Onkyo DR-815 - User Manual

5 Features Receiver • Built-in Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Digital and DTS• On board Theater Dimensional Circuit• Deep bass adjustable S. Bass feature• Subwoofer or power amplifier connectable PRE-OUT terminals allowing 5.1ch playback with add on speak-ers • WRAT (Wide Range Amplifier Technology) expl...

6 Table of Contents Getting Started Important Safety Instructions ...............................2Precautions .........................................................3Features ..............................................................5Supplied Accessories ..........................................

7 Table of Contents —Continued Enjoying Surround Sound Enjoying Surround Sound ................................. 52 Configuring Subwoofer and Setting Up the Number of Speakers ............................ 52 Setting Distance of Speakers ........................ 53Speaker Level Calibration .............

8 Disc Notes Supported Discs The DVD receiver supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’t conform to the official CD standard. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the DVD receiver. • The DVD receiver supports CD-R and CD-RW discs r...

10 Remote Controller 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 corro...

11 Part Names and Functions The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A Remote control sensor (10) Receives signals from the remote controller. B INPUT/CURSOR buttons (27, 28, 44, 46, 78) Enable you to select an input source. These buttons also move ...

12 Part Names and Functions —Continued A S.BASS indicator This indicator lights up when the super bass is selected. B MUTING indicator This indicator flashes while the DVD receiver is muted. C Tuning indicators AUTO: This indicator lights up when the Auto Tun- ing mode is selected, and disappears wh...

13 Part Names and Functions —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A TAPE/HDD IN/OUT (21) This analog audio input and output are for connect-ing a recorder with an analog audio input and output (cassette, Mini Disc, etc.). If you want t...

14 Part Names and Functions —Continued This section describes the role of the individual buttons you use to control the amplifier and the tuner. The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A INPUT buttons (27, 42, 44, 46, 78) Each time you press these ...

15 Part Names and Functions —Continued This section describes the role of the individual buttons you use to control DVD and CD. The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. A MODE button (38, 39, 40) Switches the play mode while DVD is loaded. B MEMORY ...

16 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 DVD receiver won’t pick up any radio signals with-out any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use ...

17 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...

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

19 AV Cables and Connectors • Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.• Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connections. • Do not place objects on the unit as they may inter- fere with proper ventilation. RCA AV Connection Color Coding RCA AV connections...

20 Connecting Your TV Connect the DVD receiver to the TV directly. If you con-nect the DVD receiver to a VCR, TV/VCR combination, or video selector, the playback picture may be distorted as DVD videos are copy protected. Using Video Use the supplied video cable (RCA) and connect the VIDEO OUT to the...

21 Connecting External Devices Connect the white plugs of the audio cables to the L jacks and connect the red plugs of the audio cables to the R jacks.Tip: The source names appearing in the display can be customized for the connected component (see page 28). The following diagram illustrates how to ...

22 Connecting External Devices —Continued Connect the LINE IN terminal on the DVD receiver and an audio output terminal on TV. The DVD receiver has a SUBWOOFER PRE OUT jack. Connect an active subwoofer (a subwoofer that contains an amplifier). Note: If you want to connect any passive subwoofer, you ...

23 Connecting External Devices —Continued You can connect a center speaker and a left and a right surround speakers by adding on a power (main) amplifier.In addition to this configuration, you can add on a subwoofer to enjoy the 5.1ch surround sound. (See page 22.)Once you have completed the connect...

24 Connecting External Devices —Continued The DVD receiver provides multi-channel playback with its theater dimensional feature, even under two front speaker conditions.Certainly, it can provide full 5.1ch playback in combination with an add-on subwoofer, center and surround speakers off the shelf, ...

25 Connecting the Power Cord When the power cord is connected to the AC outlet, the DVD receiver enters Standby mode. The STANDBY indicator lights up.When you want to set the clock using the DVD receiver’s ACCUCLOCK function, the FM antenna needs to be connected for receiving the RDS radio broadcast...

26 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 turn off and enter Standby mode.The DVD receiver is not completely shutdown in Standby mode.To completely shut down the DVD receiver, disconnect the power co...

27 Understanding Common Operations —Continued You can select DVD, FM, AM, or connected external audio/video equipment (HDD, CD-R, TAPE, LINE) as the audio source.To select the audio source, press the INPUT or button repeatedly. Press MUTING on the remote controller. The MUTING indicator lights in th...

28 Customizing the Source Names You can change the source name that appears in the display to suit any component you connected per the instruc-tions on pages 21-22. About short source names The short source names appear in the display depending on the situation. Check the short names in the table be...

