Onkyo HT-R693 Advanced Manual

Tuning into a Radio Station

Tuning into stations automatically

1. Press TUNER on the main unit several times to select either "AM" or "FM".

2. Press TUNING MODE so that the "AUTO" indicator on the display lights.

3. Press TUNING to start Auto tuning. Searching automatically stops when a station is found. When tuned

into a radio station, the " TUNED " indicator on the display lights. If FM stereo broadcasting is tuned, the "FM STEREO" indicator lights.

No sound is output while the " TUNED " indicator is off.

When the signal from an FM radio station is weak: Radio wave may be weak depending on the building structure and environmental conditions. In that case, manually tune into the radio station of your choice by referring to the next section.

Tuning into stations manually

1. Press TUNER on the main unit several times to select either "AM" or

AM/FM Radio Receiving Function

"FM".

2. Press TUNING MODE so that the "AUTO" indicator on the display goes off.

3. Press TUNING to select the desired radio station. The frequency changes by 1 step each time you press the button. The

frequency changes continuously if the button is held down and stops when the button is released. Tune by looking at the display.

To return to the auto tuning mode: Press TUNING MODE again on the main unit. FM stereo broadcasting is automatically tuned. Normally, leave the indicator in "AUTO".

Tuning into stations by frequency

It allows you to directly enter the frequency of the radio station you want to listen to.

1. Press TUNER on the remote controller several times to select either "AM" or "FM".

2. Press D.TUN.

3. Using the number buttons, enter the frequency of the radio station within 8 seconds. To enter 87.5 (FM), for example, press 8, 7, 5, or 8, 7, 5, 0.

Presetting an AM/FM Radio Station

It allows you to register up to 40 of your favorite AM/FM radio stations. Registering radio stations in advance allows you to tune into your radio station of choice directly.

Registering a Station

1. Tune into the AM/FM radio station you want to register.

2. Press MEMORY on the unit so that the preset number on the display flashes.

3. Repeatedly press PRESET to select a number between 1 and 40 while the preset number is flashing (about 8 seconds).

4. Press MEMORY again to register the station. When registering, the preset number stops flashing. Repeat this procedure for all of your favorite AM/FM radio stations.

Selecting a Preset Radio Station

1. Press CH +/- on the remote controller to select a preset number. Alternatively you can press PRESET on the main unit. You can

also select by directly entering the preset number with the number buttons on the remote controller.

AM/FM Radio Receiving Function

Deleting a Preset Radio Station

1. Press CH +/- on the remote controller to select the preset number to delete.

2. Press and hold MEMORY on the main unit and press TUNING MODE to delete the preset number. When deleting, the number on the display goes off.

Using RDS (European model)

RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM radio signals. RDS works only in areas where RDS broadcasts are available. In some cases, the text information appeared on the display is not

identical to the content transmitted by the RDS station. Furthermore, unexpected characters may be displayed when the unit receives unsupported characters. However, this is not a malfunction.

If the signal from an RDS station is weak, the RDS data may be displayed

continuously or not at all.

PS (Program Service): Tuning into a radio station distributing Program Service information displays the radio station name. Pressing DISPLAY displays the frequency for 3 seconds.

RT (Radio Text): Tuning into a radio station transmitting Radio Text information displays text on the display of the unit.

PTY (Program Type): Allows you to search for RDS stations by program type.

TP (Traffic Program): Allows you to search for radio stations transmitting traffic information.

Displaying Radio Text (RT)

1. Press RT/PTY/TP on the main unit once. The Radio Text (RT) is displayed scrolling across the display. "No

Text Data" is displayed when no text information is available.

Searching by Type (PTY)

1. Press RT/PTY/TP on the main unit twice. The current program type appears on the display.

AM/FM Radio Receiving Function

2. Press PRESET to select the type of program to search for.

The following RDS station types are displayed:

None News (News reports) Affairs (Current affairs) Info (Information) Sport Educate (Education) Drama Culture Science (Science and technology) Varied Pop M (Pop music) Rock M (Rock music) Easy M (Middle of the road music) Light M (Light classics) Classics (Serious classics) Other M (Other music) Weather Finance Children (Children’s programmes) Social (Social affairs) Religion Phone In Travel Leisure Jazz (Jazz music) Country (Country music) Nation M (National music) Oldies (Oldies music) Folk M (Folk music) Document (Documentary)

3. Press ENTER to search the radio stations of the selected type.

4. When the desired radio station is found, the station name on the display flashes. Then, press ENTER again. If no stations are found, the message "Not Found" is displayed.

