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AV Receiver
TX-NR709
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 Receiver.
Please retain this manual for future reference.
Contents
Introduction ...................................2
Connections.................................12
Turning On & Basic Operations ......22
Advanced Operations .................43
Controlling Other Components...66
Appendix ......................................74
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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual Advanced Operations ....43 Controlling Other Components...66 Appendix ........74 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 Receiver.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Components ......20 Controlling Other Components Connecting a Recording Component ......20 Connecting the Antennas ..........21 iPod/iPhone Playback via Onkyo Dock ......66 Connecting the Power Cord ......... 21 Using the Onkyo Dock ..........66 Controlling Your iPod/iPhone ........67 Turning On &...

  • Page 3: Features

    • Powerful and Highly Accurate 32-bit Processing DSP Connections • 8 HDMI Inputs (1 on front panel) and 2 Outputs • Onkyo for System Control • 5 Digital Inputs (2 Optical/3 Coaxial) • Component Video Switching (2 Inputs/1 Output) • Universal Port for the Dock for iPod ®...
  • Page 4 Corporation. “x.v.Color” is a trademark of Sony Corporation. This HD Radio Ready™ receiver is ready to receive HD Radio broadcasts when connected to the Onkyo UP-HT1 HD Radio tuner module (sold separately). Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942;...

  • Page 5: Front & Rear Panels

    Front & Rear Panels Front Panel (North American and Taiwan models) (European, Australian and Asian models) The page numbers in parentheses show where you can find the main explanation for each item. ON/STANDBY button (22) MASTER VOLUME control and indicator (23) ZONE 2, OFF buttons (64) PURE AUDIO button and indicator (34) Remote control sensor (4)

  • Page 6: Display

    Display For detailed information, see the pages in parentheses. Speaker/channel indicators Audio input indicators Bi AMP indicator (14, 46) Z2 (Zone 2) indicator (64) Listening mode and format indicators (34, 62) Audyssey indicator (31, 52) Dynamic EQ indicator (52) and cursor indicators (24) (Dolby) Vol indicator (51) NET indicator (25, 60) Dynamic Vol indicator (52)

  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel (North American models) (European, Australian, Asian and Taiwan models) DIGITAL IN COAXIAL and OPTICAL jacks Composite, S-Video and analog audio jacks (BD/DVD IN, VCR/DVR IN and OUT, CBL/SAT RS232 port IN, GAME IN, PC IN, TV/CD IN and PHONO IN) Terminal for control.

  • Page 8: Connections

    Connections Connecting the AV Receiver Connecting Your Speakers 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 SURR BACK L terminals. Front high Front wide Front wide...
  • Page 9 Speaker Configuration Speaker Connection Precautions The following table indicates the channels you should use Read the following before connecting your speakers: depending on the number of speakers that you have. • You can connect speakers with an impedance of between No matter how many speakers you use, a powered 4 and 16 ohms.
  • Page 10 Using Dipole Speakers You can use dipole speakers for the surround and surround back speakers. Dipole speakers output the same sound in two directions. TV/screen Dipole speakers typically have an arrow printed on them to indicate how they should be positioned.
  • Page 11 Connecting a Power Amplifier If you want to use a more powerful power amplifier, you can use the AV receiver as a preamp. Connect all speaker outputs to the power amplifier. See the manuals supplied with your amplifier for details. Note Specify “None”...

  • Page 12: About Av Connections

    About AV Connections Connecting AV components HDMI cable : Video & Audio Other cables : Video : Audio AV receiver AV receiver Blu-ray Disc/DVD Blu-ray Disc/DVD player player TV, projector, etc. Game console TV, projector, etc. Game console • Before making any AV connections, read the manuals supplied with your AV components. •...

  • Page 13: Connecting Components With Hdmi

    Connecting Components with HDMI VCR or DVD recorder/Digital Video Recorder Game console TV, projector, etc. Blu-ray Disc/DVD player Personal computer Camcorder Satellite/cable set-top box, etc. Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. ✔: Assignment can be changed page 45).

