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Onkyo HTS590 - 5.1 Channel Component Home Theater Audio System Owner's Manual

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5.1ch Home Theater System
HT-S590
AV Receiver (HT-R340)
Front Speakers (SKF-340F L/R)
Center Speaker (SKC-340C)
Surround Speakers (SKM-340S L/R)
Subwoofer (SKW-340)
Instruction Manual
Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo 5.1ch Home
Theater System. 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 5.1ch Home Theater Sys-
tem.
Please retain this manual for future reference.
Contents
Introduction ..................................... 2
Connection .................................... 19
Turning On & First Time Setup..... 34
Basic Operation
Playing your AV components ....... 36
Using the Tuner............................ 38
Enjoying the Listening Modes ..... 46
Advanced Operation ..................... 48
Troubleshooting ............................ 55
Specifications................................ 58
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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual Using the Tuner......38 Enjoying the Listening Modes ..46 Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo 5.1ch Home Theater System. 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 5.1ch Home Theater Sys-...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    WARNING: WARNING AVIS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE DO NOT OPEN NE PAS OUVRIR SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the CAUTION: presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”...

  • Page 3: Precautions

    COMPLIES WITH CANADIAN ICES-003. are wet or damp. If water or any other liquid gets For models having a power cord with a polarized plug: inside this unit, have it checked by your Onkyo CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, dealer.

  • Page 4: Speaker Precautions

    TV or GERMANY monitor. declare in own responsibility, that the ONKYO product Do not place SKM-340S close to TV or a computer described in this instruction manual is in compliance with the...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    *1. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are regis- tered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. *2. “DTS” and “Neo:6” are trademarks of Digital Theater Sys- tems, Inc. *3. OptiResponse, and OR-EQ are trademarks of Onkyo Cor- poration.

  • Page 6: Subwoofer (Skw

    Package Contents Make sure you have the following items: HT-R340 HTP-340 Front speakers (SKF-340F L/R) HT-R340 Center speaker (SKC-340C) Remote controller & two batteries (AA/R6) Surround speakers (SKM-340S) (American type shown) Indoor FM antenna (Connector type varies from country to country.) Subwoofer (SKW-340) AM loop antenna (Red)

  • Page 7: Before Using The Av Receiver

    Before Using the AV receiver Notes: Setting the Voltage Selector • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try (on some models) replacing the batteries. Some models have a voltage selector switch for compat- • Don’t mix new and old batteries or different types of ibility with power systems around the world.

  • Page 8: Front & Rear Panels

    Front & Rear Panels Front Panel North American and Asian Models 7 8 9 J K TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME STANDBY/ON ENTER STANDBY RETURN SETUP A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT DIMMER MEMORY TUNING MODE CLEAR PHONES MULTl CH...
  • Page 9 Front & Rear Panels —Continued MEMORY button (39) PHONES jack (42) This button is used when storing or deleting radio This 1/4-inch phone jack is for connecting a stan- presets. dard pair of stereo headphones for private listening. TUNING MODE button (38) SPEAKERS A &...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    Note: COMPONENT VIDEO can only be used with Onkyo components. A DVD player, TV, or other component that sup- CD IN ports component video can be connected here. These analog inputs can be used to connect a CD AM ANTENNA player with analog outputs.

  • Page 11: Speaker Package

    Speaker Package Front, Center, Surround, & Subwoofer speakers (SKF-340F, SKC-340C, SKM-340S, SKW-340) Speaker terminals ■ Rear These push terminals are for connecting the speaker to the HT-R340 with the supplied speaker cables. SKF-340F The supplied speaker cables are color-coded for SKM-340S easy identification.

  • Page 12: Remote Controller

    AV receiver and an Onkyo cassette TAPE TAPE INPUT SELECTOR recorder connected via ■ DVD, CD, MD, CDR & HDD Modes With these modes, you can control an Onkyo MULTI CH DVD player and CD/MD/CDR/HDD player/recorder. TAPE TUNER + 10...
  • Page 13 Remote Controller —Continued For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. MUTING button (43) This button is used to mute the AV receiver. ON/STANDBY button (34) SETUP button (48, 50–53) This button is used to set the AV receiver to On or This button is used to access various settings.

