Onkyo CR-515DAB - Manuals

5 Before Using the CD Receiver 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 leakag...

6 Features Amplifier • WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology)• High Current, Low Impedance Drive• Discrete Output Stage Circuitry• Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry• Subwoofer Pre Out — CR-515DAB — • VLSC (Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry)*• 4 Audio Inputs and 2 Outputs (1 on front panel) — CR-315DAB — •...

7 Contents Basic Operations Getting Started Important Safety Instructions .............................. 2Precautions ........................................................ 3Supplied Accessories ......................................... 4Before Using the CD Receiver ........................... 5 I...

8 Getting to Know the CD Receiver Front Panel 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 M N O 9 8 J K L 1 2 3 5 4 6 P N O Q 9 8 J M R CR-515DAB CR-315DAB

9 Getting to Know the CD Receiver —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A STANDBY indicator (25, 27) Lights up in Standby mode. B STANDBY/ON button (27, 50, 53, 56) Sets the CD receiver to On or Standby. C Remote control sensor (5) Rec...

11 Getting to Know the CD Receiver —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A LINE 1 IN (CR-515DAB) (25) This analog audio input is for connecting a compo-nent with an analog output, such as a TV, or a turn-table with a built-in phono equ...

12 Getting to Know the CD Receiver —Continued Remote Controller K O M Q R T S P U V B A 3 5 J 4 L 6 7 N 8 9 K O M Q R T S P U V B A 3 5 J 4 L 6 7 N 8 9 RC-662S (CR-515DAB) RC-660S (CR-315DAB)

13 Getting to Know the CD Receiver —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A STANDBY/ON button (27, 53) This button is used to set the CD receiver to On or Standby. B SLEEP button (55) Used to set the Sleep timer, which turns off the CD ...

14 Disc Notes Supported Discs The CD receiver supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs use copy protection that doesn’t con- form to the official CD standard. Since these are non-standard discs, they may not play properly in the CD receiver. • The CD receiver supports CD-R and CD-RW discs. How...

15 Disc Notes —Continued • The following ID3 tags are supported: versions 1.0/1.1 and 2.2/2.3/2.4. Versions 2.5 and later are not supported. Normally, version 2.2/2.3/2.4 tags have priority and will be displayed regardless of the ID3 VER 1 preference on page 37. • For ID3 version 2 tags, the tag inf...

16 Connecting Antennas This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna, AM loop antenna, and DAB antenna, and how to connect commercially available outdoor FM and AM antennas.The CD receiver won’t pick up any radio signals without an antenna connected, so you must connect the ant...

17 Connecting Antennas —Continued Connecting the DAB Antenna Connecting an Outdoor FM Antenna 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 som...

18 Connecting Speakers Connecting Your Speakers • Connect the right speaker to the CD receiver’s right (R) SPEAKERS terminals. Connect the left speaker to the left (L) SPEAKERS terminals. • Connect the positive (+) terminal on each speaker to the corresponding positive (+) terminal on the CD receive...

19 Connecting Other Components • Before making any connections, read the manuals supplied with your other components. • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed and double-checked all connections. Connection Color Coding RCA-type audio connections are usually color-coded: red and white. U...

20 Connecting Other Components —Continued The following diagram shows how to connect an optional Onkyo cassette deck.Connect the CD receiver’s MD/TAPE OUT jacks to the cassette deck’s INPUT (REC) jacks, and connect the CD receiver’s MD/TAPE IN jacks to the cassette deck’s OUTPUT (PLAY) jacks. What c...

21 Connecting Other Components —Continued The following diagram shows how to connect an optional Onkyo MD recorder. Connect the CD receiver’s MD/TAPE OUT jacks to the MD recorder’s INPUT (REC) jacks, and connect the CD receiver’s MD/TAPE IN jacks to the MD recorder’s OUTPUT (PLAY) jacks. What can yo...

22 Connecting Other Components —Continued The following diagram shows how to connect an optional Onkyo RI Dock (Remote Interactive Dock).Connect the CD receiver’s DOCK/CDR IN jacks (DOCK IN jacks on the CR-315DAB) to the RI Dock’s AUDIO OUT jacks. What can you do with ? • Connecting an Onkyo RI Dock...

23 Connecting Other Components —Continued The following diagram shows how to connect an optional Onkyo CD recorder.Connect the CD receiver’s DOCK/CDR OUT jacks to the CD recorder’s INPUT (REC) jacks, and connect the CD receiver’s DOCK/CDR IN jacks to the CD recorder’s OUTPUT (PLAY) jacks. What can y...

