ONKYO PR-SC885 User Manual

EnAV ControllerPR-SC885Instruction ManualThank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV controller. Please read this manual thoroughly before making connection

10 Getting to Know the AV Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. 1 Speaker/channel indicators (84) Indicate th

100 Advanced Setup —Continued Notes: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV con-troller by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow buttons.•

101 Advanced Setup —Continued Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV con-troller by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow buttons.Thi

102 Advanced Setup —Continued IntelliVolume With IntelliVolume, you can set the input level for each input selector individually. This is useful if o

103 Advanced Setup —Continued Notes: •To store a name, you must select “OK” and press [ENTER] in step 7, otherwise it will not be saved.•You cannot e

104 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the Miscellaneous menu. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV con-troll

105 Advanced Setup —Continued Power On Volume This setting determines what the volume will be each time the AV controller is turned on.When the Vol

106 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the Hardware menu. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV con-troller by

107 Advanced Setup —Continued Tuner Satellite Radio If you connect an XM Satellite Radio antenna or SIRIUS Satellite Radio antenna to the AV contro

108 Advanced Setup —Continued • HDMI power control only works with HDMI-compat-ible components that support it and may not work properly with some co

109 Zone 2 and Zone 3 In addition to your main listening room, you can also enjoy playback in two other rooms, or as we call them, Zone 2 and Zone 3.

11 Getting to Know the AV Controller —Continued A REMOTE CONTROL This (Remote Interactive) jack can be con-nected to the jack on another -capa

110 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Zone 3 speakers must be connected to an amp in Zone 3. Connecting Your Zone 3 Speakers You can enjoy 2-channel stere

111 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV con-troller by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow buttons.

112 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Turning Off Zones Adjusting the Volume of Zones Adjusting the Balance of Zones 1 On the remote controller, press the

113 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued Muting Zones Adjusting the Tone of Zone 2 Notes: • Zones can also be unmuted by adjusting the volume.• The tone cann

114 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued The 12V triggers A, B, and C can be used to turn on 12V trigger-capable components automatically when they are selec

115 Zone 2 and Zone 3 —Continued To control the AV controller with the remote controller while you’re in Zone 2 or Zone 3, you’ll need a commer-ciall

116 Controlling Other Components You can control your other components, including those made by other manufacturers, with the remote controller.This

117 Controlling Other Components —Continued Remote Control Codes for Onkyo Components Connected via Onkyo components that are connected via are c

118 Controlling Other Components —Continued To control another component, point the remote controller at it and use the buttons explained below. (You

119 Controlling Other Components —Continued The AV controller’s remote controller can learn the com-mands of other remote controllers. By transmittin

12 Getting to Know the AV Controller —Continued M 12V TRIGGER OUT (A/B/C) These outputs can be connected to the 12-volt trig-ger inputs on other comp

120 Controlling Other Components —Continued You can program the remote controller’s MACRO but-tons to perform a sequence of remote control actions. E

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

122 Troubleshooting —Continued There’s no sound with a certain signal format • Check the digital audio output setting on the source component. On som

123 Troubleshooting —Continued The remote controller doesn’t work • Make sure that the batteries are installed with the cor-rect polarity (page 13).•

124 Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section FM AM Digital Tuner General Video Input Video Output Audio Inputs Audio

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13 Remote Controller Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try replacing the batteries.• Don’t mix new and old batteries or differ

14 Remote Controller —Continued As well as the AV controller, you can also use the remote controller to control your other AV components. The remote

15 Remote Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY button (43) Sets the AV controller to Standby. B ON

16 Remote Controller —Continued To set the remote controller to DVD mode, press the [DVD] REMOTE MODE button. A STANDBY button Sets the DVD player to

17 Remote Controller —Continued To control an Onkyo CD player, MD recorder, or CD recorder, or a CD or MD player/recorder made by another manufacture

18 Remote Controller —Continued DOCK mode is for controlling an Apple iPod in an Onkyo RI Dock. When Using an RI Dock: • Connect the RI Dock to the T

19 Connecting a Power Amplifier and Speakers Thanks to the AV controller’s superb capabilities, you can enjoy surround sound with a real sense of move

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 a Power Amplifier and Speakers —Continued The AV controller is designed to be used with a separate multichannel power amplifier. You conn

21 Connecting a Power Amplifier and Speakers —Continued Connecting a Powered Subwoofer Using a suitable cable, connect the AV controller’s SUB-WOOFER

22 Connecting a Power Amplifier and Speakers —Continued You can connect the AV controller to a multichannel power amplifier with balanced XLR input jac