Listening to Traffic Information (TP)

1. Press RT/PTY/TP on the main unit thrice. When the traffic information is transmitted from the radio station you

selected, "[TP]" is displayed. "TP" only is displayed if no traffic information is available.

2. Press ENTER to search a radio station distributing traffic information.

3. When such a radio station is found, searching stops and playing traffic information starts. "Not Found" is displayed if no radio station distributing traffic

information is found.

Operation: You can set up by viewing the guidance displayed on the TV screen. To display the guidance, you need to make HDMI connection between the unit and TV. Select the item with the cursor buttons of the remote controller and press ENTER to confirm your selection. To return to the previous screen, press RETURN.

Playing Back

1. Press USB on the remote controller to select "USB".

2. Plug your USB storage device with the music files into the USB port of the

unit so that "USB" lights on the display. If the "USB" indicator flashes, check whether the USB storage device

is plugged in properly.

Do not unplug the USB storage device while "Connecting..." is

appeared on the display. This may cause data corruption or malfunction.

Playing Content from a USB Storage Device

3. Press ENTER.

The list of folders and music files on the USB storage device is

displayed on the screen, select the folder with the cursors and press ENTER to confirm your selection.

4. With the cursors, select the music file to play, and then press ENTER or

to start playback.

About Internet Radio

Internet radio, also called net radio, web radio or streaming radio, is an audio service accessible at the websites of service providers who distribute music and audio programs in digital format. There are numerous websites all over the world, from terrestrial station, special station to personal website that provide such a service. The unit comes preset with Internet radio stations (＊) such as TuneIn for you to enjoy these services, just by connecting the unit to the Internet.

＊ Network services or contents may become unavailable if the service

provider terminates its service.

Listening to Internet Radio

TuneIn

With more than 70,000 radio stations and 2 million on-demand programs registered, TuneIn is a service where you can enjoy music, sports and news from all over the world.

Playing Back

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" lights on the display. Alternatively you can press Home and select "Network Service" in the

Home menu.

2. With the cursors, select "TuneIn", and then press ENTER to display

TuneIn top screen.

Listening to Internet Radio

3. With the cursors, select a radio station or program and press ENTER to

start playing.

Regarding the TuneIn Menu

To display the TuneIn menu, press MENU while playing a radio station, or select "Go to Menu" and press ENTER. Selecting the corresponding menu item with the cursors and pressing ENTER allows you to perform the following operations:

Add to My Presets: Registers radio stations and programs in your "My Presets" within TuneIn. This allows you to play registered radio stations and programs with a simple operation. ("My Presets" is not displayed if it is empty.)

Remove from My Presets: Deletes a radio station or program from your "My Presets" within TuneIn.

Report a problem: Reports a problem or interactively solves a problem related to TuneIn.

View Schedule: Displays the radio station or program schedule.

Clear recents: Clears all radio stations and programs from the "Recents"

within TuneIn. (This menu is displayed only when a radio station or program inside the "Recents" is being played.)

Add to My Favorites: Registers radio stations and programs in "My Favorites" of "Network Service". This allows you to play registered radio stations and programs with a simple operation.

Regarding the TuneIn Account

Creating an account on the TuneIn website (tunein.com) and logging in it from the unit allows you to automatically add radio stations and programs to your "My Presets" on the unit as you save them on the website . To display a radio station registered in "My Presets", you must log into TuneIn from the unit. To log in, select "Login" - "I have a TuneIn account" in the "TuneIn" top list on the unit, and then enter your user name and password. If you associate the device on My Page within the TuneIn website using

the registration code obtained by selecting "Login" - "Login with a registration code" on the unit, you can log in without entering the user name and password.

Pandora®–Getting Started (U.S. only)

Pandora is a free, personalized Internet radio service that plays the music you know and helps you discover music you’ll love.

Playing Back

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" indicator on the unit’s display lights. To display the NET TOP

screen, you can alternatively press HOME, select "Network Service" on the displayed Home menu, and then press ENTER.

2. With the cursors on the remote controller, select "Pandora", and then

press ENTER.

3. Use / to select "I have a Pandora Account" or "I’m new to Pandora" and

Listening to Internet Radio

then press ENTER. If you are new to Pandora select "I’m new to Pandora". You will see an activation code on your TV screen. Please write down this code. Go to an Internet connected computer and point your browser to www.pandora.com/onkyo. Enter your activation code and then follow the instructions to create your Pandora account and your personalized Pandora stations. You can create your stations by entering your favorite tracks and artists when prompted. After you have created your account and stations you can return to your Onkyo receiver and press ENTER to begin listening to your personalized Pandora. If you have an existing Pandora account, you can add your Pandora account to your Onkyo receiver by selecting "I have a Pandora Account" and logging in with your email and password. If you want to use multiple user accounts, see "Using Multiple

Accounts". Login can be made from the "Users" screen.

