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Contents
Introduction .....................................2
AV Receiver
Connection.....................................13
HT-R518
Turning On & First Time Setup.....33
Instruction Manual
Basic Operation
Playing your AV components .......39
Listening to the Radio ..................43
Enjoying the Listening Modes .....48
Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV Receiver.
Please read this manual thoroughly before making
connections and plugging
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HT-R518_En.book Page 2 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM WARNING: WARNING AVIS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC DO NOT OPEN NE PAS OUVRIR SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within CAUTION: the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient TO REDUCE THE RISK O
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HT-R518_En.book Page 3 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM 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. AC Fuse—The AC 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 unit all over with a soft cloth. For stubborn stains, use a soft cloth dampened with a weak soluti
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HT-R518_En.book Page 4 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Supplied Accessories Precautions—Continued Make sure you have the following accessories: For British models Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel. IMPORTANT The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Remote controller and two batteries (AA/R6) Blue: Neutral Brown: Live As the colours of the wi
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HT-R518_En.book Page 5 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Contents Important Safety Instructions...........................2 Playing Your AV Components ...................... 39 Basic AV Receiver Operation .............................. 39 Precautions .......................................................3 Common Functions ....................................... 40 Supplied Accessories ......................................4 Setting the Display Brightness .......
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HT-R518_En.book Page 6 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Features Amplifier *1 • 130 Watts/Channel @ 8 ohms (IEC) Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby, • WRAT-Wide Range Amplifier Technology Pro Logic and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby (5Hz–100kHz bandwidth) Laboratories. • High-Current Low-Impedance Drive • Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry *2 • H.C.P.S. (High Current Power Supply) Massive High Power Transformer Manufactured under license
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HT-R518_En.book Page 7 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Getting to Know the AV Receiver Front Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MASTER VOLUME ON/STANDBY TUNING PRESET STANDBY ENTER PURE AUDIO PURE AUDIO MULTI CH DVD VCR/DVR CBL/SAT AUX TAPE TUNER CD SETUP RETURN AUX INPUT PHONES SETUP MIC VIDEO L AUDIO R CINEMA FILTER LATE NIGHT TONE MOVIE/TV MUSIC GAME DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR AV RECEIVER HT-R518 J K
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HT-R518_En.book Page 8 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Getting to Know the AV Receiver—Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. U MEMORY button (45) W SETUP MIC (34) Used when storing or deleting radio presets. The automatic speaker setup microphone connects here. V TUNING MODE button (43) X AUX INPUT (28, 54) Selects the Auto or Manual tuning mode for AM and FM radio. Used to connect a camcorder, game console, and so on.
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HT-R518_En.book Page 9 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Getting to Know the AV Receiver—Continued Rear Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN 3 IN 2 IN 1 OUT HDMI SURR SPEAKERS FRONT SPEAKERS ASSIGNABLE L L DIGITAL IN COMPONENT VIDEO Y AM 1 (DVD) MONITOR CENTER SPEAKER COAXIAL CBL/SAT VCR/DVR DVD OUT CB/PB 2 R R (CBL/SAT) V V ANTENNA CR/PR FM 75 1 S (VCR/DVR) S OPTICAL IN 2 IN 1(DVD) OUT IN OUT IN IN ASSIGNABLE 2 (CD) PRE OUT IN OUT IN IN OUT IN FRONT SURR CENTER ASSIG
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HT-R518_En.book Page 10 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Getting to Know the AV Receiver—Continued M VCR/DVR IN/OUT A video component, such as a VCR or DVR, can be connected here for recording and playback. There are S-Video and composite video input and output jacks for connecting the video signal, and there are analog audio input jacks for connecting the audio signal. N DVD IN This input is for connecting a DVD player. There are S-Video and composite video input jacks for
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HT-R518_En.book Page 11 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Remote Controller Controlling the AV Receiver C MULTI CH button (39) Selects the multichannel DVD input. To control the AV receiver, press the [RECEIVER] D Arrow [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ] and ENTER buttons REMOTE MODE button to select Receiver mode. Used to select and adjust settings. You can also use the remote controller to control E SETUP button your DVD player, CD player, and othe
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HT-R518_En.book Page 12 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Remote Controller—Continued Installing the Batteries Using the Remote Controller When using the remote controller, point it toward the AV To open the battery compartment, press receiver’s remote control sensor, as shown below. 1 the small lever and remove the cover. Remote control sensor STANDBY indicator AV receiver 30˚ 30˚ Insert the two supplied batteries (AA/R6) 2 in accordance with the polarity diagram Approx. 16 ft.
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HT-R518_En.book Page 13 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Your Speakers Enjoying Home Theater Thanks to the AV receiver’s superb capabilities, you can enjoy surround sound with a real sense of movement in your own home—just like being in a movie theater or concert hall. You can enjoy DVDs featuring Dolby Digital or DTS. With analog or digital TV, you can enjoy Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS Neo:6, or Onkyo’s original DSP listening modes. Surround left and right speakers Front left and
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HT-R518_En.book Page 14 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Your Speakers—Continued Speaker Configuration Connecting a Powered Subwoofer For 5.1-channel surround-sound playback, you need five Using a suitable cable, connect the AV receiver’s PRE speakers and a powered subwoofer. OUT: SUBWOOFER to the input on your powered sub- woofer. If your subwoofer is unpowered and you’re The following table shows which channels you should using an external amplifier, connect
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HT-R518_En.book Page 15 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Your Speakers—Continued Speaker Connection Precautions Connecting the Speaker Cables Read the following before connecting your speakers: Strip about 5/8" 5/8" (15 mm) 1 •You can connect speakers with an impedance of (15 mm) of insulation between 8 and 16 ohms. If you use speakers with a from the ends of the lower impedance, and use the amplifier at high volume speaker cables, and levels for a long period of
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HT-R518_En.book Page 16 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Antennas This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor Connecting the AM Loop Antenna FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially available outdoor FM and AM antennas. The supplied indoor AM loop antenna is for indoor use only. The AV receiver won’t pick up any radio signals without any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use the tuner. Assemble the AM loop a
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HT-R518_En.book Page 17 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Antennas—Continued Connecting an Outdoor FM Antenna Connecting an Outdoor AM Antenna If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied If good reception cannot be achieved using the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out- AM loop antenna, an outdoor AM antenna can be used in door FM antenna instead. addition to the loop antenna, as shown. Outdoor antenna Insulated antenna cable AM loop ant
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HT-R518_En.book Page 18 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Your Components AV Connection Color Coding About AV Connections RCA-type AV connections are usually color coded: red, • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right- supplied with your other AV components. channel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”). • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed Use white plugs t
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HT-R518_En.book Page 19 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Your Components—Continued Connecting Audio and Video Signals to the AV Receiver By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can switch the audio and video signals simultaneously simply by changing the input source on the AV receiver. : Signal Flow Video Video Audio Audio TV, projector, etc. DVD player, etc. Speakers (see page 15 for hookup details)
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HT-R518_En.book Page 20 Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:31 AM Connecting Your Components—Continued Connecting a TV or Projector Step 1: Video Connection Choose a video connection that matches your TV ( , , or ), and then make the connection. A B C Step 2: Audio Connection Choose an audio connection that matches your TV ( a , b , or c ), and then make the connection. •To enjoy Dolby Digital and DTS, use connection b or c . Connection AV receiver Signal flow TV Picture quality COMPON
