Onkyo HT-R590 manual

OIN'KYOo Contents AV Receiver HT-R590 _iiiiiiiii % _!_-_ _ _ Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo AV Receiver. Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections and plugging in the unit. Following the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your new AV Re[...]

5_ 51 i WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is[...]

Precautions 1. Recording Copyright--Unless it's for personal use only, recording copyrighted material is illegal without the permission of the copyright holder. 2. AC Fuse--The AC fuse inside the unit is not user- serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer. 3. Care--Occasionally you should dust the unit all over wit[...]

5_ 51 i Supplied Accessories Make sure you have the following accessories: Indoor FM antenna (_ page 17) AM loop antenna (_ page 17) Power cord (Brazilian models)(_ page 17) Speaker setup microphone (_ page 24) Remote controller (RC-799M) and two batteries (AA/R6) (_ page 4) (Note for China: The battery for the remote controller is not supplied for[...]

Contents Introduction Important Safety Instructions ......................................... 2 Precautions ....................................................................... 3 Supplied Accessories ...................................................... 4 Features ............................................................................ 6 Fr[...]

Features 51 i Amplifier • 130 Watts/Channel @ 6 ohms • 130 Watts/Channel @ 6 ohms (IEC) • 160 Watts/Channel @ 6 ohms (JEITA) • Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry • H CPS (High Current Power Supply) Massive High Power Transformer Processing • HDMI (Audio Return Channel, 3D, DeepColor, x v Color*l, Lip Sync, DTS*2 HD Master Audio, DTS HD High [...]

Front & Rear Panels [i_';ltIi _ (North American and Brazilian models) i u m© ,_, (Asian models) O:NKYO i T i Y i f T i 7 i The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. (_) _ ON/STANDBY button (18) (_) HDMI THRU indicator (42) (_) SUBWOOFER LEVEL buttons (43) @ Remote control sensor (4) (_) LI[...]

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Remote Controller iii i ® O ,_,_ _ ...... ---!@ @ @ @_ ___@ --0 @ For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. @ _) button (18) _) REMOTE MODE/INPUT SELECTOR buttons (19, 47 to 48) (_) TONE and Tone Level buttons (43) @ Arrow &/¥/m/_ and ENTER buttons (_ SETUP button (34) (_ LISTENING MODE buttons (27) (_ DIMMER button (32) (_) DIS[...]

Connecting the AV Receiver Connecting the Speaker Cables The following illustration shows which speaker should be connected to each pair of terminals. If you're using only one surround back speaker, connect it to the SURROUND BACK or FRONT HIGH k terminals. Surround back/ Surround back/ front high front high right left 7.1ch USEONLV SU_OUN_BAC[...]

Speaker Configuration The following table indicates the channels you should use depending on the number of speakers that you have. No matter how many speakers you use, a powered subwoofer is recommended for a really powerful and solid bass. To get the best from your surround sound system, you need to set the speaker settings automatically (_ page 2[...]

r,_!,'l';/l'R E !L _ [_/'a'/';I';Y_';i'I _ Connected image with AV components HDMI cable : Video & Audio . AV receiver _- I - Blu-ray Disc/ TV, projector, etc. DVD player Game console Other cables _ : Video .......... : Audio L AV receiver Blu-ray Disc/ TV, projector, etc, DVD player Game console •[...]

VCR or DVD recorder/Digital Video Recorder Game console 1I TV, projector, etc, Satellite/cable set-top box, etc, Blu-ray Disc/DVD player Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. _: Assignment can be changed (_ page 35). Jack Components Assignable [nput HDM[ INI Blu-ray Disc/DVD player HDM[ IN2[...]

i 2 ,,d i <:!ili:_ i Jo® ® @ a ic R i' % Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. _,/: Assignment can be changed (@ page 35). No. Jack Components Assignable [] AUX INPUT ]_ Camcorder, etc ] AUDIO L/R [] USB, AUX INPUT VIDEO*I iPod/iPhone (video playback) [] USB _2 iPod/iPhone, MP3 pl[...]

1 2 3 Make sure that each Onkyo component is connected with an analog audio cable (connection [] in the hookup examples) (3 page 15). Make the R I connection (see the illustration). If you're using an RI Dock or cassette tape deck, change the Input Display (3 page 32). With 1-41 (Remote Interactive), you can use the IY_llowing special function[...]

This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna. The AV receiver won't pick up any radio signals without any antenna connected, so you must connect the antenna to use the tuner. • Be careful that you don't injure yourself when using thumbtacks. Insert wire, Release, North American and Brazilian mo[...]

