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Playing a Disc......27 USB Playback......36 Listening to the Radio ... 40 Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo CD receiver. Please read this manual thoroughly before making any connections and plugging it in. Following the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening Clock and Timer ......
WARNING: WARNING AVIS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE DO NOT OPEN NE PAS OUVRIR SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the CAUTION: presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...
11. Moisture Condensation are wet or damp. If water or any other liquid gets Moisture condensation may damage this unit. inside this unit, have it checked by your Onkyo Read the following carefully: dealer. Moisture may condense on the lens of the optical 6.
We, ONKYO EUROPE ELECTRONICS GmbH LIEGNITZERSTRASSE 6, 82194 GROEBENZELL, GERMANY declare in own responsibility, that the ONKYO product described in this instruction manual is in compliance with the corresponding technical standards such as EN60065, EN55013, EN55020 and EN61000-3-2, -3-3. GROEBENZELL, GERMANY K.
• Gold Plated, Banana Plug-Compatible Transparency Speaker Posts *1. Make sure to use discs that have been finalized. *2. VLSC and the VLSC logo are registered trademarks of Onkyo Corporation. Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or reg- istered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Before Using the CD receiver Installing the Batteries Using the Remote Controller When you operate the remote controller, point it at the Detach the battery cover by pressing the CD receiver’s remote control sensor, as shown below. tab and pulling up the cover. Remote control sensor CD receiver Insert two batteries (R6/AA) into the bat-...
About Connections ..........19 About the Timers ..........50 Connecting a Subwoofer ........19 Programming the Timers ........51 Connecting an Onkyo Cassette Deck ....20 Turning Timers On and Off........53 Connecting an Onkyo MD recorder..... 21 Checking Timer Settings ........53 Connecting an Onkyo RI Dock Using the Sleep Timer .........
Getting to Know the CD receiver Front Panel bk bl The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. STANDBY indicator (22, 24) INPUT button (24, 26, 41, 43) Lights up in Standby mode. Used to select the input source.
Getting to Know the CD receiver—Continued Display bm bn bp bq 1, 2, 3, 4: SLEEP indicator Light up when a timer has been programmed. Lights up when the Sleep function has been set. USB indicator Lights up when a timer has been programmed for The CD receiver lights up on detecting a USB mass recording.
MiniDisc recorder or cassette deck. country). DOCK IN (22) See pages 16–22 for connection information. This analog audio input is for connecting an Onkyo RI Dock. Caution: SUBWOOFER PRE OUT (19) The heat sink is a device designed to disperse heat from This jack is for connecting a powered subwoofer.
TUN]/[TUN ] buttons (28, 40, 48) Used to rewind or fast forward CD playback. Can also be used with an Onkyo RI Dock. Also used to tune the radio and edit preset names. CD control buttons (28) : Pauses playback.
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DISPLAY button (28, 31, 44, 45, 49) Used to change the information shown on the dis- play. Also used to select characters when naming radio presets. With an Onkyo RI Dock, it works as a backlight button. FOLDER button (29, 30, 35) Used to select MP3 folders.
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Getting to Know the CD receiver—Continued Controlling an Onkyo MD recorder, cassette deck, or RI Dock Explanation of buttons for using the Onkyo MD recorder, cassette deck, or RI Dock, when connected to the MD/TAPE jack or DOCK IN jack of the CD receiver.
Disc Notes Supported Discs Discs Made on Personal Computers The CD receiver supports the following discs. Discs made on personal computers, including those of a compatible format, may not work properly in the CD receiver because of incorrect settings in the disc burning Disc Logo Format or file type...
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Disc Notes—Continued • The following ID3 tags are supported: versions 1.0/1.1 Handling Discs and 2.2/2.3/2.4. Versions 2.5 and later are not sup- • Never touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs ported. Normally, version 2.2/2.3/2.4 tags have prior- by the edge, as shown.
Connecting Antennas This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor Connecting the AM Loop Antenna FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect The supplied indoor AM loop antenna is for indoor use commercially available outdoor FM and AM antennas. only.
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Connecting Antennas—Continued Connecting an Outdoor FM Antenna Connecting an Outdoor AM Antenna If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied If good reception cannot be achieved using the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out- AM loop antenna, an outdoor AM antenna can be used door FM antenna instead.
Connecting Speakers Connecting Your Speakers • Connect the right speaker to the CD receiver’s right (R) SPEAKERS terminals. Connect the left speaker to the left (L) SPEAKERS terminals. • Connect the positive (+) terminal on each speaker to the corresponding positive (+) terminal on the CD receiver. Connect the negative (–) terminal on each speaker to the corresponding negative (–) terminal on the CD receiver.
Connecting Other Components About Connections • Before making any connections, read the manuals • Push plugs in all the way to make Right! supplied with your other components. good connections (loose connec- • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed tions can cause noise or malfunc- and double-checked all connections.
• To use , you must connect the Onkyo cassette deck to the CD receiver with an cable and an analog audio cable (RCA). In addition, the Input Display for the MD/TAPE jacks must be set to “TAPE”. Since this is the default setting, unless you’ve changed it, it can be left as it is (see page 26).
