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AV Receiver

TX-SR501
TX-SR501E

Instruction Manual

Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo AV Receiver. 
Please read this manual thoroughly before making con-
nections and plugging in the unit.

Following the instructions in this manual will enable you 
to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment 
from your new AV Receiver. 

Please retain this manual for future reference.

Contents

Introduction

Important Safeguards................................................2
Precautions................................................................3
Supplied Accessories ................................................4
Features.....................................................................4
Before Using the TX-SR501/TX-SR501E ...............5
Controls & Connectors .............................................6

Connections

Connecting Your AV Components.........................10
Connecting 

-compatible AV Components ........19

Installing Your Speakers ........................................20
Connecting Antenna ...............................................22

Setup

Powering Up & Setting Up the TX-SR501/

TX-SR501E.........................................................24

Important—First Time Setup..............................24
Configuring Speaker Set A.....................................26

Operation

Playing Your AV Components...............................28
Using the Tuner ......................................................30
Common Functions.................................................32
Using the Listening Modes.....................................34
Audio Adjust Functions..........................................37
Recording................................................................39

Remote Controller

Using the Remote Controller RC-479S with Your 

Other AV Components........................................40

Using the Remote Controller RC-518M with Your 

Other AV Components........................................41

Appendix

Troubleshooting......................................................45
Specifications..........................................................48

Содержание TX SR501

Страница 1: ...s 4 Before Using the TX SR501 TX SR501E 5 Controls Connectors 6 Connections Connecting Your AV Components 10 Connecting compatible AV Components 19 Installing Your Speakers 20 Connecting Antenna 22 Se...

Страница 2: ...st voltage surges and built up static charges Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provides infor mation with regard to proper grounding of the mast and support ing structure groun...

Страница 3: ...o Section 820 40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the...

Страница 4: ...accessories In catalogs and on packaging the letter added to the end of the product name indicates the color of the TX SR501 TX SR501E Specifications and operation are the same regardless of color Fe...

Страница 5: ...talling the TX SR501 TX SR501E If another remote controller of the same type is used in the same room or the TX SR501 TX SR501E is installed close to equipment that uses infrared rays the remote con t...

Страница 6: ...indicator lights up when the TX SR501 TX SR501E is in Standby mode and it flashes while a signal is being received from the remote controller D DIMMER button 32 This button is used to adjust the displ...

Страница 7: ...utton is used to adjust various speaker related parame ters T AUDIO ADJUST button 37 This button is used to set the Bass Treble Late Night Cinema Filter Center Image Panorama Dimension and Center Widt...

Страница 8: ...an then be used to control that component To use you must make an ana log RCA phono connection between your TX SR501 TX SR501E and the other AV component even if they are connected digitally L VIDEO 1...

Страница 9: ...ton 29 This button is used to select analog or digital inputs for the CD DVD TAPE VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 and VIDEO 3 sources H Input selector buttons 28 30 39 These buttons are used to select the audio and v...

Страница 10: ...Yellow Composite video Wrong Right AV Cables Connectors Video Component video Component video separates the luminance Y and color difference signals PR PB providing the best picture quality Some TV ma...

Страница 11: ...ow For example audio signals connected to the OPTICAL or COAXIAL digital input are not output by the analog TAPE OUT connectors so if you want to record from for example your CD player in addition to...

Страница 12: ...projector etc L R ANTENNA FM 75 AM REMOTE CONTROL IN IN IN OPTICAL COAXIAL 1 2 IN IN IN IN FRONT SURR CENTER SUB WOOFER OUT OUT OUT DIGITAL INPUT VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 DVD MONITOR OUT VIDEO S VIDEO DVD TAP...

Страница 13: ...R FRONT L R SURR CEN TER and SUB WOOFER DVD IN connectors to the 5 1 ana log outputs on your DVD player as shown Alternatively use three stereo RCA phono audio cables L R ANTENNA FM 75 AM REMOTE CONT...

Страница 14: ...on your D VHS recorder as shown OR Use an optical digital audio cable to connect the TX SR501 TX SR501E s OPTICAL 2 DIGITAL INPUT to the optical output on your D VHS recorder as shown You may need to...

Страница 15: ...so be connected via composite video Audio Connections Use an RCA phono audio cable to connect the TX SR501 TX SR501E s L R VIDEO 3 INPUT connectors to the ana log audio outputs on your camcorder games...

Страница 16: ...01E to a LD player s AC 3RF output you need a commercially available demod ulator Connecting a Satellite Cable Tuner LD player etc L R ANTENNA FM 75 AM REMOTE CONTROL IN IN IN OPTICAL COAXIAL 1 2 IN I...

Страница 17: ...ble to connect the phono preamp s inputs to your turntable as shown Connecting a CD Player L R ANTENNA FM 75 AM REMOTE CONTROL IN IN IN OPTICAL COAXIAL 1 2 IN IN IN IN FRONT SURR CENTER SUB WOOFER OUT...

Страница 18: ...SR501 TX SR501E s L R TAPE OUT connectors to the DAT or CD MD recorder inputs as shown Connecting a Cassette Recorder L R ANTENNA FM 75 AM REMOTE CONTROL IN IN IN OPTICAL COAXIAL 1 2 IN IN IN IN FRONT...

Страница 19: ...on Use only cables for connections You must make an analog RCA phono connection between your TX SR501 TX SR501E and the otherAV component even if they are connected digitally If an AV component has tw...

Страница 20: ...d center speakers should be installed facing the listener at ear level Surround Speakers Surround speakers add a sense of movement and put you the listener in the middle of the action The surround lef...

Страница 21: ...onnecting Your Speakers R L R L 1 Strip 5 8 15 mm of insu lation from the ends of the speaker cables and twist the bare wires tightly as shown 2 Unscrew the terminal 3 Fully insert the wire 4 Screw th...