29 Before Starting DVD Playback For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( / / / ) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note:From here on in th...

30 Before Starting DVD Playback —Continued This sets the language of this system’s on-screen dis-plays. Setting the Language of This Player’s On-screen Displays 1 Press DVD SETUP and select “Ini-tial Settings”. 2 Select “OSD Language” from the “Display” settings. • English, French, German, Italian a...

31 Playing Discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, SACD, Video CD and MP3/WMA discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter.For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “Viewing a JPEG Slideshow” on page 41. Important: Throughout this manual, the term “D...

32 Playing Discs —Continued The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter covers other playback features in more detail. Many DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs feature menus from which you can select what you want to watch.They may also give access to ad...

33 Playing Discs —Continued Some Video CD have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus.You can play a PBC Video CD without having to navi-gate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the (pla...

34 Playing Discs —Continued Playing in slow motion you can play DVD-Videos and DVD-R/RW at four different slow motion speeds, for-wards and backwards. Video CD/Super VCDs can be played at four different forward slow motion speeds. Note: • Backward slow-motion playback does not work with Video CD. Yo...

35 Playing Discs —Continued When playing a DVD-Video disc recorded with dialog in two or more languages, you can switch audio language during playback.When playing a VR format DVD-RW disc recorded with dual-mono audio, you can switch between the main, sub, and mixed channels during playback.When pla...

36 Playing Discs —Continued Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD-Video, DVD-RW or Video CD disc to find the part you want to play. Important: • You can’t use the Disc Navigator with Video CD in PBC mode. Tip: • Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use one ...

37 Playing Discs —Continued Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename. Tip: • To play the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, exit the Disc Navigator and start playback using the (play) button. Browsing WMA, MP3 and JPEG files with the Disc Na...

38 Playing Discs —Continued This feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc. Important: • You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-RW discs, Video CD playing in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. • When CD is loaded, no operati...

39 Playing Discs —Continued You can search DVD-Video discs by title or chapter number, or by time; DVD-Audio discs can be searched by group or track number; SACDs by track number, CDs and Video CD by track number or time. Important: • Search functions are not available with Video CD in PBC mode, or ...

40 Playing Discs —Continued The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD-Video and DVD-RW) that form a loop which is played over and over.• You can’t use A-B Repeat with DVD-Audio, SACD, and Video CD in PBC mode, or WMA /MP3 files. • ...

41 Playing Discs —Continued After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture on the disc. The player displays the pic-tures in each folder in alphabetical order.Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of t...

42 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.Turn on the power to the unit before you start the procedure. Auto Tuning Mode When tuned into a station, the Tuned indicator appears. When tu...

43 Listening to the Radio —Continued Adjusting the Antenna 1 2 Change the direction of the antenna to determine the best reception. Affix the antenna using a thumbtack. (Do not press the thumbtack through the antenna.) Caution: Be careful not to prick your finger! Adjusting the AM antenna Adjust the...

44 Listening to the Radio —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. Turn on the power to the...

45 Listening to the Radio —Continued 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. Turn on the power to the unit before you start the procedure. Programming FM/AM Stations On...

46 Listening to the Radio —Continued Customizing the preset channels The following additional functions are available:• Naming a preset channel (see page 50)• Erasing a preset channel (see page 49)• Copying the radio station in the selected channel to another (see page 48). First, program the statio...

47 Listening to the Radio —Continued Repeatedly pressing DISPLAY on the remote controller or on the unit toggles between two types of information display. RDS reception is available only in areas where RDS broadcasts are available. What is RDS? RDS stands for Radio Data System and is a type of FM br...

48 Changing the 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 FM st...

50 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 ...

51 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 TUNING / repeatedly until the character following the desired point of insertion flashes. 2 Turn MULTI JOG until “ ” appears, then press MULTI J...

53 Enjoying Surround Sound —Continued Set the distance from the listening position to the speak-ers.With the distance set, the DVD receiver can keep con-stant the time to deliver the sound from each speaker to the listening position, thus providing more comfortable sound environment for movies and m...

54 Enjoying Listening Modes About the Listening Modes Listening modes on the DVD receiver enable you to enjoy movie theater or concert hall quality sounds in your room. The DVD receiver provides the following lis-tening modes. Before playing a source in optimal sound, be sure to complete the Speaker...