Turning On/Off the AV Receiver OON/STANDBY ii ...................... ii.......... , ........ ......... :,i!i, I ........ii!!!iil; ,ii;_ ,5 @ 1 Press O ON/STANDBY on the front panel. or Press RECEIVER followed by O on the remote controller. The AV receiver comes on, the display lights. [o//j 1 Press O ON/STANDBY on the front panel. or Press RECEIVER[...]

Playback See "Controlling Other Onkyo Components" about the operation of other components (3 page 47). Press USB first, [hT'J [_ l'_ozLr--r_i N Operating with the remote controller 1 2 3 4 Press RECEIVER followed by INPUT SELECTOR. Start playback on tile source component. See also: • "Playing iPod/iPhone via USB" (3 [...]

@ @ @ @ @ _ll,-I This button selects the next song. This button fast-forwards the current song. This button stops playback. MODE You call switch between Standard Mode and Extended Mode during iPod/iPhone playback. RANDOM This button performs random playback. All of the songs ill the current folder will be played ill random order. When all of the so[...]

Extended Mode control The content information is displayed (lists are displayed) on-screen, and you can control the content while looking at the screen. Top screen list: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Genres, Songs, Composers, Shuffle Songs, Now Playing Using the Tuner With the built-in tuner you can enjoy AM and FM radio stations. You can store your [...]

m Manual tuning mode In manual tuning mode, FM stations win be in mono. 1 2 Press TUNING MODE so that the AUTO indicator goes off on the display. Press and hold TUNING i/¥. The frequency stops changing when you release the button. Press the buttons repeatedly to change the frequency one step at a time. m Selecting Presets 1 To select a preset, use[...]

m Displaying Radio Text (RT) Press RT/PTY/TP once. The RT information scrolls across the display. • The message "Waiting" may appear while the AV receiver waits for the RT information. • [f the message "No Text Data" appears on the display, no RT information is available. m Finding Stations by Type (PTY) You can search for r[...]

Using Basic Functions With the supplied calibrated microphone, Audyssey 2EQ® automatically determines the number of speakers connected, their size for purposes of bass management, optimum crossover frequencies to the subwoofer (if present), and distances from the primary listening position. Audyssey 2EQ then removes the distortion caused by room a[...]

2 Turn on the AV receiver and the connected TV. On the TV, select the input to which the AV receiver is connected. Set the speaker setup microphone at the Main Listening Position @, and connect it to the SETUP MIC jack. SETUP MIC jack Speaker setup microphone The speaker setting menu appears. • The on-screen setup menus appear only on a TV that i[...]

Error Messages While Audyssey 2EQ® Room Correction and Speaker Setup is in progress, one of the error messages below may appear. q f'_;,;_,;;;,i'_;ig;;i;'o'_,i_;'i@ -- Error message Cancel The options are: Retry: Try again. Cancel: Cancel Audyssey 2EQ Room Correction and Speaker Setup. • Ambient noise is too high. The ba[...]

Selecting Listening Modes See "Listening Modes" for detailed information about the listening modes (_ page 28). m Listening Mode Buttons I Press RECEIVER first, MUSIC-- MOVIE/TV i t'7 4;;) --GAME --STEREO MOVIEFrV, MUSIC, GAME MOVIE/TV button This button selects the listening modes intended for use with movies and TV. MUSIC button Th[...]

Input Source The following audio formats are supported by the listening mode. This is mono (monophonic) sound. This is stereo (stereophonic) sound. Two independent audio signal channels are reproduced through two speakers. I g-lR'o_ This is 5. l-channel surround sound. This surround system has five main channels of sound aud a sixth subwoofer [...]

m Listening Modes Listening Mode Direct Stereo Mono Multichannel Dolby Pro Logic IIx*3 Dolby Pro Logic II Dolby Pro Logic IIz Height Dolby EX Description [n this mode, audio from the input source is output without surround-sound processing. The speaker configuration (presence of speakers) and speaker distance settings are enabled, but much of the p[...]

Listening Mode Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus*6 Dolby TrueHD DTS DTS-HD High Resolution Audio DTS-HD Master Audio DTS Express DSD*7 DTS 96/24 DTS-ES Discrete_8 DTS-ES Matrix*8 Neo:6 iv Description [n this mode, audio fi'om the input source is output without surround-sound processing. The speaker configuration (presence of speakers), crossove[...]

The Home menu provides you quick access to frequently used menus without having to go through the long standard menu. This menu enables you to change settings and view the current information. 1 The Home menu will be superimposed on the TV Press RECEIVER followed by HOME. 2 screen. Use i,/¥ and ENTER to make the desired selection. N Input You can [...]

