Onkyo CR-505 Reception is noisy, inter, mittent, and the FM STE, REO indicator flickers?, work?

Troubleshooting—Continued

Trouble	Possible Cause	Remedy
		Switch the FM MODE to MONO (page 24).
	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 FM STE-
		Install an outdoor FM antenna, preferably
	tion or pointing in the wrong direction. Or,
REO 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).
	The power cord has not been connected to a	Preset your favorite radio stations again
The radio presets no longer		(page 25). The power cord must be plugged
	wall outlet, or the power has been turned off
work?		into a wall outlet a few times each month in
	for an extended period.
		order to preserve the presets (page 4).
	The current FM station does not support	Tune into a station that supports RDS
For European models:	RDS.	(page 26).
		Install an outdoor FM antenna (page 13),
The RDS (Radio Data Sys-
	The signal strength is poor, or there’s too	change the position or direction of your out-
tem) doesn’t seem to work?
	much interference.	door FM antenna, and keep it away from flu-
		orescent lights.
	The CR-505 is subject to vibration.	Install the CR-505 somewhere free of vibra-
		tion.
CD playback skips?
	The disc is dirty.	Remove the disc and clean it (page 32).
	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-505.
	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 32).
Can’t play a CD?
	Condensation has formed inside the CR-	Remove the disc and leave the CR-505 turned
		on for several hours until the condensation
	505.
		has evaporated.
	The CD-R/RW disc is nonstandard.	See “Disc Notes” (page 31).
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 32).
certain tracks.	The disc is very scratched.	Buy a new disc.
For European models:
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 “WAIT”	CLOCK function.	ally.
displayed.
For European models:	CT (Clock Time) information has been	Set ACCUCLOCK to use a specific station
	taken from a radio station in another time
The clock is wrong?		(page 17).
	zone.
For European models:	The ACCUCLOCK function is calibrating	This is not a malfunction. The CR-505 will
The CR-505 turns itself on		turn itself off automatically when the ACCU-
	the clock.
unexpectedly?		CLOCK function has calibrated the clock.

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