Onkyo TX SR308 manual

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    A V Receiv er TX-SR308 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo A V Receiv er . Please read this manual thorou ghly before making connections and plugg ing in the unit. Follo wing the in structions in t his manual will enab le you to obtain optimum performance and l istening enjoyment from your ne w A V Receiv er . Please retain this ma[...]

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    2 En 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 man ufacturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near a[...]

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    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[...]

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    4 En F or British models Replacement and mounting of an A C plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only b y qual- if ied service personnel. IMPOR T ANT The wires in the mains lead ar e coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue: Neutral Brown: Li ve As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appa - ratus[...]

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

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    6 En Features Amplifier • 65 W atts/Channel @ 8 ohms (FTC) • 100 W atts/Channel @ 6 ohms (IEC) • 120 W atts/Channel @ 6 ohms (JEIT A) • Optimum Gain V ol ume Circuitry • H.C.P .S. (High Current Po wer Supply) Massi ve High Po wer T ransformer Pro cessing • HDMI (V er .1. 4 with Audio Re turn Channel, 3D), Deep- Color , x.v .Color * , Li[...]

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    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 ( ➔ 33 ) d SPEAKERS A and B buttons ( ?[...]

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    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 , 25 ) d T uning indicators ( ➔ 21 ) e RDS indicator (excluding North American models) ( ➔ 22 ) f SLEEP indicator ( ➔ 20 ) g MUTING indicator ( ➔ 20 ) h Message[...]

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    9 En Remote Contr oller For detail ed information, see the pages in par entheses. a ON/ST ANDBY button ( ➔ 18 ) b REMO TE MODE / INPUT SELECT OR bu tt o n s ( ➔ 19 , 41 to 42 ) c TO N E , + and – buttons ( ➔ 36 ) d SP A/B bu tton ( ➔ 10 , 20 ) e Arr ow q / w / e / r and ENTER buttons f SETUP butto n ( ➔ 28 ) g LISTENING MODE b uttons ( [...]

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    10 En About Home Theater Y ou can use tw o sets of speakers 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.[...]

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    11 En 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 speak ers you use, a po wered sub- woofer is recommended for a really [...]

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    12 En Connecting the Speak er Cables Screw-type speak er terminals Using Banana Plugs (North American models) • If you are using b anana plugs, tighten th e speaker terminal before inserting th e 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 illus[...]

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    13 En Connected ima ge with A V components • Before making an y 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-checke d all A V con nections. • Push plugs in all the way to mak e good connecti ons (loose connecti ons can cause noise or malfunc- tio[...]

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    14 En Connect your components to the appropriate jack s. The default input assi gnments are sho wn belo w . ✔ : Assignment can be changed ( ➔ 29 ). Refer to “ About HDMI” ( ➔ 49 ) and “Using an RIHD-comp atible TV , Player, or Recorder” ( ➔ 50 ). Tip T o listen to audio recei ved b y the HDMI IN jacks through your TV’ s speakers: [...]

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    15 En Connect your components to th e appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are sho wn belo w . ✔ : Assignment can be changed ( ➔ 29 ). ■ How to recor d the video W ith the connections descri bed here, you cannot record the video through the A V rece iv er. T o mak e a connection for video recording ( ➔ 24 ). *1 If your turntable[...]

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    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 receiv er 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 conne[...]

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    17 En The A V recei ver supports se veral conn ection formats for comp atibi lity with a wide range of A V equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats 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 , [...]

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    18 En 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 come s 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 remot e controller . The A V receiv er will [...]

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    19 En Basic Operations ■ Operating on the A V receiver ■ Operating with the remote controller Y ou can display v arious info rmation about the current input source as follo ws. Tip • Alternatively , you can use the A V receiv er’ s DISPLA Y . The following information ca n typically be displayed. *1 When AM or FM radio is used , the band, p[...]

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    20 En Y ou can temporarily mute the output of the A V receiv er. Tip • T o un mute, press MUTING again or adjust the volume. • The Mute functi on is cancelled when the A V recei ver is set to Standb y . W ith the sleep timer , you can set the A V receiv er to turn of f automatically after a specif ied period. Tip • If you need to cancel the s[...]

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    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. Listenin g to the Radio T uning into Radio Stations ■ A uto tuning mode When tuned into a station, the TU NED indicator lights. When tuned into a stereo FM station, the FM STEREO ind[...]

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    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 c ontroller’ s number buttons to select a preset directly . Deleting Pre sets When tuned into an RDS station, the RDS indicator lights. What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a meth[...]

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    23 En Finding Statio ns by T ype (PTY) Y ou can search for radio stations by type. Listening to T raffic News (TP) Y ou can search for stations that broadcast traf fic ne ws. ■ RDS program types (PTY) 1 Pre ss RT/PTY/TP twice. The current program type appears on the display . 2 Use PRESET e / r to select the type of pro gram yo u w a nt . See the[...]

