Onkyo HTX-22HD - Manuals

5 Speaker Precautions Placement • The subwoofer cabinet is made out of wood and is therefore sensitive to extreme tem-peratures and humidity, do not put it in loca-tions subject to direct sunlight or in humid places, such as near an air conditioner, humidifier, bathroom, or kitchen. • Do not put wat...

6 Supplied Accessories Make sure you have the following accessories: * In catalogs and on packaging, the letter at the end of the product name indicates the color. Specifications and operation are the same regardless of color. HTX-22HDPAW Amp/Subwoofer HTX-22HDST Front Speakers Remote controller and...

7 Contents Important Safety Instructions .....................2 Precautions ...................................................3 Speaker Precautions ....................................5 Supplied Accessories ..................................6 Features ..................................................

8 Features HTX-22HDPAW: 5.1-channel Amp/Subwoofer 5.1-channel power amplifier with built-in subwoofer • 2 HDMI *1 inputs, 1 output (with support for up to 1080p, Deep Color, x.v.Color, Lip Sync, DTS-HD Master Audio *2 , DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby TrueHD *3 , Dolby Digital Plus, SACD, and mu...

10 Getting to Know the HTX-22HD A Display See “Display” on page 11. B STANDBY indicator Lights up when the HTX-22HD is on Standby and flashes while a signal is being received from the remote controller. C ON/STANDBY button Sets the HTX-22HD to On or Standby. To operate this button, push it down from...

11 Getting to Know the HTX-22HD —Continued 1 Listening mode and format indicators Show the selected listening mode and audio input signal format. 2 AUDYSSEY indicator Flashes during automatic speaker setup. Stays on all the time once the automatic speaker setup has been run. 3 SLEEP indicator Lights...

12 Getting to Know the HTX-22HD —Continued A HDMI IN 1, 2, and OUT HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connections carry digital audio and digital video. The HDMI inputs are for connecting components with an HDMI output, such as a DVD player, DVD recorder, or DVR (digital video recorder). Th...

13 Getting to Know the HTX-22HD —Continued F AC INLET The supplied power cord is connected here. The other end of the power cord should be connected to a suitable wall outlet. G FRONT SPEAKERS, CENTER SPEAKER, and SURROUND SPEAKERS These push terminals are for connecting the included front speakers ...

14 Remote Controller Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reli- ably, try replacing the batteries. • Don’t mix new and old batteries or differ- ent types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote control- ler for a long time, remove the batteries to prevent damage from leakage or...

15 Remote Controller —Continued These buttons are used to control the HTX-22HD. A SLEEP button Used with the Sleep function. B ON/STANDBY button Sets the HTX-22HD to On or Standby. C SETUP button Used to change settings. Press and hold down for 3 seconds when specifying the digital signal format. D ...

16 Connecting the Speakers Thanks to the HTX-22HD’s superb capabilities, you can enjoy surround sound with a real sense of movement in your own home—just like being in a movie theater or concert hall. You can enjoy DVDs featuring Dolby Digital or DTS. With analog or digital TV, you can enjoy Dolby P...

17 Connecting the Speakers —Continued You can improve the sound quality by affixing the included cork spacers to raise the speakers off the mounting surface thereby reducing the contact area. The spacers also make the speakers stable and prevent them from moving around. ■ Cork Spacers for the Amp/Su...

18 Connecting the Speakers —Continued Read the following before connecting your speakers: • Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet before making any connections. • Connect only speakers with an impedance of 6 ohms or higher. • Read the instructions supplied with your speakers. • Pay close at...

19 Connecting the Speakers —Continued The following hookup diagram shows how to connect the included front speakers for 2.1-channel operation. The following hookup diagram shows how to connect the included front speakers, a center speaker, and surround speakers for 5.1-channel surround sound. To con...

20 Connecting the Speakers —Continued For 7.1-channel surround sound, in addition to the 5.1 speakers shown in the hookup diagram on page 19, you’ll need a pair of surround back speakers and a power amp to drive them. Using an RCA audio cable, connect the HTX-22HD’s SURROUND BACK PRE OUT jacks to th...