  • Page 14: Dvd Mode

    Remote Controller —Continued ON/STANDBY button DVD Mode This button sets the DVD player to On or Standby. Number buttons To select your DVD player as the input source, press: These buttons are used to enter title, chapter, and track numbers and to enter times for locating spe- RECEIVER cific points in time.
  • Page 15 Remote Controller —Continued ON/STANDBY button CD Mode This button sets the CD player to On or Standby. Number buttons To select your CD player as the input source, press: These buttons are used to enter track numbers and to enter times for locating specific points in time. RECEIVER DISC +/–...
  • Page 16 Remote Controller —Continued ON/STANDBY button MD, & CDR Mode This button sets the MD/CD recorder to On or Standby. To select your MiniDisc or CD recorder as the input Number buttons source, press: These buttons are used to enter track numbers and to enter times for locating specific points in time.
  • Page 17 Remote Controller —Continued ON/STANDBY button HDD Mode This button sets the HDD component to On or Standby. To select your HDD component as the input source, ALBUM +/– button press: This button selects the next or previous album on an HDD component.
  • Page 18 ] button is used to start rewind. The FF [ ] button is used to start fast forward. TAPE mode is used to control an Onkyo cassette recorder connected to the AV receiver via To set the remote controller to TAPE mode, press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button.

  • Page 19: Enjoying Home Theater

    Enjoying Home Theater Speaker Sets A and B You can use two sets of speakers with the AV receiver: speaker set A and speaker set B . Speaker set A should be used in your main listening room for up to 5.1-channel playback. *While speaker set B is on, speaker set A is reduced to 2.1-channel playback.

  • Page 20: Connecting Your Speakers

    Connecting Your Speakers Speaker Connection Precautions Connecting Speaker The AV receiver’s positive (+) speaker terminals are Read the following before connecting your speakers: color-coded for ease of identification. (The negative (–) • You can connect speakers with an impedance of speaker terminals are all black.) 6 ohms or higher .

  • Page 21: Wall Mounting

    Connecting Your Speakers —Continued Wall Mounting Using Speaker Mounts/Brackets The speakers can easily be wall mounted by using the Threaded inserts for machine screws are provided on the keyhole slots. To prevent the speaker from vibrating rear of each speaker for wall-mounting with commer- against the wall, attach four of the supplied spacers to the cially available speaker mounts or brackets.

  • Page 22: Connecting Antenna

    Connecting Antenna This section explains how to connect the supplied indoor Connecting the AM Loop Antenna FM antenna and AM loop antenna, and how to connect commercially available outdoor FM and AM antennas. The supplied indoor AM loop antenna is for indoor use only.

  • Page 23: Connecting An Outdoor Fm Antenna

    Connecting Antenna —Continued Connecting an Outdoor FM Antenna Connecting an Outdoor AM Antenna If you cannot achieve good reception with the supplied If good reception cannot be achieved using the supplied indoor FM antenna, try a commercially available out- AM loop antenna, an outdoor AM antenna can be used in door FM antenna instead.

  • Page 24: Connecting Your Components

    Connecting Your Components AV Connection Color Coding About AV Connections RCA-type AV connections are usually color coded: red, • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect right-chan- supplied with your other AV components. nel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”).

  • Page 25: Which Connections Should I Use

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting Both Audio & Video By connecting both the audio and video outputs of your DVD player and other AV components to the AV receiver, you can select both the audio and video simultaneously simply by selecting the appropriate input source on the AV receiver. : Signal Flow Video Video...