4. To play a station, use / to select the station from your station list, and

then press ENTER. Playback starts and the playback screen appears.

Create a New Station

Enter the name of a track, artist, or genre and Pandora will create a unique radio station for you based on the musical qualities of that track, artist, or genre.

I like this track: Give a track "thumbs-up" and Pandora will play more music like it.

I don’t like this track: Give a track "thumbs-down" and Pandora will ban that track from the current station.

Why is this track playing?: Discover some of the musical attributes that Pandora uses to create your personal radio stations.

I’m tired of this track: If you are tired of a track, you can put the track to sleep and Pandora will not play it for one month.

Create station from this artist: Creates a radio station from this artist.

Create station from this track: Creates a radio station from this track.

Delete this station: This will permanently delete a station from your

Pandora account. All of your thumbs feedback will be lost should you choose to re-create the station with the same track or artist.

Rename this station: Lets you rename the current radio station.

Bookmark this artist: Pandora will bookmark your favorite artist for your

profile on www.pandora.com.

Bookmark this track: Pandora will bookmark the current track and allow you to buy them all from Amazon or iTunes in one step!

Add to My Favorites: Adds a station to My Favorites list.

PANDORA, the PANDORA logo, and the Pandora trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pandora Media, Inc. Used with permission.

SiriusXM Internet Radio (North American only)

If you want to listen to the service, you must subscribe. To subscribe go to www.siriusxm.com/internetradio with your computer. When you subscribe, you will be provided with a username and password which has to be entered into the AV receiver. To use SiriusXM Internet Radio, you must have your AV receiver connected to the Internet. Using the remote control, follow these steps:

Playing Back

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" indicator on the unit’s display lights. To display the NET TOP

screen, you can alternatively press HOME, select "Network Service" on the displayed Home menu, and then press ENTER.

Listening to Internet Radio

2. With the cursors on the remote controller, select "SiriusXM Internet

Radio", and then press ENTER.

3. Select "Sign In", and then press ENTER. If you have an existing SIRIUS

account, you can sign in by selecting "Sign In". Enter your user name and password in the next keyboard screen, or in Web Setup. If you don’t know your username or password, call Sirius XM at (888) 539-7474 for assistance. If you want to use multiple user accounts, see "Using Multiple

Accounts". Login can be made from the "Users" screen.

Using the keyboard screen

1 Use / / / and ENTER to enter your user name and password. 2 Select "OK". 3 Press ENTER. The "Confirm your entries" screen appears. 4 Press ENTER. "Please wait..." appears and then "SiriusXM Internet

Radio" screen appears which displays the category available for selection.

4. Use / to select the category and then press ENTER. The channel list

screen for the selected category appears.

5. Use / to select the desired channel and then press ENTER.

The playback screen for the selected channel appears and you can listen to SiriusXM Internet Radio. You can control the tracks with the buttons on the remote control. Enabled buttons: , , ,

Add to My Favorites: Adds a channel to My Favorites list.

Add to Presets: Adds the currently playing station to presets list.

Delete from Presets: Deletes the currently playing station from presets

list.

SiriusXM Internet Radio subscriptions are sold separately and are governed by the Sirius Terms and Conditions (see www.sirius.com). Be sure to read this agreement before you purchase your subscription. Sirius, XM and all related marks and logos are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.

Slacker Personal Radio (North American only)

Playing Back

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" indicator on the unit’s display lights. To display the NET TOP

screen, you can alternatively press HOME, select "Network Service" on the displayed Home menu, and then press ENTER.

2. With the cursors on the remote controller, select "Slacker Personal

Radio", and then press ENTER.

3. If you do not have an account, create one on the Slacker website

(www.slacker.com) with your computer. If you already have a Slacker account, select "Sign in to your account" and then press ENTER. The keyboard screen appears. You can enter information from the remote

Listening to Internet Radio

control or the keys on the main unit.

4. If there are no mistakes in the information you have entered, use / / /

to select "OK" then press ENTER. An account information confirmation screen appears.

5. If you do not have an account, select "Access without Sign In" and press

ENTER to use a restricted version of the service. Note that use will be restricted. If you want to use multiple user accounts, see "Using Multiple

Accounts". Login can be made from the "Users" screen.

