TX-NR696 - Initial Setup with Auto Start-up Wizard
When you turn the unit on for the first time after purchase, the Initial Setup screen is automatically displayed on the TV to allow you to make settings required for startup using simple operations following on-screen guidance.
- Switch the input of the TV to the input connected to the unit.
- Put batteries into the remote controller of this unit.
- Press on the remote controller to turn the unit on.
- When the language selection screen is displayed on TV, select the language with the cursors and press ENTER.
- Select the item with the cursors of the remote controller, and press ENTER to confirm your selection. To return to the previous screen, press [RETURN/BACK ICON] .
- If you have terminated the Initial Setup halfway, turn this unit to standby mode. Then turning the power on again can display the Initial Setup again. The Initial Setup appears on the screen each time the power is turned on unless the Initial Set up is completed or "Never Show Again" is selected on the first screen.
- To perform the Initial Setup again after the setting is completed, press [SETTING/GEAR], select "6. Miscellaneous" - "Initial Setup", and press ENTER.
Speaker Setup
- Select the connected speaker configuration, and press ENTER.
Note that the image on the screen changes each time you select the number of channels in "Speaker Channels". - The speaker combination selected in step 1 is displayed. "Yes" is displayed for the selected speakers. If the setting is correct, press ENTER.
- Select "Next" and press ENTER. Then a test tone is output from each speaker to confirm the connection. Selecting each speaker with the cursors will output the test tone. Press ENTER after confirmation.
- If there is no problem with the speaker connection, select "Next" and press ENTER. To return to "Speaker Setup", select "Back to Speaker Setup" and press ENTER
AccuEQ Room Calibration
Place the supplied speaker setup microphone at the listening position. The unit automatically measures the test tones output from each speaker, and sets the optimum volume level for each speaker, the crossover frequencies, and the distance from the listening position. This also automatically adjusts the equalizers for the speakers, and enables correction of sound distortion caused by the acoustic environment of the room.
- It takes between 3 and 12 minutes for calibration to be completed. Each speaker outputs the test tone at high volume during measurement, so be careful of your surroundings. Also, keep the room as quiet as possible during measurement.
- If you connect a subwoofer, check the power and volume of the subwoofer.
Set the subwoofer volume to more than half. - If the power of this unit suddenly turns off, the wires in the speaker cables have touched the rear panel or other wires, and the protection circuit is working. Twist the wires again securely, and make sure they do not stick out of the speaker terminals when connecting.
- When using THX certified speakers, THX recommends that the crossover frequency is set to "80Hz(THX)". Also, THX recommends that each speaker setting is manually adjusted according to the specific characteristics of each room.
- Place the supplied speaker setup microphone at the listening position, and connect it to the SETUP MIC jack on the main unit.
When placing the speaker setup microphone on a tripod, refer to the illustration. - Confirm a test tone is output from the subwoofer and press ENTER.
- Press ENTER. Then, test tones are output from each speaker, and the connected speakers and the noise in the surrounding environment are automatically measured.
- The measurement results in step 3 are displayed. Select "Next", and press ENTER. The test tones are output again. Then, the unit automatically sets the optimum volume level, crossover frequency, etc.
- When the measurement is completed, the measurement results are displayed. You can check each setting using the cursors. Select "Save" and press ENTER to save the settings.
- Disconnect the speaker setup microphone
Multi Zone Sound Check
Output test tones to ZONE 2 to enjoy audio in a separate room (ZONE 2) in
addition to the main room.
ARC Setup
To connect with an ARC-compatible TV, select "Yes". The ARC setting on this unit turns on, and you can listen to the TV's audio through this unit.
- If you select "Yes", the HDMI CEC function is enabled and power consumption increases during standby.
Network Connection
1. To make the network connection settings, select "Yes" and press ENTER.
- A confirmation screen asking you whether to agree to the privacy statement
is displayed during network setting. If you agree, select "Accept" and press
ENTER.
2. Select the network connection method and press ENTER.
"Wired": Use a wired LAN to connect to a network.
"Wireless": Wi-Fi connection using an access point such as a wireless LAN router.
- There are two methods for Wi-Fi connection.
-"Scan Networks": Search for an access point from this unit. Find out the SSID of the access point beforehand.
-"Use iOS Device (iOS7 or later)": Share the Wi-Fi settings of your iOS device with this unit. - If you select "Scan Networks", there are another two types of connection methods. Check the following.
-"Enter Password": Enter the password (or key) of the access point to connect.
-"Push Button": If the access point is equipped with an automatic setting button, you can connect without entering the password.
If the SSID of the access point is not displayed, select "Other..." with the cursor on the SSID list screen, press ENTER, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
Keyboard input
To switch between upper and lower case, select "A/a" on the screen and press ENTER. To select whether to mask the password with "¢" or display it in plain text, press MENU on the remote control. Pressing CLR will delete all the input characters.
Comments
4 comments
This information is outdated. It didn't work on mine. Although I'm not using the tv screen to do it. I'm using the receiver's display.
Thank you for your feedback! This specific article will help you set up your TX-NR696 using the TV display.
This is outrageous. I cannot get the wired speakers to play simply because I cannot get past the initial set up stage. The speakers are working because I was able to check them on the calibration mode. I cannot get the display on the TV. I am using the Optical connection which shows on the TV display but no guidance as to how to move forward. What happened to plug and play.??!!
Hello Papine01,
Below is showing how to if you don't want to complete the initial setup right away.
--If you have terminated the Initial Setup halfway, turn this unit into standby mode. Then turning the power on again can display the Initial Setup again. The Initial Setup appears on the screen each time the power is turned on unless the Initial Set up is completed or "Never Show Again" is selected on the first screen.
I'm not understanding your statement, " I cannot get the display on the TV. I am using the Optical connection which shows on the TV display but no guidance as to how to move forward." The optical connection is not the source of video but only audio. So, I don't understand how you’re saying you’re getting video onto the tv. What are the other connections from the receiver to the tv? Are you able to get picture from the sources that are going through the receiver?
Thank you
Jennifer
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