Yamaha R N500 Manual

							Controls and functions
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INTRODUCTION■Installing batteries
■ Operation range
The remote controls transmit a directional infrared beam.
Be sure to aim the remote controls directly at the remote 
control sensor on the front panel of this unit.
Using the remote controls
AAA, R03, UM-4 batteries
30° 30°
Remote control
Approximately
6 m (20 ft) 
						

							Connections
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• Do not connect this unit or other components to the main power until all connections between components are complete.
• All connections must be correct: L (left) to L, R (right)  to R, “+” to “+” and “–” to “–”. If the connections are faulty, 
no sound will be heard from the speakers, and if the polarity  of the speaker connections is incorrect, the sound will be 
unnatural and lack bass . Refer to the owner’s manual for each of your components.
• Do not let bare speaker wires touch each other or any metal part  of this unit. This could damage this unit and/or the speakers.
y• The PHONO jacks are designed for connecting a turntable with an MM cartridge.
• Connect your turntable to  the GND terminal to reduce noise in the signal. However, for so me turntables, you may hear less noise 
without the GND connection.
Connections
Connecting speakers and source components
CAUTION
Connecting recording devices
You can connect audio recording devices to the LINE 2-3 (REC) jack s. This jack output analog audio signals selected as the input.
• Be sure to use the LINE 2-3 (REC) jacks only for connecting recording devices.
• If you select LINE2 as the input source, th e audio output of the LINE 2 (REC) jacks w ill be muted. If you select LINE3 as the 
input source, the audio output of th e LINE 3 (REC) jacks will be muted.
OC
Turntable
Audio 
output
CD playerDVD player, etc.
GND Speakers A
Subwoofer Audio output 
(digital coaxial)
Audio  input Audio 
output Audio 
output
Speakers B
CD recorder, etc. Audio output 
(digital optical)
CD player, etc.
Notes
PREPARATION 
						

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Connections
PREPARATION
■Setting the speaker impedance
Under its default settings, the  unit is configured for 8-ohm 
speakers. When connecting 4  to 6-ohm speakers, set the 
speaker impedance to “4   MIN”.
1Before connecting speakers, connect the 
power cable to an AC wall outlet.
2While holding down RETURN on the front 
panel, press A (power).
3Check that “SP IMP.” is displayed on the 
front display.
4Press SELECT/ENTER to select “4   MIN”.
5Press A (power) to set the unit to turn off and 
remove the power cable from the AC wall outlet.
You are now ready to connect the speakers.
■ Connecting speaker cables
Speaker cables have two wire s. One is for connecting the 
negative (-) terminal of the  unit and the speaker, and the 
other is for the positive (+)  terminal. If the wires are 
colored to prevent confusion, connect the black wire to the 
negative and the other wire  to the positive terminal.
aRemove approximately 10 mm (3/8”) of insulation from the ends of 
the speaker cable and twist the bare wires of the cable firmly together.
bLoosen the speaker terminal.
c Insert the bare wires of the cable into the gap on the side (upper 
right or bottom left) of the terminal.
d Tighten the terminal.
■ Connecting via banana plug
(Australia model only)
Tighten the knob and then insert the banana plug into the 
end of the corresponding terminal.
■Bi-wire connection
Bi-wire connection separates the woofer from the 
combined midrange and tweeter section. A bi-wire 
compatible speaker has four binding post terminals. These 
two sets of terminals allow the  speaker to be split into two 
independent sections . With these connections, the mid and 
high frequency drivers are conne cted to one set of terminals 
and the low frequency driver  to another set of terminals.
Connect the other speaker to the other set of terminals in 
the same way.
When making bi-wire connections, remove the shorting bridges 
or cables on the speaker.
yTo use the bi-wire connections, press SPEAKERS A and 
SPEAKERS B on the front panel or on the remote control so that 
both SP A and B light up on the front display.
Connecting the speakers
A (power)
SELECT/ENTERRETURN
SPIMP.8MIN
10 mm 
(3/8)aa
b
b d
dc
c
Note
Banana plug
This unit
Speaker
SPEAKERS A/B
SPEAKERS A/B
SOURCE
ID
RECEIVERCODE SET
SLEEP
DIMMERSPEAKERSAB
COAX1COAX2OPT1OPT2 
						