• To use , you must connect the Onkyo MD recorder to the CD receiver with an cable and an analog audio cable (RCA). In addition, the Input Display for the MD/TAPE jacks must be set to “MD” (see page 26).
Connecting Other Components—Continued Connecting an Onkyo RI Dock (Remote Interactive Dock) The following diagram shows how to connect an optional Onkyo RI Dock (Remote Interactive Dock). Connect the CD receiver’s DOCK IN jacks to the RI Dock’s AUDIO OUT jacks.
First Time Setup Setting the Clock with the AccuClock Function To use the AccuClock function, the CD receiver must be able to receive RDS radio stations, which means an FM antenna must be connected. Be sure to connect an FM antenna before attempting to use this function (see page 16). The very first time you turn on the CD receiver, the AccuClock function automatically sets the CD receiver’s clock based on the CT (Clock Time) information present in an RDS radio broadcast.
Input Display can be changed (see page 26). Tip: Using Headphones When you start playback on (or turn on) an Onkyo RI Dock, MD recorder, or cassette deck that’s connected to Turn down the volume, then connect your stereo head-...
Basic Operations—Continued TONE ENTER S.BASS MUTING DIRECT Adjusting the Bass and Treble Using the Direct Function CD receiver To turn the Direct function on or off, press Press the [TONE] button to select the [DIRECT] button on the CD receiver. “Bass”.
Changing the Input Display You can choose what name is displayed when an input source is selected so that it matches the type of component that you’ve connected to the MD/TAPE IN. When you connect an Onkyo -capable component, it’s important that you select the input source name that matches the type of component for to work properly.
Playing CDs Display Disc tray “DISC TOTAL” lights up • Audio CD Display Press the Open/Close [ ] button while the disc informa- to open the disc tray. tion is being displayed. Tip: Pressing the Open/Close [ ] button while the CD receiver is on Standby will turn on the CD receiver and open the disc Total number Total playing...
Playing CDs—Continued Using the Remote Controller Use the number buttons as shown in the examples below to select tracks. Press: To select: Track #8 Press to display more CD informa- tion Track #10 Track #34 Press to fast forward or fast reverse During playback or while playback is Used to enter numbers over 10.
Playing CDs—Continued Selecting/Playing MP3 Files While playback is stopped, press the [FOLDER] button. On an MP3 CD, MP3 files may be organized in a hierar- The CD receiver enters Navigation chically, with folders containing files and subfolders, as mode and “Root” appears on the dis- shown below.
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Playing CDs—Continued Selecting MP3 Files in All Folder Mode To start playback, press the [ENTER] or Play [ ] button. Playback will start with the specified file or folder and continue until all of the MP3 files on the disc have been played.
Playing CDs—Continued Playing the MP3 Files in Only One Folder Elapsed time: The length of time that the current MP3 file has been playing (default display). If the elapsed time is more than 99 minutes and 59 seconds, “– –:– –” is dis- played.
Playing CDs—Continued Memory Playback To remove tracks from the playlist: Press the [CLEAR] button. Each press With memory playback, you can create a playlist of up removes the last track from the playlist. to 25 tracks. Notes: • If the total playing time is more than 99 minutes and 59 seconds, “–...
Playing CDs—Continued Random Playback Repeat Playback With random playback, all of the tracks on the disc are With repeat playback, you can play an entire CD repeat- played in random order. edly, play one track repeatedly, or combine it with mem- ory playback to play the playlist repeatedly, or random playback to play all of the tracks on the disc in random order repeatedly.
Playing CDs—Continued Preferences Setting MP3 Preferences Bad Name? With the MP3 preferences, you can change the way MP3 This preference determines whether or not file and folder file information is displayed and the way MP3 CDs are names that contain undisplayable characters are replaced played.
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Playing CDs—Continued The following table shows a few examples of numbered file and folder names and how they will appear with the “Disable” and “Enable” options. “Hide Number?” Option File/folder name Disable Enable 01 Pops 01 Pops Pops 10-Rock 10-Rock Rock 16_Jazz 16_Jazz...
■ MP3 To listen to iPod music on a CD receiver, connect an optional Onkyo RI Dock to the CD receiver • MP3 files must be MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format (see page 22).
Using USB interface—Continued Playing Music Files on a USB Mass Storage Device This section explains how to play music files on a USB mass storage device. Connect a USB mass storage device as shown below. INPUT FOLDER USB mass storage device Selecting Music files Use the INPUT [ ] buttons...
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Using USB interface—Continued Resume Playback Select the type of Repeat Playback After playback has been stopped, when the Play [ When playing back USB mass storage device music button is pressed to begin playback again, it will resume files, all files on the USB mass storage device will be playback from the beginning of the file in which it played according to repeat playback (the REPEAT indi- stopped.
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Using USB interface—Continued Displaying Music File Information Album name: Name of the album (if ID3 tag present). You can display various information about the MP3 and WMA files currently playing, including ID3 tags such as title, artist name, and album name. While an MP3 file is playing, “MP3”...
