My subwoofer is connected correctly (test mode it works fine). The Denon 589 receiver, however, when everything is set up and ready to go, doesnt seem to send any output to it, so there is no base sound. There are no switches on my subwoofer (it's just a basic one), and all of the settings on the receiver indicate that there is a subwoofer connected. Someone suggested to me that I need to get a subwoofer that has a power cord (my current subwoofer just connects to the input, but it is not powered). Any suggestions? Do I need to get a "powered" subwoofer?

Check that the front speakers are set as "small" in speaker setup menu and sub="yes". let me know what you get.

http://usa.denon.com/DocumentMaster/US/AVR-589-OM-E_105A.pdf you'll need to access the receivers speaker Set-up menu. you can download the user manual here. my opinion is that your speaker setup in the menu is not correct. make sure that you have Subwoofer yes selected in the menu, also if you selected ( Large ) as your left and right Main speakers it will not allow you to select Subwoofer ( yes/no ). you must select ( Small ) and then select Subwoofer Yes. also you can connect all speakers and perform Auto setup and it will recognize the sub when a test tone is emitted.

Hello
There are four possibilities that the subwoofer doesn't gives any aoutput. They are:

• Subwoofer's power not turned

on.

•The "Subwoofer" setting at

"Speaker configuration" is set to

"No".

•The subwoofer is not properly

connected.

•The subwoofer's volume is
turned off.
Go to its manual setupscreen, come to speaker setup, speaker confuguration, come towards Sub Woofer, select "Yes" and press OK.

Is there a switch on the back of the receiver that will switch the sub signal from digital to analog? And the same switch might be on the subwoofer itself.

Hope that helps if not just reply back.
Thanks

Long and painful answer!!! However, in the end, you need to bypass HDMI thru your receiver and go direct to the TV. Connect Digital Coaxial or Optical for audio to your receiver. Your version of HDMI in your receiver is not compatable with today's HDMI version. Yours is 1.1a and the current version is 1.3b going to 1.4. If you want detailed info as to "why", just google "HDMI 1.1 problems" you can read for hours! Sorry for the bad news! However, it is what it is. Hope this helps. If you need further help with setup, post a comment and I can give you further help.

even if the wires are not touching they can still arch. make sure there is no bare wire showing ie. cannot see any unshielde speaker wires. id unplug then replug back in

Hello,
I want to clairify you install, you sat you have I an HDMI cable running from the Time Warner Cable box to the AVR-589, going in to the TV/CBL input. From the Denon AVR-589, I have an HDMI cable running from the output to my Toshiba RV525U television.

Check the connection at the TV, if as you indicated above you have an HDMI cable from the HDMI out from the Denon to an HDMI output on the TV, if this is the case you need to have that HDMI cable plugged into an input on the TV not an output

If the RCA TV has HDMI input connect as follows:

1. Connect an HDMI cable from the Directv box to an HDMI input on the Denon.
2. Connect an HDMI cable from the HDMI out-put on the Denon to the RCA TV
3. Select input the DirecTV is connected to at the Denon, at TV select HDMI input Denon is connected to TV.
4. On front of denon press the input mode button to select auto


If the RCA TV has Component input (Green,Red,Blue) connect as follows:

5. Connect Component Video and Audio cables from the Directv box to a Component Video and Audio input on the Denon (TV, DBS,VCR).
6. Connect a Component Video cable from the Denon to the RCA TV Component Video input.
7. Select input the DirecTV is connected to at the Denon, at TV select component input Denon is connected to TV.
8. On front of denon press the input mode button to select aut


If the RCA TV has Composite input (Yellow) connect as follows:

9. Connect Composite Video and Audio cables from the Directv box to a Composite Video and Audio input on the Denon (TV, DBS,VCR).
10. Connect a Composite Video cable from the Denon to the RCA TV Compositet Video input.
11. Select input the DirecTV is connected to at the Denon, at TV select composite input Denon is connected to TV.
On front of denon press the input mode button to select auto

in the Denon setup under speaker configuration set the sub to LFE+Main

There is a setting under your speaker setup to turn the subwoofer on. If speakers are set to small it auto matically sets the subwoofer to ON. If the speakers are set to large it turns the subwoofer off but you can manually adjust.