21 Connecting AV Components • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV compo- nents. • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and double-checked all AV connec- tions. Optical Digital Jacks The HTX-22HD’s optical digital jacks have shutter-type cover...

22 Connecting AV Components —Continued You can connect components with digital audio outputs to the HTX-22HD’s COAXIAL IN, OPTICAL IN 1, and IN 2 inputs. Choose a digital input (coaxial or optical) that matches the digital audio output on your source component. To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, you mu...

23 Connecting AV Components —Continued You can connect components with analog audio outputs to the HTX-22HD’s LINE 1 and LINE 2 inputs and enjoy surround sound with Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS Neo:6, and Onkyo’s original DSP listening modes. Notes: • After you connect a component to an input jack, you ...

24 Connecting AV Components —Continued About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demands of digital TV, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a new digital interface standard for connecting TVs, projectors, DVD players, set-top boxes, and other video components. Until now, several separate ...

25 Connecting AV Components —Continued You can connect components with HDMI outputs to the HTX-22HD’s HDMI IN 1 and IN 2 inputs and connect your HDMI TV to the HTX-22HD’s HDMI OUT. You need HDMI cables to make HDMI connections. Note: • By default, the HDMI1 and HDMI2 inputs are assigned to the VCR/D...

26 Connecting AV Components —Continued Connecting an Onkyo DVD player or RI Dock with iPod to the HTX-22HD with an cable and RCA audio cable will alow you to use the following system control functions. An cable is a special cable for use with Onkyo’s (Remote Interactive) control system. Auto Power O...

28 Connecting AV Components —Continued Controlling an Onkyo DVD Player The following buttons can be used to control an Onkyo DVD player that’s connected with . See page 26 for hookup and setting information. A TOP MENU button* Displays a DVD’s top menu or a DVD’s title. B Arrow [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ] and E...

30 Turning On the HTX-22HD Before connecting the power cord, connect all of your speakers and other components. Notes: • Turning on the HTX-22HD may cause a momentary power surge that might interfere with other electrical equipment on the same circuit. If this is a problem, plug the HTX-22HD into a ...

31 Turning On the HTX-22HD —Continued Turning On and Standby On the HTX-22HD, press the [ON/STANDBY] button. On the remote controller, press the [ON/STANDBY] button. The HTX-22HD comes on, the display lights up, and the STANDBY indicator goes off. To turn off the HTX-22HD, press the [ON/STANDBY] but...

32 First Time Setup This section explains the settings that you need to make before using the HTX-22HD for the very first time. With the supplied calibrated microphone, Audyssey 2EQ automatically determines the number of speakers connected, their size for purposes of bass management, optimum crossov...

33 First Time Setup —Continued Using Audyssey 2EQ 1 2, 6 3–5 1 1 Turn on the HTX-22HD. 2 Put the speaker setup microphone at measurement point 1 (page 32), and connect it to the SETUP MIC jack. Notes: • For all measurements, the micro- phone capsule should point directly at the ceiling. • If there’s...

34 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • When the automatic speaker setup is com- plete, the Equalizer Settings (page 62) will be set to Audyssey. • The AUDYSSEY indicator stays on all the time once the automatic speaker setup has been run. 3 Press [ENTER]. Once you’ve pressed [ENTER], stand by a wal...

35 First Time Setup —Continued Error Messages While the automatic speaker setup is in progress, one of the following error messages may appear: ❑ Ambient noise is too high This message appears if there’s too much background noise and the measurements can-not be performed properly. Remove the source ...

36 First Time Setup —Continued When you connect a component to an analog or digital input, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you connect your DVD player to OPTICAL IN 1, you must assign OPTICAL IN 1 to the DVD input selector. Here are the default assignments. Audio Inp...

37 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • When an HDMI IN is assigned to an input selector in “HDMI Input Setup” on page 37, this input assignment is automati-cally set to the same HDMI IN, and in addition to the COAX, OPT1, OPT2, etc., inputs here, you will also be able to select the HDMI inputs. • T...

