Onkyo TX-SR8370 - Manual

5 Contents Introduction Important Safety Instructions ....................2 Precautions .................................................3 Supplied Accessories.................................4 Features .......................................................6 Getting to Know the AV Receiver ...........

6 Features Amplifier • 7-channel amplifier• Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry• Zone 2 capability• WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology)• Massive High Current Power Supply (H.C.P.S.) trans- former • Color-coded speaker terminal posts• VLSC (Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry) on all chan- nels Processing •...

7 Getting to Know the AV Receiver The actual front panel has various logos printed on it. They are not shown here for clarity.For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY/ON button (39) Sets the AV receiver to On or Standby. B STANDBY indicator (39) Lights up when the AV receive...

8 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. K PHONES jack (59) This 1/4-inch phone jack is for connecting a stan-dard pair of stereo headphones for private listening. L ZONE 2 and OFF buttons (83) The ZONE 2 button is used to turn on Zone 2 an...

9 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. 1 MUTING indicator (58) Flashes while the AV receiver is muted. 2 ZONE 2 indicator (83) Lights up when Zone 2 is on. 3 Listening mode and format indicators (60) Show the selected listening mode and t...

10 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued Rear Panel P Q R S 3 4 7 6 8 5 J 9 L K M O T U Y 2 1 N V W X TX-SR803/803E Not North American and Australian models On some models P Q R S 3 7 6 8 5 J 9 L K M N O T U V W X Y 2 1 TX-SR703/703E and TX-SR8370 Not North American and Australian models On som...

11 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued A OPTICAL DIGITAL These optical digital audio inputs are for connecting components with optical digital audio outputs, such as CD players and DVD players. The optical digital audio output is for connecting a digital recorder with an optical digital input...

12 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued N RS232 American and Australian models don’t have this port. This port is for connecting the AV receiver to home automation equipment and external controllers. O VOLTAGE SELECTOR (on some models) Some models have a volt-age selector switch for compatibil...

13 Remote Controller Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try replacing the batteries. • Don’t mix new and old batteries or different types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for a long time, remove the batteries to prevent damage from leakage or corro...

14 Remote Controller —Continued Including the AV receiver, the remote controller can be used to control up to nine different components. The remote controller has a specific operating mode for use with each type of component. Modes are selected by using the eight REMOTE MODE buttons. ■ RECEIVER/TAPE...

15 Remote Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A STANDBY button (39) Sets the AV receiver to Standby. B ON button (39) Turns on the AV receiver. C INPUT SELECTOR buttons (48) Used to select the input sources. D MULTI CH button (57) Selects the multichannel DV...

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 Standby. B ON button Turns on the DVD player. C Number buttons Used to enter title, chapter, and track numbers, and to enter times for locating specif...

17 Remote Controller —Continued To control an Onkyo CD player or a CD/MD recorder made by another manufacturer, press the [CD] REMOTE MODE button to select the CD remote controller mode. To control an Onkyo MD recorder or CD recorder, press the [MD] or [CDR] REMOTE MODE button to select the MD or CD...

18 Remote Controller —Continued HDD mode is for controlling Onkyo’s next generation HDD-compatible components. As of 2005, it can be used with the Onkyo DS-A1 Remote Interactive Dock and Apple iPod connected via . When Using the DS-A1: • Connect the DS-A1 to the TAPE IN or VIDEO 3 IN jacks. • Set th...

19 Connecting Your Speakers Thanks to the AV receiver’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 DTS and Dolby Digital. With analog and digital TV, you can enjoy D...

20 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Speaker Configuration For the best surround-sound experience, you should con-nect seven speakers and a powered subwoofer. The following table shows which channels you should use based on the number of speakers you have. *If you’re using only one surround back s...

21 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Speaker Connection Precautions Read the following before connecting your speakers:• You can connect speakers with an impedance of between 4 and 16 ohms. If the impedance of any of the connected speakers is 4 ohms or more but less than 6, be sure to set the mini...