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    24 En Recor ding This section explains ho w to record the selected input source to a component with recording capability , and how to record audio and video from different sou rces. Connecting a Recor ding Component Note • The A V receiv er must be t urned on for recording. Reco rding is not possible while it’ s in Standby mo de. • If you wan[...]

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    25 En Using the Listening Modes See “ About Listening Modes” for detailed information about th e listening modes ( ➔ 25 ). Listening Mode Buttons MO VIE/TV b utton This butt on selects the list ening modes intended for use with mo vies and TV . MUSIC b utton This butt on selects the list ening modes intended for use with music. GAME b utton T[...]

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    26 En ■ Speaker Lay out The illustration sho ws which speakers are acti v ated in each channel. See “Sp Config (Speaker Conf iguration)” for the speaker setup ( ➔ 30 ). Listening Modes Listening Mode Description Input Source Speaker Lay out Direct In this mode, audio from the input source is output with out surround-sound process- ing. The [...]

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    27 En Onky o-Origina l DSP Listening Modes Note *1 For the Blu-ray Discs, Dolby Digital is used. *2 A V receiver 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 input [...]

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    28 En Ad vanced Setup Note The on-screen setup menus are displayed when: • There is no video in put, or • The video input is 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p. The on-screen setup menus appear on the connected TV and provide a con venient w ay to change the A V receiv er’ s va rious settings. Settings are organized into ten cate gories on the[...]

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    29 En Explanatory Notes Menu HDMI Input If you connect a video component to an HDMI input, you must assign that input to an i nput selector . F or example, if you connect your Blu-ra y Disc/D VD player to HDMI IN 2 , you must assign “ HDMI2 ” to the “ BD/D VD ” input selector . Here are the default assign ments. ■ BD/D VD , VCR/DVR , CBL/[...]

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    30 En Note • When an HDMI IN is assigned to an input select or in “HDMI Input” ( ➔ 29 ), this input assignment is automatically set to the same HDMI IN . And in addition to th e usual inputs (e.g., CO AX , etc.), you can also select HDMI inputs. • A v ailable sampling rate for PCM signa ls from a digital input (optical and coaxial) is 32/[...]

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    31 En ■ Left, Center, Righ t, Surround Right, Surround Left, Subwoofer ` Specify the distance from the each speaker to your lis- tening position. Note • The speaker distance setting cannot be changed whil e a pair of headphones is connected, or “ Au d i o T V O U T ” setting is set to “ On ” ( ➔ 32 ) or Speakers B is on. • Speakers [...]

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    32 En DTS Setting Neo:6 Music ■ Center Image ` 0 to 2 to 5 W ith this setting, you can specify b y how much the front left and right chann el output is attenuated in order to create the center channel. Setting a v alue “0” in the middl e is set to hear a sound. Sound is spread in left and ri ght (the outside) so that the set v alue is made bi[...]

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    33 En Note •I f “ On ” is selected and the signal can be output by the TV , the A V re ceiv er will output no sound through its speakers. •I f “ On ” is selected, “ TV Sp On ” appears on the display by pressing DISPLA Y . •W h e n “ TV Control ” is set to “ On ” , this setting is fix ed to “ Au t o ” . • W ith some T[...]

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    34 En Note • Do not assign the co mponent connected with the HDMI input to the TV/CD selector when you set “ TV Control ” setting to “ On ”. Otherwise, appropriate CE C (Consumer Electronics Con- trol) operation is not guar anteed. •S e t t o “ Off ” when the TV is not compa tible or when it is unclear whether the TV is compatible o[...]

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    35 En Music Opti miz er The Music Optimizer function enhances the sound quality of compressed music files. Use it with music files that use “lossy” compression, su ch as MP3. ■ M.Optimizer ` Off : Music Optim izer off. ` On : Music Op timizer on. Note • The Music Optimizer function only works with PCM digital audio input signals with a samp[...]

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    36 En The digital input signal format s are av ailable only for the input sources that you ha ve assigned a digital input jack ( ➔ 29 ). Normally , the A V receiv er de tect s the signal form at auto- matically . Howe ver , i f you experience e ither of the follo w- ing issues when playing PCM or DTS material, you can manually set the signal form[...]

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    37 En Contr olling iP od Models sold are dif ferent depending on the re gion. Connecting an Onky o Doc k C B A *1 No. Onkyo Dock Cable Note Pa ge A UP-A1 Dock (Universal Port Option Dock) — • When UP-A1 Dock th at seated iPod is connected, the powe r consumption on standby mode slightly increases. • Y ou can control your iPod when “ PORT ?[...]

