Onkyo CD-S501S- User Manual

5 Supplied Accessories Make sure you have the following accessories: Remote controller & 2 batteries (AA/R6) Video cable (RCA) (1.5 m) Indoor FM antenna AM loop antenna Power cord * In catalogs and on packaging, the letter at the end of the product name indicates the color. Specifications and op...

6 Introduction Highlights • Dolby *1 Digital, DTS *2 • DVD-Video, Video CD, audio CD• MP3, WMA, *3 JPEG, DivX ®*4 • DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD• CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, and DVD+R/RW com- patible • HDMI *5 digital interface Video • HDMI Pass-Thru (1080p Compatible; 1 Input/1 Output) • HDTV-Capable (50 MH...

7 Contents Overview Important Safety Instructions .................................... 2Precautions ............................................................... 3Supplied Accessories ................................................ 5Introduction ......................................................

8 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The DVD receiver supports the following discs. • The DVD receiver does not support disc types not listed. • The DVD receiver supports 8 cm and 12 cm discs.• Don’t use discs with an unusual shape, such as those shown below, because you may damage the DVD rece...

9 Introduction —Continued MP3/WMA/JPEG Compatibility • The DVD receiver can play/display MP3, WMA, and JPEG files recorded on CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. • Discs must be in ISO 9660 Level 2 or Joliet format (folders can be up to eight levels deep). Music files recorded on dis...

10 Introduction —Continued Handling Discs • Never touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs by the edge, as shown. • Never attach adhesive tape or sticky labels to discs. Cleaning Discs • For best results, keep your discs clean. Fingerprints and dust can affect the sound and picture quality a...

11 Before Using the DVD receiver Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try replacing both 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 possible leaka...

12 Front & Rear Panels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. STANDBY/ON button [28] This button is used to set the DVD receiver to On or Standby. STANDBY indicator [28] This indicator lights up when the DVD receiver is in Standby. INPUT selector [31] and indicator This select...

13 Front & Rear Panels —Continued MUTING indicator This indicator flashes while the DVD receiver is muted. Tuning indicatorsAUTO: This indicator lights up when the Auto Tun- ing mode is selected, and disappears when the Man-ual Tuning mode is selected. : This indicator lights up when the DVD rec...

14 Front & Rear Panels —Continued SPEAKERS [18] These terminal posts are for connecting your front speakers. HDMI IN/OUT [27] HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) con-nections carry digital audio and digital video.The HDMI input is for connecting components with HDMI outputs. The HDMI out...

15 Front & Rear Panels —Continued STANDBY/ON button* [28] This button is used to set the DVD receiver to Standby or turn on.Don’t turn on the DVD receiver until you’ve com-pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 23–27). Number buttons* [44, 45, 66] These buttons are used to enter title...

17 Connecting the DVD receiver Front Left and Right Speakers • Place the front left and right speakers symmetrically and so that the distance from the listening position is the same. • When placing speakers, direct the speakers toward the position of the listener’s ears where the listener sits to en...

18 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued Connecting the Speaker Cables The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals. Connecting a Powered Subwoofer Using a suitable cable, connect the DVD receiver’s SUB-WOOFER PRE OUT to an input on your powered sub-w...

19 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued 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 DVD receiver won’t pick up any radio signals with-out any antenna connected, so you must connect...

20 Connecting the DVD receiver —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 ...

21 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued AV Cables & Connectors Video Cable Jack Description HDMI HDMI connections can carry uncompressed, stan-dard or high definition digital video and digital audio, for the best picture and sound quality. Component video Component video separates the luminanc...

22 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued The following matrix shows how the video outputs work in relation to the various video settings. ✓ : Output *1 No picture will be output from other than HDMI when you connect the TV that the native resolution is “720p” or “1080i”. *2 If your TV doesn’t suppo...

23 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued • Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.• Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connections. RCA AV Connection Color Coding RCA AV connections are usually color coded: red, white, and yellow. Use red plugs to con...

24 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued • Connect the DVD receiver directly to your TV. If you connect the DVD receiver through a VCR, TV/VCR combination, or video selector, the picture may be dis-torted because DVD-Video discs are usually copy pro-tected. Using Component Video You can use the com...

