TX-DS838

USA model

: 100 W/ch stereo, 8 ohms (USA model) AV Receiver with Dolby Digital AC-3, Dolby Pro Logic, 24-Bit Motorola DSP, Multiroom/Multisource Capability and 12 Surround Modes

: Not for amateurs, this powerhouse will drive your home theater to the limit - and beyond. A built-in Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder gives you 5.1 discrete channels of digital audio. There are 12 surround modes, three of which are Onkyo designed to let you adjust sound reproduction in the AC-3 format to suit the genre of your favorite films: AC-3 Action for movies like Terminator which emphasize special effects, AC-3 Drama for story-oriented movies with lots of dialogue, and AC-3 Musical, to make Julie Andrews' voice shine even brighter in The Sound of Music. Bold, new non-NFB (negative feedback) amplification architecture for the front channels virtually eliminates all vestiges of inter-modulation distortion. Five-channel, high-current-drive discrete power amp circuitry works in conjunction with the non-NFB design to effortlessly drive massive low-impedance loads. Latest-generation 24-bit DSP from Motorola further adds to this receiver's cutting-edge performance. Your benefit is more precise surround processing. Proprietary Lucasfilm Re-Equalization circuitry corrects the over-brightness in movie soundtracks originally processed for large theaters. And the auto-switched cooling fan turns on only after sustained, exceptionally high power runs.

Amplifier Features

100 Watts per channel into 8 ohms (stereo), 20Hz-20kHz, 0.08% THD, FTC (USA model)
Surround mode: 90 W/ch (left/center/right), plus 50 watts x 2 (surround)
Non-NFB (negative feedback) power amplifiers (front channels) and dual inverted Darlington circuitry
Discrete power amplifier circuitry for all five channels to effortlessly drive even difficult loads
Auto-switch cooling fan turns on only under very heavy, sustained loads
7 Pairs of heavy-duty, five-way insulated speaker binding posts
18-Bit Delta Sigma D/A and A/D converters for greater accuracy
Bass and treble tone controls for front L/R/C channels
Midbass control to fine tune the mid-range response
A/B Speaker selector and outputs

Audio/Video Features

Built-in Dolby Digital AC-3 surround decoder
Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound
24-bit Motorola 56009 and 56004 DSP chips
12 Surround modes: Dolby Digital AC-3, AC-3 Action, AC-3 Drama, AC-3 Musical, Dolby Pro Logic, Pro Logic Action, Pro Logic Drama, Pro Logic Musical, Hall, Live, Arena, Stadium
New user-friendly 3-page onscreen display
Proprietary Lucasfilm Re-Equalization circuitry
Midnight Theater mode for late-night listening at low volume levels
4 Gold-plated composite video inputs
4 S-video inputs
Front panel gold-plated video input with S-video connector (Video 4)
4 Gold-plated audio inputs
3 Digital inputs (AC-3 RF/optical/coaxial)
Intelligent Power Management (IPM) turns on/off entire A/V system with TV power button
8 Pre Out jacks for a powered subwoofer and external amplifiers
Rec Out selector for recording while listening to different sources

General Features

Tuner Features