User manual ONKYO HT-R500

[. . . ] Contents Before using AV Receiver Important safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press VOLUME 5/ on the remote controller or turn MASTER VOLUME dial on the unit to adjust the volume. Enjoying the surround modes while playing the connected source See page 30. 21 Playing the connected source DIGITAL INPUT DVD DVD Setting the digital inputs When connecting digital source components to the DIGITAL INPUT jacks on the rear panel, assign the input source button on the front panel to either a DIGITAL INPUT OPTICAL or COAXIAL jack depending on the type of connector on the digital source components. The DVD, CD, VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, VIDEO 3 and TAPE inputs can be assigned to the DIGITAL INPUT jacks. With the initial setting, the OPTICAL 2 connector is assigned to the CD input, COAXIAL is assigned to the DVD input and OPTICAL 1 is assigned to the TAPE input, and no input connector is assigned to the VIDEO 1-3 inputs. For example, follow the steps below to assign OPTICAL 1 to the DVD device connected to the DIGITAL INPUT OPTICAL 1 jack. 1. Press DVD. The DVD input is selected and "DVD" appears in the display. 2. Press DIGITAL INPUT. The current DVD setting (COAX) appears. Default setting Input source CD TUNER TAPE VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 DVD Digital input OPTICAL 2 OPTICAL 1 ­­­­ ­­­­ ­­­­ COAXIAL 3. Press DIGITAL INPUT repeatedly to select "OPT 1". Pressing DIGITAL INPUT repeatedly will change the setting as follows: Select if connected to DIGITAL INPUT COAXIAL. Select if connected to DIGITAL INPUT OPTICAL 1. Select if connected to DIGITAL INPUT OPTICAL 2. Select if the input source is not from a digital input jack. ­ ­ ­ ­ : Available for digital input but not set in initial setting. : Not available for digital input. About three seconds after "DVD OPT1" is selected, the original display appears and the setting is completed. If you have selected digital input, you can also select the input signal format (refer to "Setting the input signal format" on page 28). 22 Playing the connected source DIRECT DIRECT CH SEL AUIO SEL DVD AUDIO SELECTOR DVD TAPE LEVEL 5/ Using multi channel input The multi channel input refers to a system, which is compatible with a source component equipped with 5. 1-channel outputs (DVD player, MPEG decoder, etc. ), reproducing the left/right front, center and left/right surround channels from five respective speakers and outputting the subwoofer channel from SUB WOOFER (refer to page 13). 1. Press AUDIO SELECTOR on the unit or AUDIO SEL on the remote controller repeatedly to select "Multich". Turn on the component connected to the DVD (FRONT L/R, SURR L/R, CENTER and SUBWOOFER) port and start playing the desired media. If necessary, press CH SEL on the remote controller to select an individual speaker. Then press LEVEL 5/ to adjust the output level as desired. Adjust the speaker output level so that you can hear the same sound level from each speaker at the listening position. For the front right, front left, center, surround right and surround left speakers, the output levels can be adjusted between ­12 to +12 dB. The subwoofer can be adjusted between ­30 to +12 dB. The volume levels from the speakers reproducing multi channel input source are independent from the speaker levels set using the test tone (page 20). These settings are not applied to speakers reproducing multi channel input source. Applying the audio tone adjustment (Bass/Treble) effects to the audio Press DIRECT on the unit or remote controller to set "Tone On". Each press of the button alternates "On" and "Off". Refer to page 29 to adjust audio. Notes · "Multich" can be selected only when DVD is selected as the input source. [. . . ] Sound is excessively distorted. · The radio wave is distorted. · Cars are running or airplanes are flying near the house. · There is a tall building or a mountain nearby. [The waves transmitted from the transmission center (direct waves) and the waved reflected by buildings or mountains (diffraction waves) interfere with each other causing multi pass distortion. ] · The power cord is unplugged for a long time. [. . . ]