  • Page 14: Connecting Your Components

    Connecting Your Components The on-screen menus appear only on a TV that is connected to the HDMI OUT MAIN. If your TV is connected to other video outputs, use the AV receiver’s display when changing settings.

  • Page 15: Components

    Connect your components to the appropriate jacks. The default input assignments are shown below. See “Connection Tips and Video Signal Path” for more information (➔ page 83). ✔: Assignment can be changed page 45). (➔ Jack/Port Components Assignable USB, VIDEO iPod/iPhone (video playback) iPod/iPhone, MP3 player, USB flash drive ✔...

  • Page 16: Playback

    • “Remote Playback” (➔ • “Listening to AM/FM Radio” (➔ page 28) TOP MENU • “iPod/iPhone Playback via Onkyo Dock” (➔ page 66) This button displays the top menu for each media or service. • “Controlling Other Components” (➔ page 69) / and ENTER These buttons navigate through the menus.

  • Page 17: Understanding Icons On The Display

    MENU Playing an iPod/iPhone via USB This button returns to top menu of the Internet Radio This section explains how to play music/video files on the service. iPod/iPhone. RETURN Compatible iPod/iPhone models This button returns to the previous menu. Made for: iPod touch (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation), iPod classic, This button selects the next song.

  • Page 18: Playing A Usb Device

    (Video) is not guaranteed. any time. To enhance your Internet radio experience, the Standard Mode control http://onkyo.vtuner.com/ portal is available to you as an easy way to browse to find stations, set up/organize your The content information is not displayed, but can be favorites, add your own stations, get help, etc.
  • Page 19 Registering My Favorites Use / to select a program and then press ENTER. You can add the currently playing song or station to the Playback starts. “My Favorites”. You can save up to 40 Internet radio stations. Once you’ve added a station to the list, simply select it in the “My Favorites”...

  • Page 20: Playing Music Files On A Server

    Windows Media Player 11 Setup Playing Music Files on a Server This section explains how to configure Windows Media Player 11 so that the AV receiver can play the music files You need to connect the AV receiver to your home stored on your computer.

  • Page 21: Listening To Am/Fm Radio

    Using Remote Playback Listening to AM/FM Radio Start Windows Media Player 12. This section describes the procedure using the To enable remote playback, you must first configure buttons on the front panel unless otherwise specified. Windows Media Player 12. Using the Tuner Press NET.
  • Page 22 ■ ■ Tuning into stations by frequency Deleting Presets You can tune into AM and FM stations directly by Select the preset that you want to delete. entering the appropriate frequency. See the previous section. On the remote controller, press TUNER repeatedly While holding down MEMORY, press TUNING to select “AM”...
  • Page 23 ■ Displaying Radio Text (RT) RDS program types (PTY) Type Display Press RT/PTY/TP once. None None The RT information scrolls across the display. News reports News Note Current affairs Affairs • The message “Waiting” may appear while the AV receiver Information Info waits for the RT information.

  • Page 24: Using Basic Functions

    Using Basic Functions Using the Automatic Speaker Setup With the supplied calibrated microphone, Audyssey MultEQ ® XT 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.
  • Page 25 When you’ve finished making the settings, press Use / to select an option, and then press ENTER. ENTER. MultEQ XT: Auto Setup MultEQ XT: Auto Setup AUDYSSEY AUDYSSEY Speakers Type(Front) Normal -- Review Speaker Configuration -- Powered Zone 2 Subwoofer Subwoofer Front 100Hz...
  • Page 26 Audyssey MultEQ XT Room Correction and If this message appears after 2 or 3 attempts, contact Speaker Setup. your Onkyo dealer. If the “Subwoofer” appears on the “Review Speaker • Speaker Detect Error Configuration” screen as “No”, increase the subwoofer’s This message appears if a speaker is not detected.