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    38 En UP-A1 Dock W ith the UP-A1 Dock, you can easily play the mu sic, photo, or movie stored on your Apple iPod through the A V receiv er and enjoy great sound. Y ou can use the A V receiv er’ s remote controlle r 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[...]

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    39 En Note • Enter the appropriate remote co ntrol code be fore using the A V receiv er’ s remote controller for the first time ( ➔ 41 ). • Connect the RI D ock to the A V r eceiv er with an u cable ( ➔ 37 ). • Set the RI Doc k’ s RI MODE switch to “ HDD ” or “ HDD/ DOCK ”. • Set the A V recei ver’ s Input Display to “ D[...]

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    40 En ✔ : A vailable b uttons Note • With some iPod models and generations, ce rtain buttons may not work as expected. • For detailed operation of the iPod, pl ease refer to the instruction manual. *1 This button does not turn the Onkyo DS-A2 or DS-A2X RI Dock on or off. Y our iPod may not respond the first time you pr ess this button, in whi[...]

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    41 En Contr olling Other Components Y ou can use the A V receiv er’ s remote controller (RC-762M) to control your ot her A V components. This section explains ho w to ente r the remote control code (with the default underlined ) for a component that you want to control: D VD, TV , CD, etc. The follo wing REMO TE MODE are preprogrammed with remote[...]

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    42 En If you want to control an Onkyo component b y pointing the remote controller dire ctly at it, use the follo wing remote control codes: ` 32900 : Onkyo Blu-ray Disc player ` 32901 : Onkyo HD-D VD player ` 70868 : Onkyo MD recorder ` 71323 : Onkyo CD recorder ` 82990 : Onkyo Uni versal Port Option Dock Note • If you connect a cassette tape de[...]

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    43 En Note • With some components, certain butto ns may not work as expected, and some may not work at all. ✔ : A vailable b uttons *1 The p function is not supp orted. The p sup- ported by the A V r eceiv 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 (Paus[...]

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    44 En T r oubleshooting If you ha ve an y trouble using the A V receiv er, look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolv e the issue your- self, contact your Onkyo dealer . ■ Can’t turn on the A V receiver ■ The ST ANDBY indicator flashes r ed ■ There’ s no sound, or it’ s very quiet If you can’t resolv e the issue yourse[...]

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    45 En ■ Only the fr ont speakers produce sound ■ Only the center speaker produces sound ■ The surround speakers pr oduce no sound ■ The center speaker pr oduces no sound ■ The subwoofer produces no sound ■ There’ s no sound with a certain signal format ■ Can’t get 5.1 playbac k ■ The volume cannot be set to 79 ■ Noise ca n be [...]

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    46 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 recep tion is noisy , or the FM ST EREO indicator doe sn’t light ■ The remote controller doesn’t w ork ■ Can’t control other componen ts ■ There’ s no sound ■ There’ s no video ■ The A [...]

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    47 En ■ The A V receiver unexpectedl y selects your iP od as the input source ■ Can’t record ■ The sound changes when I conne ct m y headphones ■ How do I change the langua ge of a multiple x sour ce ■ The u functions don’t w ork ■ The f ollowing setti ngs can be made f or the composi te video inputs Y ou must use the b uttons on th[...]

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    48 En Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section Tu n e r S e c t i o n General ■ HDMI ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ A udio Inputs ■ A udio Outputs ■ Other s Specifications and features are subject to change without no tice. Rated Output Power All channel s: (North Am erican) 65 watts minimu m continuous powe r per channel, 8 ohm[...]

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    49 En About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demands of digital TV , HDMI (High Definition Mult imedia Interf ace) is a ne w digital interface standard for connect ing TVs, projectors, Blu-ray Disc/D VD play ers, set-top boxes, and other video compo- nents. Until no w , se veral sepa rate video and audio ca bles have been required to conne ct A [...]

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    50 En Using an RIHD-compatible TV , Play er , or Recor der p , which stands for Remote Interacti ve o ver HDMI, is the name of the system control function found on Onkyo components. The A V receiver can be us ed with CEC (Consumer Electronics Cont rol), which allows system control ov er HDMI and is part of the HDMI standard. CEC provides inte roper[...]

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    51 En ■ How to connect 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 th e TV to the OPTICAL IN 2 jack of the A V recei ver using an optical digital cable. Note • When the audio retur n channel (ARC) function is used with TV for HDMI 1.4, it shoul[...]

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    SN 29400195 Y1001-1 (C) Copyright 2010 ONKY O CORPORA TION Japan. All rights reser ved. * 2 9 4 0 0 1 9 5 * Sales & Product Planning Div . : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Ne yaga wa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAP AN T el: 072-831-8023 F ax: 072-831-8163 ONKY O U .S.A. CORPORA TION 18 P ark Wa y , Upper Saddle River , N.J . 07458, U .S.A. T el: 800-229-1687, 201-[...]