  • Page 26: Connecting A Dvd Player

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a DVD Player Step 1: Video Connection (DVD Player to AV Receiver to TV) If your TV has component video input jacks, connect your DVD player to the AV receiver’s COMPONENT VIDEO DVD IN jacks. And connect the AV receiver’s COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to your TV. This will provide better picture quality than connection If your TV doesn’t have component video input jacks, connect your DVD player to the AV receiver’s DVD IN VIDEO jack.
  • Page 27 Connecting Your Components —Continued Step 2: Audio Connection If your DVD player has a coaxial digital audio output jack, connect it to the AV receiver’s DIGITAL IN COAX- IAL jack. You can enjoy Dolby and DTS listening modes with this connection. If your DVD player has an optical digital audio output jack instead of coaxial one, connect it to the AV receiver’s DIGITAL IN OPTICAL 1 or 2 jack, and set the DIGITAL INPUT assignment to OPT1 or OPT 2 (see page 35).

  • Page 28: Connecting A Vcr

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a VCR Connecting a VCR for Playback Step 1: Video Connection (VCR to AV Receiver to TV) Connect your VCR’s video output jack to the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 IN jack and connect the AV receiver’s MONITOR OUT jack to your TV’s video input jack.
  • Page 29 Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a VCR for Recording Step 1: Video Connection Connect the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 OUT jack to your VCR’s video input jack. Step 2: Audio Connection Connect the AV receiver’s VIDEO 1 OUT L/R jacks to your VCR’s audio input jacks. HT-R340 : Signal Flow VIDEO...

  • Page 30: Connecting A Satellite, Cable, Set-Top Box, Or Other Video Source

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a Satellite, Cable, Set-top Box, or Other Video Source Step 1: Video Connection Connect your set-top box’s video output jack to the AV receiver’s VIDEO 2 IN jack and connect the AV receiver’s MONITOR OUT jack to your TV’s video input jack. If your VCR and TV have component video jacks, connect your set-top box’s component video output to the AV receiver’s COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO 2 IN jacks, and connect the AV receiver’s COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to your TV’s component video in jacks.

  • Page 31: Connecting A Cd Player Or Turntable

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting a CD Player or Turntable ■ CD Player or Turntable with Built-in Phono Preamp Connect your CD player’s analog audio output jacks, or your turntable with built-in phono preamp’s audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s CD IN L/R jacks. With connection , you can listen to and record audio from the CD player or turntable.

  • Page 32: Connecting A Cassette, Cdr, Minidisc, Or Dat Recorder

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting an HDD-compatible Component (Audio Only) As of this printing, the Onkyo Remote Interactive Dock is the only HDD-compatible component available. Connect your HDD-compatible component’s analog audio output jacks to the AV receiver’s S VIDEO AUDIO VIDEO 3 IN L/R jacks or TAPE IN L/R jacks.

  • Page 33: Connecting The Power Cord

    Connecting Your Components —Continued Connecting Onkyo Components Step 1: Make sure that each Onkyo component is connected to the AV receiver with an analog audio cable. Step 2: Make the connection. Step 3: If you’re using an MD, CDR, or HDD component, change the input Display (see page 35).

  • Page 34: Turning On

    If you have, see “Assigning Digital Inputs to Input Sources” on page 35. COAXIAL OPTICAL ■ Have you connected an Onkyo MD recorder, CD recorder, or next generation HDD-compatible component? If you have, see “Changing the Input Display” on page 35. CD recorder, MD recorder...

  • Page 35: First Time Setup

    First Time Setup Assigning Digital Inputs to Input Changing the Input Display Sources If you connect an -capable Onkyo MiniDisc recorder, CD recorder, or next generation HDD-compat- 2, 3 ible component to the TAPE IN/OUT or VIDEO 3 IN jacks, for...

  • Page 36: Basic Operation

    Playing Your AV Components Basic AV Receiver Operation ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE DISPLAY RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME STANDBY/ON ENTER MULTI CH STANDBY RETURN SETUP A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE TAPE TUNER CLEAR...

