The "official" The Onkyo TX-SR706 Owners Thread - Page 45

Turned green? Maybe it's just being Earth friendly?

Hopefully it's not your PS3 getting ready to buy the farm. I had to have mine repaired a few months ago. Games hanging up, "stuttering", etc., could be the precursor to games not loading at all. Is your PS3 well ventilated? It generates way more heat than the 706. If you have it above your receiver it might be cooking.

Or sea sick!

I hooked up the PS3 to the t.v. directly and still had the jitter/stutter prob...by stutter I meant that during game play the image on the screen stutters momentarily but the audio remains strong. I am assuming there is something wrong with the ps3...I will move it around to see if I can find a cooler spot but I think there is plenty of ventilation in its current location.

I did discover that I do have the blue dot problem..
Inputs are all on pass through on the 706 is there anything else I can do that will remedy this problem?

Furthermore - I noticed that when the zoom is set to off the image on the screen will not take up the full screen when playing anything yet when switched to auto it reverts to full screen....Why does this happen if it's just pass through?

I don't know anything about PS3s but it definitely sounds like that is the problem.

I thought the blue dot problem was only if you are up converting the input? Does your serial number end in an "S?" (NOT the model number.) Supposedly that indicates a 706 that has been upgraded to fix the blue dot problem.

Well, Resolution/Through and Zoom/Auto are the default settings for HDMI. I would assume you would set them together like that if you are using passthrough with an HD/full screen source. That's what I did. I let my Blu-Ray player (Panny BD35 do all the upconversion).

Set the OSD on the receiver to IMMEDIATE DISPLAY OFF along with HDMI set to THROUGH. This should alleviate the blue dots but you should really send it in to be serviced (assuming you bought it from an authorized reseller). I have already spoken with my local service center and will be taking mine in for the HDMI board repair in the next few weeks.

I guess it's time to contact onkyo. I bought it at c.c. During the liquidation sale, and I saved the reciept so hopefully I am covered.

Just Curious when you called Onkyo did you refer to the problem as the blue dot issue or did you just say that you needed to have your HDMI board repaired?

I actually spoke with them 3 times, each time describing the problem as blue dots with a 1080p source (PS3); I even referenced the AVS forums. Each time I got the runaround. The 3rd person I spoke with claimed he couldn't reproduce the issue on their unit and finally said to send it to a repair center. The person I spoke with at the repair center seems to have an understanding of what the issue is and said to bring it in.

I just finished reading this entire thread. Thanks for all the information.


I'm trying to run my Vaio FW290 with an ATI HD3650 through my Onkyo Tx-SR706 for Blu-ray plaback. I get video, but the audio controller is showing no HDMI connection. Both audio and video work fine when run directly to the TV - it's only when run through the AVR that I lose audio.

It seems to me to be a handshake issue bw my gpu/hdmi device and the receiver - I have the most recent drivers. Does anyone have any suggestions - should I try the HTPC forum?

I was having a similar issue with mine as well. I downloaded the HDMI audio codec from realtek and now everything works well. Here is the link.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/DOWNLOADS/...&GetDown=false

Thanks. I tried the Realtek drivers (both and individually, the HDMI audio device and Vista) last night without any success.

When I tried the HDMI controller driver, I ran through the first part (uninstall) and found that after restart I was able to default to the HDMI playback device and was seeing output on the green bar indicator. However, when I hooked up to my AVR, I got nothing. I then ran through the second part (install) and found I could no longer default to HDMI and when plugged into the AVR still indicated HDMI audio not plugged in.

I'm so frustrated right now. I want to watch Quantum of Solace.

I just finished watching Quantum of Solace.

It turns out that the issue seems to be with the HDMI ports' handshake with the GPU. 2-4 are seen as DVI by the GPU control panel, but HDMI 1 (DVD) is recognized as HDMI. Apparently other receivers from Denon and HK have this issue as well whereby only one of the HDMI ports is recognized (and in some way different than the rest). I came across this on the ATI forums.

http://forums.amd.com/game/messagevi...&enterthread=y

This appears to be an intentional difference. Can anyone offer any insight as to this difference?

Exactly what do you mean by "weaker?" Less bass? Not as loud?

Just because a signal is digital does not mean that there isn't a level (i.e., volume) difference between discs. I generally play BDs and DVDs anywhere from -18 to -15 on my 706. There are enough variations to make some discs louder than others. On "Terminator," I have to turn the center channel up by +2 db to get it equal to the other channels.