23 Connecting a Power Amplifier and Speakers —Continued The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R outputs can be used with front speakers and surround back spea

24 Connecting Antennas This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially avail

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

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

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

28 Connecting Your Components —Continued HDMI Monitor Setting Set to No With the HDMI Monitor setting set to No (see page 45), video input signals

29 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from your TV or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.•To enjoy

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 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.•To enjoy D

31 Connecting Your Components —Continued Hooking Up the Multichannel Input If your DVD player supports multichannel audio formats such as DVD-Audio

32 Connecting Your Components —Continued With this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or DVR to listen to your favorite TV programs via the A

33 Connecting Your Components —Continued Notes: • The AV controller must be turned on for recording. Recording is not possible while it’s on Standby

34 Connecting Your Components —Continued With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver to listen to your favorite TV programs via t

35 Connecting Your Components —Continued About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demands of digital TV, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)

36 Connecting Your Components —Continued Making HDMI Connections Video Signals Digital video signals received by the HDMI IN jacks are normally ou

37 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from your game console or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3

38 Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a Camcorder or Other AV Component Connection AV controller Signal flow Camcorder AUX 2 Input S V

39 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the CD player or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.•To

4 Features Processing • THX *1 Surround EX• THX Ultra2 *1 certified• Dolby *2 Digital, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Pr

40 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can play and record or listen in Zone 2 or Zone 3.•To connect the recorder digitall

41 Connecting Your Components —Continued If Your iPod Supports Video: Connect your RI Dock’s audio output jacks to the AV controller’s GAME/TV IN

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

43 Turning On the AV ControllerSTANDBY/ONMASTER VOLUMECDTUNERTAPECBL/SAT GAME/TV AUX 1AUX 2VCR/DVRDVDAUDIO SELPURE AUDIO PHONODISPLAYPUSH TO OPENOFF

44 First Time Setup This section explains the settings that you need to make before using the AV controller for the very first time.If you’ve fed your

45 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect your TV to the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT 1 or COMPONENT VIDEO MON-ITOR OUT 2/ZONE 2 OUT, set the HDMI

46 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • If the video source contains information that restricts output at high-resolutions, 720p or 1080i content wil

47 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a video component to an HDMI IN, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you c

48 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a video component to a COMPONENT VIDEO IN, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example

49 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect an -capable Onkyo MiniDisc recorder, CD recorder, or RI Dock to the TAPE IN/OUT jacks, or connect an R

5 Features —Continued *10HD Radio ™ Technology Manufactured Under License From iBiquity Digital Corporation. “iBiquity Digital” and the “HD Radio” a

50 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • Only FRONT can be assigned to the AUX 2 input selector.• The TUNER input selector cannot be assigned and is fi

51 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a component to the AV controller’s analog multichannel input, you must assign that input to an input se

52 First Time Setup —Continued With the supplied speaker setup microphone, Audyssey MultEQ XT can measure the number of speakers con-nected, their si

53 First Time Setup —Continued 1 Turn on the AV controller and the connected TV. On the TV, select the input to which the AV controller is connected

54 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • When the automatic speaker setup is complete, the Equalizer Settings (page 99) will be set to Audyssey.•You c

55 First Time Setup —Continued ❑ Speaker Detect Error This message appears if a speaker is not detected. “Yes” means that a speaker was detected. “No

56 First Time Setup —Continued Reviewing the Results Changing the Speaker Settings Manually In some cases, the measurements taken by the automatic sp

57 Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Controller OperationSTANDBY/ONMASTER VOLUMECDTUNERTAPECBL/SAT GAME/TV AUX 1AUX 2VCR/DVRDVDAUDIO SELPURE AUDIO

58 Listening to the Radio With the built-in tuner, you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations and store your favorite stations as presets for easy select

59 Listening to the Radio —Continued Tuning into Stations by Frequency You can tune into AM and FM stations directly by enter-ing the appropriate f

6 Multiroom Capability You can use three speaker systems with this AV controller —a surround-sound speaker system (up to 7.1 channels) in your main l

60 Listening to the Radio —Continued HD Radio technology brings digital radio to conven-tional analog AM and FM radio stations, with improved sound q

61 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting Multicast Channels FM HD Radio stations can transmit multiple programs on the same frequency by using

62 Listening to the Radio —Continued Note: Hardware and required monthly subscription sold sepa-rately. Other fees and taxes, including a one-time ac

63 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting XM Satellite Radio Signing Up for XM Satellite Radio Once you have installed the XM Mini-Tuner and Hom

64 Listening to the Radio —Continued Notes: • RADIO ID cannot be selected in Category Search mode. You must select Channel Search mode (see right col