  • Page 27: Using The Listening Modes

    Using the Listening Modes Selecting Listening Modes See “About Listening Modes” for detailed information about the listening modes (➔ page 35). ■ Listening Mode Buttons Press RECEIVER first. PURE AUDIO MOVIE/TV, MUSIC, GAME MUSIC GAME MOVIE/TV MOVIE/TV button PURE AUDIO button and indicator This button selects the listening modes intended for use This button selects the Pure Audio listening mode.

  • Page 28: Using The Home Menu

    Using the Home Menu Note For the PORT input selector, the name of Universal Port The Home menu provides you quick access to frequently Option Dock will be displayed. used menus without having to go through the long Only when you have selected “Custom” in the “Picture standard menu.

  • Page 29: Displaying Source Information

    • To unmute, press MUTING again or adjust the volume. • Muting is automatically cancelled when the AV receiver is When you connect an -capable Onkyo component, you set to standby. must configure the input display so that can work properly.

  • Page 30: Advanced Operations

    Advanced Operations Advanced Setup Common Procedures in Setup Menu The on-screen menus appear only on a TV that is connected to the HDMI OUT MAIN. If your TV is connected to other video outputs, use the AV receiver’s display when changing settings. This section describes the procedure for using the RECEIVER remote controller unless otherwise specified.

  • Page 31: Input/Output Assign

    ■ Resolution Input/Output Assign Through: Select this to pass video through the AV receiver at Main Menu Input/Output Assign the same resolution and with no conversion. Auto: Monitor Out Select this to have the AV receiver automatically convert video at resolutions supported by your TV. If you connect your TV to HDMI output, “Monitor Out”...

  • Page 32: Hdmi Input

    HDMI Input Note • If no video component is connected to HDMI output (even if the If you connect a video component to an HDMI input, you HDMI input is assigned), the AV receiver selects the video must assign that input to an input selector. For example, if source based on the setting of “Component Video Input”.

  • Page 33: Audio Adjust

    Dimension Audio Adjust –3 to 0 to +3 With this setting, you can move the sound field forward or Main menu Audio Adjust backward when using the Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music With the Audio Adjust functions and settings, you can listening mode.
  • Page 34 ■ Dolby Volume ■ Neo:6 Music Dolby Volume automatically adjusts the difference in Center Image volume levels which can occur between different contents 0 to 2 to 5 or source components, freeing the user from having to The DTS Neo:6 Music listening mode creates 6-channel make volume adjustments.

  • Page 35: Source Setup

    ■ Reference Level Source Setup Audyssey Dynamic EQ Reference Level Offset Items can be set individually for each input selector. 0dB: This should be used when listening to movies. 5dB: Preparation Select this setting for content that has a very wide Press the input selector buttons to select an input source.
  • Page 36 IntelliVolume Note • If you want to use Audyssey Dynamic EQ ® ■ IntelliVolume Audyssey Dynamic Volume ® with THX listening modes, set –12dB to 0dB to +12dB in 1 dB steps. the “Loudness Plus” setting to “Off” and set “Preserve THX Settings”...

  • Page 37: Picture Adjust

    Picture Adjust Name input area Using Picture Adjust, you can adjust the picture quality 4 - 4. Name Edit BD/DVD and reduce any noise appearing on the screen. Name To view the TV picture while setting, press ENTER. To return to the previous screen, press RETURN. –...
  • Page 38 ■ Game Mode *3*4*5 Note • “Picture Adjust” cannot be used with the NET input selector. This procedure can also be performed on the remote controller If video signal delay occurs during playback on a video page 40). by using the Home menu (➔...

  • Page 39: Listening Mode Preset

    ■ Fixed Mode Listening Mode Preset Off: The format is detected automatically. If no digital You can assign a default listening mode to each input input signal is present, the corresponding analog source that will be selected automatically when you select input is used instead.