Why are you using PLIIx with uncompressed PCM? To get some sort of pseudo-7.1 channel sound? Try it without PLIIx. I use THX Cinema on all BDs and DVDs.

Just got my 706 all hooked up and trying it out. I am running into a problem with my over the air HDTV. I have my cable running to my computer then out to my X-box 360 and the video seems to come out good but when I am watching any HD channel the audio keeps skipping, it doesn't do it on analog channels only HD. Anyone else have this problem? Any ideas?

I contacted Onkyo tonight and sent them a picture with the blue dots all over the screen. I can't wait to hear their response.




If that does not work here is the link. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dkbh40&s=5

another question in addition to the first: I was watching a Blu-ray to see if I had any problems with that input and I noticed every time I skipped to the next chapter no matter if I was using my sony blu-ray remote or the onkyo remote to skip forward my receiver made a clicking noise, is this normal? It seemed the pure audio light kept going off and back on when I skipped, it is pretty annoying, didn't know if it was normal or not? Thanks for the help

Any time your receiver has to change video resolutions or surround sound modes, you will hear a click. I found it annoying at first, but now I don't even notice it.

You've lost me.

What cable do you have running to the computer and then to the X-Box?

You said it is "over the air HDTV" so I assume your antenna line is going to the tv? Where is the audio coming from?

What do you have hooked to the 706 and what interface are you using? HDMI?

More information is needed.

ok, sorry, I have a TV tuner card in my computer and my computer is hooked up to my X-box through my router, I have my coax cable line and my digital antenna running to my tv tuner card on my computer so I have a DVR on my computer, then I run windows media center on my xbox. I have never had a problem before I hooked up this receiver last night, so I know it has to be a problem with it, but it is only on the OTA HD channels, not the analog cable channels. I am running component cables from my xbox to the receiver and a digital cable from the xbox to the receiver as well

Ok ....... Wow.

How does the audio and video get from the computer to the XBOX?

I know you said you've never had this problem before, but it sounds like with all the processing going on in the computer and XBOX that the audio and video are losing sync with each other.

Can you take the XBOX out of the loop and just run the audio and video from the computer direct to the tv and see what happens?

yeah, I first made sure it wasn't a problem with my antenna or the HD source and it works fine if I don't go through the receiver. The Xbox is hooked up to my router via ethernet and that is how it communicates with the computer, many people do this, either with an Xbox or a media center extender...

Well, I would still think that you have an audio/video sync problem somewhere in your system with all the processing you have going on. You are dealing with two separate data streams coming out of your XBOX - one analog and one digital.

Have you tried experimenting with AV Sync on page 87 of the 706 owner's manual?

But I don't understand why I never had a problem before with my old receiver and I also don't have a problem with the analog cable coming through the same route. If I had the problem with my analog cable as well it would make more sense but that works fine. Anyone else have this problem or have a suggestion? Thanks for the help and input

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Do have a surround sound setup or just 2 speakers? My guess is the HD channels are coming through in surround sound and most of the information is going to a center channel speaker that you don't have. The receiver is probably going into whatever default surround sound mode when it detects the dolby digital signal in the HD channels.

If this is the case, you need a center channel speaker (and surrounds) or you have to set the listening mode to something that uses the front 2 speakers, like "STEREO."

If you do have surround sound, then I don't know what to tell you.

I have surround sound, I have been messing with the setup for awhile and I hooked up the original xbox cables to the receiver and the xbox instead of my component hookup. Now my sound and video works fine. I can't get great sound or great video out of these hookups but I guess I will just have to switch it back and forth when I am going to watch HDTV or anything else on the Xbox...Kind of a pain in the ass! I don't know another way to do it though, anyone else with suggestions I would appreciate it. Thanks for the help.

My new 706 was delivered yesterday.It sure does seem to have alot of power,the last receiver I bought was in 1998.
How do you set the speakers to 8 ohm,it is only giving me a 4 or 6 ohm option?

At this point I don't have a clue. All I can say is that you have a lot of digital processing going on in the tuner and XBOX. Who knows what that could be doing to an HDTV signal. I seriously doubt it is the 706, though.

Good luck.

Just got it yesterday? Have you read the owner's manual yet?

The answer to your question is on page 45.