65 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting Channels on the AV controller:Selecting the Previous Channel: Displaying XM Radio Information The foll

66 Listening to the Radio —Continued Notes: • So long as the signal strength is good, you can enjoy XM Radio by using either satellite or terrestrial

67 Listening to the Radio —Continued Note: Hardware and required basic monthly subscription sold separately. Installation costs and other fees and ta

68 Listening to the Radio —Continued Setting the Satellite Radio Mode Before you can listen to SIRIUS Satellite Radio, you must set the Satellite Rad

69 Listening to the Radio —Continued Signing Up for SIRIUS Satellite Radio Before you can use SIRIUS Satellite Radio, you must first sign up for an ac

7 Contents Features ... 4Supplied Accessories ... 5Multi

70 Listening to the Radio —Continued Notes: • If you select an unavailable channel, “INVALID CHANNEL” appears on the display.• If you select a channe

71 Listening to the Radio —Continued Notes: • While a channel is locked, it cannot be selected for listening.•To unlock a channel, you must enter the

72 Listening to the Radio —Continued 2 Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ] buttons to select “4. Source Setup,” and then press [ENTER]. The Source Setup menu

73 Listening to the Radio —Continued Displaying SIRIUS Satellite Radio Information The following information can be displayed: Note: • If the catego

74 Listening to the Radio —Continued Notes: • So long as the signal strength is good, you can enjoy SIRIUS Satellite Radio by using either satellite

75 Listening to the Radio —Continued You can store a combination of up to 40 of your favorite AM, FM, XM, and SIRIUS radio stations. Note: •You can n

76 Common Functions This section explains functions that can be used with any input source.You can adjust the brightness of the display.You can adjus

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

78 Common Functions —Continued If you connect a component to more than one audio input, such as a DVD player connected to analog, digital, multichann

79 Using the Listening Modes For a description of each listening mode, see “About the Listening Modes” on page 84. Selecting on the AV Controller [

8 Getting to Know the AV Controller The actual front panel has various logos printed on it. They are not shown here for clarity.For detailed informat

80 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Analog and PCM Sources Listening Modes Available for Each Source Format ButtonSource formatPCMMulti channel a

81 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DSD, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Digital Plus Sources ButtonSource formatDSD *1 *1. In listening modes other tha

82 Using the Listening Modes —Continued TrueHD and DTS Sources ButtonSource formatTrueHD *1 *1. 192 kHz TrueHD sources are processed as 192 kHz 2-cha

83 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS-HD Sources ButtonSource formatDTS-HD High ResolutionDTS-HD Master Audio *1 *1. 192 kHz DTS-HD Master Audi

84 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The AV controller’s listening modes can transform your listening room into a movie theater or concert hall, w

85 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS-ES Discrete This mode is for use with DTS-ES Discrete soundtracks that use a discrete surround-back chann

86 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Onkyo Original DSP Modes Mono Movie This mode is suitable for old movies and other mono sources. The center s

87 Recording This section explains how to record the input source and how to record audio and video from separate sources. Notes: • The surround soun

88 Onscreen Setup Menus The onscreen setup menus appear on the connected TV and provide a conve-nient way to change the AV controller’s various setti

89 Adjusting the Listening Modes With the Re-EQ function, you can compensate a soundtrack whose high-frequency content is too harsh, making it more s

9 Getting to Know the AV Controller —Continued L PHONES jack (77) This 1/4-inch phone jack is for connecting a stan-dard pair of stereo headphones fo

90 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued With the Audio Adjust functions and settings, you can adjust the sound and listening modes as you like. T

91 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued Direct Setting Delay Enable DSD This setting determines whether or not DSD (SACD) audio signals are pas

92 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued Dolby Digital Settings Dolby EX This setting determines how Dolby EX signals are han-dled. Auto: When t

93 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV con-troller by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arr

94 Advanced Setup This section explains items on the Speaker Config menu.Some of the speaker settings are set automatically by the Automatic Speaker S

95 Advanced Setup —Continued 5 Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ] buttons to select “Front,” and then use the Left and Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to select a cro

96 Advanced Setup —Continued Low-Pass Filter for the LFE Channel With this setting, you can specify the cutoff frequency of the LFE channel’s low-pas

97 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Distance With the Speaker Distance settings, you can specify the distance from each speaker to the listening pos

98 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Level Calibration With the Level Calibration settings, you can adjust the level of each speaker while listening

99 Advanced Setup —Continued Equalizer Settings With the Equalizer settings, you can adjust the tone of speakers individually with a 15-band equalize