22 Connecting Antenna This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially available outdoor FM and AM antennas.The AV receiver won’t pick up any radio signals without any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use th...

23 Connecting Antenna —Continued If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out-door FM antenna instead. Notes: • Outdoor FM antennas work best outside, but usable results can sometimes be obtained when installed in an attic or loft. • For ...

24 Connecting Your Components • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV components. • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and double-checked all AV connections. Optical Digital Jacks The AV receiver’s optical digital jacks have shutter-type cove...

25 Connecting Your Components —Continued By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the AV receiver. The AV receiver supports several co...

26 Connecting Your Components —Continued • With connection , you can listen to and record audio from your TV and listen in Zone 2. • To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .) Hint! If your TV has no audio outputs, connect an audio output from your VCR to...

27 Connecting Your Components —Continued • With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD and listen in Zone 2. • To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .) • If your DVD player has main left and right outputs and multichannel left and ri...

28 Connecting Your Components —Continued Hooking Up the Multichannel DVD Input If your DVD player supports multichannel audio formats such as DVD-Audio or SACD, and it has a multichannel analog audio output, you can connect it to the AV receiver’s multichannel DVD input.Use a multichannel analog aud...

29 Connecting Your Components —Continued In addition to video playback, with this hookup, you can use your VCR’s tuner to listen to your favorite TV programs via the AV receiver, useful if your TV has no audio outputs.If you have two video recorders (e.g., a VCR and a DVD recorder), connect one reco...

30 Connecting Your Components —Continued If you have two video recorders (e.g., a VCR and a DVD recorder), connect one recorder to the VIDEO 1 OUT jacks, as shown here, and connect the other recorder to the VIDEO 2 OUT jacks in the same way. Connecting a VCR or DVD Recorder for Recording Connection ...

32 Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a Camcorder, Games Console, or Other Device Connection AV receiver Signal flow Camcorder or console VIDEO 4 INPUT S VIDEO ⇐ S-Video output VIDEO 4 INPUT VIDEO ⇐ Composite video output VIDEO 4 INPUT L/R ⇐ Analog audio L/R output VIDEO 4 INPUT DIGITA...

33 Connecting Your Components —Continued • With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the CD player and listen in Zone 2. • To connect the CD player digitally, use connection or . (For recording, use and , or and .) The AV receiver’s PHONO IN is for use with a moving magnet (MM) type ...

34 Connecting Your Components —Continued • With connection , you can play and record and listen in Zone 2. • To connect the recorder digitally for playback, use connections and , or and . • To connect the recorder digitally for recording, use connection . If you want to use a more powerful power amp...

35 Connecting Your Components —Continued With (Remote Interactive), you can use the following special functions: Auto Power On/Standby When you start playback on a component connected via , if the AV receiver is on Standby, it will automatically turn on and select that component as the input source....

36 Connecting Your Components —Continued About HDMI Designed to meet the 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 video an...

37 Connecting Your Components —Continued Making HDMI Connections Video Signal Flow Chart Digital video signals received at HDMI IN 1 and 2 are only output by the HDMI OUT and sent to your TV. Composite video, S-Video, and component video input signals are not output by the HDMI OUT. Note: • The onsc...

38 Connecting Your Components —Continued The AV receiver has AC outlets on its rear panel that can be used to connect the power cords of other components that you intend to use with the AV receiver. These com-ponents can then be left turned on so that they turn on and off as and when the AV receiver...

39 Turning On the AV Receiver For models other than the American and Australian models: • To completely shut down the AV receiver, set the [POWER] switch to the OFF position ( ). STANDBY/ON STANDBY ZONE 2 PURE AUDIO OFF ON POWER STANDBY/ON STANDBY ZONE 2 PURE AUDIO VIDEO 1 DVD MULTI CH VIDEO 1 DVD M...

40 First Time Setup This section explains the settings that you need to make before using the AV receiver for the very first time. With the supplied speaker setup microphone, the Auto-matic Speaker Setup function can measure the test tone output by each speaker and automatically determine the number...

