HEOS HomeCinema User manual

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WIRELESS TV SOUND SYSTEM
Owner’s Manual
HEOS HomeCinema
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Contents Setup Use Troubleshooting Status LED Appendix
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INTRODUCTION 6
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 7
System Requirements 7
Network Requirements 7
Controller Requirements 8
Getting To Know Your HEOS HomeCinema 9
Front panel of soundbar 11
Control of soundbar 12
Back panel 13
Subwoofer 15
Placing Your Speakers 16
Placing your HEOS HomeCinema 16
Wall-Mounting 18
Powering Your Speaker 19
Getting the HEOS App 19
SETTING UP YOUR FIRST HEOS HOMECINEMA 20
ADDING MORE HEOS DEVICES 21
Adding Wired Speakers 21
Adding Wireless HEOS devices 21
USING YOUR HEOS HOMECINEMA FOR TV 22
Connecting to your TV 22
HDMI Connection 22
Setting the HDMI Control Function 22
Disable Your Television’s Speakers 23
1) Playing HDMI (ARC) - Best choice 24
2) Playing HDMI (without ARC) - Better choice 25
3) Playing Digital Optical Input - Good choice 26
4) Playing Digital Coaxial Input - Good choice 27
Connecting HEOS HomeCinema to your HDMI equipment 28
Listening to TV Audio 28
Adjusting the Dialog Sound 28
Listening at Night 28
Adjusting Sound Mode 29
Checking the Audio Status 29
USING YOUR HEOS HOMECINEMA FOR MUSIC 30
Selecting a Room/Speaker 30
Listening to Radio 31
Playing music stored on your mobile device 31
Playing music from your networked PC or NAS 32
Playing music from a USB device 33
Playing music from the AUX input 34
Managing AUX Inputs 35
Changing the Name of the AUX Inputs 35
Hiding an AUX Input 35
Managing your Phone 36
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HEOS account 37
What is a HEOS account? 37
Why do I need a HEOS account? 37
Signing up for a HEOS account 37
Changing Your HEOS account 37
Playing from Streaming Music Services 38
Adding a Music Service 38
Changing Music Service Settings 38
Listening To The Same Music In Multiple Rooms 39
Grouping Rooms 39
Ungrouping Rooms 40
Grouping All Rooms (Party Mode) 41
Ungrouping All Rooms 42
Using the Now Playing Queue 43
Play Now 43
Play Now & Replace Queue 43
Play Next 43
Add to End of Queue 43
Rearranging the Now Playing Queue 44
Deleting Songs from the Play Queue 44
Deleting All Songs from the Play Queue 45
Saving Playlists 45
Performing Repeat and Shuffle Playback 45
MAKING SPEAKER ADJUSTMENTS 46
Changing the Name 46
Changing the Wireless Network Connection 46
Changing the Equalizer and Subwoofer level 47
Adjusting the Audio Quality 47
Changing the TV Connection 48
Adjusting the Status Light Brightness 48
Changing the TV Input 48
Controlling your HEOS HomeCinema 49
Advanced Settings 49
Network Settings 49
About Wireless Power Saving 50
Firmware Upgrade 50
About 50
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UPDATING YOUR SYSTEM 51
ADVANCED FEATURES 52
Submit Diagnostics 52
Sharing Music from your Mobile Device 52
Resetting Your Controller App 52
Pairing the soundbar and subwoofer 53
POWER MANAGEMENT 54
Power Modes 54
Network Standby 54
Deep Standby 54
Off 54
BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING 55
No sound 55
No subwoofer sound, sound interrupted, or noise occurring 55
Distorted sound from the HEOS HomeCinema 56
Trouble teaching HEOS HomeCinema remote control commands 56
Television speakers keep getting turned back up 56
My speaker won’t connect to my network using the audio cable 57
I get a message “Device was not found” 57
Music cuts out or delays sometimes 58
I hear a delay when using the External Input with my TV 58
Connecting to a WPS Network 59
Resetting Your Speaker 59
Restoring the Speaker to Factory Defaults 60
HEOS HomeCinema takes long time to turn on 60
Contact Denon 61
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Status LED Table 62
Supported File Types and Codecs 70
Supported audio formats (Coaxial/Optical) 70
SPECIFICATIONS 71
Speaker Specifications 71
Soundbar 71
Subwoofer 72
INFORMATION 73
Trademarks 73
License 74
License Information for the Software Used in the Unit 74
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