Onkyo CR-B8 manual

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    E n CD Receiv er CR-B8 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo CD Recei ver . Please read this manual thoroughly before making any connections and plugging it in. Follo wing the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your ne w CD Receiv er . Please retain this manual for f[...]

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    2 Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near an y heat so[...]

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    3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright — Unless it ’ s for personal use only , recording copyrighted material is illegal with- out the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse — The A C fuse inside the unit is not user - serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer . 3. Care — Occasionally you should dust the[...]

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    4 Precautions —Continued This unit contains a semiconductor laser system and is classi fi ed as a “ CLASS 1 LASER PR ODUCT ” . So, to use this model properly , read this Instruction Manual carefully . In case of any trouble, please contact the store where you purchased the unit. T o prev ent being exposed to the laser beam, do not try to ope[...]

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    5 Bef ore Using This Unit Notes: • If the remote controller doesn ’ t w ork reliably , try replacing the batteries. • Don ’ t mix ne w and old batteries or dif ferent types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for a long time, remov e the batteries to prev ent damage from leakage or corrosion. • Expired batteri[...]

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    6 T ab le of Contents Basic Operation Getting Started Important Safety Instructions ...............................2 Precautions ......................................................... 3 Features .............................................................. 4 Supplied Accessories .......................................... 4 Before Using This Uni[...]

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    7 T able of Contents —Continued Basic Operation Listening to the Radio Programming Radio Stations ............................ 34 Programming FM/AM Stations One by One – Preset Write ................................................ 34 Programming FM Stations Automatically – Auto Preset .........................................................[...]

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    8 P ar t Names and Functions The page numbers in parentheses show where you can fi nd the main e xplanation for each item. A MP3 indicator This indicator lights up when a MP3 CD is loaded. B S.B ASS indicator This indicator lights up when the super bass is selected. C Remote control sensor (5) Receiv es signals from the remote controller . D ST AN[...]

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    9 P art Names and Functions —Continued S YES/MODE button (29, 30, 31, 35, 38, 42) Press this button to con fi rm the displayed settings for playback and other editing operations. When input is CD, this button can be used to switch the playback modes. T MUL TI JOG dial (24) T urn the dial to select a programmed station, play- back track or groups[...]

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    10 P art Names and Functions —Continued The page numbers in parentheses show where you can fi nd the main e xplanation for each item. A AM ANTENNA (14, 15) These push terminals are for connecting an AM antenna. B FM ANTENNA (14, 15) This jack is for connecting an FM antenna. C LINE IN (18) These terminals are for connecting audio output of exter[...]

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    11 Remote Contr oller The page numbers in parentheses show where you can fi nd the main explanation for each item. A ST ANDBY/ON button (22, 49) Switches between power standby and on. B SLEEP button (46) Used to program the Sleep timer , which turns off the power to the unit at a speci fi ed time. C Number buttons (25, 27, 38) Used to select a tr[...]

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    12 Disc Notes Supported Discs The CD receiv er supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs use copy protection that doesn ’ t con- form to the of fi cial CD standard. Since these are non- standard discs, they may not play properly in the CD receiv er. • The CD receiv er supports CD-R and CD-R W discs. Howe ver , some CD-R and CD-R W discs[...]

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    13 Disc Notes —Continued • The following ID3 tags are supported: v ersions 1.0/1.1 and 2.2/2.3/2.4. V ersions 2.5 and later are not supported. Normally , version 2.2/2.3/2.4 tags hav e priority and will be displayed regardless of the ID3 VER 1 preference on page 32. • For ID3 v ersion 2 tags, the tag information recognized will be those embed[...]

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    14 Connecting Antenna This section explains ho w to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and ho w to connect commercially av ailable outdoor FM and AM antennas. The CD receiv er won ’ t pick up any radio signals without any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use the tuner . Connecting the Indoor FM Antenn[...]

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    15 Connecting Antenna —Continued Connecting an Outdoor FM Antenna If you cannot achiev e good reception with the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially av ailable out- door FM antenna instead. Notes: • Outdoor FM antennas work best outside, b ut usable results can sometimes be obtained when installed in an attic or loft. • For best re[...]

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    16 Connecting Speaker s • Connect the right channel speaker to the R speaker connector on the CD recei ver, and the left channel speak er to the L speaker connector . • Connect the “ + ” connector on each speaker to the “ + ” connectors on the CD recei ver, and connect the “–” connector on each speaker to the “–” connectors [...]

