User manual ONKYO HT-R8230

[. . . ] Contents Before using AV Receiver HT-R8230 Instruction Manual Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you tune into an FM station in stereo, then FM STEREO indicator lights up. Appears when a broadcast is received. If the signal is weak, you may not be able to tune to the station. The FM STEREO indicator and AUTO indicator goes off. Then select the station to which you want to listen. (At this time, the station will be in mono and interstation noise will be heard. ) Band Frequency · The tuner frequency changes in 100 kHz steps for FM and 10 kHz steps for AM. · When tuning into FM stations, you can press the TUNING / buttons continuously for more then 0. 5 seconds to scan for an FM station in the direction of the button you pressed (FM auto tuning mode). After you release the button and a station is received in stereo, the scanning stops. 22 Listening to the radio PRESET FM MODE MEMORY Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE. TUNER PRESET/ADJUST TUNER Presetting radio stations You can preset up to 30 stations. Selecting preset stations Before selecting preset stations, you need to preset the radio stations. See "Presetting radio stations" on the left column of this page. 1. Tune in the radio station you wish to preset (refer to the previous page). Press MEMORY. The MEMORY indicator lights and the preset number starts flashing in the display. 1. Press TUNER to switch the input source to the tuner. "FM" or "AM" appears in the display. The band selected in this step will not affect the next step. 3. While the MEMORY indicator is lit (for about 8 seconds), press PRESET/ADJUST / to select the preset number. 2. Press PRESET / on the remote controller or / on the unit repeatedly PRESET/ADJUST to select the preset number of the desired radio station. 4. Press MEMORY. The radio station is registered to the preset channel. To register another preset station, repeat steps 1 to 4. Erasing a preset station 1. Select the preset channel you wish to erase. 2. Press FM MODE while holding down MEMORY. The selected preset channel will be erased. 23 Various functions common to all the sources SPEAKERS A/B SP A/SP B Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE. MUTING PHONES jack Turning on/off the speaker system A/B You can turn on or off the speaker systems connected to the speaker system A and speaker system B connectors individually. Before operating the remote controller, press RCVR/TAPE. Muting the sound (remote controller only) Press MUTING. The MUTING indicator flashes in the display during the muting mode. Press SPEAKER A on the unit or SP A on the remote controller to turn on or off the speaker system A. Press SPEAKER B on the unit or SP B on the remote controller to turn on or off the speaker system B. Note If you turn on the speaker system B, the speaker system A also reproduces stereo sound automatically. (When a listening mode other than "Direct" is selected, the listening mode is set to "Stereo. ") The lit (speaker) A/B indicators indicate the corresponding speaker systems are on. To restore the sound, press MUTING again. Tip If you turn off the unit during muting, and turn it on again, the sound will be restored. Listening through headphones Connect the plug of the stereo headphones to the PHONES jack on the AV Receiver. Notes · The speakers will not reproduce sound while headphones are connected. · When a listening mode other than "Direct" is selected, the listening mode is set to "Stereo" after connecting the headphones to the PHONES jack. [. . . ] · There is a tall building or a mountain nearby. [The waves transmitted from the transmission center (direct waves) and the waved reflected by buildings or mountains (diffraction waves) interfere with each other causing multi pass distortion. ] · The power cord is unplugged for a long time. · The sound system you are trying to record is DTS or Dolby Digital surround. · Playback source is not Dolby Digital encoded. [. . . ]