Onkyo HT-R510 manual

AV Receiv er HT -R510 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo A V Recei ver . Please read this manual thoroughly before making con- nections and plugging in the unit. F ollo wing the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your ne w A V Recei ver . Please retain this manua[...]

2 Impor tant Safeguar ds 1. Read Instructions —All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions —The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed W arnings —All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered to[...]

3 Important Safeguards— Continued 21. Replacement Parts —When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or ha ve the same characteristics as the orig- inal part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards. 22. Safety Check —Upo[...]

4 Precautions— Continued 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recording copyrighted material is illeg al without the permission of the copyright holder . 2. AC Fuse —The A C fuse inside the HT -R510 is not user -service- able. If you cannot turn on the HT -R510, contact your Onkyo dealer . 3. Care —Occasionally you[...]

5 Bef ore Using the HT -R510 Notes: • The supplied batteries should last for about six months, although this will v ary with usage. • If the remote controller doesn’t w ork reliably , try replacing both batteries. • Don’t mix ne w and old batteries, or dif ferent types of bat- teries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for[...]

6 Contr ols & Connectors Front P anel For detailed information, refer to the pages in parenthesis. A ST ANDBY/ON button (24) This button is used to set the HT -R510 to On or Standby . For models with a PO WER switch, this button has no ef fect unless the PO WER switch is set to ON. B ST ANDBY indicator (24) This indicator lights up when the HT [...]

7 Controls & Connector s —Continued Display For detailed information, refer to the pages in parenthesis. 1 A & B speaker indicators (28, 32) Indicator A lights up when speaker set A is on. Indicator B lights up when speaker set B is on. 2 MUTING indicator (32) This indicator flashes when the HT -R510 is muted. 3 Source/listening mode ind[...]

8 Controls & Connector s —Continued Rear P anel For detailed information, refer to the pages in parenthesis. A COMPONENT VIDEO (10, 12, 14, 16) These RCA/phono connectors can be used to connect a TV , D VD player , or other A V component with component video inputs and outputs. B AM ANTENNA (22, 23) These push terminals are for connecting an [...]

9 Controls & Connector s —Continued RC-518M This page describes only those buttons that can be used to control the HT -R510 when the remote controller is in RCVR mode (Recei ver mode). The other modes, and information on using the remote controller to control your other A V compo- nents, are explained on page 41. To select RCVR mode, press th[...]

10 Connecting Y our A V Components • Read the manuals supplied with your A V components. • Don’t connect the po wer cord until you’ ve completed all audio and video connections. Optical Digital Inputs The HT -R510’ s optical digital connectors hav e a shutter-type cov er that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes when it’ s[...]

11 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued The HT -R510 offers se veral connection formats for compat- ibility with a wide range of A V equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your A V components. Use the follo wing sections as a guide. When connecting video equipment, you need to make video and audio connectio[...]

12 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued ■ Using Composite Video Use a composite video cable to connect the HT -R510’ s VIDEO MONITOR OUT to a composite video input on your TV , as shown. ■ Using S-Video Use an S-V ideo cable to connect the HT -R510’ s S VIDEO MONITOR OUT to an S-V ideo input on your TV , as shown. ■ Using Componen[...]

13 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued A udio Connections ■ Using Coaxial or Optical Connections • Use a coaxial digital audio cable to connect the HT -R510’ s CO AXIAL DIGIT AL INPUT to the coaxial output on your D VD player , as sho wn. OR • Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the HT -R510’ s OPTICAL 1 DIGIT AL INPUT [...]

14 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued Video Connections • Use an S-V ideo cable to connect the HT -R510’ s S VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN to the S-V ideo output on your VCR, as sho wn. Y our TV must also be connected via S-V ideo. OR • Use a composite video cable to connect the HT -R510’ s VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN to a composite video output on your [...]

15 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued If your TV has A V outputs and you want to record from your TV to your VCR via the HT -R510, make the following con- nections. • Use an S-V ideo cable to connect the HT -R510’ s S VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN to an S-V ideo output on your TV , and use another S-V ideo cable to connect the HT -R510’ s S VIDE[...]

16 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued Video Connections ■ Using Composite Video Use a composite video cable to connect the HT -R510’ s VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN to the composite video output on your satellite/cable tuner , LD player , etc., as sho wn. •Y our TV must also be connected via composite video. ■ Using S-Video Use an S-V ideo cab[...]

17 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued ■ Using Optical or Coaxial Connections • Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the HT -R510’ s OPTICAL 1 DIGIT AL INPUT to the optical output on your CD player , as sho wn. OR • Use a coaxial digital audio cable to connect the HT -R510’ s CO AXIAL DIGIT AL INPUT to the coaxial output[...]