  • Page 37: Using The Multichannel Input

    Playing Your AV Components —Continued You can display various information about the current Using the Multichannel Input input source as follows. Press the [RECEIVER] button, RECEIVER and then press the [DISPLAY] ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER RECEIVER button repeatedly to cycle TAPE INPUT SELECTOR through the available informa-...

  • Page 38: Using The Tuner

    Using the Tuner Listening to the Radio Tuning into Radio Stations ■ Auto Tuning Mode TUNING MODE TUNING Press the [TUNING MODE] button TUNING MODE so that the AUTO indicator TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME appears on the display. STANDBY/ON ENTER STANDBY RETURN...
  • Page 39 Using the Tuner —Continued Presetting Radio Stations Deleting Presets 2, 4 TUNING / PRESET TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME MASTER VOLUME STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON ENTER ENTER STANDBY STANDBY RETURN SETUP A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT RT/PTY/TP MEMORY TUNING MODE A SPEAKERS B RETURN SETUP...
  • Page 40 Using the Tuner —Continued Using RDS (European models only) Program Types Used in Europe (PTY) RDS only works with European models and only in areas Type Display Description where RDS broadcasts are available. When tuned into an None NONE No program type. RDS station, the RDS indicator appears.
  • Page 41 Using the Tuner —Continued Displaying Radio Text (RT) To start the search, press [ENTER]. ENTER The AV receiver searches until it finds a station of the type you specified, at which point it stops briefly before con- TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME STANDBY/ON tinuing with the search.

  • Page 42: Common Functions

    Common Functions This chapter explains functions that can be used with any input source. ON/STANDBY Press TONE, –, + REMOTE MODE RECEIVER [RECEIVER] TAPE INPUT SELECTOR first TUNING / PRESET MASTER VOLUME STANDBY/ON ENTER STANDBY A SPEAKERS B TONE STEREO LISTENING MODE DISPLAY DIGITAL INPUT DIMMER...

  • Page 43: Muting The Av Receiver

    Common Functions —Continued Using the Sleep Timer ON/STANDBY Press REMOTE MODE With the sleep timer, you can set the AV receiver so that RECEIVER [RECEIVER] it automatically turns off after a set period. TAPE INPUT SELECTOR first Remote Press the remote controller’s controller [SLEEP] button repeatedly to select the required sleep time.

  • Page 44: Adjusting Speaker Levels

    Common Functions —Continued Adjusting Speaker Levels ON/STANDBY Press You can adjust the level of each speaker in speaker set A REMOTE MODE RECEIVER [RECEIVER] while listening to an input source. These temporary TAPE first INPUT SELECTOR adjustments are cancelled when the AV receiver is set to Standby.

  • Page 45: Recording

    Recording This chapter explains how to record the selected input Recording from Different AV Sources source to an AV component with recording capability, and how to record audio and video from two different With this function, you can record audio and video from sources.

  • Page 46: Using The Listening Modes

    ✔ Multich PLII Movie/Music/Game ✔ ✔ ✔ Neo:6 Cinema Neo:6 Music ✔ ✔ Dolby D ✔ ✔ Mono Movie Orchestra Onkyo Unplugged ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Original Studio-Mix TV Logic All Ch Stereo Full Mono *1. In the Direct listening modes, PCM signals at 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz are processed at 64 kHz, 88.2 kHz, and 96 kHz respectively.
  • Page 47 The selected input source is output directly with minimal processing for a pure sound. Stereo The selected input source is processed as a stereo signal Onkyo Original DSP Modes and output by the front left and right speakers and the subwoofer. Mono Movie...

  • Page 48: Adjusting The Listening Modes

    Adjusting the Listening Modes Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ] buttons to select “4. Audio ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER Adjust,” and then press the RECEIVER TAPE [ENTER] button. INPUT SELECTOR MULTI CH TAPE TUNER ENTER + 10 --/--- DIMMER SLEEP DISC...

