ONKYO TX-SR506 User Manual

EnAV ReceiverTX-SR506TX-SR576Instruction ManualThank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV Receiver. Please read this manual thoroughly before making connec

10 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued A DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1 and 2 These optical digital audio inputs are for connecting components with an o

11 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued M CBL/SAT IN A cable or satellite receiver can be connected here. There are S-Video and composite video

12 Remote Controller For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. A ON/STANDBY button (35) Sets the AV receiver to On or Standby. B REMOTE

13 Remote Controller —Continued Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try replacing the batteries.• Don’t mix new and old batterie

14 Connecting Your Speakers Thanks to the AV receiver’s superb capabilities, you can enjoy surround sound with a real sense of movement in your own

15 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Speaker Configuration For 7.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need seven speakers and a powered subwoofer

16 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Speaker Connection Precautions Read the following before connecting your speakers:• North American models: Y

17 Connecting Your Speakers —Continued The FRONT L/R and SURR BACK L/R terminal posts can be used with front speakers and surround back speakers res

18 Connecting Antennas This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially avail

19 Connecting Antennas —Continued If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out-door FM

2 Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions.2. Keep these instructions.3. Heed all warnings.4. Follow all instructions.5. Do not use t

20 Connecting Your Components • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your other AV components.• Don’t connect the power

21 Connecting Your Components —Continued By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receive

22 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from your TV or listen in Zone 2.•To enjoy Dolby Dig

23 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can listen to and record audio from a DVD or listen in Zone 2.•To enjoy Dolby Digit

24 Connecting Your Components —Continued Hooking Up the Multichannel Input If your DVD player supports multichannel audio formats such as DVD-Audio

25 Connecting Your Components —Continued With this hookup, you can use the tuner in your VCR or DVR to listen to your favorite TV programs via the A

26 Connecting Your Components —Continued Notes: • The AV receiver must be turned on for recording. Recording is not possible while it’s on Standby.•

27 Connecting Your Components —Continued With this hookup, you can use your satellite or cable receiver to listen to your favorite TV programs via t

28 Connecting Your Components —Continued About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demands of digital TV, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)

29 Connecting Your Components —Continued Audio Signals For TX-SR506 • Audio and video signals received via inputs other than the HDMI IN jacks are

3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’s for personal use only, recording copyrighted material is illegal with-out the permission of the cop

30 Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a Camcorder, Game Console, or Other Device Connection AV receiver Signal flow Camcorder or conso

31 Connecting Your Components —Continued CD Player or Turntable (MM) with Built-in Phono Preamp •With connection , you can listen to and record a

32 Connecting Your Components —Continued •With connection , you can play and record or listen in Zone 2.•To connect the recorder digitally for play

33 Connecting Your Components —Continued If Your iPod Supports Video: Connect your RI Dock’s audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s CBL/SAT IN L

34 Connecting Your Components —Continued With (Remote Interactive), you can use the following special functions: Auto Power On/Standby When you st

35 Turning On the AV ReceiverSTANDBY/ONSTANDBYPURE AUDIOZONE 2MOVIE/TV MUSIC GAMETONEDISPLAYDIGITAL INPUTRT/PTY/TP MEMORYCLEARTUNING MODEZONE 2 OFFPH

36 First Time Setup This section explains the settings that you need to make before using the AV receiver for the very first time.With the supplied ca

37 First Time Setup —Continued • Do not attempt to hold the microphone in your hand during measurements as this will produce incorrect results. Note:

38 First Time Setup —Continued Changing the Speaker Settings Manually If you wish to make changes to the settings found during the automatic speaker

39 First Time Setup —Continued For TX-SR576Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow b

4 Precautions —Continued For British models Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by

40 First Time Setup —Continued Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow buttons. For

41 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a video component to a COMPONENT VIDEO IN, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example

42 First Time Setup —Continued If you connect a component to a digital audio input, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if

43 First Time Setup —Continued Notes: • When an HDMI IN is assigned to an input selector in “HDMI Input Setup” on page 39, this input assign-ment is

44 First Time Setup —Continued When an input source is selected, the AV receiver checks the relevant audio inputs for the presence of an audio signal

45 Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Receiver OperationSTANDBY/ONSTANDBYPURE AUDIOZONE 2MOVIE/TV MUSIC GAMETONEDISPLAYDIGITAL INPUTRT/PTY/TP MEMORY

46 Common Functions This section explains functions that can be used with any input source.You can adjust the brightness of the display.You can tempo

47 Common Functions —Continued 7 For private listening, you can connect a pair of stereo headphones (1/4-inch phone plug) to the AV receiver’s PHONES

48Common Functions—ContinuedThe following table shows the display indicator for each digital signal format.Normally, the AV receiver detects the forma

49 Listening to the Radio For AM tuning to work properly, you must specify the AM frequency step used in your area. Note that when this setting is ch

5 Contents Important Safety Instructions ... 2Precautions ... 3Supplied Ac

50 Listening to the Radio —Continued With the built-in tuner, you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations and store your favorite stations as presets for

51 Listening to the Radio —Continued Tuning into Stations by Frequency You can tune into AM and FM stations directly by enter-ing the appropriate f

52 Listening to the Radio —Continued You can store a combination of up to 40 of your favorite AM and FM radio stations. Deleting Presets Selecting Pr

53 Listening to the Radio —Continued RDS only works in areas where RDS broadcasts are available. When tuned to an RDS station, the RDS indi-cator app

54 Listening to the Radio —Continued Displaying Radio Text (RT) When tuned to an RDS station that’s broadcasting text information, the text can be di

