W ith some components, certain b uttons may not w ork as expected, and some may not work at all. *1 If using a double cassette de ck, cassette B will be operated. *2 [  ] (Pause) functions as re verse playback. The [[...]

En- 37 T r oubleshooting If you ha ve any trouble using the recei ver , 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- 38 T roubleshooting —Cont inued • If you hav e connected an  -capable Onkyo DS- A1 Remote Interacti v e Dock to the T APE IN or VCR/ D VR IN jacks, you must set the input display to DOCK for the remote contro ller to work correctly (  page 17). • If it is an Onkyo component, make sure that the  cable and analog audio cabl e ar[...]

En- 39 Specifications Amplifier Sect ion Video Section T uner Section ■ FM ■ AM General ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ A udio Inputs ■ A udio Outputs ■ Others Specifications and features ar e subject to change without notice. Rated Output Power (IEC) 2 ch × 130W at 6 Ω , 1 kHz, 1 ch driven of 1% Dynamic Power 180 W (3 Ω , Fron t)[...]

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