Listening to the Radio Tuning into Radio Stations Press the [YES/MODE] button YES/MODE repeatedly to select “Auto” or “Manual”. TUN/ • Auto Tuning Mode The AUTO indicator appears and ste- reo radio reception is possible. • Manual Tuning Mode The AUTO indicator is not displayed and radio reception will be in mono.
Listening to the Radio—Continued Presetting FM Stations Automatically (Auto Preset) With the Auto Preset function, you can automatically preset all of the FM radio stations available in your area in one go. Presets make it easy to select your favorite stations and eliminate the need to tune the radio manually each time you want to change stations.
Listening to the Radio—Continued Presetting AM/FM Stations Manually With the Preset Write function, you can manually preset individual AM and FM radio stations. Presets make it easy to select your favorite stations and eliminate the need to tune the radio manually each time you want to change stations. FM stations can also be preset automatically (see page 41).
Listening to the Radio—Continued Selecting Preset Stations You can also use the number but- tons as shown in the examples You must store some presets before you can select them below to select presets. (see pages 41 and 42). To select: Press: INPUT Preset #8...
Listening to the Radio—Continued Displaying Radio Information DISPLAY Press the remote controller’s [DISPLAY] button repeatedly to display more radio information. You can also use the CD receiver’s [DISPLAY] button to display this information. AM/FM Frequency *1 If the selected preset has no name, “No Name” appears Preset name* briefly and then the frequency is displayed.
Listening to the Radio—Continued • Selecting letters: Naming Presets Press the number buttons repeatedly You can name presets for easy identification. The preset to select the available letters. For name may contain of up to eight characters. example, press the [2] button repeat- edly to select: A, B, or C.
Listening to the Radio—Continued Copying Presets To copy the preset, press [ENTER]. With the Preset Copy function, you can organize your If no station has yet been stored in the presets in the order you want. When you copy a preset, destination preset, the station is copied its name is also copied.
Listening to the Radio—Continued Erasing a Preset’s Name Erasing Presets MENU/NO MENU/NO YES/MODE ENTER Select the preset whose name you Select the preset you want to want to erase (see page 43). erase (see page 43). Press the [MENU/NO] button, and then use the Previous and Next ] buttons to select “NameErase?”.
Setting the Clock Setting AccuClock to Use a Specific Station The AccuClock function normally uses the FM station with the strongest signal to set the clock. However, 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) information.
Setting the Clock—Continued Setting the Clock Manually The time can be displayed in either 12- or 24-hour for- Use the Previous and Next [ mat. ] buttons to set the time. You can also use the remote controller’s number buttons to enter the time. STANDBY/ON CLOCK CALL...
The following examples highlight some of the ways in for turning the CD receiver off after a specified period. which you can use the timers. The timers can be used with other Onkyo components that are connected to the CD receiver via (see pages Timer 1: To wake up to your favorite radio station 20 to 22 for hookup details).
Previous and Next [ If you can’t select “Rec”, make sure that buttons to select the day, and then your Onkyo cassette deck or MD press [ENTER]. recorder is properly connected to the You can select: SUN, MON, TUE, WED, MD/TAPE jacks (see pages 20 and 21) THU, FRI, or SAT.
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Using the Timers—Continued Use the Previous and Next [ If you selected “Every”, use the ] buttons to specify the Off Previous and Next [ time, and then press [ENTER]. buttons to select the day, “Every- day”, or “Days Set”, and then press [ENTER].
Using the Timers—Continued Turning Timers On and Off Checking Timer Settings Once a timer has been programmed, you can turn it on or Press the [TIMER] button repeat- off as necessary. For example, while you’re on holiday, edly to select timer 1, 2, 3, or 4, and you may want to turn off the timer you use as an early- then press [ENTER].
8 seconds, then the pre- vious display reappears. Note: The sleep timer will be ignored while dubbing a CD to an Onkyo cassette deck or MD recorder is in progress. The CD receiver will automatically switch to Standby when the dubbing is complete.
If you have any trouble using the CD receiver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, try resetting the CD receiver before contacting your Onkyo dealer. Note that resetting the CD receiver will delete your radio presets and custom settings.
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Troubleshooting—Continued Audio performance • Audio performance will be at its best about 10 to 30 minutes after the CD receiver has been turned on and had time to warm up. • Using cable ties to bundle audio cables with speaker or power cables may degrade the sound quality, so don’t do it. CD Playback Playback jumps.
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• Make sure the cables and analog audio cables are connected correctly (see pages 20 to 22). • If you’re using an Onkyo component for timed playback or recording, you must set the Input Display to match that component (see page 26).
Specifications General Power Supply: AC 220 - 230 V, 50/60 Hz Power Consumption: 65 W Stand-by Power Consumption: 0.25 W × × Dimensions 367 mm × × × × (8-1/16" 4-9/16" 14-7/16") Weight: 4.0 kg (8.8 lbs.) Audio Inputs Analog Inputs: 2 (DOCK IN, MD/TAPE IN) Audio Outputs Analog Outputs:...
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