  • Page 40: Miscellaneous

    1, 2, or 3 • If the absolute value is set to 82, “82Ref” will appear on the When several Onkyo components are used in the same display and the THX indicator will flash. room, their remote ID codes may overlap. To differentiate ■...
  • Page 41 ■ Tuner HDMI Through For AM/FM tuning to work properly, you must specify the Auto: AM/FM frequency step used in your area. Note that when Detects the signal and automatically selects the input this setting is changed, all radio presets will be deleted. source.

  • Page 42: Auto Standby

    ■ ■ Audio TV Out Lip Sync This preference determines whether the incoming audio This function allows the AV receiver to automatically signal is output from the HDMI output. You may want to correct any delay between the video and the audio, based turn this preference on if your TV is connected to the on the data from the connected monitor.
  • Page 43 • Perform the firmware update only when such an announcement ■ MAC Address is posted on the Onkyo web site. Visit the Onkyo web site for the This is the AV receiver’s MAC (Media Access Control) latest information. address. This address cannot be changed.

  • Page 44: Remote Controller Setup

    Operating on the AV receiver Remote Controller Setup Press TONE repeatedly to select either “Bass” or Main menu Remote Controller Setup “Treble”. Use + and – to adjust. Remote Mode Setup See “Looking up for Remote Control Code” Note (➔ page 69).
  • Page 45 Audyssey Music Optimizer ■ ■ Audyssey Music Optimizer page 52). See “Audyssey” in “Source Setup” (➔ ■ Dynamic EQ Turn this setting on to enhance the sound quality of See “Dynamic EQ” in “Source Setup” (➔ page 52). compressed music files. Use it with music files that use ■...

  • Page 46: Zone 2

    Zone 2 In addition to the main listening room, you can also enjoy playback in another room, which we call Zone 2. For either of the rooms, you can specify a different input source. Connecting the Zone Speakers to an Making Zone 2 Connections Additional Amplifier There are two ways you can connect Zone 2 speakers:...

  • Page 47: Controlling Zone 2 Components

    To select an input source for Zone 2, press ZONE2, Controlling Zone 2 Components followed by an input selector button. ■ Operating on the AV receiver To select AM or FM, press the TUNER input selector repeatedly. Input selector buttons Note ZONE 2 OFF MASTER VOLUME...

  • Page 48: Using The Remote Controller In Zone 2 And Multiroom Control Kits

    Muting Zone 2 Using the Remote Controller in Zone 2 and Multiroom Control Kits ■ Operating on the remote controller To control the AV receiver with the remote controller Press ZONE2 followed by MUTING. while you’re in Zone 2, you’ll need a commercially available multiroom remote control kit for each zone.

  • Page 49: Controlling Other Components

    Controlling Onkyo components without component, you can control your component as described If you want to control an Onkyo component by pointing below. the remote controller directly at it, or you want to control For details on entering a remote control code for other an Onkyo component that’s not connected via...
  • Page 50 ✔: Available buttons Press the appropriate REMOTE Components MODE first. Buttons ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ SOURCE ✔ , INPUT, TV VOL / ✔ ✔ ✔ GUIDE ✔ TOP MENU ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ / / / , ENTER ✔...

  • Page 51: Learning Commands

    • Remote controller buttons such as Play, Stop, and Pause are is pressed in CD remote mode. preprogrammed with commands for controlling Onkyo CD This is useful when you’ve entered the appropriate remote players, cassette decks, and DVD players. However, they can control code (➔...

  • Page 52: Using Normal Macros

    Running Macros Using Normal Macros You can program the remote controller’s ACTIVITIES to Press MY MOVIE, MY TV, or MY MUSIC. perform a sequence of remote control actions. The commands in the macro are transmitted in the Example: order in which they were programmed. Keep the To play a CD you typically need to perform the following remote controller pointed at the AV receiver until all actions:...
  • Page 53 Video Resolution Chart The following tables show how video signals at different resolutions are output by the AV receiver. NTSC/PAL ✔: Output Output HDMI Input 1080p/24 1080p 1080i 720p 480p/576p 480i/576i ✔ ✔ ✔ HDMI 1080p ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔...

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