18 Connecting Y our A V Components —Continued ■ T urntable with an MC-type (Mo ving Coil) Car tridge Use an RCA/phono audio cable to connect the HT -R510’ s L/ R T APE IN connectors to the audio outputs on your phono preamp. Use another RCA/phono audio cable to connect the phono preamp’ s inputs to your MC head amp’ s outputs. And use ano[...]

19 Connecting -compatible A V Components W ith (Remote Interacti ve) you can control your - compatible Onkyo CD player , DVD player , or cassette recorder with the HT -R510’ s remote controller , and use the follo wing special functions: ■ A uto Po wer On When you turn on an A V component connected via while the HT -R510 is in Standby , the HT [...]

20 Installing Y our Speaker s Y ou can use two sets of speakers with your HT -R510: speaker set A and speaker set B. W ith speak er set A , which should be installed in your main listening room, and can be used with Dolby Digital or DTS surround material, you can connect front-left, front-right, center , surround-left, surround-right, surround-back[...]

21 Installing Y our Speaker s —Continued Before you connect your speakers, read the follo wing: • Disconnect the po wer cord from the wall outlet. • Read the instructions supplied with your speakers. •P ay close attention to speaker wiring polarity . In other words, connect positi ve (+) terminals only to positi ve (+) terminals, and negati[...]

22 Connecting Antenna This chapter explains ho w to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commer- cially av ailable outdoor FM and AM antennas. The supplied indoor FM antenna is for indoor use only . If you cannot achie ve good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially av ailable outd[...]

23 Connecting Antenna —Continued If you cannot achie ve good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially av ailable outdoor FM antenna instead. Notes: • Outdoor FM antennas work best outside, b ut usable results can sometimes be obtained when installed in an attic or loft. •F or best results, install the outdoor FM anten[...]

24 Po wering Up & Setting Up the HT -R510 Before connecting the po wer cord, connect all your speakers and A V components (see page 10 to page 23). W ith this function you can assign A V components (i.e., input sources) with digital audio outputs to the HT -R510’ s digital inputs. Y ou only need to change these assignments if your connections[...]

25 Configuring Speaker Set A This chapter describes ho w to configure speaker set A to achie ve the best results from your surround sound system. There is no speaker configuration for speaker set B. • Before configuring, you must: —Disconnect any headphones (see page 33) —T urn of f speaker set B (see page 32) —Make sure that Multich is[...]

26 Configuring Speaker Set A —Continued To achiev e the best bass performance from your speaker sys- tem, you need to set the crossov er frequency according to the size and frequency response of your subw oofer and other speakers (front, center , and surround). If you’ re not using a subwoofer , bass sounds are output by the other speakers and[...]

27 Configuring Speaker Set A —Continued W ith this function you can adjust the volume of each indi vid- ual speaker so that you can hear all speakers equally at the listening position. Note: Y ou cannot use this function while the HT -R510 is muted (see page 32). Note: If no adjustments are made for two minutes, this function is cancelled automa[...]

28 Pla ying Y our A V Components This chapter explains ho w you can play your A V components through the HT -R510. See pages 10–19 for information on connecting your A V components to the HT -R510. Using Digital Inputs The digital input assigned to the input source (see page 24) has priority ov er that input source’ s analog input. T o use the [...]

29 Playing Y our A V Components —Contin ued While “ Auto” is displayed, the name of the digital input cur- rently assigned to the input source (page 24) is displayed in parenthesis. For e xample, “ Auto (CO AX). ” The possible inputs are OPT1, OPT2, and CO AX. The options are explained belo w . A uto: The assigned digital input will hav e[...]

30 Using the T uner This chapter explains ho w to use the built-in tuner . Y ou can store your fa vorite radio stations as presets for con- venient selection. If y ou selected the FM band: The A UTO indicator appears on the display and the HT -R510 searches for the next station automatically . Search- ing stops when a station is found, and the TUNE[...]

31 Using the T uner —Continued Y ou can store up to 30 of your fa vorite radio stations as pre- sets. Y ou can easily select previously stored presets as follo ws. Y ou can delete unwanted presets as follo ws. Other Functions: See page 32 for functions that you can use while listening to the radio. Listening Modes: See page 34 for information on [...]

32 Common Functions This chapter explains functions that can be used with an y input source. Y ou can turn on and off speak er sets A and B indi vidually . Note: When you turn on speaker set B, the listening mode for speaker set A is set to Stereo. W ith this function you can temporarily mute the output of the HT -R510. Muting is cancelled when the[...]

