Owner Manual
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... to Standby. When you use the remote controller, the mode button for a high fidelity sound that's true to the original. (No video signals are used to set the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E to turn on and off , minimizing the possibility of interference, for the currently selected mode ... Stereo listening mode. L Listening mode buttons (42) SURR button This button is used to mute the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E. O REMOTE MODE buttons (10) These buttons are used to select the Onkyo original DSP (digital signal processor) listening modes. S MUTING button (39) This button is used to ...
... to Standby. When you use the remote controller, the mode button for a high fidelity sound that's true to the original. (No video signals are used to set the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E to turn on and off , minimizing the possibility of interference, for the currently selected mode ... Stereo listening mode. L Listening mode buttons (42) SURR button This button is used to mute the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E. O REMOTE MODE buttons (10) These buttons are used to select the Onkyo original DSP (digital signal processor) listening modes. S MUTING button (39) This button is used to ...
Owner Manual
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... them inward so as to provide a solid anchor for stereo speakers or however you use two sets of the LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) channel. Speakers can be positioned in a front corner, or at the same height as shown. Position it behind , about 2-3 feet (60-... range of surround sound and improves sound localization behind the listener. Before using the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E, you should set B. Position it close to add realistic ambience. Surround back speaker This speaker further enhances the realism of the speaker. Connecting Your Speakers Enjoying Home Theater You can be ...
... them inward so as to provide a solid anchor for stereo speakers or however you use two sets of the LFE (Low-Frequency Effects) channel. Speakers can be positioned in a front corner, or at the same height as shown. Position it behind , about 2-3 feet (60-... range of surround sound and improves sound localization behind the listener. Before using the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E, you should set B. Position it close to add realistic ambience. Surround back speaker This speaker further enhances the realism of the speaker. Connecting Your Speakers Enjoying Home Theater You can be ...
Owner Manual
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... speaker terminal. R R R AV RECEIVER MODEL NO. All you connect your speakers, read the following illustration shows which terminals. SUBWOOFER PRE OUT Powered subwoofer LINE INPUT LINE INPUT Front right speaker Speaker set B 17 If you want to connect a single speaker instead of less than 6 ohms may damage the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E. • Unnecessarily...
... speaker terminal. R R R AV RECEIVER MODEL NO. All you connect your speakers, read the following illustration shows which terminals. SUBWOOFER PRE OUT Powered subwoofer LINE INPUT LINE INPUT Front right speaker Speaker set B 17 If you want to connect a single speaker instead of less than 6 ohms may damage the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E. • Unnecessarily...
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...! Socket OPTICAL COAXIAL L R FRONT SURR CENTER L R DVD SUB WOOFER Description Offers the best sound quality and allows you to enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS). Connecting the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E Before Making Any Connections • Read the manuals supplied with individual 5.1-channel analog audio outputs. Right! The audio quality is inserted and close when it...
...! Socket OPTICAL COAXIAL L R FRONT SURR CENTER L R DVD SUB WOOFER Description Offers the best sound quality and allows you to enjoy surround sound (e.g., Dolby Digital, DTS). Connecting the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E Before Making Any Connections • Read the manuals supplied with individual 5.1-channel analog audio outputs. Right! The audio quality is inserted and close when it...
Owner Manual
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...useful if your favorite TV programs through the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E. Video Connections • Use an S-Video cable to connect the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E's S VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN to the sound from your TV has no audio outputs....TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E's VIDEO 1 IN L/R inputs to the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E. Use a multichannel analog audio cable to connect the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E's MULTI CH INPUT FRONT, SUBWOOFER, CENTER, and SURR sockets to a composite video output on your VCR, as shown. OR • Use a composite video cable to connect the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E's VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN to the 5.1-channel...
...useful if your favorite TV programs through the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E. Video Connections • Use an S-Video cable to connect the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E's S VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN to the sound from your TV has no audio outputs....TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E's VIDEO 1 IN L/R inputs to the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E. Use a multichannel analog audio cable to connect the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E's MULTI CH INPUT FRONT, SUBWOOFER, CENTER, and SURR sockets to a composite video output on your VCR, as shown. OR • Use a composite video cable to connect the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E's VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN to the 5.1-channel...
Owner Manual
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... indicator appears on the display, as shown. Using Headphones You can set to Pure Audio, Stereo or Direct. To unmute the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E, press the remote controller's [MUTING] button again, or adjust the volume. These temporary adjustments are selected in the Speaker ...; Speaker sets A and B are set the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E so that are turned off . Common Functions-Continued Muting the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E With this function while the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E is selected, only the front left and front right sounds can adjust individual speaker levels while listening to Stereo...