24 Connecting Other Components —Continued The following diagram shows how to connect a component with an optical digital audio output, such as a CD recorder, MD recorder, games console, satellite tuner, or personal computer.Connect the CD receiver’s OPTICAL DIGITAL IN jack to an optical digital audi...

25 Connecting Other Components —Continued Connect the CD receiver’s LINE 1 IN jacks (use the DOCK IN jacks on the CR-315DAB) to the TV’s audio output jacks. Hint: To listen to the TV, select the LINE 1 input source (select DOCK on the CR-315DAB). Notes: • Before connecting the power cord, connect al...

26 First Time Setup (European Model Only) To use the AccuClock function, the CD receiver must be able to receive RDS radio stations, which means an FM antenna must be connected. Be sure to connect an FM antenna before attempting to use this function (see page 16).The very first time you turn on the ...

27 Basic Operation To turn on the CD receiver, press the [STANDBY/ON] button on the CD receiver or remote controller. The STANDBY indicator goes off.Press the [STANDBY/ON] button again to set the CD receiver to Standby. The STANDBY indicator lights up. Tip: When you start playback on (or turn on) an...

28 Basic Operation —Continued On the CR-515DAB, you can also use the [TONE] but-ton and multi control on the front panel to adjust the bass and treble. To turn on the Super Bass function, press the [S.BASS] button. The S.BASS indicator lights up.To turn off the Super Bass function, press the [S.BASS...

29 Basic Operation —Continued You can choose what name is displayed when an input source is selected so that it matches the type of component that you’ve connected to the MD/TAPE IN, DOCK/CDR IN, or DIGITAL IN. When you connect an Onkyo -capable component, it’s important that you select the input so...

30 Playing CDs Selecting Tracks (CR-515DAB) To return to the beginning of the track currently playing, turn the multi control a little to the left. Turn the multi control further to select earlier tracks. • While playback is stopped, turn the multi control to the left to select the previous track. T...

31 Playing CDs —Continued During playback or while playback is paused, press the remote controller’s [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to display the following CD information. On the CR-315DAB, you can also use the CD receiver’s [DISPLAY] button to display this information. Using the Remote Controller To ...

32 Playing CDs —Continued On an MP3 CD, MP3 files may be organized in a hierar-chically, with folders containing files and subfolders, as shown below. On the CD receiver, there are two modes for selecting MP3 files: Navigation mode and All Folder mode . In Navigation mode, you can select MP3 files b...

33 Playing CDs —Continued Selecting MP3 Files in All Folder Mode With All Folder mode, you don’t have to navigate the folder hierarchy because all folders that contain MP3 files appear at the same level. If random playback is currently selected, press the [YES/MODE] button to cancel it before procee...

34 Playing CDs —Continued Playing the MP3 Files in Only One Folder Normally, all of the MP3 files in all of the folders on the disc are played. With 1-folder playback, only the MP3 files in the specified folder are played. You can display various information about the MP3 file currently playing, inc...

35 Playing CDs —Continued With memory playback, you can create a playlist of up to 25 tracks. Memory playback can be set only when the input source is set to CD and playback is stopped. Selecting Other Tracks During Memory Playback To select other playlist tracks during memory playback, use the remo...

36 Playing CDs —Continued With random playback, all of the tracks on the disc are played in random order. Random playback can be set only when the input source is set to CD and playback is stopped. Cancelling Random Playback • To cancel random playback, press the [SHUFFLE] button repeatedly until th...

37 Playing CDs —Continued To cancel the procedure at any point, press the [MENU/NO] button. Preferences Below, the name of each preference is followed by its options in parentheses, with the default option in bold. Disc Name? (Display /Not Display ) This preference determines whether or not the disc...

38 Listening to the Radio When tuned into a station, the Tuned indicator appears. When tuned into a stereo FM station, the FM ST indicator appears as well. Tuning into weak stereo FM stations If the signal from a stereo FM station is weak, it may beimpossible to get good reception. In this case, swi...

39 Listening to the Radio —Continued Press the remote controller’s [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to display more radio information.On the CR-315DAB, you can also use the CD receiver’s [DISPLAY] button to display this information. RDS is only available on European models and only in areas where RDS bro...

40 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting DAB for the Very First Time The very first time you select DAB, the Auto Tuning function automatically scans the DAB Band III and L-Band for the multiplexes (i.e., stations) available in your area. Once the scanning process is complete, the first statio...

41 Listening to the Radio —Continued Selecting DAB Stations • On the CR-515DAB, you can also use the multi con- trol to select DAB stations. • On the CR-315DAB, you can also use the Previous and Next [ ] or [ ] buttons to select DAB sta- tions. • Once a DAB station has been preset, these front panel...