55 Using the Listening Modes For a description of each listening mode, see “About the Listening Modes” on page 59. Selecting on the AV Receiver [PU

56Using the Listening Modes—ContinuedAnalog and PCM Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Not available while Powered Zone 2 is being used. Requires 7.1

57 Using the Listening Modes —Continued Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Not available while Powered Zone 2 i

58 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS Sources Requires 6.1/7.1 speakers. Not available while Powered Zone 2 is being used. Requires 7.1 speake

59 Using the Listening Modes —Continued The AV receiver’s listening modes can transform your listening room into a movie theater or concert hall, wit

6 Features Amplifier • 75 Watts/Channel @ 8 ohms (FTC) (TX-SR506)• 80 Watts/Channel @ 8 ohms (FTC) (TX-SR576)• 130 Watts/Channel @ 6 ohms (IEC)• 160 W

60 Using the Listening Modes —Continued DTS-ES Discrete This mode is for use with DTS-ES Discrete soundtracks, that use a discrete surround back chan

61 Recording This section explains how to record the input source and how to record audio and video from separate sources. Notes: • The surround soun

62 Adjusting the Listening Modes With the Audio Adjust functions and settings, you can adjust the sound and listening modes as you like. For TX-SR506

63 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued The Audio Adjust settings are explained below. Multiplex/Mono Settings Multiplex Input (Mux) This setti

64 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued T–D (Theater-Dimensional) Setting LstnAngl (Listening Angle) With this setting, you can optimize the Th

65 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued • The effect of the Late Night function depends on the material that you are playing and the intention of

66 Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued On the Listening Mode Preset menu, you can specify a default listening mode for each of the audio formats

67 Advanced Setup This section explains how to check the speaker settings and how to set them manually, which is useful if you change a speaker after

68 Advanced Setup —Continued Note: • These settings cannot be changed while headphones are connected or the multichannel DVD input is being used. Cro

69 Advanced Setup —Continued Double Bass With the Double Bass function, you can boost bass out-put by feeding bass sounds from the front left, right,

7 Multiroom Capability You can use two speaker systems with this AV receiver —a surround-sound speaker system (up to 7.1 channels) in your main liste

70 Advanced Setup —Continued Notes: • The Center and Subwoofer distances can be set up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) more or less than the Left distance. For exam

71 Advanced Setup —Continued Equalizer Settings Here you can adjust the tone of individual speakers. To set the volume of individual speakers, see pa

72 Advanced Setup —Continued • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP], [ENTER], and arrow buttons.This section

73 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the Miscellaneous menu. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver b

74 Advanced Setup —Continued This section explains items on the Hardware menu. Note: • This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by usi

75 Advanced Setup —Continued Tuner AM Freq (on some models) See “AM Frequency Step Setup (on some models)” on page 49. AnalogMulti SW In Sens Som

76 Advanced Setup —Continued PowCtrl To link the power functions of RIHD-compatible com-ponents connected via HDMI, select Enable. Disable: Power Co

77 Zone 2 In addition to your main listening room, you can also enjoy playback in the other room, or as we call Zone 2. And, you can select a differe

78 Zone 2 —Continued If you’ve connected your Zone 2 speakers to the AV receiver, as explained in “Connecting Your Zone 2 Speakers Directly to the AV

79 Zone 2 —Continued This section explains how to turn Zone 2 on and off, howto select an input source for Zone 2, and how to adjust the volume for Z

8 Getting to Know the AV Receiver The actual front panel has various logos printed on it. They are not shown here for clarity.The page numbers in par

80 Zone 2 —Continued Adjusting the Volume of Zones Muting Zones On the remote controller, press the [ZONE 2] REMOTE MODE button, and then use the VOL

81 Controlling Other Components You can control your DVD player, CD player, and other components with the AV receiver’s remote controller.To control

82 Controlling Other Components —Continued Remote Control Codes for Onkyo Components Connected via Onkyo components that are connected via are co

83 Controlling Other Components —Continued By pressing the REMOTE MODE button that’s been programmed with the remote control code for your DVD player

84 Controlling Other Components —Continued T PLAY MODE button Selects play modes on components with selectable play modes. U CLR button Cancels funct

85 Controlling Other Components —Continued By pressing the REMOTE MODE button that’s been programmed with the remote control code for your sat-ellite

86 Controlling Other Components —Continued By pressing the REMOTE MODE button that’s been programmed with the remote control code for your CD player,

87 Controlling Other Components —Continued By pressing the REMOTE MODE button that’s been programmed with the remote control code for your RI Dock, y

88 Controlling Other Components —Continued P Fast Forward [ ] button Press and hold to fast forward. Q Stop [ ] button Stops playback and displays a

89 Controlling Other Components —Continued By pressing the [TV] REMOTE MODE button that’s been programmed with the remote control code for your TV (T

9 Getting to Know the AV Receiver —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. J MASTER VOLUME control (45) Sets the volume of

90 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the AV receiver, look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, conta

91 Troubleshooting —Continued The surround back speakers produce no sound • The surround back speakers are not used with all lis-tening modes. Try an

92 Troubleshooting —Continued There’s no picture from a source connected to an HDMI IN • Reliable operation with an HDMI-to-DVI adapter is not guaran

93 Troubleshooting —Continued The following settings can be made for the S-Video and composite video inputs You must use the buttons on the unit to m

94 Specifications Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section FM AM General Video Inputs Video Outputs Audio Inputs Audio Outputs Contr

95 Specifications —Continued Amplifier Section Video Section Tuner Section FM AM General Video Inputs Video Outputs Audio Inputs Audio Outp

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