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Connections
The antennas for receiving FM and AM broadcasts are included with this unit. In general, these antennas should provide 
sufficient signal strength. C onnect each antenna correctly  to the designated terminals.
If you experience poor reception quality, instal l an outdoor antenna. Consult the nearest authorized Yamaha dealer or service c enter 
about outdoor antennas.
■ Assembling the supplied AM antenna ■Connecting the wires of the AM antenna
Connecting the FM and AM antennas
Note
FM antenna 
(included)
Outdoor AM antenna
Use 5 to 10 m of vinyl-covered wire 
extended outdoors from a window.Outdoor FM antenna
• The AM antenna should  always be conn ected, even if 
an outdoor AM antenna is 
connected to this unit.
• The AM antenna should be 
placed away from this unit.
AM antenna 
(included) 
						

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Connections
PREPARATION
You can enjoy Internet radio or music files stored on media servers, such as PCs and Network Attached Storage (NAS), 
on the unit.
Connect the unit to your router with a commercially-available STP network cabl e (CAT-5 or higher straight cable).
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• If you are using a router that supports DHCP, you do not need to  configure any network settings  for the unit, as the network 
parameters (such as the IP address) will be assigned 
automatically to it. You only  need to configure the network 
settings if your router does not support DHCP or if you want to 
configure the network parameters manually (p.36).
• You can check whether the netw ork parameters (such as IP 
address) are properly assigned  to the unit in “Information” 
(p.36) in the “SETUP” menu.
• Some security software installed on your PC or the firewall  settings of network devices (suc h as a router) may block the 
access of the unit to the network devices or the Internet. In these 
cases, configure the  security software or firewall settings 
appropriately.
• Each server must be connected  to the same subnet as the unit.
• To use the service via the Internet, broadband connection is  strongly recommended.
After all the connections are complete, plug in the power 
cable.
Connecting to a network
LAN
WA N
Network Attached Storage 
(NAS)
Internet
Modem
RouterNetwork cable PC
The unit (rear)
Mobile device 
(such as iPhone)
Notes
Connecting power cable
To an AC wall outlet 
						

							Playback
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Extreme caution should be exercised when you play back CDs encoded in DTS.
If you play back a CD encoded in DTS on a CD player that does not support DTS, only noise will be heard, and this noise 
may damage your speakers. Check whether your CD player  supports CDs encoded in DTS. Also, check the sound output 
level of your CD player before you play back a CD encoded in DTS.
1Press  A (power) on the front panel (or 
RECEIVER A on the remote control) to turn 
on this unit.
2Rotate the INPU T selector on the front panel 
(or press one of the input selection keys on 
the remote control) to  select the input source 
you want to listen to.
3Press SPEAKERS A and/or SPEAKERS B on 
the front panel or on the remote control to 
select speakers A and/or speakers B.
When speaker set A or speaker set B are turned on, 
SP A or SP B is displayed on the front display 
accordingly (p.6).
• When one set of speakers is connected using bi-wire connections,  or when using two sets of speakers simultaneously (A and B), 
make sure SP A and SP B are displayed on the front display.
