Enjoying music or videos with the tx-ds787, Changing the listening mode, Listening with headphones – Onkyo TX-DS787 User Manual

Page 53: Selecting an input source, Adjusting the volume, Input source buttons

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Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS787

Changing the listening mode

To change the listening mode during playback, turn the SSC dial
on the front panel or the listening mode buttons on the remote
controller (see page 59).

Listening with headphones

To listen with headphones, plug a pair headphones with a standard
stereo plug into the PHONES jack on the TX-DS787 front panel.

When you connect headphones, the unit will enter STEREO mode
automatically and no sound will be heard from the speakers. Note
that the signal to the remote zone (Zone 2) will not be affected
whether or not headphones are connected.

Though the TX-DS787 is often used to listen to the radio, it does
not show you its true ability until it is used to play music or watch
videos, LDs, DVDs, and the like. The TX-DS787 has the latest in
state-of-the-art features to play back today’s acoustic technologies
with the utmost in fidelity and power. From a two-speaker system
to a seven-speaker system, you are assured a sound space that you
can always enjoy.

Selecting an input source

Before you can listen to any input media, you must first select the
input source at the TX-DS787. This tell it which input source to
output to the speakers and monitor.

To select an input source, simply press the button on the front
panel (or on the remote controller) that corresponds to the input
source you want.

After you have selected the input source, simply turn on the
corresponding component and play the media.

Adjusting the volume

Adjusting the main volume adjust the volume level output from all
the speakers connected to the TX-DS787 together. If headphones
are connected, this also adjusts the volume heard from the
headphone speakers. To adjust the volume, either press the VOL

buttons on the remote controller or turn the MASTER

VOLUME dial. To increase the volume, turn the dial to the right;
to decrease the volume, turn the dial to the left.

Input source buttons

TUNING

UP

DOWN

FM MUTE /

MODE

DISPLAY

STEREO

CHARACTER /

MEMORY

DIRECT

THX

SURROUND

BASS /

TREBLE

EXIT

MENU

LISTENING MODE

ZONE 2 VOL

CH LEVEL

FM

AM

PHONO

C D

TAPE

DVD

VIDEO

3

VIDEO

4

VIDEO

2

VCR

2

VIDEO

1

VCR

1

STANDBY/ ON

POWER

ANDBY

ST

ZONE

2

OFF

ON

REC OUT

ZONE

2

PHONES

AV RECEIVER

TX-DS

787

MASTER VOLUME

VIDEO

AUDIO

L

R

VIDEO CAM INPUT

/

4

VIDEO

S VIDEO

AUDIO SELECTOR

PUSH TO ENTER

SMART SCAN

CONTROLLER

DSP/ PRESET

OPEN/CLOSE

REC

AUDIO

MUTING

DISC

TRACK

DVD

CD

PH

TUN

T2

T1

V1

STEREO

1

2

3

6

5

4

7

+ 10

0

ENT

8

9

SURROUND

THX

DSP

LEVEL +

CH SEL

Re-EQ

LEVEL –

DIMMER

HOME THEATER CONTROLLER

RC-390M

LATE NIGHT

DIRECT

DSP

V2

V3

V –

/ DTS

RT/PTY/ TP

MASTER VOLUME

VOL

MUTING

DIMMER

DIMMER

SLEEP

PHONES

SSC

BASS/TREBLE

CH LEVEL

LEVEL +
LEVEL –

CH SEL

Listening mode buttons

INPUT
SELECTOR
buttons

Listening

mode

buttons

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