6. Use / to select a menu item and then press ENTER. To sign out, use /

to select "Sign out" from this screen and then press ENTER.

7. Use / to select a station and then press ENTER or to start playback

from the station. The playback screen appears.

8. You can control the tracks with the buttons on the remote control.

Enabled buttons: , , ,

Rate Song as Favorite: Stores information to server, making it more likely that the song will be played again.

Ban Song: Stores information to server, making it less likely that the song will be played again.

Ban Artist: Stores information to server, making it less likely that the songs from this artist will be played again.

Mark Favorite: Adds the currently playing station to your favorites.

Unmark Favorite: Deletes the currently playing station from your

favorites.

Add song to Library: Adds the currently playing track to your library.

Delete song from Library: Deletes the currently playing track from your

library.

Add to My Favorites: Adds a station or song to My Favorites list.

Using Multiple Accounts: The AV receiver supports multiple user accounts,

which means you can freely switch between several logins. After registering user accounts, login is performed from the "Users" screen. Press MENU while the Users screen is displayed. "Add new user", "Remove this user" menu appear. You can either store a new user account, or delete an existing one. Some of the services don’t allow the use of multiple user accounts. You can store up to 10 user accounts. To switch between accounts you must first log out from the current

account, and log in again on the "Users" screen.

Registering Other Internet Radios

To listen to other Internet radio program, register the program in the "My Favorites" list on the NET TOP screen as described below. The unit supports Internet radio stations stored in the following formats: PLS (URL ending in .pls), M3U (URL ending in .m3u) and RSS (URL ending in rss/rdf/xml). You can register up to 40 Internet radio stations. Depending on the data type and file format for playback, you may not be

able to play an Internet radio station even when its format is PLS, M3U or Podcast (RSS).

Available services may vary depending on your area of residence.

Registering a Station

Before operation: The name and URL of the additional radio station will be needed for this procedure. Check the specifications before use.

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" lights on the display.

Listening to Internet Radio

2. With the cursors, select "My Favorites", and then press ENTER to display

the "My Favorites" list screen.

3. With the cursors, select a blank area of "My Favorites" and press MENU

to display the menu screen.

4. With the cursors, select "Create new station", and then press ENTER to

display a keyboard screen.

5. Enter the name and URL of the radio station to add.

Select "Shift" and press ENTER to toggle between upper and lower

case. Select " " or " " and press ENTER to move the cursor to the selected direction. Select "Back Space" and press ENTER to remove a character on the left of the cursor.

Registering a Station with PC

Before operation: The name and URL of the additional radio station will be needed for this procedure. Check the specifications before use.

1. Press RCV on the remote controller.

Always press RCV first to change the remote controller to RECEIVER

mode (the mode to operate this unit) since its mode may be changed to operate another component.

2. Press HOME to display the Home menu.

3. With the cursors, select "Setup", and then press ENTER.

4. With the cursors, select "7. Hardware Setup" - "Network" - "IP Address" to

display the IP address. Write down the IP address since you will need it later.

5. Open the Internet browser on your PC or smartphone and enter the IP

address of the unit in the URL field. If you are using Internet Explorer, you can also enter the URL by

selecting "Open..." on the "File" menu.

Information of the unit is displayed on the browser. ("WEB Setup")

6. Click "My Favorites" tab, then enter the name and URL of the Internet

radio station.

7. Click "Save" to register the entered Internet radio station in "My

Favorites".

To rename the registered radio station: While the radio station is being played or when it is selected from the "My Favorites" list, press MENU to display the menu screen. Select "Rename this station" with the cursors and press ENTER to display the keyboard screen. Rename the station as desired. Radio stations can be renamed also from "WEB Setup".

Playing a Registered Radio Station

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" lights on the display.

2. With the cursors, select "My Favorites", and then press ENTER to display

the registered Internet radio stations.

3. With the cursors, select the radio station to delete and press MENU to

display the menu screen.

Deleting a Registered Radio Station

1. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" lights on the display.

2. With the cursors, select "My Favorites", and then press ENTER to display

the registered Internet radio stations.

3. With the cursors, select the radio station to delete and press MENU to

display the menu screen. You can also display the menu screen by pressing MENU while the

radio station is being played.

4. With the cursors, select "Delete from My Favorites", and then press

ENTER. Radio stations can be deleted also from "WEB Setup".