38 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • Each HDMI IN can be assigned to only one input selector. Before you assign an HDMI IN to an input selector, you must change the default HDMI1 or HDMI2 assignment to “- - - - -” first. • When an HDMI IN is assigned to an input selector as explained here, the au...

39 Playing Your Components Basic HTX-22HD Operation 3 1 3 1 1 Press the HTX-22HD’s [INPUT] button repeatedly to select an input source. To select an input source with the remote controller, use its [INPUT SELECTOR] buttons. Depending on which input selectors you have assigned to input jacks (page 36...

40 Playing Your Components —Continued You can adjust the brightness of the display. You can temporarily mute the output of the HTX-22HD. To unmute the HTX-22HD, press the remote controller’s [MUTING] button again, or adjust the volume. The output is unmuted and the MUTING indicator goes off.Muting i...

41 Playing Your Components —Continued You can display various information about the current input source as follows. The following information can typically be displayed: *1 If the input signal is analog, no format information is displayed. If the input sig-nal is PCM, the sampling frequency is disp...

42 Using the Listening Modes For a description of each listening mode, see “About the Listening Modes” on page 49. Selecting the Listening Modes • The Dolby Digital and DTS listening modes can only be selected if your DVD player is connected to the HTX-22HD with a digital audio connection (coaxial, ...

43 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Analog and PCM Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Requires 7.1 speakers. Listening Modes Available for Each Source Format Source format PCM Multi channel Analog Multichannel PCM 32–96 kHz *1 1. 32/44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz 176.4/ 192 kHz *2 32–96 kHz* 1 176.4/192 kH...

44 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Requires 7.1 speakers. Note: • With some HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be heard during playback. This may occur when the audio format changes during playback. It is not a malfuncti...

45 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Requires 7.1 speakers. Source format DTS, DTS 96/24 DTS Discrete/Matrix Multichannel 2ch Mono Media Listening Mode DVD, CD, etc. DVD, CD, etc. Direct ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Stereo ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Mono ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ DTS, DTS 96/24 ✔ DTS-ES Discrete/Ma...

46 Using the Listening Modes —Continued TrueHD Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Requires 7.1 speakers. Note: • With some HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be heard during playback. This may occur when the audio format changes during playback. It is not a malfunction. Source format TrueHD TrueH...

48 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS Express and DSD Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Requires 7.1 speakers. If you can select PCM or DSD output on your SACD player, in some cases, selecting PCM will provide the best sound quality. Note: • With some HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, a noise may be ...

49 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The HTX-22HD’s listening modes can trans-form your listening room into a movie theater or concert hall, with high fidelity and stun-ning surround sound. Direct In this mode, audio from the input source is output directly with minimal processing, pro-viding hig...

51 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Multich This mode is for use with HDMI multichan-nel sources. DSD DSD stands for Direct Stream Digital and is the format used to store digital audio on Super Audio CDs (SACD).This mode can be used with SACDs that fea-ture multichannel audio. Onkyo Original DSP...

52 Using the Listening Modes —Continued With the Audio Adjust settings, you can adjust the sound and listening modes as you like. Multiplex/Mono Multiplex ■ Input (Mux) This setting determines which channel of a stereo multiplex source is output. Use it to select audio channels or languages with mul...

53 Using the Listening Modes —Continued PLIIx/Neo:6 PLIIx Music (2 ch Input) These settings apply to only 2-channel stereo sources.If you’re not using any surround back speak-ers, these settings apply to Dolby Pro Logic II, not Dolby Pro Logic IIx. ■ Panorama With this setting, you can broaden the w...

54 Using the Listening Modes —Continued T-D (Theater-Dimensional) ■ LstnAngl (Listening Angle) With this setting, you can optimize the The-ater-Dimensional listening mode by specify-ing the angle of the front left and right speakers relative to your listening position. Ideally, the front left and ri...

55 Using the Listening Modes —Continued With the Late Night function, you can reduce the dynamic range of Dolby Digital material so that you can still hear quiet parts even when listening at low volume levels—ideal for watching movies late at night when you don’t want to disturb anyone. Notes: • The...

