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Contents
Features ...... ................. ................. ................. ... 6
Supplied Accessories ............. ................ ......... 7
Multiroom Capability ....................... ................. 8
Front & Rear Panels ................ ................ ......... 9
Front Panel .... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ... 9
Display ..... ............ ............ ............. ............ ............ ..... 11
Rear Pa nel ................. ............ ............ .......... ............ ... 12
Remote Controller .......... ................. ............... 15
Installing the Ba tteries . .............. ............ ............ ........ 15
Aiming the R emote Cont roller ......... ............ ............. 15
About the Remote Controller Modes ......................... 16
RECEIVER /TAPE Mode ........ ............ ............ .......... 16
DVD Mode .......... ............ ............. .............. ............ ... 18
CD/MD/CD R Modes ....... ............. ............ ............ ..... 19
DOCK Mode . ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ . 20
NET/USB Mo de (TX-NR906 only) ................ .......... 21
About Home Theater ......... ................. ............ 22
Enjoying Home Theater ... ............. .............. ............ ... 2 2
Connecting th e AV Receiver ............. ............ 23
Connecting Yo ur Speakers .................. .............. ........ 23
Bi-amping Fr ont Speakers A .................... .............. ... 27
Bridging Fro nt Speakers A . .......... ............ ............ ..... 28
Bi-amping Fr ont Speakers B ......... ............ ............ ..... 29
Bridging Fro nt Speakers B ........... .............. ............ ... 3 0
Connecting An tenna ........... ............ ............ ............ ... 3 1
About AV Connections ..................................... ......... 33
Connecting Bo th Audio & Video ...................... ........ 34
Which Co nnections Sh ould I Use? . ............ ............ ... 3 4
Connecting a TV or Pr ojector ......... ............ .............. . 36
Connecting a DVD player ..... ............ ............... .......... 37
Connecting a VCR or DVD R ecorder for Playback
...... 39
Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Recording
.... 40
Connecting a Satellite, Cable,
Terrestrial Set-top box, or Other Video Source ...... 41
Connecting Components with HDMI .................... .... 42
Connecting a Game Conso le .... .............. ............ ........ 44
Connecting a Camcorder or Other D evice .............. ... 45
Connecting a CD Player or Turntable ....... .............. ... 4 6
Connecting a Cassette, CDR, MiniDisc, or DAT
Recorder ........ .............. ............ ............ ............ ........ 47
Connecting a Power Ampli fier .. .......... ............ .......... 48
Connecting an RI Dock ....... ............ ............ .............. . 49
Connecting the Power Cords of Oth er Components
(North American mo del only) ........ ............ ............ . 49
Connecting Onkyo u Components ......................... 50
Connecting th e Power Cord ............ ............ .............. . 50
Turning On the AV Receiver .......................... 51
Turning On and Standby ....................... ..................... 51
First Time Setup ....... ................. .................... . 52
Monitor Setup .................. ............. ............ ............ ..... 52
Selecting the Language used for the onscreen setup
menus ....... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ... 53
Using the Onscreen Setu p Menus ............. .............. ... 5 4
Monitor Out Setup .. ............ ............ ............ ............ ... 5 5
Video Input Setup .......... ............ ............ ............ ........ 56
Digital Audio Input Se tup .......... ............ ............ ........ 59
Analog Audio Input Setup ............................. ............ 60
Speaker Settin gs ...... ............ .............. ............ ............ . 61
TV Format Setup (not North American models) ....... 62
AM Frequency Step Setup (on some models) .. ......... 63
Changing the Input Display ......................... .............. 63
Automatic Speaker Setup (Audyssey MultEQ
®
XT)
.... 64
Basic Operations . ................ ................. ..........70
Selecting t he Input So urce ............. ............ ............ .... 70
Setting the Di splay Brightn ess .................... ............ .. 7 1
Adjusting Speaker Lev els ........... ............... ............ .... 71
Muting the AV Receiver ........................................... 71
Using the Sleep Timer .... ............ ............ ............... .... 72
Using Headphones ........................ ................... .......... 72
Adjusting th e Bass & Tr eble ..................... .............. .. 7 2
Displaying Source In formation ................. ............ .... 7 2
Listening to the Radio ............... ................. ....73
Listening to AM/F M Stations ..... ............ ............ ....... 73
Presetti ng AM/FM St ations ........... ............ ............ .... 75
Listening to HD Radio™ Stations
(North American model only ) ............ .............. ....... 76
Using RDS ..... .......... ............ ............ ............ ............ .. 77
Recording ....... ................. .............. ................. .80
Recording the In put Source ............... ............... ......... 80
Recording from Different AV Sour ces ...... .............. .. 8 0
Using the Listenin g Modes .................. ..........81
Selecting t he Listening M odes .................... ............ .. 8 1
Listening Modes Availabl e for Each Source Format
.... 82
About the Li stening Mode s ... ............... ............ ......... 88
Advanced Setup ................. ................ .............92
Menu Map ............. ............ ............ ............ ............ .... 92
Monitor O ut Setup ..... ............ ............ ............. ........... 93
Speaker Setup ............... ............ ............ .............. ....... 95
Audio Adjus t ........... ............ ............ ............ ............ 105
Adjust Using the Direct Butt on .............. ............ ..... 108
Using the Re- EQ Function ..................... ............ ..... 108
Using the Lat e Night Fun ction . ....... ............... ......... 109
Source Setup .. ............ ............ ............ ............. ......... 109
Listening Mo de Presets ................. .............. ............ 114
Miscellaneou s Setup ....... ............ ............ ............ ..... 115
Hardware Setup ................. .............. ............ ............ 117
Lock Setup ............... ............ ............ ............ ............ 119
Selecting Audio In puts . ....... ............ ............ ............ 120
Specifying the Digital S ignal For mat ........ ............ .. 120
NET/USB (TX-NR906 only) ..... .................... ..121
About NET /USB .......... .............. ............ ............ ..... 121
Connecting the AV Receiver ................................... 1 23
Playing Mu sic Files on a Server ........ ............... ....... 123
Windows M edia Player 11 Setup ..................... ....... 124
Playing Mu sic Files on a USB Device . .......... ......... 125
Listening to Internet Rad io .. .............. ............. ......... 127
Network Setting s ..... ............ ............ ............ ............ 128
Zone 2 and Zone 3 .... .............. ................. .....130
Connecting Zone 2 ...... ..................... .................... ... 1 30
Connecting Zone 3 ...... ..................... .................... ... 1 31
Powered Zone 2 Setting .......... ............ ............. ......... 132
Zone 2/Zo ne 3 Out S ettings ............. ............ ............ 133
Using Zone 2 and Zone 3 ................ ............ ............ 133
Using the Remote Controller in Zone 2/3
and Multiro om Contro l Kits ........... ............. ......... 136
Controlling Other Components ........... ........137
Entering Remot e Control C odes ...... ............ ............ 137
Resetting the Remote Contr oller ..... ............ ............ 138
Learning Comman ds ........... ............ ............... ......... 140
Using Macros ...... ............ ............ ............ ............ ..... 141
Troubleshooting .. ................ .............. ...........142
Specifications (TX-SR876) ........... ................148
Specifications (TX-NR906) .............. .............149