ONKYO TX-SR403 User Manual

EnAV ReceiverTX-SR403Instruction ManualThank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV Receiver. Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections an

10 Remote Controller Including the AV receiver, the remote controller can be used to control up to six different components. The remote controller ha

11 Remote Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY button (30) This button is used to set the AV recei

12 Remote Controller —Continued To set the remote controller to DVD mode, press the [DVD] REMOTE MODE button. A STANDBY button This button sets the D

13 Remote Controller —Continued To set the remote controller to CD, MD, or CDR mode, press the [CD], [MD], or [CDR] REMOTE MODE button. A STANDBY but

14 Remote Controller —Continued TAPE mode is used to control an Onkyo cassette recorder connected to the AV receiver via . To set the remote contro

15 Connecting Your Speakers You can use two sets of speakers with the AV receiver: speaker set A and speaker set B. Speaker set A should be install

16 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued For the best surround-sound experience, you should con-nect six speakers and a powered subwoofer. The followi

17 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Note: When speaker set B is turned on, speaker set A is reduced to 2.1-channel playback.Using a suitable cabl

18 Connecting Antenna This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially availa

19 Connecting Antenna —Continued If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out-door FM a

2 Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions.2. Keep these instructions.3. Heed all warnings.4. Follow all instructions.5. Do not use t

20 Connecting Your Components • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV components.• Don’t connect the power

21 Connecting Your Components —Continued By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receive

22 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With the basic connection, you can listen to or record audio from the TV.•To enjoy Dolby and DTS listeni

23 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With the basic connection, you can listen to or record audio from a DVD.•To enjoy Dolby and DTS listenin

24 Connecting Your Components —Continued In addition to video playback, with this hookup example, you can use the VCR’s tuner to listen to the sound

25 Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Recording Connection TX-SR403/8340 Signal flow VCR/DVD recorder Pictur

26 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With the basic connection, you can listen to or record audio from the video source.•To enjoy Dolby and D

27 Connecting Your Components —Continued CD Player, or Turntable with Built-in Phono Preamp •With the basic connection, you can listen to or rec

28 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With the basic connection, you can play and record with the recorder.•To connect the recorder digitally

29 Connecting Your Components —Continued With (Remote Interactive) you can use the following special functions: Auto Power On/Standby When you s

3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’s for personal use only, recording copyrighted material is illegal with-out the permission of the cop

30 Turning OnTONE+STEREOLISTENING MODEDISPLAYDIGITAL INPUTDIMMER MEMORYTUNING MODERETURNTUNING / PRESETENTERSETUPSTANDBYSTANDBY/ONCLEARPHONESMULTl CH

31 First Time Setup To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, you must connect your DVD player to the AV receiver by using a digital audio connection (coaxial

32 First Time Setup —Continued This section explains how to specify which speakers are connected and their sizes.For speakers with a cone diameter la

33 First Time Setup —Continued 6 Use the Down [ ] button to select “Surround,” and then use the Left and Right [ ]/[ ] but-tons to select Small , L

34 Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Receiver OperationTONE+STEREOLISTENING MODEDISPLAYDIGITAL INPUTDIMMER MEMORYTUNING MODERETURNTUNING / PRESETEN

35 Playing Your AV Components —Continued The multichannel input is for connecting a component with individual 5.1-channel analog audio output jacks,

36 Using the Tuner With the built-in tuner, you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. You can store your favorite stations as presets for quick selecti

37 Using the Tuner —Continued Presetting Radio Stations You can store up to 30 of your favorite radio stations as presets. Selecting Preset Stations

38 Common Functions This chapter explains functions that can be used with any input source.With this function, you can adjust the brightness of the d

39 Common Functions —Continued With the sleep timer, you can set the AV receiver so that it automatically turns off after a set period. To cancel the

4 Supplied Accessories Make sure you have the following accessories: * In catalogs and on packaging, the letter at the end of the product name indi

40 Using the Listening Modes See “About the Listening Modes” on page 42 for detailed information about the listening modes. Selecting on the AV recei

41 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The following table lists all the listening modes and shows which modes can be selected for each input signal

42 Using the Listening Modes —Continued About the Listening Modes With its built-in surround-sound decoders and DSP pro-grams, the AV receiver can tr

43 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS-ES Matrix This is DTS with an added surround back channel for 6.1 surround sound. Use it to provide 6.1 c

44 Adjusting the Listening Modes With the Late Night function, you can reduce the dynamic range of Dolby Digital material so that you can still hear

45 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued The Audio Adjust functions are explained below. Input Channel Settings Multiplex This setting determine

46 Recording This chapter explains how to record the selected input source to an AV component with recording capability, and how to record audio and

47 Advanced Setup Crossover Frequency To get the best bass performance from your speaker sys-tem, you need to set the crossover frequency according t

48 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Distance To get the best from surround sound, it’s important that the sound from each speaker reaches the listen

49 Advanced Setup —Continued Note: •A quicker way to adjust the speaker levels is to press the remote controller’s [TEST TONE] button to output the t

5 Features Amp • 6-channel amplifier• 110 W (6 Ω , 1 kHz, JEITA)• WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology)• Optimum gain volume circuitry Processing • Do

50 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the AV receiver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, conta

51 Troubleshooting —Continued There’s no sound with a certain signal format? • Check the digital audio output setting on the con-nected device. On so

52 Troubleshooting —Continued The remote controller doesn’t work? • Make sure that the batteries are installed with the cor-rect polarity (page 9).•

53 Specification Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section FM AM General Video Inputs Video Outputs Audio Inputs Audio Outputs Specifica

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6 Front & Rear Panels For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY/ON button (30) This button is used to set the AV receiver

7 Front & Rear Panels —Continued Display For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. 1 A & B speaker indicators (34) Indicator A

8 Front & Rear Panels —Continued A DIGITAL IN OPTICAL & COAXIAL These optical and coaxial jacks can be used to con-nect a CD or DVD player an

9 Before Using the AV receiver Notes: • The batteries should last for about six months, although this will vary with usage.• If the remote controller