Onkyo CR-505DAB Reception is noisy, inter, Mittent, and the ST FM, Stereo indicator flickers?

Troubleshooting—Continued

Trouble	Possible Cause	Remedy
		Switch the FM Mode to Mono (page 28).
	You’re too far away from the transmitter.	Adjust the position, height, and direction of
Reception is noisy, inter-		your FM antenna.
	Or, your FM antenna is in the wrong posi-
mittent, and the “ST” (FM
		Install an outdoor FM antenna, preferably
	tion or pointing in the wrong direction. Or,
stereo) indicator flickers?
	the station’s signal strength is poor.	one with many elements. Installing an out-
		door antenna is a specialist’s job, so contact
		your nearest dealer for advice (page 13).
		Preset your favourite radio stations again
The radio presets no longer	The power cord has not been connected to a	(pages 26 and 29). The power cord must be
	wall outlet, or the power has been turned off	plugged into a wall outlet a few times each
work?
	for an extended period.	month in order to preserve the presets
		(page 4).
	The current FM station does not support	Tune into a station that supports RDS
	RDS.	(page 30).
The RDS (Radio Data Sys-
		Install an outdoor FM antenna (page 13),
tem) doesn’t seem to work?	The signal strength is poor, or there’s too	change the position or direction of your out-
	much interference.	door FM antenna, and keep it away from flu-
		orescent lights.
	The CR-505DAB is subject to vibration.	Install the CR-505DAB somewhere free of
		vibration.
CD playback skips?
	The disc is dirty.	Remove the disc and clean it (page 36).
	The disc is very scratched.	Buy a new disc.
Noise is generated.	DTS CD is being replayed.	Do not replay DTS CD, which is not sup-
		ported by the CR-505DAB.
	The disc is upside down.	Load the disc with the label-side facing up
		(page 20).
	The disc is dirty.	Remove the disc and clean it (page 36).
Can’t play a CD?
	Condensation has formed inside the CR-	Remove the disc and leave the CR-505DAB
		turned on for several hours until the conden-
	505DAB.
		sation has evaporated.
	The CD-R/RW disc is nonstandard.	See “Disc Notes” (page 35).
It takes a long time to read	It may take a longer time to read CD/MP3	This is not a malfunction.
CD/MP3.	with many track numbers.
It takes a long time to locate	The disc is dirty.	Remove the disc and clean it (page 36).
certain tracks.	The disc is very scratched.	Buy a new disc.
Does not operate during the	Bad receiving conditions may interfere with	Press the [DISPLAY] button to disengage
ACCUCLOCK function
	the setting of the clock using ACCU-	ACCUCLOCK, and then set the clock manu-
with a message “Clock Set-
	CLOCK function.	ally.
ting” displayed.
	CT (Clock Time) information has been	Set ACCUCLOCK to use a specific station
The clock is wrong?	taken from a radio station in another time
		(page 17).
	zone.
		This is not a malfunction. The CR-505DAB
The CR-505DAB turns	The ACCUCLOCK function is calibrating	will turn itself off automatically when the
itself on unexpectedly?	the clock.	ACCUCLOCK function has calibrated the
		clock.

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