Apex Digital HT-170 Manuel d'instructions

En7.1ch Home Theater SystemHT-S790AV Receiver (HT-R540)Front Speakers (SKF-540F)Center Speaker (SKC-540C)Surround Speakers (SKM-540S)Surround Back Sp

10 Getting to Know the AV Receiver For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY/ON button (34) Sets the AV receiver to On or Sta

11 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued J TONE, [–], and [+] buttons (44) Used to adjust the bass and treble. K STEREO button (46) Selects the

12 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued A DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1, 2, 3, and COAXIAL These optical and coaxial digital audio inputs are for connec

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 Including the AV receiver, the remote controller can be used to control up to seven different components. The remote

15 Remote Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A ON/STANDBY button (34) Sets the AV receiver to On or Standb

16 Remote Controller —Continued By default, the remote controller is set to control an Onkyo DVD player. A ON/STANDBY button Sets the DVD player to O

17 Remote Controller —Continued By default, the remote controller is set to control an Onkyo CD player. A ON/STANDBY button Sets the component to On

18 Speakers For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY/ON indicator Red: Subwoofer in standby modeGreen: Subwoofer onWith th

19 Connecting Your Speakers Read the following before connecting your speakers:•You can connect speakers with an impedance of 8 ohms or higher . If

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

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

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

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

24 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from your TV and listen via speaker set B.•To enjoy

25 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen via speaker set B.•To enjoy Do

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

27 Connecting Your Components —Continued With this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver,

28 Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Recording Connection AV receiver Signal flow VCR or DVD recorder Pictu

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

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 CD Player or Turntable (MM) with Built-in Phono Preamp •With connection , you can listen to and record a

31 Connecting Your Components —Continued As of this printing, the Onkyo Remote Interactive Dock is the only HDD-compatible component available. Fo

32 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen via speaker set B.•To connect the recorder digitally, use connections

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

34 Turning On the AV ReceiverMASTER VOLUMEVIDEOSTANDBYTONEDISPLAYSTEREO DIMMER MEMORYDIGITALINPUTTUNINGMODEABSPEAKERSTUNERTAPEVIDEO 3VIDEO 2VIDEO 1VC

35 First Time Setup To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, you must connect your DVD player to the AV receiver digitally (coaxial or opti-cal).Here are the

36 Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Receiver OperationMASTER VOLUMEVIDEOSTANDBYTONEDISPLAYSTEREO DIMMER MEMORYDIGITALINPUTTUNINGMODEABSPEAKERSTUNE

37 Playing Your AV Components —Continued The multichannel DVD input is for connecting a compo-nent with a 7.1-channel analog audio output, such as a

38 Listening to the Radio With the built-in tuner, you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. AM Frequency Step Setup (not North America) You must spe

39 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

4 Speaker Precautions Placement • The speaker cabinets are made out of wood and are therefore sensitive to extreme temperatures and humidity, do not

40 Listening to the Radio —Continued Note: Hardware and required basic monthly subscription sold separately. Premium Channels available at additional

41 Listening to the Radio —Continued Signing Up for XM Satellite Radio Before you can use XM Satellite Radio, you must first sign up for an account. Y

42 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting XM Channels from the Front Panel:Selecting the Previous Channel: Displaying XM Radio Information The f

43 Listening to the Radio —Continued Positioning the XM Passport System You can check the signal strength of the XM radio signal and adjust the posit

44 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

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

46 Using the Listening Modes For a description of each listening mode, see “About the Listening Modes” on page 48. Selecting on the AV Receiver [PU

47 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The following table shows which listening modes can be used with each input signal format. : Only available o

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

49 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS-ES Matrix This mode is for use with DTS-ES Matrix soundtracks, which use a matrix-encoded back-channel fo

5 Enjoying Home Theater You can use two sets of speakers with the AV receiver: speaker set A and speaker set B . Speaker set A (included speakers

50 Using the Listening Modes —Continued With the Late Night function, you can reduce the dynamic range of Dolby Digital material so that you can stil

51 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The Audio Adjust settings are explained below. Input Channel Settings Multiplex This setting determines whi

52 Advanced Setup Speaker Distance To get the best from surround sound, it’s important that the sound from each speaker reaches the listener at the s

53 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Levels With this function, you can adjust the volume of each speaker so that all speakers can be heard equally a