25 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued You can use an AV cable to connect VIDEO 1 INPUT L/R or V jack to your AV component such as a set top box, VCR, and DVD recorder.Connect your AV component’s analog audio and Video output jack to the DVD receiver’s VIDEO 1 INPUT L/R or V jack. Note: You can a...

26 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued ■ iPod with video or RI Dock with the OSD mode Connect your RI Dock’s analog audio output jacks and Video output jack to the DVD receiver’s VIDEO 2/DOCK INPUT L/R jacks and V jack.Connect the RI Dock with an cable. (Onkyo DS-A1X/A2/A2X hookup shown below.) ■...

27 Connecting the DVD receiver —Continued This section shows how to connect the DVD receiver to an HDTV, projector, or game console that has an HDMI input/output socket. What is HDMI? HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a new connection format that can carry uncompressed, stan-dard or hig...

28 Connecting the Power/Turning on the DVD receiver Before connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 17–27 are complete (the connection to a TV is required). Note: DVD receiver features a screen saver and an auto power off function. If the receiver is stopped and no button is pressed ...

29 Initial Setup This chapter explains the settings you need to make the very first time the DVD receiver is turned on.Basically this manual contains procedures using the remote controller. The very first time you turn on the DVD receiver, the “Initial Setup” menu appears onscreen. Here you need to ...

30 HDMI and Progressive Settings Note: Stop playback before perform these settings. This section explains how to turn on the HDMI OUT and change the video resolution when your TV or projector is connected to the HDMI OUT. The DVD receiver supports the following resolutions: AUTO: The resolution is a...

31 Understanding Common Operations Use the MASTER VOLUME control, or the remote con-troller’s VOL [ ]/[ ] button. The volume can be set to “Min”, “1” through “79”, “Max”.Depending on subwoofer level or listening mode, the maximum volume varies. You can select DVD, FM, AM, or connected other AV compo...

32 Understanding Common Operations —Continued You can temporarily mute the output of the DVD receiver. With the sleep timer, you can set the DVD receiver to turn off automatically after a specified period. If you need to cancel the sleep timer, press the [SLEEP] button repeatedly until the SLEEP ind...

33 Playing Discs This chapter covers basic playback. Advanced playback functions are covered in the “Advanced Playback” on page 44. Note: Only load discs that are supported by the DVD receiver. See pages 8 to 10. This section explains how to start, pause, and stop play-back. 1 DVD receiver Press Ope...

34 Playing Discs —Continued Notes: • Prolonged display of the same picture or menu may cause irreparable damage to your TV screen known as screen burn-in . To prevent this, don’t keep playback paused for too long and always press the Stop [ ] but-ton when you’ve finished playing a DVD disc or VCD. T...

35 Playing Discs —Continued This section explains how to fast forward and reverse. Notes: • Fast forward and fast reverse may not always work at the speed shown onscreen. • For discs other than audio CDs, no sound is output during fast forward or fast reverse. • For DVD-Audio discs, fast forward and...

36 Playing Discs —Continued DVD-Video discs usually have a menu from which you can select titles, chapters, and other options, including soundtracks, subtitles, and audio formats (e.g., Dolby Digital or DTS). VCDs that support PBC (Playback Control) may also have an onscreen menu. Notes: • Not all D...

38 Playing Discs —Continued This section explains how to display a slideshow of JPEG images on your TV. ■ To display thumbnails To display thumbnails, in step 3, after opening the folder you want to display, press the [TOP MENU] button.Use the arrow [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] buttons to select the thumbnail...

39 Listening to the Radio With the built-in tuner you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. You can store your favorite stations as presets for quick selection. Listening to the Radio Tuning into Radio Stations ■ Auto Tuning Mode When tuned into a station, the indicator appears. When tuned into a ster...

40 Listening to the Radio —Continued ■ Tuning into Stations by Frequency You can tune into AM and FM stations directly by enter-ing the appropriate frequency. You can store a combination of up to 40 of your favorite AM/FM radio stations as presets. Note: This procedure can also be performed on the D...

41 Listening to the Radio —Continued RDS only works with European models and only in areas where RDS broadcasts are available.When tuned into an RDS station, the RDS indicator appears. ■ What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a method of transmitting data in FM radio signals. It was de...