41 First Time Setup —Continued Tip: • You can cancel the automatic speaker setup at anytime by disconnecting the microphone. 3 Press [ENTER]. The automatic speaker setup starts.The test tone is output by each speaker in turn. The microphone picks up the sound and feeds it back to the AV receiver, wh...

42 First Time Setup —Continued ■ Checking the Results If you selected “Check the Results” in step 4 on the pre-vious page, the following menu appears and you can check the results of the automatic speaker setup. 1. Warning— Undetected speakers and position warn- ings (see the right column). 2. Speak...

43 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a video component to HDMI IN 1 or 2, you must assign that input to an input selector. For exam-ple, if you connect your DVD player to HDMI IN 1, you must assign HDMI IN 1 to the DVD input selector. Note: When HDMI IN 1 or 2 is assigned to an input select...

44 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a video component to COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1, 2, or 3, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you connect your DVD player to COMPONENT VIDEO IN 3, you must assign COMPONENT VIDEO IN 3 to the DVD input selector. To upconvert and out...

45 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a component to a digital input, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you connect your CD player to OPTICAL IN 2, you must assign OPTICAL IN 2 to the CD input selector. Here are the default assignments. * The front panel optica...

46 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect an -capable Onkyo MiniDisc recorder, CD recorder, or next generation HDD-compat-ible component to the TAPE IN/OUT or VIDEO 3 IN jacks, for to work properly, you must change this setting. This setting can only be changed on the AV receiver. iPod photo: If...

48 Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Receiver Operation PUSH TO OPEN STANDBY/ON STANDBY MASTER VOLUME PHONO ZONE 2 DISPLAY PURE AUDIO TUNER TAPE VIDEO 4 VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 DVD MULTI CH CD OFF ON POWER 3 1 10 - - / - - - 11 12 REMOTE MODE HDD RECEIVER TAPE/AMP DVD CD ZONE2 SAT TV VCR CABLE MD ...

49 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 selection. Tuning into AM/FM Radio Stations ■ Auto Tuning Mode When tuned into a station, the TUNED indicator appears. When tuned into a stereo FM station, ...

50 Listening to the Radio —Continued Using RDS (European Model Only) RDS only works with European models in areas where RDS broadcasts are available. When tuned to an RDS station, the RDS indicator appears. ■ What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM ra...

52 Listening to the Radio —Continued Note: Hardware and required basic monthly subscription sold separately. Premium Channels available at additional monthly cost. Installation costs and other fees and taxes, including a one-time activation fee may apply. Subscrip-tion fee is consumer only. All fees...

53 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting XM Radio Channels There are two modes for selecting XM radio channels: Channel Search mode , which allows you to select any channel. Category Search mode , which allows you to select channels by category. ■ Channel Search Mode Note: Channels cannot be s...

54 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting XM Channels from the Front Panel: Displaying XM Radio Information The following information can be displayed: Note: If the category, artist, or song title is not available, “- - -” will be displayed instead. ■ Displaying XM Information on Your TV When y...

55 Listening to the Radio —Continued Positioning the XM Antenna You can check the signal strength of the XM radio signal and adjust the position of the XM antenna accordingly. Note: If the signal quality is 0%, make sure that the XM antenna is connected properly. XM Radio Messages The following mess...

56 Listening to the Radio —Continued You can store a combination of up to 40 of your favorite AM/FM radio stations and XM channels as presets. Selecting Presets Deleting Presets Presetting AM/FM Stations and XM Channels 1 Tune into the AM/FM station or XM channel that you want to store as a preset. ...

57 Using the Multichannel DVD Input The multichannel DVD input is for connecting a compo-nent with a 5.1/7.1-channel analog audio output, such as a DVD player, DVD-Audio/SACD-capable player, or an MPEG decoder. See page 28 for hookup information. Note: • While the multichannel DVD input is selected,...