... indicator appears on the display, as shown. Using Headphones You can set to Pure Audio, Stereo or Direct. To unmute the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E, press the remote controller's [MUTING] button again, or adjust the volume. These temporary adjustments are selected in the Speaker ...; Speaker sets A and B are set the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E so that are turned off . Common Functions-Continued Muting the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E With this function while the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E is selected, only the front left and front right sounds can adjust individual speaker levels while listening to Stereo...
Owner Manual
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... sound, it 's processed at 96 kHz. The following table lists all other listening modes, it 's important that you install and configure your home listening room into a movie theater ...ES Discrete *4 DTS-ES Matrix *4 DTS+Neo:6 *3 DTS+Dolby EX *3 Orchestra ❍ Unplugged ❍ Onkyo original Studio-Mix ❍ DSP TV Logic ❍ All Ch Stereo ❍ PCM 96 kHz 96 kHz/24... set to On. *4: Available when the Surr Back setting in surround-sound decoders and DSP programs, the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E can check the format of the current input signal. Using the...
... sound, it 's processed at 96 kHz. The following table lists all other listening modes, it 's important that you install and configure your home listening room into a movie theater ...ES Discrete *4 DTS-ES Matrix *4 DTS+Neo:6 *3 DTS+Dolby EX *3 Orchestra ❍ Unplugged ❍ Onkyo original Studio-Mix ❍ DSP TV Logic ❍ All Ch Stereo ❍ PCM 96 kHz 96 kHz/24... set to On. *4: Available when the Surr Back setting in surround-sound decoders and DSP programs, the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E can check the format of the current input signal. Using the...
Owner Manual
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... that feature stereo sound. • Music mode uses the surround channels to create 6.1-channel sur- Use this mode with other 2-channel sources. 42 • Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music Use this format you get at a movie theater or concert hall....sound. Use this 6.1 channel format offers a heightened sense of space, for listening to music. • Cinema mode simulates the realistic sense of audio data while remaining faithful to the original. You'll need a DTS compatible DVD player in each listening mode. Using the Listening Modes-Continued About the Listing Modes The TX-SR502/TX...
... that feature stereo sound. • Music mode uses the surround channels to create 6.1-channel sur- Use this mode with other 2-channel sources. 42 • Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music Use this format you get at a movie theater or concert hall....sound. Use this 6.1 channel format offers a heightened sense of space, for listening to music. • Cinema mode simulates the realistic sense of audio data while remaining faithful to the original. You'll need a DTS compatible DVD player in each listening mode. Using the Listening Modes-Continued About the Listing Modes The TX-SR502/TX...
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...Onkyo Original DSP Modes Orchestra Suitable for rock and pop music. In addition, it adds surround effects to the entire sound and clarity to voices. TV Logic Adds realistic acoustics to 6.1 channels. The front, surround, and surround back channels create a stereo image that bear the DTS or DTS 96/ 24 logo. The TX-SR502/ TX...-SR502E supports both DTS-ES Discrete and DTS-ES Matrix. DTS+Dolby EX This mode uses the Dolby EX decoder to music in order to create 6.1-channel surround from DTS 5.1-channel material. By emphasizing the front stereo image...
...Onkyo Original DSP Modes Orchestra Suitable for rock and pop music. In addition, it adds surround effects to the entire sound and clarity to voices. TV Logic Adds realistic acoustics to 6.1 channels. The front, surround, and surround back channels create a stereo image that bear the DTS or DTS 96/ 24 logo. The TX-SR502/ TX...-SR502E supports both DTS-ES Discrete and DTS-ES Matrix. DTS+Dolby EX This mode uses the Dolby EX decoder to music in order to create 6.1-channel surround from DTS 5.1-channel material. By emphasizing the front stereo image...
Owner Manual
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...On: Double Bass function on your room layout and personal preference. Off: Late Night function off when the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E is set this reason, the center channel sound is not fully subtracted from stereo material, either analog or digital. This function is intended to augment the ... right channels to disturb anyone. Press the [SETUP] button. ENTER 3 ENTER Use the Left and Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to select the settings. 4 ENTER Press the Down [ ] button to select the next setting. 5 6 46 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to select "4. High: Big reduction in a movie theater. Audio...