  • Page 49: Using The Late Night Function

    Adjusting the Listening Modes —Continued PLII Music Mode Settings Using the Late Night Function These settings apply to only 2-channel (stereo) sources. (Dolby Digital only) ■ Panorama With the Late Night function, you can reduce the dynamic range of Dolby Digital material so that you can With this function, you can broaden the width of the front stereo image when using the Pro Logic II Music still hear quiet parts even when listening at low volume...

  • Page 50: Advanced Setup

    Advanced Setup Advanced Speaker Settings Use the Up and Down [ buttons to select “2. SP Dis- tance,” and then press the [ENTER] button. ON/STANDBY REMOTE MODE RECEIVER RECEIVER TAPE INPUT SELECTOR ENTER MULTI CH TAPE TUNER + 10 While “Unit” is displayed, use the --/--- DIMMER SLEEP...
  • Page 51 Advanced Setup —Continued Speaker Levels Repeat step 4 so that the level of With this function, you can adjust the volume of each the test tone from each speaker is the same. speaker so that all speakers can be heard equally at the listening position.
  • Page 52 Advanced Setup —Continued Use the Down [ ] button to Speaker Configuration, Crossover Frequency, select “Front,” and then use the and Double Bass settings only need to be Left and Right [ ] buttons to changed if you’re not using the speakers in select Small or Large .
  • Page 53 Advanced Setup —Continued Crossover Frequency Use the Down [ ] button to select “Double Bass,” and then This setting only applies to the speakers that you speci- fied as Small in the “Speaker Configuration” on page 52. use the Left and Right [ buttons to select: To get the best bass performance from your speaker sys- tem, you need to set the crossover frequency according...

  • Page 54: Digital Input Signal Formats

    Advanced Setup —Continued Digital Input Signal Formats Correcting Sound and Picture Sync The following table shows the display indicators for each When using progressive scanning on your DVD player, supported digital signal format. you may find that the picture and sound are out of sync. With this setting, you can correct this by delaying the Format Display...

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    If you can’t resolve the issue yourself, try resetting • While a pair of headphones is connected to the the AV receiver before contacting your Onkyo dealer. PHONES jack, no sound is output by the speakers To reset the AV receiver to its factory defaults, (page 42).
  • Page 56 35). fast forward, or fast reverse function on your player • To control an Onkyo component that’s connected via may produce a short audible noise. This is not a mal- , point the remote controller at the AV receiver.
  • Page 57 five seconds, and then plug it back in again. Onkyo is not responsible for damages (such as CD rental fees) due to unsuccessful recordings caused by the unit’s malfunction. Before you record important data, make sure that the material will be recorded cor- rectly.

  • Page 58: Specifications

    Specifications Amplifier Section General Rated Output Power Power Supply North American: AC 120 V, 60 Hz North American (FTC): Australian and European: (FL, FR, C, SL, SR) 95 watts minimum continuous power AC 230-240 V, 50 Hz per channel, 8 ohm loads, 2 channels Others: AC 120/220–240 V, 50/60 Hz driven at 1 kHz, with a maximum total AC 220–230 V, 50/60 Hz...

  • Page 59: Center Speaker (Skc-340C)

    Specifications —Continued 5.1ch Home Theater Speaker Package ■ Passive Subwoofer (SKW-340) ■ Center Speaker (SKC-340C) Type: Bass-reflex type Passive Subwoofer Type: 2 Way Bass-reflex 6 Ω 6 Ω Impedance: Impedance: Maximum input power: 125 W Maximum input power: 120 W Output sound pressure Output sound pressure level:...
  • Page 60 Units 2102-2107, Metroplaza Tower I, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, N.T., HONG KONG Tel: 852-2429-3118 Fax: 852-2428-9039 http://www.ch.onkyo.com/ I0602-1 SN 29344167 (C) Copyright 2006 ONKYO CORPORATION Japan. All rights reserved. * 2 9 3 4 4 1 6 7 *...

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