58 Common Functions This section explains functions that can be used with any input source. You can adjust the brightness of the display. You can adjust the volume of each speaker while listen-ing to an input source. These temporary adjustments are cancelled when the AV receiver is set to Standby. N...

59 Common Functions —Continued With the sleep timer, you can set the AV receiver so that it turns off automatically after a specified period. To cancel the sleep timer, press the [SLEEP] button repeatedly until the SLEEP indicator disappears. To check the remaining sleep time, press the [SLEEP] butt...

60 Using the Listening Modes For a description of each listening mode, see “About the Listening Modes” on page 62. Selecting on the AV Receiver ■ [PURE AUDIO] button This button selects the Pure Audio listening mode.When this mode is selected, the AV receiver’s dis-play is turned off and only the HD...

62 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The AV receiver’s listening modes can transform your listening room into a movie theater or concert hall, with high fidelity and stunning surround sound. Pure Audio In this mode, the display and video circuitry are turned off, minimizing possible noise sources...

63 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS+Neo:6 This mode uses Neo:6 to expand 5.1-channel DTS sources for 6.1/7.1-channel playback. Use it with DVDs that bear the DTS logo and feature a 5.1-channel soundtrack. THX Founded by George Lucas, THX develops stringent stan-dards that ensure movies are r...

64 Recording This section explains how to record the input source and how to record audio and video from separate sources. Notes: • The surround sound and DSP listening modes cannot be recorded. • Copy-protected DVDs cannot be recorded. • Sources connected to the multichannel DVD input cannot be rec...

65 Onscreen Setup Menus The onscreen setup menus are displayed on the connected TV (not via the HDMI OUT) and provide a convenient way to change the AV receiver’s settings, which are arranged into two groups: First Time Setup and Advanced Setup . To get your system up and running, you must complete ...

66 Adjusting the Listening Modes With the Re-EQ function, you can correct a soundtrack whose high-frequency content is too harsh, making it more suitable for home theater viewing.This function can be used with the following listening modes: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, ...

67 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued Tone Control Settings You can adjust the bass and treble for the front speakers.The tone control circuits are bypassed in the Direct and Pure Audio listening modes. ■ Bass You can boost or cut low-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –10 dB t...

68 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued Dolby Digital Settings ■ Dolby EX This setting determines how Dolby Digital EX signals are handled. This setting is unavailable if no surround back speakers are connected or the ZONE 2 SPEAKERS terminals are being used (page 82). Auto: Dolby Digital EX can...

69 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued You can specify a default listening mode for each signal format supported by each input selector. The AV receiver will then automatically select that listening mode based on the format of the input signal. You can select other listening modes while listeni...

70 Advanced Setup This section explains how to check the speaker settings and how to set them manually, which is useful if you change a speaker after performing the automatic speaker setup.Some speaker settings are set automatically by the Auto-matic Speaker Setup function (see page 40). Speaker Con...

71 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-pass filter (LPF), which can be used to filter out unwanted hum. The LPF only applies to sources that use the LFE channel. *If you are using THX-certified...

72 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Distance With these settings, you can specify the distance from each speaker to the listening position. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button. 1 Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE M...

73 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Level Calibration With these settings, you can adjust the level of each speaker while listening to the test tone so that the volume of each speaker is the same at the listening position. Notes: • The speakers cannot be calibrated while the output of the AV receiv...

74 Advanced Setup —Continued THX Audio Setup This setting is only available if the SurrBack Ch setting in the Speaker Configuration is set to 2ch.With this setting, you can specify the distance between your surround back speakers. To get the best from THX’s ASA (Advanced Speaker Array) technology, t...

75 Advanced Setup —Continued Equalizer Settings With these settings, you can adjust the tone of each speaker. The volume of each speaker can be set on page 73. Notes: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button. • On the TX...

76 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the “Input Setup” menu. Delay ■ A/V Sync When using progressive scanning, you may find that the picture and sound are out of sync. With this setting, you can correct this by delaying the audio signals from 0 to 250 milliseconds (ms) in 1 mi...

