Onkyo CR-B8 - User Manual

5 Before Using This Unit 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 leakage or c...

6 Table of Contents Basic Operation Getting Started Important Safety Instructions...............................2Precautions .........................................................3Features ..............................................................4Supplied Accessories ...........................

7 Table of Contents —Continued Basic Operation Listening to the Radio Programming Radio Stations ............................ 34 Programming FM/AM Stations One by One – Preset Write ................................................ 34 Programming FM Stations Automatically – Auto Preset .................

8 Part Names and Functions The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A MP3 indicator This indicator lights up when a MP3 CD is loaded. B S.BASS indicator This indicator lights up when the super bass is selected. C Remote control sensor (5) Receives s...

10 Part Names and Functions —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A AM ANTENNA (14, 15) These push terminals are for connecting an AM antenna. B FM ANTENNA (14, 15) This jack is for connecting an FM antenna. C LINE IN (18) These termin...

11 Remote Controller The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A STANDBY/ON button (22, 49) Switches between power standby and on. B SLEEP button (46) Used to program the Sleep timer, which turns off the power to the unit at a specified time. C Numbe...

12 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...

13 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 32. • For ID3 version 2 tags, the tag inf...

14 Connecting Antenna 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 any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use th...

15 Connecting Antenna —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 inst...

16 Connecting Speakers • Connect the right channel speaker to the R speaker connector on the CD receiver, and the left channel speaker to the L speaker connector. • Connect the “+” connector on each speaker to the “+” connectors on the CD receiver, and connect the “–” connector on each speaker to th...

17 Connecting External Devices • 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...

18 Connecting External Devices —Continued Connect the LINE IN terminal on the CD receiver and an audio output terminal on TV. Tip: To output sound from TV, switch the input selector to LINE. The following diagram illustrates how to connect an optional Onkyo stereo cassette tape deck. Connect the CD ...

19 Connecting External Devices —Continued The following diagram illustrates how to connect the Onkyo Remote Interactive Dock (RI Dock).Connect the HDD IN jacks on the CD receiver to the AUDIO OUT jacks on the RI Dock. The jack connection enables you to use the following functions: • You can control ...

20 Connecting External Devices —Continued The following diagram illustrates how to connect an optional Onkyo compact disc recorder. Connect the CD receiver HDD OUT jacks to the disc recorder’s IN (REC) jacks. Connect the CD receiver HDD IN jacks to the disc recorder’s OUT (PLAY) jacks. About the OPT...

21 Connecting the Power Cord When the power cord is connected to the AC outlet, the CD receiver enters Standby mode. The STANDBY indi-cator lights up. To wall outlet STANDBY indicator CRB8. book 21 ページ ２００５年８月１８日 木曜日 午後６時４０分

22 Understanding Common Operations Press STANDBY/ON on the unit or on the remote con-troller.If you press the same button again, the unit will turnoff and enter Standby mode. Tip: • When you start playing (or turn on the power to) an Onkyo RI Dock, CD recorder or cassette tape deck that is connected...

23 Understanding Common Operations —Continued Adjust sound quality during playback with CD or radio, etc. Press S.BASS repeatedly. Pressing S.BASS repeatedly will change the option in the following order. Press MUTING on the remote controller. The MUTING and Volume indicators blink in the display. T...

24 Playing a CD To locate the beginning of the playing track, turn MULTI JOG counterclockwise slightly. • If you turn it further, you can select the previous tracks in reverse order. • For MP3 discs, you can also select tracks in other groups. • Rotate the dial counter-clockwise while the unit is st...

25 Playing a CD —Continued Press DISPLAY on the unit repeatedly to change the display as follows: Using the Remote Controller The track to play Press the number buttons as described in the examples below to play back the desired track. Press to stop playback. Press to pause. To resume playback, pres...

26 Playing a CD —Continued MP3 CDs may store a group containing groups across some hierarchies as shown in the illustration below. In MP3 CDs, you can use the Navigation and All Group modes to locate track stored on the CDs. When locating a track, the Navigation mode allows you to trace through the ...

27 Playing a CD —Continued Selecting MP3 Tracks in All Group Mode With All Group mode you don’t have to navigate the group hierarchy to find an MP3 track because all groups that contain MP3 tracks appear at the same level. If in Random mode, press YES/MODE to switch to Nor-mal mode. If you want to o...

28 Playing a CD —Continued Selecting MP3 Tracks in 1-Group Mode Perform the procedures below to select one group for playback. This operation is available in Normal mode. This section explains how to display various informa-tion, including disc name, track name, and various ID3 tags for MP3 tracks, ...

29 Various Ways to Play CDs Different playback modes are available in addition to normal playback. You can select and store track numbers (up to 25) in a desired playback order. • You can execute this function only when the input source is CD and the unit is stopped. • For information on MP3 CD sour...

30 Various Ways to Play CDs —Continued All tracks on the disc will be shuffled, then played back. • You can execute this function only when the input source is CD and the unit is stopped. To cancel the setting: See “Cancelling the Playback Mode” on page 31.• You can also cancel the setting by removi...

31 Various Ways to Play CDs —Continued Cancels Memory and Random modes • You can execute this function only when the input source is CD and the unit is stopped. Cancels Repeat or 1 Track Repeat mode Cancelling the Playback Mode 1 Press to stop playback. 2 Press YES/MODE repeatedly until NORMAL indic...