42 Using the Listening Modes See “About the Listening Modes” in the right column for detailed information about the listening modes. Selecting Pure Audio Listening Mode on the DVD receiver Pure Audio listening mode can also be selected on the DVD receiver’s [PURE AUDIO] button. Pure Audio In this mo...

43 Using the Listening Modes —Continued T-D (Theater-Dimensional) Listening Angle Setting With this setting, you can specify the angle of the front left and right speakers relative to the listening position.Processing for the Theater-Dimensional listening mode is based on this setting. Ideally, the ...

44 Advanced Playback With the “Search” function you can select chapters, titles, and tracks by number. To use the function with DVD, DVD playback is required. Notes: • During playback, you can select other chapters or tracks directly by using the number buttons (i.e., with-out pressing the [SEARCH] ...

45 Advanced Playback —Continued With the “Search” function you can search by time. Notes: • In some cases, playback may start from a slightly dif- ferent point to the one that you specify. • Time search may not work with some discs.• Time search cannot be used while a DVD-Video or Video CD menu is d...

46 Advanced Playback —Continued With the “Repeat” function you can play a disc, title, chapter, group, track, or folder over-and-over again. Notes: • Repeat playback may not work with some discs.• If the “Memory Playback” function is on (see page 48), the selectable options are “Memory Repeat”, whic...

47 Advanced Playback —Continued With the “Random” function you can enjoy a random selection of titles, chapters, groups, tracks, or folders. Notes: • Random playback may not work with some discs. • To use the “Random” function with a VCD that sup- ports PBC, you must first turn off PBC (see page 36)...

48 Advanced Playback —Continued With the “Memory Playback” function you can create your own memory list of titles, chapters, and tracks. Adding New Items to the List Memory Playback 1 Press the [MEMORY] button. The “Memory List” window appears onscreen, as shown. The top row ( ) is used to enter tit...

49 Advanced Playback —Continued Deleting Items from the List Editing Steps Notes: • To close the “Memory List” window, press the [RETURN] button. • The memory list will be deleted when the DVD receiver is set to Standby or the disc tray is opened. • To use this function with a VCD that supports PBC,...

50 Advanced Playback —Continued With the Zoom function you can enlarge any part of the picture. Notes: • The Zoom function may not work with some discs.• The Zoom function cannot be used with HD JPEG.• The Zoom function cannot be used with disc menus. Some DVDs feature multiple camera angles that al...

51 Advanced Playback —Continued Some DVD-Video discs feature soundtracks in several languages or audio formats (e.g., Dolby Digital or DTS). Music DVD-Video discs and DVD-Audio discs some-times feature audio in several formats, such as PCM, Dolby Digital, or DTS. See the disc’s sleeve notes for deta...

52 Disc and Input Information You can display various information about the current disc, or input source as follows. Disc Information The information displayed depends on the type of disc, as follows: ■ DVD-Video Onscreen: • Current/total title number, elapsed title time, remain- ing title time, to...

53 Controlling Other Components You can control a TV. You must enter the appropriate remote control code first. Entering Remote Control Codes Note: The remote control codes provided are correct at the time of printing, but are subject to change. Controlling a TV To control a TV, point the remote con...

54 Controlling Other Components —Continued When operating an Apple iPod in RI Dock with an connection, you can control it by DVD receiver’s remote controller. When Using an RI Dock: • Connect the RI Dock to the VIDEO 2/DOCK INPUT jacks (see page 26). • Set the RI Dock’s RI MODE switch to HDD or HDD/...

55 Configuring the DVD receiver Here you can configure the DVD receiver in this menu on display.The configurations are common for the all input settings excluding “AVSync”, “Video1 Input”, “Video2 Input”, and “AMFreq”. For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. Setup Menu 1 Remote con...

56 Configuring the DVD receiver —Continued Speakers Output Balance Here you can adjust the output balance of speakers.The balance can be adjusted from “L + 12” to “R + 12” in 1 steps. Note: When the listening mode is set to “Direct” or “Pure Audio”, no effect will be produced. Correcting Sound and P...

57 Configuring the DVD receiver —Continued Crossover Frequency This setting only applies to the speakers that you speci-fied as “ Small” in the “Front Speakers Size” on page 56. To get the best bass performance from your speaker sys-tem, you need to set the crossover frequency according to the size ...