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    17 Connecting External De vices • Before making any connections, read the manuals supplied with your other components. • Don ’ t connect the po wer cord until you ’ v e completed and double-checked all connections. Connection Color Coding RCA-type audio connections are usually color-coded: red and white. Use red plugs to connect right-chann[...]

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    18 Connecting External Devices —Continued Connect the LINE IN terminal on the CD receiv er and an audio output terminal on TV . Tip: T o output sound from TV , switch the input selector to LINE. The following diagram illustrates ho w to connect an optional Onkyo stereo cassette tape deck. Connect the CD receiv er T APE OUT jacks to the tape deck [...]

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    19 Connecting External Devices —Continued The following diagram illustrates ho w to connect the Onkyo Remote Interacti ve Dock (RI Dock). Connect the HDD IN jacks on the CD receiv er to the A UDIO OUT jacks on the RI Dock. The jack connection enables you to use the f ollowing functions: • Y ou can control a connected Onkyo RI Dock using the sup[...]

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    20 Connecting External Devices —Continued The following diagram illustrates ho w to connect an optional Onkyo compact disc recorder . Connect the CD receiv er HDD OUT jacks to the disc recorder ’ s IN (REC) jacks. Connect the CD receiver HDD IN jacks to the disc recorder ’ s OUT (PLA Y) jacks. About the OPTICAL DIGIT AL OUT Connector Y ou can[...]

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    21 Connecting the P ower Cor d When the power cord is connected to the A C outlet, the CD receiv er enters Standby mode. The ST ANDBY indi- cator lights up. T o wall outlet ST ANDBY indicator CR B8. bo ok 21 ページ 2005年8月18日 木曜日 午後6時40分[...]

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    22 Under standing Common Operations Press ST ANDBY/ON on the unit or on the remote con- troller . If you press the same button again, the unit will turn off and enter Standby mode. Tip: • When you start playing (or turn on the power to) an Onkyo RI Dock, CD recorder or cassette tape deck that is connected to the CD receiv er via an cable and anal[...]

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    23 Understanding Common Operations —Continued Adjust sound quality during playback with CD or radio, etc. Press S.B ASS repeatedly . Pressing S.B ASS repeatedly will change the option in the following order . Press MUTING on the remote controller . The MUTING and V olume indicators blink in the display . T o restore the sound, press MUTING again.[...]

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    24 Pla ying a CD T o locate the beginning of the playing track, turn MUL TI JOG counterclockwise slightly . • If you turn it further , you can select the previous tracks in rev erse order . • For MP3 discs, you can also select tracks in other groups. • Rotate the dial counter-clockwise while the unit is stopped to select the previous track. P[...]

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    25 Playing a CD —Continued Press DISPLA Y on the unit repeatedly to change the display as f ollows: Using the Remote Controller The track to play Press the number buttons as described in the examples below to play bac k the desired track. Press to stop playback. Press to pause . T o resume pla yback, press P ause ( ) or CD . Press to switch the s[...]

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    26 Playing a CD —Continued MP3 CDs may store a group containing groups across some hierarchies as shown in the illustration belo w . In MP3 CDs, you can use the Navigation and All Group modes to locate track stored on the CDs. When locating a track, the Navigation mode allo ws you to trace through the hierarchies while the All Group mode to selec[...]

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    27 Playing a CD —Continued Selecting MP3 T racks in All Gr oup Mode W ith All Group mode you don ’ t hav e to navigate the group hierarchy to fi nd an MP3 track because all groups that contain MP3 tracks appear at the same lev el. If in Random mode, press YES/MODE to switch to Nor- mal mode. If you want to operate the control during playback, [...]

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    28 Playing a CD —Continued Selecting MP3 T racks in 1-Gr oup Mode Perform the procedures below to select one group for playback. This operation is av ailable in Normal mode. This section explains ho w to display various informa- tion, including disc name, track name, and various ID3 tags for MP3 tracks, including title name, artist name, and so o[...]

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    29 V arious W a ys to Pla y CDs Different playback modes ar e av ailable in addition to normal playback. Y ou can select and store track numbers (up to 25) in a desired playback order . • Y ou can execute this function only when the input source is CD and the unit is stopped. • For information on MP3 CD source, see page 12. T o select a track n[...]

