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Troubleshooting

If you have any trouble using your CR-L5, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolve the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer.

Trouble

Possible Cause

Remedy

 

 

 

Can’t turn on the CR-L5?

The power cord is not connected properly.

Connect the power cord properly to a suitable

wall outlet (page 16).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the speaker connections and make sure

 

The speaker cables are not connected prop-

that none of the wires are touching each other,

 

erly.

other connectors, or any metal parts

 

 

(page 13).

 

 

 

 

The wrong speaker set is selected.

Use the SPEAKERS A/B button to select

 

speaker set A, B, or A+B (page 19).

 

 

There’s no sound coming

 

 

The volume is set at minimum.

Turn up the volume (page 19).

from the speakers?

 

 

The CR-L5 is muted.

Unmute the CR-L5 (page 25).

 

 

 

 

 

A pair of headphones are connected.

Turn down the volume, then disconnect the

 

headphones (page 19).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wrong input source is selected.

Check the input source setting (page 19).

 

 

 

 

A connecting cable may be damaged.

Check your connecting cables for signs of

 

damage and replace as necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the speaker connections and make sure

Sound is coming from only

The other speaker’s cable is not connected

that none of the wires are touching each other,

one speaker?

properly.

other connectors, or any metal parts

 

 

(page 13).

 

 

 

 

There are no batteries in the remote

Install new batteries (page 7).

 

controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries are flat.

Replace with new batteries (page 7).

 

 

 

 

The batteries are installed incorrectly.

Check the batteries and correct as necessary

 

(page 7).

 

 

 

 

 

 

You’re not pointing the remote controller at

Point the remote controller at the CR-L5’s

 

the CR-L5’s remote sensor.

remote sensor (page 7).

 

 

 

The remote controller

 

Use the remote controller closer to the CR-L5

doesn’t work?

You’re too far away from the CR-L5.

(page 7). The remote controller has a range of

 

 

approximately 5 meters (16 ft.).

 

 

 

 

A strong light source is interfering with the

Make sure that the CR-L5 is not subjected to

 

direct sunshine or inverter-type fluorescent

 

CR-L5’s remote sensor.

 

lights. Relocate if necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the CR-L5 is installed in a cabinet with

 

 

colored glass doors, the remote controller

Open the doors, or use a cabinet without col-

 

may not work reliably when the doors are

ored glass.

 

closed.

 

 

 

 

Can’t tune into AM sta-

The supplied AM loop antenna is not con-

Connect the AM loop antenna properly

tions?

nected properly.

(page 14).

 

 

 

AM reception is hindered

 

Relocate your AM antenna.

by a buzzing noise, espe-

Interference caused by electrical equip-

 

 

cially at night or with weak

ment, including fluorescent lights.

Install an outdoor AM antenna (page 15).

signals?

 

 

 

 

 

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