You can listen to audio in a room (called Zone 2 or Zone 3) other than the one where this unit is located (called the main room). You can also output video and audio to a TV in the separate room (Zone 2) via HDMI.
■ Sources you can playback
- External players (Ú1)
- NET (*2)
- AM/FM Radio
* 1 In Zone 2, you can play equipment connected to any of the HDMI IN1 to IN5 jacks, DIGITAL IN COAXIAL/OPTICAL jacks, AUDIO IN jacks, or INPUT BALANCE L/R jacks. Note that only analog or 2-channel PCM audio signals can be played and that some players require audio output setting. Only players connected to the AUDIO IN jacks or INPUT BALANCE L/R jacks by analog connection can be
played in Zone 3.
＊2 DSD and Dolby TrueHD audio cannot be played in Zone 2/Zone 3.
Making Multi-zone Connection
There are the following two methods of connection. Simultaneous playback in all zones is also possible.
a. Connecting a TV in a separate room
b. Connecting with an integrated amplifier or power amplifier in a separate room
■ a. Connecting a TV in a separate room
You can play video and audio of the HDMI connected player on the TV in a separate room. With an HDMI cable, connect between the HDMI OUT SUB/ZONE 2 jack of the unit and the HDMI IN jack of the TV in a separate room.
Settings are required: Press RCV and then Setup on the remote controller, select "1. Input/Output Assign" - "TV Out" and set the "Zone 2 HDMI" setting to "Use".
- The information for a connected device can be displayed on the TV screen in a separate room. Press the Zone2 button on the remote controller to select Zone 2 and press Display.
- Adjust the volume on the TV in the separate room.
■ b. Connecting with an integrated amplifier or power amplifier in a separate room
It is possible to play 2 ch source in a separate room while 7.1 ch source is being played in the main room.
Connect the PRE/LINE OUT ZONE 2 jacks or PRE/LINE OUT ZONE 3 jacks of the unit and the line-in jacks of the integrated amplifier in a separate room with an RCA cable.
Settings are required to listen to HDMI input audio in Zone 2: Press RCV and then Setup on the remote controller, select "1. Input/Output Assign" - "TV Out" and set the "Zone 2 HDMI" setting to "Use".
Settings are required to adjust audio using this unit: Press RCV and then Setup on the remote controller, select "3. Audio Adjust" - "Multi Zone" and set the "Zone 2 Out" or "Zone 3 Out" setting to "Variable". Be sure to make this setting if you connect a power amplifier. If you do not, the volume output may be big enough to cause damage.
Performing Multi-zone Playback
It is possible to perform playback in the main room and a separate room at the same time, for example by playing the Blu-ray Disc player in the main room where the unit is placed while playing Internet radio in a separate room. It is also possible to perform playback only in a separate room.
- With external players, it is possible to play the same source or different sources in the main room and separate room.
- You cannot select separate network services for the main room and another room with the "NET" input.
- When listening to AM/FM broadcasting, you cannot select different stations for the main room and separate room. Therefore broadcasting of the same station will be heard in the both rooms.
- If you have connected the same player by HDMI in the main room and in a separate room, input to this unit (the main room) will be 2-channel PCM.
Playing Back
- Press Zone2 or Zone3 on the remote controller, point the remote controller at the main unit and press
Receiver.
"Z2" or "Z3" lights on the main unit display and the multizone function is enabled. (Zone 2 or Zone 3 is now on.) - Press Zone2 or Zone3 again on the remote controller and press Input Selector of the input to be played in a separate room.
- If you turn the unit to standby during multi-zone playback, the Z2/Z3 indicators are dimmed and the playback mode is switched to playback in a separate room only. Performing steps 1 and 2 while the unit is in standby also switches the playback mode to playback in a separate room only. To play the same source in the main room and separate room, hold down Zone2 or Zone3 for approximately 3 seconds.
To control on the main unit: press Zone2 or Zone3 and within 8 seconds, press the input selector button of the source to be played in the other room. To play the same source in the main room and separate room, press Zone2 or Zone3 twice.
To adjust the audio in Zone 2 or Zone 3
To adjust the volume, press Zone2 or Zone 3 on the remote controller and then adjust with VOL . You can also temporarily mute sound by pressing Muting. To control on the main unit, press Zone2 or Zone 3 and within 8 seconds, adjust with the Master Volume control. To adjust the sound quality, press Zone2 or Zone 3 on the main unit and press Tone several times to display "Bass", "Treble" or "Balance" on the main unit display and adjust it with + or -.
To turn off the function
After pressing Zone2 or Zone3 on the remote controller, press Receiver. To control on the main unit, press Zone2 or Zone3 and press
On/Standby.
- Power consumption in standby mode increases when the multi-zone function is being used.
- While using the multi-zone function, the RI linked system function (link between Onkyo components) is disabled.
- Pressing Input Selector on the remote controller while you are using the remote controller for Zone 2 or Zone 3 will switch the controlled target to the main room. To control Zone 2 or Zone 3 again, press the Zone2 or Zone3 button to enter the Zone control mode.
WHOLE HOUSE MODE: If you press Whole House Mode while playback is being performed in the main room, the WHOLE HOUSE MODE is turned on, "Z2" and "Z3" on the display light at the same time and the playback sources of all the rooms are switched to the same source at once.
- The sources that can be played in Zone 2 can be played in all rooms.
- This function cannot be used if headphones are connected or audio is output from the speakers
of the TV
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