• When listening with headphones, turn off the speakers.
4Play the source.
5Rotate the VOLUME control on the front 
panel (or press VOLUME  +/– on the remote 
control) to adjust the sound output level.
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You can adjust the tonal quality by using the BASS, TREBLE, 
BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls or the PURE DIRECT 
switch on the front panel.
6Press  A (power) on the fr ont panel again (or 
RECEIVER  A on the remote control) to finish 
using this unit and set it to standby mode.
■ Using the PURE DIRECT switch
Routes input signals from your  audio sources so that the 
input signals bypass the BA SS, TREBLE, BALANCE and 
LOUDNESS controls, thus elim inating any alterations to 
the audio signals and crea ting the purest possible sound.
The PURE DIRECT indicator lights up and the front 
display turns off after a few seconds.
• The BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE, and LOUDNESS controls 
do not function while the PURE  DIRECT feature is turned on.
• This setting is retained even  if you turn off this unit.
Playback
CAUTION
Playing a source
Notes
A (power)
SPEAKERS A/B INPUT selector VOLUME
RECEIVER A
VOLUME SPEAKERS
 A/B
SETUPOPTION
RETURN
ENTERVOLUME
HOMEPLAYING
DISPLAY
SOURCE
ID
RECEIVERCODE SET
SLEEP
DIMMERSPEAKERSAB
COAX1COAX2OPT1OPT2
LINE1 LINE2 LINE3PHONO
TUNERCD
FM AM
USBNET
Input selection 
keys
Notes
PURE DIRECT switch
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Playback
BASIC 
OPERATION
■ Adjusting the BASS and TREBLE 
controls
The BASS and TREBLE controls adjust high and low 
frequency response.
The center position pro duces a flat response.
BASS
When you feel there is not enough bass (low frequency 
sound), rotate clockwise to boost. When you feel there is 
too much bass, rotate coun terclockwise to suppress.
Control range: –10 dB to +10 dB (20 Hz)
TREBLE
When you feel there is not enough treble (high frequency 
sound), rotate clockwise to boost. When you feel there is 
too much treble, rotate c ounterclockwise to suppress.
Control range: –10 dB to +10 dB (20 kHz)
■ Adjusting the BALANCE control
The BALANCE control adjust s the sound output balance 
of the left and right speake rs to compensate for sound 
imbalance caused by speaker lo cations or listening room 
conditions.
■ Adjusting the LOUDNESS control
Retain a full tonal range at  any volume level, thus 
compensating for the human ears’ loss of sensitivity to 
high and low-frequency ranges at low volume.
If the PURE DIRECT switch is turned on with the 
LOUDNESS control set at  a certain level, the input signals 
bypass the LOUDNESS control,  resulting in a sudden 
increase in the sound output leve l. To prevent your ears or 
the speakers from being damaged, be sure to press the 
PURE DIRECT switch afte r lowering the sound output 
level or after checking that  the LOUDNESS control is 
properly set.
1Set the LOUDNESS control to the FLAT 
position.
2Rotate the VOLUME control on the front 
panel (or press VOLUME +/– on the remote 
control) to set the soun d output level to the 
loudest listening level that you would listen 
to.
3Rotate the LOUDNESS control until the 
desired volume is obtained.
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After setting the LOUDNESS control,  enjoy listening to music at 
your preferred volume level. If the effect of the LOUDNESS 
control setting is too strong or  weak, readjust the LOUDNESS 
control.
BASS TREBLE
BALANCE
CAUTION
LOUDNESS VOLUME
SETUPOPTION
RETURN
TOPMENUPOP-UPMENUMUTE
ENTERVOLUME
HOMENOWPLAYING
DISPLAYVOLUME +/– 
						