About DLNA

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) can be referred to as a technology standard or the industry group to develop the technology standard to interconnect and use AV components, PCs and other devices in a home network (more precisely the technology standard is called the DLNA guidelines). The unit allows you to use DLNA to play music files stored on a PC or a hard disk connected to your home network (NAS device). Make sure the unit and PC or NAS device are connected to the same router.

To play a music file with DLNA, you need a NAS device or the like with

DLNA server functions and a DLNA player (software) to stream the music. You can also stream music files using a PC installed with Windows Media Player 11 or 12 as they are equipped with both DLNA server and player functions. To enable streaming, you must first configure the Windows Media Player 11 or Windows Media Player 12.

With Windows Media Player 12 Remote Playback function, you can

stream music files stored on your PC to the unit by operating the PC.

DLNA Music Streaming

Configuring the Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player 11

1. Turn on your PC and start Windows Media Player 11.

2. In the "Library" menu, select "Media Sharing" to open a dialog box.

3. Select the "Share my media" check box, and then click "OK" to display a

list of supported devices.

4. Select this unit, and then click "Allow".

The corresponding icon is checked.

5. Click "OK" to close the dialog.

Windows Media Player 12

1. Turn on your PC and start Windows Media Player 12.

2. In the "Stream" menu, select "Turn on media streaming" to open a dialog

box. If media streaming is already turned on, select "More streaming

options..." in the "Stream" menu to list players in the network. Proceed to step 4.

3. Click "Turn on media streaming". A list of players in the network is

displayed.

4. Select this unit in "Media streaming options" and check that it is set to

"Allow".

5. Click "OK" to close the dialog.

DLNA Music Streaming

DLNA Playback

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1. Start the server (Windows Media Player 11, Windows Media Player 12, or

NAS device) storing the music files to play.

2. Press NET on the remote controller to display NET TOP screen.

"NET" lights on the display. If the "NET" indicator flashes, the unit is

not properly connected to the network. When using a wired LAN connection, check the Ethernet cable connection, and when using a wireless LAN connection, check whether the "Wi-Fi" indicator on the left side of the unit stays lit.

3. Select "DLNA" with the cursors and press ENTER.

4. With the cursors, select the target server, and then press ENTER to

DLNA Music Streaming

display a list of items on the selected server. Searching does not work in servers that do not support search

functions. The unit cannot access pictures and videos stored on servers. Contents stored on the server may not be displayed depending on the

server sharing settings.

5. With the cursors, select the music file to play, and then press ENTER or to start playback.

If "No Item." is displayed, check whether the network is properly

connected.

Controlling Remote Playback from a PC

You can use this unit to play music files stored on your PC by operating the PC inside your home network. The unit supports remote playback with Windows Media Player 12. To use the remote playback function with Windows Media Player 12, Windows Media Player 12 must be configured in advance. Using a DLNA-compatible controller (such as an Android application), you

can select a music file stored on Windows Media Player 12 and stream to this unit by operating the controller. For information on how to remotely play using the controller, refer to the controller's instruction manual.

Setting PC

1. Turn on your PC and start Windows Media Player 12.

2. In the "Stream" menu, select "Turn on media streaming" to open a dialog

box. If media streaming is already turned on, select "More streaming

options..." in the "Stream" menu to list players in the network. Proceed to step 4.

3. Click "Turn on media streaming" to display a list of players in the network.

4. Select this unit in "Media streaming options" and check that it is set to

"Allow".

5. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

6. Open the "Stream" menu and check that "Allow remote control of my

Player..." is checked.

Remote playback

1. Turn on the power of the unit.

2. Turn on your PC and start Windows Media Player 12.

3. Select the music file to play with Windows Media Player 12 and right-

click. To remotely play a music file on another server, open the target server

from "Other Libraries" and select the music file to play.

4. Select this unit in "Play to" and open the "Play to" window of Windows

Media Player 12 to start to playback music file on the unit. Operations during remote playback are possible from the "Play to"

window on the PC. The playback screen is displayed on the TV connected to the HDMI output of the unit. If your PC is running on

DLNA Music Streaming

Windows 8, click "Play to", and then select this unit.

5. Adjust the volume using the volume bar on the "Play to" window.

Some times, the volume displayed on the remote playback window

may differ from that appeared on the display of the unit.

When the volume is adjusted from the unit, the value is not reflected in

the "Play to" window.

This unit cannot play music files remotely in the following conditions.

– It is using a network service. – It is playing a music file on a USB storage device. – "Agree" was not selected in the DISCLAIMER screen that was

displayed when the NET input was selected on the unit for the first time.

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