NINIb'I NN!R You can adjust the brightness of the AV receiver's display. 1 Press RECEIVER followed by DIMMER repeatedly to select: dim, dimmer, or normal brightness. • (North American and Brazilian models) Alternatively, you call use the AV receiver's DIMMER. You can display various information about the current input source as fol[...]

You can temporarily mute the output of the AV receiver. 1 Press RECEIVER followed by MUTING. The output is muted and the MUTING indicator flashes on the display. • To tmmute, press MUTING again o1" adjust the volume. • The mute is cancelled when the AV receiver is set to Standby. Recording Separate AV Sources Here you can record audio and [...]

Advanced Setup (_) Hardware @ HDMI Setup (_ page 41) (_ page 42) RemotelD HDMIThrough AM/FM Freq Step Audio TV Out Auto Standby Audio Return Ch LIpSync iii i En 34 • The on-screen setup menus are displayed when: - There is no video input, o1" -The video input is 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, o1" 1080p. -- 2. Component 3. Digital Audio -- 4. [...]

If you connect a video component to an HDMI input, you must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if you connect your Blu-ray Disc/DVD player toNDMI IN 2, you must assign "HDMI2" to the "BD/DVD" input selector. Here are the default assignments. Input selector Default assignment BD/DVD HDMII VCR/DVR HDMI2 CBL/SAT H[...]

iii i El1 36 I ome of the settings in this section are set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ® Room Correction and Speaker Setup (3 page 24). Here you can check the settings made by Audyssey 2EQ Room Correction and Speaker Setup, or set them manually, which is useful if you change one of the connected speakers after using Audyssey 2EQ Room Correction a[...]

This setting is set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ0¢ I Room Correction and Speaker Setup (3 page 24). 1 Here you can specify the distance from each speaker to the listening position so that the sound from each speaker arrives at the listener's ears as the sound designer intended. N Unit feet: Distances can be set in feet. Range: lft to 30ft in[...]

iii i Dolby Settings m PLIIx Music (2ch Input) These settings apply to only 2-channel stereo sources. If you're not using any surround back speakers, these settings apply to Dolby Pro Logic II, not Dolby Pro Logic IIx. Panorama _On _Off Turn this setting on to broaden the width of the front stereo image when using the Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music[...]

Preparation 1 Press the input selector buttons to select an input source. Audyssey I he tone for each speaker is set automatically by Audyssey 2EQ® Room Correction and Speaker Setup. To enable the following settings, you must first perform the Room Correction and Speaker Setup (_ page 94). m Audyssey Off Movie: Select this setting for movie materi[...]

iii i About Audyssey Dynamic EQ® Audyssey Dynamic EQ solves the problem of deteriorating sound quality as volume is decreased by taking into account human perception and room acoustics. Dynamic EQ selects the correct frequency response and surround levels moment-by-moment at any user-selected volume setting. The result is bass response, tonal bala[...]

Setting the Incoming Digital Signal (Fixed Mode) m Fixed Mode Off: The format is detected automatically. If no digital input signal is present, the corresponding analog input is used instead. PCM: Only 2-channel PCM format input signals will be heard. If the input signal is not PCM, the PCM indicator will flash and noise may also be produced. DTS: [...]

51 i m HDMI Ctrl (RIHD) _off Turn this setting on to allow f-qlHD-compatible components connected via HDMI to be controlled by the AV receiver (_ page 57). • When set to "On" and close the menu, the name of connected r"41 I-liD-compatible components and "RIHD On" are displayed on the AV receiver. "Search..." --&[...]

m LipSync Off On This function allows the AV receiver to automatically correct any delay between the video and the audio, based on the data from the connected monitor. • This function works only if your HDMl-compatible TV supports HDM[ Lip Sync. After changing the settings of the "HDMI Ctrl (RIHD)", "HDMI Through" or "Aud[...]

Late Night Function CinemaFILTER iii i m Late Night For Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus sources, the options are: }Off Low: Small reduction in dynamic range. High: Large reduction in dynamic range. For Dolby TrueHD sources, the options are: Auto: The Late Night function is set to "On" or "OFF' automatically. Off On Turn thi[...]

iPod/iPhone Playback via Onkyo Dock iPod/iPhone Alarm It you use the Alarm function on your iPod/iPhone to start playback, the AV receiver will turn on at the specified time and select your iPod/iPhone as the input source automatically. • Linked operations do not work with video playback or when the alarm is set to play a sound. • If you use yo[...]