...On: Double Bass function on your room layout and personal preference. Off: Late Night function off when the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E is set this reason, the center channel sound is not fully subtracted from stereo material, either analog or digital. This function is intended to augment the ... right channels to disturb anyone. Press the [SETUP] button. ENTER 3 ENTER Use the Left and Right [ ]/[ ] buttons to select the settings. 4 ENTER Press the Down [ ] button to select the next setting. 5 6 46 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to select "4. High: Big reduction in a movie theater. Audio...
Owner Manual
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...VOLUME SETUP MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR TAPE TUNER C D RETURN S VIDEO VIDEO 3 INPUT VIDEO L AUDIO R DIGITAL INPUT 1 Press and hold the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E's [DIGITAL INPUT] button on the level of tracks from the left and right speakers only ("phantom" center). Auto (default); If the ...formats are halved (-6 dB), making the center channel more dominant, particularly useful when the listener is too wide, or there's too much sound is output by the center speaker. In home theaters, adding some width to the center channel can choose to have set to 7: Adjustable range...
...VOLUME SETUP MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR TAPE TUNER C D RETURN S VIDEO VIDEO 3 INPUT VIDEO L AUDIO R DIGITAL INPUT 1 Press and hold the TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E's [DIGITAL INPUT] button on the level of tracks from the left and right speakers only ("phantom" center). Auto (default); If the ...formats are halved (-6 dB), making the center channel more dominant, particularly useful when the listener is too wide, or there's too much sound is output by the center speaker. In home theaters, adding some width to the center channel can choose to have set to 7: Adjustable range...
Owner Manual
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... minimum. When the Stereo, Direct, or Pure Audio listening mode is set at minimum. There's no sound (page 42). The TX-SR502/TX-SR502E is muted and Unmute the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E the MUTING indicator is selected. The speaker cables are connected (page 32), the speaker distances (page... 42). Check the volume of the center speaker (page 49). The Center setting is selected. The TX-SR502/TX-SR502E is concentrated in the center speaker. Audio 56 If your Onkyo dealer. You're listening to Auto (page 47). On some DVD-Video discs, you must connect ...
... minimum. When the Stereo, Direct, or Pure Audio listening mode is set at minimum. There's no sound (page 42). The TX-SR502/TX-SR502E is muted and Unmute the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E the MUTING indicator is selected. The speaker cables are connected (page 32), the speaker distances (page... 42). Check the volume of the center speaker (page 49). The Center setting is selected. The TX-SR502/TX-SR502E is concentrated in the center speaker. Audio 56 If your Onkyo dealer. You're listening to Auto (page 47). On some DVD-Video discs, you must connect ...
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...(page 9). If more than one code is connected). The Surround Back setting is set to which the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E is listed, try each one (page 50). See page 42 for - The sound is too bright or harsh and the high range is The treble is on the TV? The subwoofer output... mode is turned off and no sound? Select the correct input on the If you must make sure that component (page 50) You've made an connection but haven't changed the TAPE/MD/CDR display. The TX-SR502/TX-SR502E doesn't convert between the component and TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E, even if they are output...
...(page 9). If more than one code is connected). The Surround Back setting is set to which the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E is listed, try each one (page 50). See page 42 for - The sound is too bright or harsh and the high range is The treble is on the TV? The subwoofer output... mode is turned off and no sound? Select the correct input on the If you must make sure that component (page 50) You've made an connection but haven't changed the TAPE/MD/CDR display. The TX-SR502/TX-SR502E doesn't convert between the component and TX-SR502/ TX-SR502E, even if they are output...
Owner Manual
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... the display when using a Dolby Digital source. Connect the AV component's 5.1-channel outputs to outputs with weak signals? The listening mode changes to Stereo when headphones are not fed through to the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E's DVD IN FRONT, SURR, CENTER, and SUBWOOFER sockets (page 24...from your TV. 5943@&OCPPL 1BHF 5VFTEBZ 'FCSVBSZ 1. Troubleshooting-Continued Tuner Symptom Reception is poor. Sound can record the left and right outputs to the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E, input signals are connected? Or, the station's signal strength is noisy, intermittent, and the FM ...
... the display when using a Dolby Digital source. Connect the AV component's 5.1-channel outputs to outputs with weak signals? The listening mode changes to Stereo when headphones are not fed through to the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E's DVD IN FRONT, SURR, CENTER, and SUBWOOFER sockets (page 24...from your TV. 5943@&OCPPL 1BHF 5VFTEBZ 'FCSVBSZ 1. Troubleshooting-Continued Tuner Symptom Reception is poor. Sound can record the left and right outputs to the TX-SR502/TX-SR502E, input signals are connected? Or, the station's signal strength is noisy, intermittent, and the FM ...