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    30 V arious W ays to Pla y CDs —Continued All tracks on the disc will be shuf fl ed, then played back. • Y ou can execute this function only when the input source is CD and the unit is stopped. T o cancel the setting: See “ Cancelling the Playback Mode ” on page 31. • Y ou can also cancel the setting by removing the disc or selecting the[...]

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    31 V arious W ays to Pla y CDs —Continued Cancels Memory and Random modes • Y ou can execute this function only when the input source is CD and the unit is stopped. Cancels Repeat or 1 T rack Repeat mode Cancelling the Playbac k Mode 1 Press to stop pla yback. 2 Press YES/MODE repeatedly until NORMAL indicator lights in the display . Press REPE[...]

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    32 MP3 Preferences This section explains ho w to set various preferences for MP3 discs. Y ou can set the MP3 preferences while the disc playback is stopped during normal playback mode. If you want to cancel this procedure at anytime, press EDIT/NO/CLEAR. Items In this section, each preference item name is followed by its setting options. The def au[...]

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    33 MP3 Preferences —Continued CD Extra? (A udio /MP3 ) This preference applies to CD Extra discs and deter- mines whether music in the audio session or MP3 tracks in the data session are played. Joliet? (Use SVD /ISO9660 ) This preference applies to MP3 discs in Joliet format and determines whether the CD receiv er reads the SVD data or treats th[...]

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    34 Pr ogramming Radio Stations Y ou can store the frequencies of stations one by one manually into the pr eset memory channels. This is useful when you want to pr ogram the stations in y our favorite order . In addition to this method, FM has “A uto Preset” mode to store fr equencies automatically . T urn on the po wer to the unit before you st[...]

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    35 Programming Radio Stations —Continued Customizing the Preset Channels The following additional functions are a v ailable: • Naming a preset channel (see page 42) • Erasing a preset channel (see page 41) • Copying the radio station in the selected channel to another (see page 40). If “Overwrite?” appears The channel you ’ ve selecte[...]

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    36 Programming Radio Stations —Continued A uto pr esets store the frequencies of radio stations into memory so y ou can select y our fav orite channels without tuning manually . Radio station signals can be automatically located and stored. This function does not apply to AM stations (see page 34). T urn on the po wer to the unit before you start[...]

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    37 Listening to an FM/AM Station First, program the stations into pr eset channels (see pages 34 and 36). T urn on the po wer to the unit before you start the proce- dure. 1 Select FM or AM. Press the INPUT or button to select FM or AM. The channel selected most recently will be recalled. 2 T urn MUL TI JOG or press the dial repeatedly to select th[...]

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    38 Listening to an FM/AM Station —Continued 1 T urn on the power to the CD receiver. 2 Select FM or AM. 3 Press or repeatedly while observing the display to tune in the desired frequenc y . Each press of the button changes the frequenc y by 0.05 MHz for FM and 9 kHz for AM. Pressing and holding down the b utton for more than one second will chang[...]

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    39 Listening to an FM/AM Station —Continued Repeatedly pressing DISPLA Y on the remote controller or on the unit toggles between tw o types of information display . Switching the Displa y Information DISPLA Y DISPLA Y NAME SOURCE FM/AM F requency Preset channel name (*) * If a given preset channel is not named, the unit displays “ No Name, ” [...]

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    40 Changing the FM/AM Preset Channels Using the delete and copy functions, you can delete pr eset stations, copy a preset station to another channel, or change the channel number . T o change the channel number: Use the copy and delete functions. For e xample, if you wish to change channel 4 (which has an FM station programmed) to channel 6 (an emp[...]

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    41 Changing the FM/AM Preset Channels —Continued Erasing a Preset Channel – Preset Erase 1 Call the preset channel y ou wish to erase. 2 Press EDIT/NO/CLEAR and turn MUL TI JOG until “ PresetErase? ” appears in the displa y . 3 Press MUL TI JOG. A message requesting con fi rmation appears in the display . T o stop erasing, press EDIT/NO/ C[...]

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    42 Naming Preset Channels Y ou can name FM/AM preset channels. After you select the pr eset channel to name, execute “Entering a Name” as described below . Y ou can enter up to eight characters per name. What character s can be entered? Y ou can enter the following characters: If the unit is not in “ Name In ” mode, ex ecute Steps 1 and 2 i[...]

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    43 Naming Preset Channels —Continued If the unit is not in “ Name In ” mode, ex ecute steps 1 and 2 in “ Entering a Name, ” then follow the steps belo w . 1 Press / repeatedly until the character f ollowing the desired point of insertion fl ashes. 2 T urn MUL TI JOG until “” appears, then press MUL TI JOG. 3 Enter the desired charact[...]