32 MP3 Preferences This section explains how to set various preferences for MP3 discs. You can set the MP3 preferences while the disc playback is stopped during normal playback mode. If you want to cancel this procedure at anytime, press EDIT/NO/CLEAR. Items In this section, each preference item nam...

34 Programming Radio Stations You can store the frequencies of stations one by one manually into the preset memory channels. This is useful when you want to program the stations in your favorite order. In addition to this method, FM has “Auto Preset” mode to store frequencies automatically. Turn on ...

35 Programming Radio Stations —Continued Customizing the Preset Channels The following additional functions are available:• Naming a preset channel (see page 42)• Erasing a preset channel (see page 41)• Copying the radio station in the selected channel to another (see page 40). If “Overwrite?” appea...

36 Programming Radio Stations —Continued Auto presets store the frequencies of radio stations into memory so you can select your favorite channels without tuning manually. Radio station signals can be automatically located and stored. This function does not apply to AM stations (see page 34). Turn o...

37 Listening to an FM/AM Station First, program the stations into preset channels (see pages 34 and 36). Turn on the power to the unit before you start the proce-dure. 1 Select FM or AM. Press the INPUT or button to select FM or AM.The channel selected most recently will be recalled. 2 Turn MULTI JO...

38 Listening to an FM/AM Station —Continued 1 Turn on the power to the CD receiver. 2 Select FM or AM. 3 Press or repeatedly while observing the display to tune in the desired frequency. Each press of the button changes the frequency by 0.05 MHz for FM and 9 kHz for AM. Pressing and holding down the...

39 Listening to an FM/AM Station —Continued Repeatedly pressing DISPLAY on the remote controller or on the unit toggles between two types of information display. Switching the Display Information DISPLAY DISPLAY NAME SOURCE FM/AM Frequency Preset channel name (*) * If a given preset channel is not n...

40 Changing the FM/AM Preset Channels Using the delete and copy functions, you can delete preset stations, copy a preset station to another channel, or change the channel number. To change the channel number:Use the copy and delete functions.For example, if you wish to change channel 4 (which has an...

42 Naming Preset Channels You can name FM/AM preset channels. After you select the preset channel to name, execute “Entering a Name” as described below. You can enter up to eight characters per name. What characters can be entered? You can enter the following characters: If the unit is not in “Name ...

43 Naming Preset Channels —Continued If the unit is not in “Name In” mode, execute steps 1 and 2 in “Entering a Name,” then follow the steps below. 1 Press / repeatedly until the character following the desired point of insertion flashes. 2 Turn MULTI JOG until “ ” appears, then press MULTI JOG. 3 E...

44 Setting the Clock You can select either the 12-hour or 24-hour display. (This section explains how to set the time based on the 24-hour display.) To cancel the clock setting Press EDIT/NO/CLEAR. To check the time and the day of the week, press CLOCK CALL on the remote controller.The clock appears...

45 Using the Timer Functions The CD receiver features three timer functions: Sleep, Once, and Every timer. Selecting a timer number You can set up to four timers. Timer operation types • Timer Play: The specified component starts playback at the specified time. • Timer Rec: The specified component s...

46 Using the Timer Functions —Continued Checking the Remaining Time Press SLEEP while the Sleep timer is on. If you press SLEEP while the remaining time is displayed, the remaining time is reduced by 10 minutes. Canceling Sleep Timer Press SLEEP repeatedly until “Sleep Off” appears in the display. U...

47 Using the Timer Functions —Continued Before programming a timer for an AM/FM broadcast, program the desired broadcast stations to the preset channels. (See pages 34 and 36.) Notes: • You cannot use the timer functions unless the clock is set.• If you do not operate the buttons for 60 seconds duri...

48 Using the Timer Functions —Continued 4 Press MULTI JOG. (Only for Timer Rec)Check connections and settings to the cassette tape decks. 5 Turn MULTI JOG to select “Once” or “Every.” The Once timer operates only one time. The Every timer operates every week.After selecting one, press MULTI JOG. If ...

49 Using the Timer Functions —Continued To reprogram the timers, press EDIT/NO/CLEAR and follow the procedure from the beginning. 6 Turn MULTI JOG to set the On time of the timer operation. You can also use the number buttons on the remote controller.When the desired time is displayed, press MULTI J...

50 Using the Timer Functions —Continued • You can use this function to cancel or resume the pro- grammed timer operation. • You cannot program the timers unless the clock is set. Tip: You can also perform the operation by using the TIMER button and / button on the remote controller. Tip: You can als...

51 Troubleshooting Problems may be caused by any component connected to this unit. Please check the table below, cross-referencing the instruction manuals for the other components. The power to the system is not turned on. • Make sure that the power cable is plugged into the AC outlet.• Unplug the p...

52 Troubleshooting —Continued The disc will not play. • Make sure that the disc has been loaded on the disc tray correctly. The disc should be inserted with the playback side facing down. • Check to see if the disc’s surface is dirty.• If condensation is suspected, wait for about one hour after you ...

53 Troubleshooting —Continued No sound is heard from the connected device. • Make sure that the optical digital cable is not bent or damaged.• Set the digital output to PCM, because the CD receiver supports only PCM signals. The turntable sounds still. • Make sure the turntable has a built in phono ...

54 Specifications General ■ Audio Inputs ■ Audio Outputs Amplifier Section Tuner Section ■ FM ■ AM CD Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. Power Supply: AC 220 V, 50 Hz/120 V/60 Hz Power Consumption: 68 W Stand-by Power Consumption: 0.3 W/0.2 W Dimensions (W x H x D):155...