Onkyo CR-525 - Manuals

5 Features Amplifier • WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology)• High Current, Low Impedance Drive• Discrete Output Stage Circuitry• 2 Audio Inputs and 1 Output• Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry• Subwoofer Pre Out CD Player • Plays CDs, MP3 CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs *1 • 25 Track Programming• 2 Repeat Mode (...

6 Before Using the CD receiver In general, the illustrations in this Instruction Manual show the CR-325. 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 cont...

7 Contents Getting Started Important Safety Instructions .................................... 2Precautions ............................................................... 3Features .................................................................... 5Supplied Accessories ...............................

8 Getting to Know the CD receiver Front Panel 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 bn bo bp 9 8 bk bl bm CR-525 1 2 3 5 4 6 bn bo bp 9 8 bk bl bm CR-325

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 (23, 25) Lights up in Standby mode. b STANDBY/ON button (25, 50, 53, 56) Sets the CD receiver to On or Standby. c Remote control sensor (6) Rec...

10 Getting to Know the CD receiver —Continued a SLEEP indicator Lights up when the Sleep function has been set. b USB indicator (CR-525 only) The CD receiver lights up on detecting a USB mass storage device. c File format indicators MP3: Lights up when an MP3 file is loaded. WMA (CR-525 only): Light...

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 MD/TAPE IN/OUT (21, 22) These analog audio inputs and outputs are for con-necting a recorder with an analog input and output, such as a MiniDisc recorder or cas...

12 Getting to Know the CD receiver —Continued Remote Controller bm bq bo bs bt cl ck br cm cn 2 1 3 5 bl 4 bn 6 7 bp bq bo bs bt cl ck br cm cn bp 8 9 bk bm 2 1 3 5 bl 4 bn 6 78 bk RC-721S(CR-525) RC-660S(CR-325)

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 (25, 50, 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...

14 Getting to Know the CD receiver —Continued Controlling an Onkyo MD recorder, cassette deck, or RI Dock Explanation of buttons for using the Onkyo MD recorder, cassette deck, or RI Dock, when connected to the MD/TAPE jack or DOCK IN jack of the CD receiver. • See pages 21-23 for instructions on co...

15 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 8 cm and 12 cm discs.• Th...

16 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 sup-ported. Normally, version 2.2/2.3/2.4 tags have prior-ity and will be displayed. • For ID3 version 2 tags, the tag information recognized will be those embedded in th...

17 Connecting Antennas This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop 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 antenna to use th...

18 Connecting Antennas —Continued 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 sometimes be obtained when ins...

19 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...

20 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...

21 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...

22 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...

23 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 IN jacks to the RI Dock’s AUDIO OUT jacks. What can you do with u ? • Connecting an Onkyo RI Dock to the CD receiver with an u cable...

24 First Time Setup (European models 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 17).The very first time you turn on the...

25 Basic Operations 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) a...

26 Basic Operations —Continued 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] button again. Note: If you press the [S.BASS] button while the Direct func-tion is on, the Direct function will be turn...

27 Basic Operations —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. When you connect an Onkyo u -capable component, it’s important that you select the input source name that matches th...

28 Playing CDs Selecting Tracks To return to the beginning of the track currently playing, press the Previous [ 7 ] button. Press the Previous [ 7 ] button repeatedly to select earlier tracks. • While playback is stopped, pressing the Previous [ 7 ] button will select the previous track. Press the N...

29 Playing CDs —Continued During playback or while playback is paused, press the remote controller’s [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to display the following CD information. Note: You can also use the CD receiver’s [DISPLAY] button to display this information. Using the Remote Controller To select: Use ...

30 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...

31 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 proceed...

32 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...

33 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...

34 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...

35 Playing CDs —Continued With the MP3 preferences, you can change the way MP3 file information is displayed and the way MP3 CDs are played. The MP3 preferences can be set only when the input source is set to CD and playback is stopped. To cancel the procedure at any point, press the [MENU/NO] butto...

36 Playing CDs —Continued The following table shows a few examples of numbered file and folder names and how they will appear with the “Disable” and “Enable” options. Note: On the CR-525, this setting will be reflected even when playing MP3 and WMA files from a USB mass storage device that is connec...

38 Using USB interface (CR-525 only) —Continued This section explains how to play music files on a USB mass storage device.Connect a USB mass storage device as shown below. Display during Stop Note: In general, playback of USB mass storage device music files is a repeating playback. When all music f...

39 Using USB interface (CR-525 only) —Continued Resume Playback After playback has been stopped, when the Play [ 1 ] button is pressed to begin playback again, it will resume playback from the beginning of the file in which it stopped. Cancelling Resume Playback While playback is stopped, press the ...

40 Using USB interface (CR-525 only) —Continued Displaying Music File Information You can display various information about the MP3 and WMA files currently playing, including ID3 tags such as title, artist name, and album name. Elapsed time: The length of time that the current MP3 or WMA file has be...

41 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...

42 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...

43 Listening to the Radio —Continued With the Preset Write function, you can manually preset individual AM and FM 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 be pre...

44 Listening to the Radio —Continued You must store some presets before you can select them (see pages 42 and 43). You can also use the front panel controls. 1. Use the [INPUT] button to select “AM” or “FM”.2. Use the PRESET [ t ]/[ 1 ] buttons to select a preset. Selecting Preset Stations 1 Use the...

45 Listening to the Radio —Continued Press the remote controller’s [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to display more radio information. 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 broadcasts are avail...

46 Listening to the Radio —Continued You can name presets for easy identification. The preset name may contain of up to eight characters. Available Characters Naming Presets 1 Select the preset you want to name (see page 44). 2 Press the [MENU/NO] button, and then use the Previous and Next [ 7 ]/[ 6...

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. Tip: If you favorite station is stored in preset #5 and you want to make it preset #1, copy preset #5 to preset #1. To keep the st...

48 Listening to the Radio —Continued Erasing a Preset’s Name 1 Select the preset whose name you want to erase (see page 44). 2 Press the [MENU/NO] button, and then use the Previous and Next [ 7 ]/[ 6 ] buttons to select “NameErase?”. 3 To erase the preset’s name, press the [YES/MODE] button. The pre...

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 u (see pages 21 ...

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 42 and 43.) • 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 23).• Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet, wait 5 seconds or more, then plug...

57 Troubleshooting —Continued Audio performance • Audio performance will be at its best about 10 to 30 minutes after the CD receiver has been turned on and had time to warm up. • Using cable ties to bundle audio cables with speaker or power cables may degrade the sound quality, so don’t do it. Playb...

58 Troubleshooting —Continued Can’t access the music files on a USB mass storage device. • Make sure that the USB indicator light is on. If the light is not on, make sure that it is connected correctly and that the USB mass storage device is one that is supported (see pages 37, 38). • The CD receive...

59 Specifications Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. General CR-525 CR-325 Power Supply: European: AC 220 - 230 V, 50/60 Hz Others: AC 220 - 230 V, 50/60 HzAC 120 V, 60 Hz European: AC 220 - 230 V, 50/60 Hz North American: AC 120 V, 60 HzOthers: AC 220 - 230 V, 50/60 H...