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    44 Setting the Cloc k Y ou can select either the 12-hour or 24-hour display . (This section explains how to set the time based on the 24- hour display .) T o cancel the clock setting Press EDIT/NO/CLEAR. T o check the time and the day of the week, press CLOCK CALL on the remote controller . The clock appears for eight seconds in Standby mode. Press[...]

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    45 Using the Timer Functions The CD recei ver features thr ee timer functions: Sleep, Once, and Every timer . Selecting a timer number Y ou can set up to four timers. Timer operation types • T imer Play: The speci fi ed component starts playback at the speci fi ed time. • T imer Rec: The speci fi ed component starts recording at the speci ?[...]

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    46 Using the Timer Functions —Continued Checking the Remaining Time Press SLEEP while the Sleep timer is on. If you press SLEEP while the remaining time is displayed, the remaining time is reduced by 10 minutes. Canceling Sleep Timer Press SLEEP repeatedly until “ Sleep Off ” appears in the display . Using the Sleep Timer Press SLEEP . “ Sl[...]

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    47 Using the Timer Functions —Continued Before programming a timer for an AM/FM broadcast, program the desired broadcast stations to the preset channels. (See pages 34 and 36.) Notes: • Y ou cannot use the timer functions unless the clock is set. • If you do not operate the buttons for 60 seconds during the timer setting, the unit returns to [...]

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    48 Using the Timer Functions —Continued 4 Press MUL TI JOG. (Only for T imer Rec) Check connections and settings to the cassette tape decks. 5 T urn MUL TI JOG to select “ Once ” or “ Every . ” The Once timer operates only one time. The Ev ery timer operates ev ery week. After selecting one, press MUL TI JOG. If you selected “ Once, ”[...]

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    49 Using the Timer Functions —Continued T o reprogram the timers, press EDIT/NO/CLEAR and follow the procedure from the be ginning. 6 T urn MUL TI JOG to set the On time of the timer operation. Y ou can also use the number buttons on the remote controller . When the desired time is displayed, press MUL TI JOG. For e xample, to set 7:29, press 10/[...]

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    50 Using the Timer Functions —Continued • Y ou can use this function to cancel or resume the pro- grammed timer operation. • Y ou cannot program the timers unless the clock is set. Tip: Y ou can also perform the operation by using the TIMER button and / button on the remote controller . Tip: Y ou can also perform the operation by using the TI[...]

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    51 T r oubleshooting Problems may be caused by any component connected to this unit. Please check the table belo w , cross-r eferencing the instruction manuals for the other components. The power to the system is not turned on. • Make sure that the po wer cable is plugged into the A C outlet. • Unplug the power cable from the A C outlet, wait f[...]

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    52 T roubleshooting —Continued The disc will not play . • Make sure that the disc has been loaded on the disc tray correctly . The disc should be inserted with the playback side facing do wn. • Check to see if the disc ’ s surface is dirty . • If condensation is suspected, wait for about one hour after you turn on the po wer to the unit b[...]

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    53 T roubleshooting —Continued No sound is heard fr om the connected device. • Make sure that the optical digital cable is not bent or damaged. • Set the digital output to PCM, because the CD receiv er supports only PCM signals. The turntable sounds still. • Make sure the turntable has a b uilt in phono equalizer . • If the turntable has [...]

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    54 Speci fi cations General ■ A udio Inputs ■ A udio Outputs Amplifier Section T uner Section ■ FM ■ AM CD Speci fi cations and features are subject to change without notice. Power Supply: A C 220 V , 50 Hz/120 V/60 Hz Power Consumption: 68 W Stand-by Power Consumption: 0.3 W/0.2 W Dimensions (W x H x D):155 W x 241 H x 354 D mm W eight:[...]

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    55 MEMO CR B8. bo ok 55 ページ 2005年8月18日 木曜日 午後6時40分[...]

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    56 SN 29344091 Sales & Product Planning Div. : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAPAN Tel: 072-831-8023 Fax: 072-831-8124 ONKYO U.S.A. CORPORATION 18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 07458, U.S.A. Tel: 201-785-2600 Fax: 201-785-2650 http://www.us.onkyo.com/ ONKYO EUROPE ELECTRONICS GmbH Liegnitzerstrasse 6, 82194 Groebenzell, G[...]