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Playback
Use this feature to automatically set this unit to standby 
mode after a certain amount of  time. The sleep timer is 
useful when you are going to  sleep while this unit is 
playing or recording a source.
The sleep timer can only be  set with the remote control.
1Press SLEEP repeatedly to set the amount of 
time before this unit is set to standby mode.
Each time you press SLEE P, the front display 
changes as shown below.
The SLEEP indicator blinks while setting the amount 
of time for the sleep timer.
If the sleep timer is set, the SLEEP indicator on the 
front display lights up.
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• To disable the sleep timer, select “Sleep Off”.
• The sleep timer setting can al so be canceled by pressing 
RECEIVER  A on the remote control to  set this unit to standby 
mode.
Using the sleep timer
Note
SOURCE
ID
RECEIVERCODE SET
SLEEP
DIMMERSPEAKERSAB
COAX1COAX2OPT1OPT2
LINE1 LINE2 LINE3PHONO
TUNERCDUSBNET
RECEIVER A
SLEEP
SLEEPSLEEPSLEEPVOL.
SWL R
SP  A
Sleep120min. 
						

							Listening to FM/AM radio
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BASIC 
OPERATION
1Press TUNER to select TUNER as the input 
source.
2Press FM or AM to select the reception band 
(FM or AM).
3Press and hold TUNING  H / I  for more than 
1 second to begin tuning.
Press  H to tune in to a higher frequency.
Press  I to tune in to a lower frequency.
The frequency of the received  station is shown in the 
front display.
If a broadcast is being re ceived, “TUNED” indicator 
on the front display will be lit. If a stereo broadcast is 
being received, the “STEREO” indicator will also lit.
If the tuning search does not stop at the desired 
station because the station signals are weak, use the 
following keys to set a frequency.
TUNING  H / I : 
Increase/decrease the frequency. 
Numeric keys:  
Enter a frequency directly.  For example, to select 
98.50 MHz, press “9”, “8”,  “5” and “0” (or ENT).
• When you press the numeric keys on the remote control during 
preset tuning, a preset number is  selected. Set the tuning mode 
to frequency tuning mode using TUNING  H / I  before 
pressing the numeric keys. • “Wrong Station!” is displayed on the front display if you enter a 
frequency that is out of receiva ble range. Make sure that the 
entered frequency is correct.
yWhen the signal recep tion for an FM radio station is unstable, 
switching to monaural may improve it.
■ Improving FM reception
If the signal from the station is  weak and the sound quality 
is not good, set the FM band  reception mode to monaural 
mode to improve reception.
1Press MODE repeatedly to select “Stereo” 
(automatic stereo mode) or “Mono” 
(monaural mode) when this unit is tuned in to 
an FM radio station.
• When Mono is selected, FM broadcasts will be  heard in monaural sound.
• When Stereo is selected and an FM station with a 
stereo broadcast is tuned  in, the broadcast will be 
heard in stereo.
The STEREO indicator on the front panel lights up while 
listening to a station in stereo.
Listening to FM/AM radio
FM/AM tuning
Notes
TUNING H / I 
FM
AM
TUNER
MODE
TV INPUTTV VOL TV CHTV
1234
5678
9010ENT+
LINE1 LINE2 LINE3
SHUFFLEREPEATMODE
PHONO
TUNERCD
FM AMPRESET TUNINGMEMORY
HOMENOWPLAYING
USBNET
Numeric keys
STEREOTUNEDSWC
LSL SRR
VOL.SP  A
FM98.50MHz
Frequency
Note 
						

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Listening to FM/AM radio
You can use the automatic preset tuning function to 
automatically register FM stations as presets. This 
function enables this unit to automatically tune in to FM 
stations that have a strong  signal and store up to 40 of 
those stations in order. You  can then easily recall any 
preset station by select ing its preset number.
• If a station is registered to a preset number that already has a 
station registered to it, the pr eviously registered station is 
overwritten.
• If the station you want to store is weak in signal strength, try  using the manual preset tuning method.
y• FM stations registered as presets using the automatic preset registration feature will be heard in stereo.
• (U.K. model only) Only Radio Data System broadcasting stations are stored 
automatically by the Auto Preset function.
1Press TUNER to select TUNER as the input 
source.
2Press OPTION on the remote control.
The “OPTION” menu is  displayed (p.34).
3Press B / C  to select “Auto Preset”, and then 
press ENTER.
This unit starts scanning the FM band about 5 
seconds later from the lo west frequency upwards.
To begin scanning imme diately, hold down the 
ENTER key.
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• Before scanning begins, you can specify the first preset number  to be used by pressing PRESET F /G or cursor key (B/ C) on 
the remote control.
• To cancel scanning, press FM, AM or RETURN.
When scanning is complete , “FINISH” is displayed 
and then the display returns to original state.
You can manually register  up to 40 FM/AM stations 
(40 total). You can then easily  recall any preset station by 
selecting its preset number.
■ Registering a radio station manually
Select a radio stati on manually and register it to a preset 
number.
1Follow “FM/AM tuning” (p .17) to tune into the 
desired radio station.
2Hold down MEMORY for more than 
2 seconds.
The first time that you do  register a station, the 
selected radio station will be  registered to the preset 
number “01”. Thereafter,  each radio station you 
select will be registered  to the next empty (unused) 
preset number after the most recently registered 
number.
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To select a preset number for registering, press MEMORY once 
after tuning into the desired radio station, press PRESET  F / G  
to select a preset number, and then press MEMORY again.
Automatic preset tuning 
(FM stations only)
Notes
TUNERCD
FM AMPRESET TUNINGMEMORY
USBNET
SETUPOPTION
RETURN
TOP
MENUPOP-UP MENU MUTE
ENTERVOLUME
HOMENOW
PLAYING
DISPLAY
PRESET F / G
RETURN OPTION
TUNER
ENTER FM
AM
Cursor keys B / C
VOL.SP  A
AutoPreset
Manual tuning preset
VOL.SP  A
01:FM87.50MHz
Preset number Frequency
COAX1COAX2OPT1OPT2
LINE1 LINE2 LINE3
SHUFFLEREPEATMODE
PHONO
TUNERCD
FM AMPRESET TUNINGMEMORY
USBNET
PRESET  F / G
MEMORY
STEREOTUNEDSWC
LSL SRR
VOL.
01:FM98.50MHz
Preset number
SWC
LSL SRR
STEREOTUNEDVOL.
02:Empty
 9850
“Empty” (not in use) or the frequency currently registered