33 Common Functions —Continued W ith this function you can adjust the brightness of the dis- play . W ith this function you can adjust the volume le vel of each indi vidual speaker as you like. Unlike the indi vidual speaker v olume settings described on page 27, these adjustments can be carried out while listening to your fa vorite music, and th[...]

34 Using the Listening Modes W ith its built-in surround-sound decoders and DSP pro- grams, the HT -R510 can transform your home listening room into a movie theater or concert hall. To get the most from surround sound, it’ s important that you install and configure your speakers correctly . See “Installing Y our Speakers” on page 20 and “C[...]

35 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The listening modes are explained belo w . Basic Modes Direct: The selected input source is fed directly to the po wer- amp stages and through to the front left and right speakers with minimal processing. Use this mode when watching an old movie that has a mono soundtrack, when listening to either the left [...]

36 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Y ou can select the listening modes by using the following b uttons: [DIRECT], [STEREO], [SURR OUND], [DSP], and [A.STEREO] (the last button is a v ailable only on the remote controller). Listening mode a vailability depends on the format of the currently selected input signal and the number of speak- ers t[...]

37 A udio Adjust Functions These functions only work with speaker set A. Audio Adjust provides various functions for adjusting the sound, including se veral especially for use with Dolby Digi- tal, DTS, and Pro Logic II material. The follo wing table lists the Audio Adjust functions, their ranges and default v alues. Function av ailability depends [...]

38 A udio Adjust Functions —Continued The Audio Adjust functions are explained belo w . ■ Bass W ith this function you can boost or cut lo w-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –12 dB to +12 dB in 2 dB steps. ■ T reble W ith this function you can boost or cut high-frequency sounds output by the front speakers from –12 dB to[...]

39 Recor ding This chapter explains ho w to record the selected input source to an A V component with recording capability , and how to record audio and video from two dif ferent sources. Y ou can record only to A V components that are connected to the T APE OUT or VIDEO 1 OUT connectors. See pages 10–19 for information on connecting your A V com[...]

40 Using the Remote Contr oller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components Connecting your -compatible Onkyo CD player , DVD player , or cassette recorder to the HT -R510 via allows you to control your system with the HT -R510’ s remote con- troller by pointing it at the HT -R510. This allows you to con- trol components that are out of sight, for ex[...]

41 Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components —Contin ued Using the RC-518M If you need to enter the manufacturer’ s code for your A V component into the remote controller , see page 40. 1 P oint the remote controller at the HT -R510 and use the input selector buttons to select an input source f or the HT -R510. 2 Use t[...]

42 Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components —Contin ued VCR mode TV mode Y ou must enter the appr opriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 40). Y ou must enter the appr opriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 40). Pow er on/off 1–9, +10, 0 Enter numbers OK Confirm TV CH UP Select next receiv ed channel Select next T[...]

43 Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components —Contin ued Cable mode* Satellite mode* Y ou must enter the appr opriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 40). Y ou must enter the appr opriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 40). Pow er on/off 1–9, 0 Enter numbers CH+ Select next channel Select next channel preset CH– S[...]

44 Tr oubleshooting Symptom P ossible cause Remedy Amp Can ’t turn on the HT -R510? The power c ord is not c onnected. Co nnect the power c ord to a suitable wall outlet (page 24). External interferenc e is affecting the HT -R510’ s digital circuitr y . Tu rn off the HT -R510, wait five sec onds, then try turning it on again. I f that fails, d[...]

45 Tr oubleshooting —Continued Symptom P ossible cause Remedy Amp A low-frequency noise or h um can be heard? The audio connecting cables at the r ear of the HT -R510 are too close t o the power cor d. U ntangle the audio cables and position them as far aw ay as possible fr om the power cor d. The sound is too bright or harsh and the high range i[...]

46 Tr oubleshooting —Continued Symptom P ossible cause Remedy T uner Rec ept io n is noisy , inter - mittent, and the FM STE- REO indicator flashes? Yo u’ re t oo far away fr om the transmitter . Or , y our FM antenna is in the wrong position or pointing in the wrong direction. Or , the sta- tion ’ s signal strength is poor . U se the [FM MO[...]

47 Specifications AMPLIFIER SECTION VIDEO SECTION TUNER SECTION FM AM GENERAL REMO TE CONTR OL Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. Power sup- ply and voltage v ary depending on the area in which the unit is purchased. Continuous A verage Power output (FTC) All channels: 100 watts per channel min. RMS at 8 Ω , 2 cha[...]

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