Official Pioneer SC-05 and SC-07 Owners Thread - Page 513

True...My current Elemental bookshelf package is matched in that manner (aside from the defective tweeter) but physical layout likely isn't as symmetric as it should be to maximize the surround sound effect.

You could always get up and walk over to your Surround Back channel(s) to make sure it/they are outputting with a 5.1 input.

Just get one of the movies in the link I posted above your post and that should clear it up for you

I had my phono stage connected to the CD input on my SC-07 for awhile but all of a sudden, the other night when I went to play a record there was no sound coming out of the speakers.

I connected the phono stage to VIDEO1 and it worked.
I tried changing SIG SEL on the CD input but to no avail.

The only thing that I changed before it stopped working was I turned DIGITAL SAFETY to "ON" (1 and 2), but then I changed it back to "OFF". I should add the reason I changed the DIGITAL SAFETY setting was that the 07 shut down on me while I was watching a movie, similar to what happened to aseer.

I also have Cardas RCA caps on the unused inputs right beside the CD input on both sides, but they are NOT the shorting pin kind, just reg caps.
I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do w/ it but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Anyone have an idea on what's wrong?

Thx

Actually, I have these
http://www.ascendacoustics.com/pages...m/cmt340m.html

Hello CHP,

Please add my name to the "list" for Pioneer SC-05 with blue light on front panel fading away.. I bought my SC-05 about a year ago, maybe 14 months from Best Buy. Purchased new/retail, not a demo or refurb. I paid full MSRP.




Here are some photos of the problem everyone is describing...






And here's a better comparison, showing the difference between my working 23FD's blue light bar, and my SC-05 receiver's fading blue light bar:

I think it is time to send the list to Pioneer......

Indeed... I have these all-around, and yes, they are awesome.
(you can see the front three in the link below - that is the 600m Kuro - 60" for size reference)

I bought them before the Sierra's came out. (Upgradeitis... argh!)

shane

That makes sense as they're more affordable than the Sierra's and they're a fair bit larger.

The 340SE's are reportedly better than the Sierra's for HT.
The Sierra's are reportedly better than the 340SE's for music.
The 340SE's will play louder due to their sensitivity and MTM design

I am very happy with my 340SE's for HT and music.

Now, back to the SC-05/SC-07 talk

Thanks for that summary...it has me leaning towards the 340S now since they perform admirably with both film and music.

Still enjoying my SC-05...just need to replace that rogue speaker (too broke to do it now) and redo auto-calibration.

add me too, SC05. New Jan '09. same as Rieper's - left side blue, right side white

are you sure about that? If thats the case then does that mean that the 7.1 im getting from the PS3 is actually being downmixed on the sc-05? I want to make that clear that its not just losing those back 2 channels.

If so then thats odd that the display show 5.1 then. I guess that the 7.1 is whats coming IN but it really should show what its outputting somewhere too.

is there any way to Verify that its downmixing the 7.1 to 5.1 and not just losing the back 2 channels? any option i can check, or test tone or something?


ya i have punisher war zone from that list and like i said in my example it does show 7.1 on the reciever. It sounds like your saying the reciever automatically downmixes it to 5.1 without actually losing those back 2 channels.

but is there any way to verify this? Its odd that it doesn't show what its outputting anywhere. is there a menu option or something i can check? I cant think of a way to test it with a game or movie because it takes too long to manually switch and replay it

honestly punisher war zone was one of the best sounding movies i have and the one i played after messing with the various levels. So im assuming it is downmixing but i really would like some way to double check for piece of mind. Especially for games since positional audio is very important

i only have a single blue and single white on my sc-07 as well. mine was a floor model from best buy, purchased over the summer. i kind of think it was that way when i got it, but cannot be sure. oh well, it sounds awesome!

It does sound similar to my problem. I got mine back today but haven't hooked it up yet. Can't wait to fire it up again!

Hello everyone! I just picked up an open box SC-05 lastnight from BB! Think I got a decent deal on it...$600. Didn't come with a remote or manual, no biggie for me. I've been trying to look for one of these for a while.

I haven't hooked it up yet, but what should I look for when I hook up the speakers? Guessing...if sound comes out? I have crappy 7 year old Yamaha speakers and power sub for now except for my center speaker Def. Tech. CLR2300.

I'm pretty sure this was a floor model...should I be concerned?

Ok I have the Pioneer sc-07 and I know very little about it but
it awesome after the auto calibration with blueray and pioneer plasma kuro.
Anyways.

I have a 7.1 setup in the living room.
I have another amp jvc 5.1 I want to use for the garage and outside.
It has speaker system 1 and 2 or 1 & 2 together with the press of a button
easy...

Well The sc07 is getting internet radio and I want to send the signal to
the other jvc amp. I have tried on the zone out and zone 3 out optical
with no luck. I also tried with the regular audio out from zone 2 and 3
with no luck. Read the instructions and still stuck...

I cheated and got it to work using the front out on the sco7
but when I use the volume up and down on it changes on both amps.
I just want the signal out to the 2nd amp...

If anyone understands this madness and is knows the sc-07 please help!

Thanks

They replaced the digital board. And the part # matches one mentioned in post #1986 in this thread:

AWX9136 D-MOTHER ASSY

The repairman was happy that Pioneer agreed to replace the whole board, saying that trying to narrow down the exact part on the board is very time consuming.

Is there a way to switch speaker outputs from the Remote? From Speaker A -> Speaker B -> Speakers A & B -> None.

I tried to find this in the manual, but it doesn't appear possible. Anyone know?

does anybody have a link to a really good MCACC guide or procedure. I've read the manual and am looking for some expert advice on getting the best sound from my system.

pioneer sc-07
klipsch vf36 - fronts
bose acoustimass satellite center and rears
cerwin vega 12" sub

A basic hodgepodge of speakers. it sounds pretty good for now i just want it to be best that it can.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks ELITE guys.

Hello all,

Got an question on Calibration - I ran the Callibration last night after hooking my new subwoofer.

After running my calibration, i ran the test tone to see how well it was calibrated -- every speakers produced 77db but the subwoofer was at 46db. Is that normal or the subwoofer should also product close to 70db? The subwoofer was at -7.5.

Thanks.