54 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Configuration This section explains how to specify which speakers are connected and their sizes.For speakers with

55 Advanced Setup —Continued Crossover Frequency This setting only applies to the speakers that you speci-fied as Small in the “Speaker Configuration

56 Advanced Setup —Continued The following table shows the display indicator for each digital signal format.Normally, the AV receiver detects the sig

57 Recording This section explains how to record the selected input source to a component with recording capability, and how to record audio and vide

58 Controlling Other Components You can use the AV receiver’s remote controller (RC-649M) to control your other AV components, including those made b

59 Controlling Other Components —Continued Onkyo components that are connected via are con-trolled by pointing the remote controller at the AV rece

6 Package Contents Make sure you have the following items: * In catalogs and on packaging, the letter at the end of the product name indicates the

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

61 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the 7.1ch Home Theater System, look for a solution in this section. Can’t turn on the AV receiver •

62 Troubleshooting —Continued • The surround back speakers are not used with all lis-tening modes. Select another listening mode (page 48).• Not much

63 Troubleshooting —Continued Reception is noisy, stereo FM reception suffers from hiss, or the FM STEREO indicator doesn’t appear • Relocate your an

64 Troubleshooting —Continued The following settings can be made for the S-Video and composite video inputs You must use the buttons on the unit to m

65 Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section FM AM General Video Inputs Video Outputs Audio Inputs Audio Outputs Rated O

66 Specifications —Continued Powered Subwoofer (SKW-540) Front Speaker (SKF-540F) Center Speaker (SKC-540C) Surround Speaker (SKM-540S/SKB-540

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CsCtFrSvDeEsEnItNlRemote Control Codes1. While holding down the REMOTE MODE button that you want to set, press the [DISPLAY] button for 3 seconds.2. U

7 Features Amplifier • 7-channel amplifier• 110 watts per channel rms into 8 ohms, 2 channels driven at 1 kHz, less than 0.9% total harmonic distor-tio

2 DVD CodesDVD DVD Player Acoustic Solutions 0730, 0713Advent 1016Aiwa 0641Akai 0899, 1115Akura 0898Amoisonic 0835Amphion Media Works0872Amstrad 0713

3 CD/MD/CDR/HDD CodesM D/CDRHDDC D CD Player Anthem 0897Bush 0388Carver 0179Classic 1297Copland 0393Denon 0034, 0766Dynamic Bass 0179Fisher 0179, 132

4 TV CodesTV TV 888 0264Acura 0009Addison0653, 0108, 0092, 1150Admiral 0463, 0163Advent0761, 0783, 0815, 0842Aiko 0092Aiwa 0701, 1180Akai0060, 0812,

5 TV GE0047, 0051, 0451, 0180, 0030, 1447, 1454, 0560, 0092, 1147, 1347GEC 0037Geloso 0009Genexxa 0218, 0163Gibralter 0017, 0030Gintai 1150Go Video 0

6 TV CodesTV TV NEC0154, 0156, 0051, 0053, 0030, 0264, 0508, 0009, 0056, 0170, 1150, 1182, 1378, 1456Neckermann 0556, 0037NEI 0037Netsat 0037Newave00

7 TV Teac0037, 0698, 0712, 0264, 0009, 0418, 1149Technics 0250, 0051Technisson 0714Techwood 0051, 0056Teco0051, 0264, 0218, 0653, 0009, 0092Teknika00

8 VCR CodesVCR VCR ABS 1972Admiral 0209, 0479Aiwa0348, 0307, 0352, 0124, 0479, 1291Akai 0041, 0315, 0175Akiba 0072Alba0209, 0072, 0352, 0315Alienware

9 VCR Sanyo0047, 0046, 0159, 1330Saville 0352Schaub Lorenz 0041Schneider 0072Scott 0184, 0121Sears0035, 0047, 0046, 1237Seleco 0041Sharp0209, 0807, 0

10 CABLE/SAT CodesCABLESAT Cable Converter ABC 0003, 0008, 0033Americast 0899Amstrad 1222Bell South 0899British Telecom 0003Cable & Wireless 1068

11 Satellite Receiver Hirschmann 0173Hisense 1535Hitachi0819, 1250, 1284, 1525HTS 0775, 1775Hughes 0749, 1749, 1442Hughes Network Systems1142, 0749,

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9 Contents Introduction Important Safety Instructions ......2Precautions ............3Speaker Prec