Onkyo DX 5500 Owners Manual

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I Congratulations on your purchase of the ON/(YO DX-7500/5500 CD Player. O Please
read this manual thoroughly before making connections and turning power an. 0 Following
the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening
enjoyment from your new DXF 7500/5500. 0 Please retain this manual {or future reference.

Features .......................
Important safeguards
Precautions .............
Before using this unit.
System connections
Front panel facilities
0perations.................
Using the remote control transmi ter
Troubleshooting guide ...........................
Specifications ....................................................

CON TEN TS

Features
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0 Discrete Left and Right channel 18-bit D/A converters with Opto-Drive'
Onkyos Optor Drive is a revolutionary new type of steady state current supply which ensures that the output from the WA converters
is completely free of electromagnetic interference. Instead of using a conventional zener diode as a current source, Opto-Drive uses a
phoiotransistor to convert light energy Into electricityThe output is then amplified and used as the steady state current supply
Both the DXE7500 and DX-SSOO feature two such"0piOEDrive D/A converters one each for the left and right channel signals. Using
discrete D/A converters eliminates phase differences between the stereo channels which can cause muddy, unfocused sound.
Finally, true 18-bit D/A conversion expands dynamic range and S/N ratio 7 a significant advance compared with earlier 14, or lSEbit
systems. Delicate musical nuances which could be masked by noise from semiconductors, etc. in conventional CD players emerge with

crystal clarity for stunningly vibrant, detailed sound reproduction.

0 Opto-Coupling

Onkvo's OptoECoupling keeps digital pulse noise out of the analog circuitry by electrically isolating the digital block Beams ol light,
not electricity, transmit the necessary signals via a "bridge" composed of photocoupleis and Onkyos "OptorCoupling Modules " (In
the DXE7500, a full Six data signals are transmitted optically, two Via Cote-Coupling modules.)Since there is no electrical contact at
all between the digital and analog blocks, DSI (digital signal interference) doesn't even have a chance to develop The resulting sound
is clear and lifelike, without the harshness sometimes associated with the CD format.

0 Optical and Electrical Coaxial Outputs

Users With amplifiers equipped With digital input facilities or outboard D/A converters can take their choice between two types of digital
output, Digital data transfer between CD player and amplifier provides unmatched signal integrity, Optical transfer boasts the additional
advantage of eliminating any possibility of electrical interference "looping from CD player to amplifier via the AC power supply

CAUTION

To REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER (OR BACK). N0 USER-SERVlCEABLE PARTS INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING To QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL

m CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN

I The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, wiihin
an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user
to the presence of Unmsuiated "dangerous voltage"
Within the products enclosure that may be of Suiflr
cieni magniiude to constitute a risk ol electric shock
to persons.

D The exclamation point Within an equilaterai triangle
is Intended to alert the user to the presence of Im-
poiram Operating and maintenance (servicing) in.
Struciions In the literature accompanying the appli-
ance.

WARNING
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT
EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

o For models haVing power cords With a polarized plug.

CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE
THIS (POLARIZED) PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RE-
CEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE
FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE.

O Sur les modéles dont la fiche est polarise'e

ATTENTION: POUR PREVENIR LESCHOCSELECTRIQUES
NE PAS UTILISEFl CETTE FICHE POLARISEE AVEC UN PRO-
LONGATEUR UNE PRISE DE COURANT 0U UNE AUTRE SORTlE
DE COURANT, SAUF SI LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE iNSEREEs
A FOND SANS EN LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE A DECOUVERT

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© Total Time Display: The total playback time for the selected
tracks.

@ Music Calendar Display: The red bar(sl for the number light
for the selected track number(s).

© Random Calendar Display: The selected tracks are indicated
in playback order. (When the tracks are programmed during
the play mode, the programmed track number flashes con
tinuously on the display.)

NOTE:
The memory can be programmed during playback, but the Track
Number Display, Time Display, Total Time Display, and the red
bar of the Music Calendar Display indicate the track currently
being played.

0 When more than 11 tracks are programmed, the memory shift
indicator shifts from to and the track
numbers after the 11th track are displayed on the Random
Calendar Display,

When more than 21 tracks are programmed, the cursor for
the Random Calendar Displaydisappears. During the memory
play mode, F" flashes to indicate that no more tracks can
be played.

NOTES:

If the Total Elapsed Time (LAP) for all play, including Memory
Repeat mode, exceeds 99 minutes 59 seconds, the Total Time
Display starts again from 0:00. Therefore, you can calculate
the Total Elapsed Time by adding the new figure to 99 mir
nutes 59 seconds.

If the Total Remaining Time is more than 99 minutes 59
seconds, the Total Time Display shows 7: 7 J.
If more than 20 song numbers are entered, .7 7" is dis
played in the Time Display.

When the total playback time for the programmed tracks
exceeds 99 minutes 59 seconds, the Total Time Display
shows " "

To change the contents of the memory:
MEMORY, OPEN/CLOSE
(2? Number Buttons

age
é EDIT

CLEAR

6) Press the EDIT buttons ( 4- , _\ land select the posrtion in
the Random Calendar that you want to change. (The selected
number flashes.)

0 This function cannot be performed during the play mode.
To perform this function, you must first press the STOP
button.

(2 With the Number Buttons. selectthe track that you want to add
to the memory. The added track will be memorized under the
flashing number, re»registering the prevrous track under the
following number,

®ir

you press the CLEAR button, the track number that is flashing

Will be cleared and the following track number will replace the

el

iminated one.

(4) To delete all the programmed tracks in the memory, press either
the MEMORY button or the OPEN/CLOSE button.

NOTES:

0 To check the number of a track represented in the display

When the EDIT buttons are pressed during the normal stop
mode, all the tracks recorded on the disc are memorized and
the edit mode is set automatically. (For a disc recorded with
more than 21 tracks, only 20 tracks are memorized.)

by a bar (7), use the EDIT button to illuminate that selection.
The track number wrll appear in the Track Number Display.
The CLEAR button can be used even during playback.
Pressing the CLEAR button during playback or before using
the EDlT button, cancels the last track number in memory.

To Play the Memory

i4é: é; PLAY
REPEAT PAUSE

(D To listen to the disc from in memory in the programmed order,

press the PLAY button

0 Play begins in the programmed order, l.e. beginning with
the first track programmed in the Random Calendar,

0 The current track number is displayed in the Track Number
Display

To pause during playing, press the PAUSE button.

0 The Pause Indicator lights and the playing stops temporarlly.

0 To resume playing, pressthe PLAY button, The playing starts
up again from exactly where it left off.

@ To stop the playing, press the STOP button.

The total time of the tracks programmed in the memory is
displayed in the Total Time Display.

@ To listen to all the tracks over and over, press the REPEAT button.
(You can press this button before beginning to play the disc
or while playing the disc.)

The Repeat lndicator lights and when the disc player reaches
the end of the sequence of tracks programmed into memory
it repeats that sequence.

To stop the repeat play, press it again.

CD To move forward or backward quickly within the current playing

tr
0

ack, press the » button or the « button.
The pickup continues to move rapidly forward or backward
in the current playing track as long as you hold down the
» button or « button. In this case at about 20 times
normal playing speed, While the pickup is movmg rapidly
forward or backward, the sound can be heard at low volume
(about ,12 dB).

I when the pickup is forwarded to the end of the current track

by pressing the » button, the pickup comes to the next
programmed track and normal playback begins. When the

« button is pressed, the pickup comes to the beginning
of the current track and normal playback begins from this
position,

@ To skip to the next track, press the »| button,

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The playing of the current track is interrupted and the pickup
moves to the beginning of the next track in memory