42 Listening to the Radio —Continued DAB Setup Use the following functions and settings to set up DAB digital radio. ■ Preset Write? Select this to preset the current DAB station. See “Pre-setting AM/FM/DAB Stations Manually” on page 44 for more information. ■ Tuning Mode? With this setting, you can...

43 Listening to the Radio —Continued With the Auto Preset function, you can automatically preset all of the FM radio stations available in your area in one go. Presets make it easy to select your favorite stations and eliminate the need to tune the radio manually each time you want to change station...

44 Listening to the Radio —Continued With the Preset Write function, you can manually preset individual AM, FM, and DAB radio stations. Presets make it easy to select your favorite stations and eliminate the need to tune the radio manually each time you want to change stations. FM stations can also ...

45 Listening to the Radio —Continued You must store some presets before you can select them (see pages 43 and 44). On the CR-515DAB, you can also use the front panel controls. 1 Use the [INPUT] button to select AM, FM, or DAB.2 To select DAB stations, press the Stop [ ] button for 3 seconds until “P...

46 Listening to the Radio —Continued You can name presets for easy identification. The preset name may contain of up to eight characters. On the CR-515DAB, you can also use the front panel controls. 1 Select the preset you want to name (see page 45).2 Push the multi control, and then turn it to sele...

47 Listening to the Radio —Continued With the Preset Copy function, you can organize your presets in the order you want. When you copy a preset, its name is also copied. On the CR-515DAB, you can also use the front panel controls. 1 Select the preset you want to copy (see page 45).2 Push the multi c...

48 Listening to the Radio —Continued On the CR-515DAB, you can also use the front panel controls. 1 Select the preset whose name you want to erase (see page 45). 2 Push the multi control, and then turn it to select “NameErase?” 3 To erase the preset’s name, push the multi control. On the CR-515DAB, ...

49 Setting the Clock The AccuClock function normally uses the FM station with the strongest signal to set the clock. However, if the clock cannot be set properly using that station, you can specify which FM station the AccuClock function should use. This must be an FM station that supports RDS CT (C...

50 Setting the Clock —Continued The time can be displayed in either 12- or 24-hour for-mat. Displaying the Day and Time To display the day and time, press the remote controller’s [CLOCK CALL] button.If the CD receiver is on Standby, the time is displayed for 8 seconds. Using the 12- or 24-hour Forma...

51 Using the Timers The CD receiver has five timers: four programmable tim-ers for automated playback or recording, and a sleep timer for turning the CD receiver off after a specified period. The timers can be used with other Onkyo components that are connected to the CD receiver via (see pages 20 t...

52 Using the Timers —Continued Notes: • You must set the clock before you can program the timers. • Before programming a timer to turn on the radio, you must preset the station you want to use. (See pages 43 and 44.) • If you don’t operate any buttons for 60 seconds while programming a timer, the pr...

54 Using the Timers —Continued Once a timer has been programmed, you can turn it on or off as necessary. For example, while you’re on holiday, you may want to turn off the timer you use as an early-morning alarm. Turning Timers On and Off 1 Press the [TIMER] button repeat-edly to select timer 1, 2, ...

55 Using the Timers —Continued With the sleep timer, you can set the CD receiver so that it automatically turns off after a specified period. Checking the Remaining Sleep Time To check the remaining sleep time, press the [SLEEP] button.Note that if you press the [SLEEP] button while the sleep time i...

56 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the CD receiver, look for a solution in this section. Can’t turn on the CD receiver. • Make sure that the power cord is properly plugged into the wall outlet (see page 25).• Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet, wait 5 seconds or more, then plug...

57 Troubleshooting —Continued Can’t add tracks to the playlist for memory playback. • Make sure there’s a disc in the CD receiver. Also, you can only add valid track numbers. For example, if the CD contains 11 tracks, you cannot add track #12. The disc will not play. • Make sure the disc has been lo...

58 Troubleshooting —Continued No sound is heard from a connected component. • Make sure the optical digital audio cable is not bent or damaged.• On the external component, set the digital output format to PCM, as the CD receiver supports only PCM signals. No sound is heard from your turntable. • Mak...

59 Specifications Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. General CR-515DAB CR-315DAB Power Supply: AC 230 V, 50 Hz AC 230 V, 50 Hz Power Consumption: 56 W 56 W Stand-by Power Consumption: 0.25 W 0.25 W Dimensions (W × H × D): 205 × 116 × 353 mm (8-1/16" × 4-9/16" ×...