Onkyo TX-SR501E manual

E n AV Receiv er TX-SR501 TX-SR501E 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 ret[...]

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— Contin ued 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 —Up[...]

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 AC fuse inside the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E is not user-serviceable. If you cannot turn on the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E, contact your Onkyo dealer . 3. Care ?[...]

5 Bef ore Using the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E The W orldwide model has a voltage selector for compatibil- ity with po wer systems around the world. Before you plug in this model, make sure that the v oltage selector is set to the correct voltage for your area. If it isn’ t, use a small screw- dri ver to set it as appropriate. For e xample, if the voltag[...]

6 Contr ols & Connectors Front P anel For detailed information, refer to the pages in parenthesis. A PO WER switch (24) The North American model doesn’ t have this switch. This is the main power switch. When set to OFF , the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E is completely shutdown. When set to ON, the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E is in Standby mode and the ST ANDBY i[...]

7 Controls & Connector s —Continued G MEMOR Y button (30, 31) This button is used when storing and deleting radio presets. H FM MODE button (31) This button is used to select the FM radio Stereo and Mono modes. It’ s also used when deleting radio presets. I TUNING [ ] [ ] buttons (30) These buttons are used to tune into radio stations. J Re[...]

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 (North American model) RC-479S (other models) This page describes only those buttons that can be used to control the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E when the remote con- troller is in RCVR mode (Recei ver mode). The other modes, and information on using the remote controller to control your other A V components,[...]

10 Connecting Y our A V Components • Read the manuals supplied with your A V components. • Don’ t connect the power cord until you’ ve completed all audio and video connections. Optical Digital Inputs The TX-SR501/TX-SR501E’ s optical digital connectors hav e a shutter-type co ver that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes wh[...]

11 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued The TX-SR501/TX-SR501E of fers sev eral connection for- mats for compatibility 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 aud[...]

12 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued ■ Using Composite Video Use a composite video cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ 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 TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s S VIDEO MONITOR OUT to an S-V ideo input on your TV , as sh[...]

13 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued A udio Connections ■ Using Optical or Coaxial Connections • Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E’ s OPTICAL 1 DIGIT AL INPUT to the optical output on your D VD player , as sho wn. OR • Use a coaxial digital audio cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s CO[...]

14 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued Video Connections • Use an S-V ideo cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s S VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN to the S-V ideo out- put on your VCR, as shown. Y our TV must also be con- nected via S-V ideo. OR • Use a composite video cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN to a compo[...]

15 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued If your TV has A V outputs and you want to record from your TV to your VCR via the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E, make the follo wing connections. • Use an S-V ideo cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ 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[...]

16 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued Video Connections ■ Using Composite Video Use a composite video cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ 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 [...]

17 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued ■ Using Coaxial or Optical Connections • Use a coaxial digital audio cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s CO AXIAL DIGIT AL INPUT to the coaxial output on your CD player , as sho wn. OR • Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E’ s OPTICAL 2 DIGIT AL INPUT[...]

18 Connecting Y our A V Components —Contin ued ■ T urntable with an MC-type (Moving Coil) Cartridge Use an RCA/phono audio cable to connect the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ 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. An[...]

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 TX-SR501/TX-SR501E’ s remote control- ler , and use the follo wing special functions: ■ A uto Po wer On When you turn on an A V component connected via while the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E i[...]

20 Installing Y our Speaker s Y ou can use two sets of speakers with your TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E: 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, su[...]

21 Installing Y our Speakers —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 speak ers. •P ay close attention to speak er wiring polarity . In other words, connect positi ve (+) terminals only to positi ve (+) terminals, and negat[...]

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 out[...]

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, but usable results can sometimes be obtained when installed in an attic or loft. •F or best results, install the outdoor FM antenn[...]

24 Po wering Up & Setting Up the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E This chapter explains basic settings that you need to mak e in order to enjoy your TX-SR501/TX-SR501E after turning it on for the very first time. These include, assigning input sources to digital inputs, specifying the number of speakers, and setting the subwoofer mode, as e xplained on page[...]

25 Po wering Up & Setting Up the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E —Continued If y ou’ve connected a MiniDisc r ecorder to the T APE inputs, you can set the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E so that “MD” appears on the display instead of “T APE. ” Simply press and hold the [T APE] button until “MD” appears (about two seconds). Notes: •F or A V components t[...]

26 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[...]

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 TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E is muted (see page 33). Note: If no adjustments are made for two minutes, this function is cance[...]

28 Pla ying Y our A V Components This chapter explains ho w you can play your A V components through the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E. See pages 10–19 for information on connecting your A V components to the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E. Using Digital Inputs The digital input assigned to the input source (see page 24) has priority ov er that input source’ s analog[...]

29 Playing Y our A V Components —Continued 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 fav orite radio stations as presets for con- venient selection. If you’ re using the W orldwide model (i.e., your TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E has a VOL T A GE SELECTOR on the rear panel), you need to set the AM tuning interval for compati- bility with AM broadc[...]

31 Using the T uner —Continued T uning into weak FM stations If the signal strength of the station you are trying to tune into is poor , you may not be able to tune into that station, or recep- tion may be noisy . In this case, press the [FM MODE] b utton to select mono mode and disable auto-tuning (the A UT O and FM STEREO indicators will go of [...]

32 Common Functions This chapter explains functions that can be used with an y input source. Y ou can turn on and off speaker sets A and B individually . 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 adjust the brightness of the dis- play . This section explains ho w to disp[...]

33 Common Functions —Continued W ith this function you can temporarily mute the output of the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E. Muting is cancelled when the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E is set to Standby . 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, th[...]

34 Using the Listening Modes W ith its built-in surround-sound decoders and DSP pro- grams, the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E 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 2[...]

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 f ormat of the currently selected input signal and the number of speak- ers [...]

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-479S with Y our Other A V Components Connecting your -compatible Onkyo CD player , D VD player , or cassette recorder to the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E via allows you to control it with the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s remote controller . Since you only need to point the remote controller at the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E, you can co[...]

41 Using the Remote Contr oller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components Connecting your -compatible Onkyo CD player , D VD player , or cassette recorder to the TX-SR501 via allows you to control your system with the TX-SR501’ s remote con- troller by pointing it at the TX-SR501. This allo ws you to control components that are out of sight, for ex[...]

42 Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components —Continued Using the RC-518M If you need to enter the manufacturer’ s code for your A V component into the remote controller , see page 41. 1 P oint the remote controller at the TX-SR501 and use the input selector buttons to select an input source f or the TX-SR501. 2 Use th[...]

43 Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components —Continued VCR mode TV mode Y ou must enter the appropriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 41). Y ou must enter the appropriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 41). Pow er on/off 1–9, +10, 0 Enter numbers OK Confirm TV CH UP Select next receiv ed channel Select next TV c[...]

44 Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Y our Other A V Components —Continued Cable mode* Satellite mode* Y ou must enter the appropriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 41). Y ou must enter the appropriate manufacturer’ s code (see page 41). Pow er on/off 1–9, 0 Enter numbers CH+ Select next channel Select next channel preset CH– Sele[...]

45 Tr oubleshooting Symptom P ossible cause Remedy Amp Can ’t turn on the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E? The power c ord is not c onnected. Co nnect the power c ord to a suitable wall outlet (page 24). The [PO WER] switch is set to OFF (TX-SR501E only). Set the [PO WER] switch to ON (page 24). External interferenc e is affecting the TX-SR501/ TX-SR501E’ s[...]

46 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 TX-SR501/TX-SR501E are too close t o the powe r cord. 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 hi[...]

47 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 sig nal strength is poor . U se the [FM M[...]

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