77 Advanced Setup —Continued Character Edit With this setting, you can enter a custom name for each input source. When the input source is selected, its name will appear on the display. To delete all the characters in a name: In step 5, press the Left [ ] button instead of the Right [ ] button. Note...

78 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the “Preference” menu. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button. IntelliVolume With this preference, you can set the input level for each input source. Th...

79 Advanced Setup —Continued ■ Power On Vol With this preference, you can specify the volume setting to be used when the AV receiver is turned on.When the Volume Display preference is set to Absolute, the range is 0 to 100. When it’s set to Relative, the range is – ∞ dB, –81 dB to +18 dB. To use the...

80 Advanced Setup —Continued Changing the AV Receiver’s Remote ID When several Onkyo components are used in the same room, their remote ID codes may overlap. To differenti-ate the AV receiver from the other components, you can change its remote ID from 1, the default, to 2 or 3. Note: If you change ...

81 Advanced Setup —Continued Normally, the AV receiver detects the signal format auto-matically. However, if you experience either of the fol-lowing issues when playing PCM or DTS material, you can specify the signal format as either PCM or DTS:• If the beginnings of tracks from a PCM source are cut...

82 Zone 2 With the Zone 2 function, you can enjoy one input source in the main room and a different input source in another room. There are two ways to hook up your Zone 2 speakers: 1) Use an amp (receiver or integrated amp) in Zone 2 and connect your Zone 2 speakers to it. 2) Connect your Zone 2 sp...

83 Zone 2 —Continued If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to this AV receiver, as explained in “Using Only Speakers in Zone 2” on page 82, you must set the “Powered Zone 2” setting to “Act” (Activated) as explained here. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using it...

84 Zone 2 —Continued Controlling Zone 2 with the Remote Controller Note: • To control Zone 2, you must press the remote control- ler’s [ZONE 2] REMOTE MODE button first. Adjusting the Volume for Zone 2 To Mute Zone 2: Press the remote controller’s [ZONE 2] button, followed by the [MUTING] button. To...

85 Zone 2 —Continued To control the AV receiver with the remote controller while you’re in the Zone 2 room, you’ll need a commer-cially available multiroom remote control kit.• Multiroom kits are made by Niles and Xantech.These kits can also be used when there isn’t a clear line of sight to the AV r...

86 Controlling Other Components You can control your other components, including those made by other manufacturers, with the remote controller.This section explains how to:• Enter the remote control code for a component that you want to control (e.g., DVD, TV, VCR). • Learn commands directly from an...

87 Controlling Other Components —Continued Remote Control Codes for Onkyo Components Connected via Onkyo components that are connected via are con- trolled by pointing the remote controller at the AV receiver, not the component. This allows you to control components that are out of view, in a rack, ...

88 Controlling Other Components —Continued To control another component, point the remote controller at it and use the buttons explained below. (You must select the appropriate remote control mode first.) With some AV components, certain buttons may not work as expected, and some may not work at all...

90 Controlling Other Components —Continued You can program the remote controller’s MACRO but-tons to perform a sequence of actions. Example: To play a CD, you typically need to perform the follow-ing actions: 1. Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button to select the Receiver remote controller mode. 2...

91 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, contact your Onkyo dealer. Can’t turn on the AV receiver • Make sure that the power cord is plugged into the wall outlet properly. • Unplug the power cord f...

93 Troubleshooting —Continued Reception is noisy, stereo FM reception suffers from hiss, or the FM STEREO indicator doesn’t appear • Relocate your antenna.• Move the AV receiver away from your TV or com- puter. • Listen to the station in mono (page 49).• When listening to an AM station, operating th...

95 Specification Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section ■ FM ■ AM General ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ Audio Inputs ■ Audio Outputs Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. Power Output TX-SR803/803E: 2 channels driven: North American: 105 W + 105 W (8 Ω , 20 Hz–2...