Страница 22: ...A FRONT SPEAKERS B SURROUND SPEAKERS CENTER SPEAKER R L SURROUND BACK SPEAKER REMOTE CONTROL IN IN IN OPTICAL COAXIAL 1 2 IN IN IN IN FRONT SURR CENTER SUB WOOFER OUT OUT OUT DIGITAL INPUT VIDEO 2 VI...

Страница 23: ...antenna splitter as shown If good reception cannot be achieved using the supplied AM loop antenna an outdoorAM antenna can be used in addition to the loop antenna as shown Outdoor AM antennas work bes...

Страница 24: ...the TX SR501 TX SR501E press the POWER switch The remote controller has no effect while the POWER switch in the OFF position 3 Press the STANDBY ON button The TX SR501 TX SR501E comes on the display...

Страница 25: ...pair of headphones are connected speaker set B is on or Multich is selected The TX SR501 TX SR501E remembers the subwoofer mode setting so you only need to set it once Specifying the Number of Speake...

Страница 26: ...t a crossover fre quency You can select 60 Hz 80 Hz 100 Hz 120 Hz or 150 Hz The following table lists the crossover fre quency you should choose depending on the diameter of your front speakers STANDB...

Страница 27: ...n the dis play as shown 2 Use the remote controller s CH SEL button to select each speaker and use the LEVEL buttons to adjust the volume Speakers are selected in the following order Left Center Right...

Страница 28: ...APE or CD The name of the selected source appears on the display as shown If you re using a MiniDisc recorder you can set the display to show MD instead of TAPE See page 25 2 Use the SPEAKERS A and B...

Страница 29: ...ecoder See ConnectingYour AV Components on page 13 for con nection information You can adjust the volume level of each individual speaker as you like For the front left front right center surround lef...

Страница 30: ...re tuned into a station the TUNED indicator appears The North American model steps through the AM band in 10 kHz intervals For other models it s 9 kHz Setting the AM Tuning Interval Worldwide model on...

Страница 31: ...io Stations 1 Tune into the station that you want to store as a preset See Tuning into Radio Stations on page 30 for more information 2 Press the MEMORY button The preset number flashes 3 While the ME...

Страница 32: ...n or off speaker set B use the SPEAKER B button or the remote controller s SP B button Press the remote controller s RCVR TAPE button to select RCVR mode before using the remote controller Indicator A...

Страница 33: ...set to Stereo unless it s already set to Stereo or Direct When you disconnect the headphones the previous listening mode is selected When you use the multi channel inputs only the front left and front...

Страница 34: ...possible listening modes and indicates which modes can be selected for each source for mat The Speakers column lists the minimum number of speakers excluding subwoofer necessary to use each mode The a...

Страница 35: ...DVD player in order to enjoy DTS material Use this mode with DVDs LDs or CDs that bear the DTS logo When listening to DTS material using the pause fast for ward or reverse functions on your DTS compat...

Страница 36: ...ified four or more speakers see page 25 If you are using fewer speakers the Dolby Digital listening mode is used With DTS sources you can select the following On If the source signal contains a DTS ES...

Страница 37: ...dB in 2 dB steps 0 dB All modes except Direct Treble Late Night Low High Off Off Dolby D Cinema Filter Cine Fltr On Off PL II Movie Dolby D Dolby D EX DTS DTS ES Neo 6 Cinema Center Image 0 1 2 3 4 5...

Страница 38: ...nal preference Center Image 5 nothing is subtracted from the left and right channels Center Image 0 the left and right channel levels are halved 6 dB making the center channel more dominant particular...

Страница 39: ...s selects the CD player as the audio source but leaves the video camera as the video source 5 Start recording on the VCR and start playback on the video camera and CD player The video from the camera...

Страница 40: ...R501E and press the Power button to turn on the AV component A cassette recorder can t be turned on or off from the remote controller However pressing the remote controller s Play button will turn it...

Страница 41: ...ol an Onkyo DVD player without an connection you must enter either code 301 or 313 The CD DVD button can be used with only one AV compo nent RC 518M North America only 1 Determine the appropriate manu...

Страница 42: ...rdless of which mode is selected are shaded DVD mode 1 CD mode 1 Tape mode 2 You must enter the appropriate manufac turer s code for your DVD player see page 41 CD mode can be used only with an Onkyo...

Страница 43: ...t TV channel TV CH DOWN Select previous received channel Select previous TV channel TV VOL UP Raise TV volume TV VOL DOWN Lower TV volume TV VCR Switch TV VCR inputs TV MUTE Mute the sound Start playb...

Страница 44: ...r on off 1 9 0 Enter numbers CH Select next channel Select next channel preset CH Select previous channel Select previous channel preset MENU Display menu Select menu items ENT Confirm Since you can o...

Страница 45: ...are connected Disconnect the headphones page 33 The input signal format is set to PCM or DTS Set the input signal format to Auto page 29 The volume is set at minimum Turn up the volume page 28 The sp...

Страница 46: ...mode is selected Select the correct mode page 9 There are no batteries in the remote controller Install new batteries page 5 The batteries are flat Replace with new batteries page 5 The batteries are...

Страница 47: ...cord must be plugged into a wall outlet a few times each month in order to preserve the presets Recording Sound can be heard from the speakers but it cannot be recorded You cannot record from an AV c...

Страница 48: ...Tone Control Bass 12 dB at 50 Hz Treble 12 dB at 20 kHz Signal to Noise Ratio CD TAPE 100 dB IHF A Direct mode Muting 50 dB Input Sensitivity and Impedance VIDEO DVD VIDEO 1 2 3 1 Vp p 75 S VIDEO DVD...

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