I Press the appropriate REMOTE MODE first, _: Available buttons Ooc o o @ ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® @ @ m (_'1 TOP MENU*2 AITI41_, ENTER PLAYLIST 4/=.- P.-, I I, II, <<, _, I-<<, _=.-i REPEAT RANDOM DISPLAY*3 MUTING ALBUM +/- VOL A/T MENU MODE*4 ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ ,/ • With some iPod/iPhone models and generations, [...]

Controlling Other Onkyo Components You can use the AV receiver's remote controller to control your other Onkyo AV components. This section explains how to enter the remote control code (with the default underlined) for a component that you want to control: DVD, CD, etc. The following REMOTE MODE are preprogrammed with remote control codes for [...]

You can reset a REMOTE MODE to its default remote control code. 1 2 While holding down REMOTE MODE that you want to reset, press and hold down HOME until the remote indicator lights (about 3 seconds). Within 30 seconds, press REMOTE MODE again. The remote indicator flashes twice, indicating that the button has been reset. Each of REMOTE MODE is pre[...]

Press the appropriate 1 REMOTE MODE first, @-- qD-- = SEARCH REPEAT RANDOM MODE IIC=T{? )I,A @ _: Available buttons Buttons }- I._ = a _> l_ X _3 Irn_ ® @ ® ® ® @ I} @ @ (b TOP MENU A/_D</=.- ENTER SETUP _.-, I I, II, <-<, _, SEARCH REPEAT RANDOM MODE Number: 1 to 9, 0 Number: +10 DISPLAY MUTING DISC +/- MENU RETURN AUDIO CLR _,/*[...]

Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using the AV receiver, look for a solution in this section. If you can't resolve the issue yourself, contact your Onkyo dealer. If you can't resolve the issue yourself, try resetting the AV receiver before contacting your Onkyo dealer. To reset tile AV receiver to its factory defaults, turn it on an[...]

m Only the front speakers produce sound Wheu the Stereo o1" Mouo listeuiug mode is selected, 29 ouly the front speakers and subwoofer produce souud. i- m Only the center speaker produces sound ff you use the Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie, Dolby Pro -- Logic IIx Music, or Dolby Pro Logic IIx Garue listening ruode with a mouo source, such as all AM [...]

If the video source is connected to all HDMI input, 14, 35 you must assign that input to all input selector, and your TV must be connected to the HDMI OUT. N Can't control other components [f it's all Onkyo component, make sure that the f"41 cable and analog audio cable are connected properly. Connecting only an f"41 cable won&a[...]

m How do I change the language of a multiplex source Use the "Input Ch (Mux)" setting on the "Audio 37 Adjust" menu to select "Main" or "Sub". m The R I functions don't work To use 1"-41, you umst make all 1"-41 connection and an analog audio connection (RCA) between the component and AV receiv[...]

Connection Tips and Video Signal Path The AV receiver supports several connection formats for compatibility with a wide range of AV equipment. The format you choose will depend on the formats supported by your components. Use the following sections as a guide. • The on-screen setup menus are displayed when: - There is no video input, o1" -Th[...]

USB Features • USB mass storage device class (but not always guaranteed). • FATI6 or FAT32 file system format. • Each folder may contain up to 255 music files and folders, and folders may be nested up to 8 levels deep. • USB hubs and USB devices with hub functions are not supported. For and playback from a USB device, the AV receiver suppor[...]

About HDMI Designed to meet the increased demands of digital TV, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a new digital interface standard for connecting TVs, projectors, Blu-ray Disc/DVD players, set-top boxes, and other video components. Until now, several separate video and audio cables have been required to connect AV components. With HDM[...]

Using an RIHD-compatible TV, Player, or Recorder 1-41I-IlD, which stands for Remote Interactive over HDMI, is the name of the system control function found on Onkyo components. The AV receiver can be used with CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), which allows system control over HDMI and is part of the HDMI standard. CEC provides interoperability be[...]

m How to connect and setup 1 Confirm the connecting and setting. 1. Connect the HDMI OUT jack to the HDMI input jack of the TV. Blu-ray Oisc/OVO player, etc. HDMI connection [=AV receivej DIGITALAUDIO _ _ HDMI connection connection (OPTICAL) 2 TV, projector, etc. 2. Connect the audio output from the TV to the OPTICAL IN 2 jack of the AV receiver us[...]

Specifications Amplifier Section General Rated Output Power All channels: (North American) 80 watts minimum continuous power per channel, 8 ohm loads, 2 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, with a maximum total harmonic distortion of 0.7 % (FTC) 130 watts minimum continuous power per channel, 6 ohm loads, 1 channel driven at 1 kHz, with a maximum [...]

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