Enjoying music or videos with the tx-ds797, Changing the audio mode, Enjoying the multichannel output – Onkyo TX-DS797 User Manual

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Changing the audio mode

Press the AUDIO SELECTOR button on the front panel (or AUDIO
button on the remote controller) to change the audio mode. Each
time the button is pressed, the mode changes from “Auto”

“Multich”

→ “Analog” and back to “Auto.” The “Auto” audio mode

is recommended for normal circumstances.

Enjoying music or videos with the TX-DS797

Auto (automatic detection):

With this setting, the TX-DS797

automatically detects whether the input signal is digital or analog.
When a digital signal is not input, then the analog signal is played.

Multich (Multichannel):

Select this setting to play back the input

from the component connected to the MULTI CHANNEL INPUT
port. This setting is effective when the Multichannel setting in the
Multichannel sub-menu is set to “Yes” (see page 34).

Analog:

Select this setting to play back the input from a source

component connected to an analog audio input jacks. With this
setting, even if a digital signal is input from the same component,
only the analog signal will be output.

3. Turn on the connected component and start playing

the desired media.

4. If necessary, adjust the output level of each speaker

as desired (see page 52).

Adjust the speaker output levels so that you can hear the same
sound level from each speaker at the listening position. For the
front right, front left, center, surround right, and surround left
speakers, the output levels can be adjusted between –12 to +12
decibels. The subwoofer can be adjusted between –30 to +12
decibels.

5. Adjust the volume with the MASTER VOLUME dial or

the VOL

buttons on the remote controller.

TX-DS797

Remote controller

TX-DS797

Remote controller

TX-DS797

Remote controller

Enjoying the multichannel output

Before starting operations, first make sure that the multichannel
connection is properly made and that the Multichannel setting of the
Input Setup

→ Multichannel Setup sub-menu to “Yes.”

1. Press the input source button for the component with

multichannel output connected to the MULTI
CHANNEL INPUT on the rear of the TX-DS797.

2. Select “Multich” using the AUDIO SELECTOR button

on the front panel (AUDIO button on the remote
controller).

STANDBY/ON

OFF

ON

POWER

STANDBY

PHONES

MASTER VOLUME

FM

AM

PHONO

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TAPE

VIDEO

4

VIDEO

5

VIDEO

3

VIDEO

2

VIDEO

1

DVD

OFF

ZONE

2

REC OUT

DISPLAY

DIMMER

UPSAMPLING

AUDIO

SELECTOR

ZONE

2

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GRN

REC

(

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RED

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AUDIO

VIDEO

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DIGITAL

CLEAR

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2

VCR

1

VIDEO

5/VIDEO CAM INPUT

DSP

A-FO RM LISTENING MODE MEMORY

THX

SURROUND

DIRECT

STEREO

MEMORY

FM MODE

ENTER

RE TURN

SETUP

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PRESET

AV RECEIVER

TX-DS

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AUDIO SELECTOR

DIRECT

AUDIO

MASTER VOLUME

DIRECT

VOL

AUDIO

SELECTOR

AUDIO

SELECTOR

MASTER VOLUME

Input source buttons

Using the tone control:

Each time you press the DIRECT button on the remote controller,
the display changes from “Direct”

→“Tone On.” To make bass and

treble adjustment work for multichannel sources, you must first set
the tone control to “Tone On.”

1. Press the DIRECT button (or DIRECT button on the

remote controller) to display “Tone On.”

When pressed only once, the current setting appears, so press
twice to change the setting.

2. Adjust the tone at the Setup menu: Audio Adjust

Tone Control.

Note:
Adjusting the volume level of each speaker for the MULTI CH
INPUT source does not affect the speaker level adjusted by the
listening position.

DIRECT

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Remote controller

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