55 Enjoying Listening Modes —Continued Playback Sources and Corresponding Listening Modes Selecting Listening Mode 1 Play back the selected device. 2 Select a listening mode. Press LISTENING MODE on the DVD receiver or on the remote controller to select a listening mode.Every time you press LISTENIN...

56 Adjusting Sound You can adjust the level of individual speakers during playback. • These adjustments are temporary and will be can- celled when the DVD receiver is set to Standby. • You cannot use this function while the DVD receiver is muted. This is available when the listening mode is set to o...

57 Adjusting Sound —Continued By using the following audio adjust function, you can fine adjust the tone and the precise settings for Mono, Multiplex and T-D. The Audio Adjust functions are explained below. ■ Bass You can boost or cut low-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –10 dB to ...

58 Setting the Clock The ACCUCLOCK function normally uses the FM station with the strongest signal to set the clock. 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 (Clock Time...

59 Setting the Clock —Continued 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 on the DVD receiver. Setting the Clock Manually Using the remote controller EDIT/NO/CLEAR DI...

61 Using the Timer Functions The DVD 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 ...

62 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...

63 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 44-45.) Notes: • You cannot use the timer functions unless the clock is set.• If you do not operate the buttons for 60 seconds during t...

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

65 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...

66 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 and cursor / on the remote controller. Tip: You can also perfo...

67 DVD Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus . From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various set-tings that affect how the picture is presented. You can adjust the following picture quality settings:• Sharpness – Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the pic- ture (Fine, Standard, Soft). • Brightn...

68 Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video out-put settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others.If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then c...

69 Initial Settings menu —Continued Language settings Setting Option What it means Audio Language *1 *1 This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD discs. You can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc during playback using the AUDIO button.Some DVD discs set the audio languag...

70 Initial Settings menu —Continued Display settings Options settings Setting Option What it means OSD Language English On-screen displays of the player are in English. Languages as displayed On-screen displays are shown in the language selected. Angle Indicator On A camera icon is displayed on-scre...

71 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Default level: Off; Default password: none; Default Country code: us (2119) To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD receiver, some DVD-Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the...

72 Initial Settings menu —Continued Setting/changing the Country code You can find the Country code list in the adjacent column. ■ Country code list 3 Select a new level and press ENTER. • Press (cursor left) repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the password); press (cur- sor righ...

73 Additional information DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to Cinema- Scope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3.Televisions, too, come in different aspect ratios; “stan-dard” 4:3 and widescreen 1...

74 Additional information —Continued Use this procedure to reset all the player’s settings to the factory default. 1 Stop DVD playback or unload any disc from the tray. 2 Press EDIT/NO/CLEAR. 3 Rotate MULTI JOG to select “DVD Init?”. 4 Press MULTI JOG. 5 The “DVD Init??” message appears once again, ...

75 Additional information —Continued ■ Language code list Language Language code letter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 French fr 0618 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 2608 Dutch nl 1412 Portuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 Korean ko 1115 Greek e...

77 Input Source Names and Available Buttons on Remote Controller —Continued Connecting Terminal TAPE / HDD Selector Name TAPE HDD CD-R Buttons on the remote controller 1 TAPE/HDD TAPE/HDD TAPE/HDD / 2 PRESET / FF/FR / SKIP / SKIP / 3 TUNING / / / 4 MODE DOLBY NR MODE 5 MEMORY MEMORY 6 RANDOM SHUFFLE...

78 Recording The copyright laws prohibit using your recordings without consent of the copyright owner, except for the purpose of your personal entertainment. 1 Press INPUT on the DVD receiver or the remote controller to select the recording source component. 2 Prepare the recording component. • Plac...

79 Troubleshooting Problems may be caused by any component connected to this unit. Please check the table below, cross-referenc-ing 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...

80 Troubleshooting —Continued New settings made in the Setup screen menus while a disc is playing are ineffective. • Some settings can be changed while a disc is playing, but are not effective until the disc is stopped then restarted: Press , then start playback again ( ). No picture/No color. • Inc...

81 Troubleshooting —Continued The interoperability with other external Onkyo device is not available. • Make sure that the cable and analog audio cables (RCA) are connected correctly. (See page 21.) Con-necting only an cable won’t work. • Specify the source name in the display for the external Onkyo...

82 Specifications General ■ Audio Inputs ■ Audio Outputs Amplifier Section Tuner Section ■ FM ■ AM DVD ■ VIDEO Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. Power Supply: AC 230 V, 50 Hz Power Consumption: 75 W Stand-by Power Consumption: 0.4 W Dimensions (W x H x D): 8-1/16"...