56 Advanced Setup This section explains how to set the speaker settings manually. This can be useful for checking the speaker setting or making changes if you add additional speakers to your system after running the automatic speaker setup.Some of the speaker settings are set automati-cally by the A...

57 Advanced Setup —Continued 5 Press the Down [ ] button to select “Cntr” (Center), and then use the Left and Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to select: Small: Select if the center speaker is small. Large: Select if the center speaker is large. None: Select if no center speaker is connected. Note: • If the Fr...

58 Advanced Setup —Continued Crossover Frequency This setting only applies to the speakers that you specified as Small in the “Speaker Con- figuration” on page 56.To get the best bass performance from your speaker system, you need to set the crossover frequency according to the size and frequency re...

59 Advanced Setup —Continued Double Bass With the Double Bass function, you can boost bass output by feeding bass sounds from the front left, right, and center channels to the subwoofer. Note: • To return to the previous menu, press the [RETURN] button. Speaker Distances With the Speaker Distance se...

60 Advanced Setup —Continued Notes: • To return to the previous menu, press the [RETURN] button. • The Center and Subwoofer distances can be set up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) more or less than the Front distance. For example, if the Front distance is set to 20 ft. (6 m), the Center and Subwoofer distances can...

62 Advanced Setup —Continued Equalizer Settings With the Equalizer settings, you can adjust the tone of each speaker. 1 Press the [SETUP] button. 2 Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ] buttons to select “2. Speaker Setup,” and then press [ENTER]. 3 Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ] buttons to select “Equalizer,” a...

63 Advanced Setup —Continued Notes: • To return to the previous menu, press the [RETURN] button. • The front, center, surround, and surround back speakers can be adjusted at 63 Hz, 250 Hz, 1000 Hz, 4000 Hz, and 16000 Hz. The subwoofer can be adjusted at 25 Hz, 40 Hz, 63 Hz, 100 Hz, and 160 Hz. • Whi...

64 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the Source Setup menu. Items can be set individually for each input selector. IntelliVolume With IntelliVolume, you can set the input level for each input selector individually. This is useful if one of your source components is louder or q...

65 Advanced Setup —Continued A/V Sync When using your DVD player’s progressive scanning function, you may find that the pic-ture and sound are out of sync. With the A/V Sync setting, you can correct this by applying a delay to the audio signal. The delay can be set from 0 to 100 milliseconds (msec) ...

66 Advanced Setup —Continued Notes: • Once a custom name has been entered, it will be displayed instead of the default name when the input selector is selected. • To use the default name again, delete all of the characters in the custom name. Available Characters This section explains items on the V...

67 Advanced Setup —Continued MaxVolume With this setting, you can limit the maximum volume.The Maximum Volume range is Off, 79 to 30. PowOn Vol This setting determines what the volume will be each time the HTX-22HD is turned on.The range is Last, Min, 1 to 79, Max.To use the same volume level as whe...

68 Advanced Setup —Continued Audio TV Out This setting determines whether audio received by an HDMI input is output by the HDMI OUT. You may want to change this setting to On if your TV is connected to the HDMI OUT and you want to listen to audio from an HDMI component through your TV’s speakers ins...

70 Advanced Setup —Continued Normally, the HTX-22HD detects the format of digital input signals automatically. How-ever, if you experience either of the following issues when playing PCM or DTS sources, you can specify the signal format manually.• If the beginnings of tracks from a PCM source are cu...

71 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the HTX-22HD, look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, contact your Onkyo dealer. Can’t turn on the HTX-22HD • Make sure that the power cord is plugged into the wall outlet properly. • Unplug the power cord from th...

74 Specifications Subwoofer system with built-in amplifier (HTX-22HDPAW) ■ Digital Audio Inputs/Outputs ■ Analog Audio Inputs/Outputs Front Speaker (HTX-22HDST) Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. Type: Bass-reflex with built-in amplifier Rated Output Power (IEC): 5 ch ...

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