58 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus This chapter explains the various functions and settings of the onscreen setup menus.Functions and settings are arranged into six menus: Picture , Audio , Language , Display , Operation Setting , and Initial Setup . The following table lists all the functions and settings...

59 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued This section explains how to navigate the onscreen setup menus. Menu Setting Description Page # Operation Setting Parental Lock Set the Parental Lock function. 66 Security Code Change the security code for use with parental lock. 66 DVD Priority Contents Determ...

60 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued TV Shape With this setting you can select a picture format to match the aspect ratio of your TV. 4:3 Letter box (default): Choose this option if you have a standard TV (4:3 aspect ratio). When you watch widescreen DVD-Video movies, the entire pic-ture will be v...

62 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued PAL Output Setting With this setting you can specify how the DVD receiver outputs video signals when playing NTSC format DVD-Video discs or Video CDs. Auto (default): Use this option if your TV supports both PAL and NTSC. The DVD receiver does not convert the v...

63 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued On-Screen Language With this setting you can select a language for the onscreen setup menus and messages. Select one of the displayed languages. Disc Menu Language With this setting you can select your preferred language for disc menus. When you play a DVD-Vide...

64 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued ■ Selecting Other Languages This section explains how to select other languages for disc menus, audio, and subtitles. Use this list when specifying other languages. 1 Remote controller Select “Others” from the “Disc Menu Language”, “Audio Lan-guage”, or “Subtit...

65 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued DivX Subtitle Some DivX video discs include subtitles in one or more languages. The disc packaging will usually inform you about which subtitle languages are available.With this setting you can select your preferred language for DivX subtitles. When you play a ...

66 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued Setting the Parental Lock With the Parental Lock function you can block access to certain scenes that the authors have flagged as being unsuitable for children. Notes: • When entering a security code, you can use the [CLR] button to delete the numbers entered s...

67 DVD Onscreen Setup Menus —Continued DVD Priority Contents This setting determines what is played when a DVD-Audio disc also contains DVD-Video material. DVD-AUDIO (default): The DVD-Audio material is played. DVD-VIDEO: The DVD-Video material is played. SACD Priority Contents SACDs have two separa...

68 Additional information Use this procedure to reset all the receiver’s settings to the factory default. Note that resetting the DVD receiver will delete your radio presets and custom settings. All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that indicates which region(s) of the world...

69 Additional information —Continued ■ MP3, WMA, JPEG & DivX Files MP3, WMA, JPEG, and DivX files are typically orga-nized into folders. The DVD receiver handles MP3, WMA, JPEG, and DivX files as tracks. Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com-pare this to ...

71 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the DVD receiver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, contact your Onkyo dealer. The power to the system is not turned on • Make sure that the power cord is plugged into the AC outlet. Make sure that the other...

72 Troubleshooting —Continued The subwoofer produces no sound • When you play source material that contains no infor- mation in the LFE channel, the subwoofer produces no sound. • Make sure the subwoofer is configured correctly (page 55). Headphones makes noise or no sound • There may be a bad conta...

73 Troubleshooting —Continued Reception is noisy, FM stereo reception is noisy, or the FM ST indicator doesn’t appear • Relocate your antenna.• Move the DVD receiver away from your TV or com- puter. • When listening to an AM station, operating the remote controller may cause noise. • Passing cars an...

74 Troubleshooting —Continued No sound, or sound is distorted • No sound is output when scanning discs other than audio CDs and SACDs. • Check that the disc is free from dust and dirt, and that it is not damaged (page 10). • Check that the plugs and terminals are free of dirt, oxide, etc. and clean ...

75 Troubleshooting —Continued If you’re using an HDMI connection and there’s no picture or sound, you can check the status of the HDMI connection by pressing and holding down the DVD receiver’s [DISPLAY] button for 10 seconds until a message ID appears on the display. Look up the message ID in the f...

76 Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section General ■ Video Inputs ■ Video Outputs ■ Audio Inputs ■ Audio Outputs Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. Rated Output Power (IEC) 2 ch u 50 W at 6 ohms, 1 kHz, 2 ch driven THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) 0...