The "Official" Pioneer VSX-1019AH Owner's Thread - Page 60

Originally Posted by blacklion

BUMP


Sorry for repeating the post but can someone please help out here?

I just received my 1019 and I'm configuring. Its in an AV rack that's fully open on the front, sides and rear. There's about 10cm between the top of the receiver and the shelf above it in the rack. I know the manual says it should be 60cm but I figured the open sides and rear should help. This thing is running pretty hot on top of the receiver after only about 20 minutes of viewing a movie. Is this within normal range or potentially dangerous? Like bricking dangerous?

Originally Posted by ZeroH

Anyone use the Harmony 880 with the 1019? I'm having issues with the receiver not switching to the right input from standby. For example, say I'm watching TV and have the receiver set to TV/SAT and then turn it off. If I select "Watch Movies" on my Harmony - which should tell the receiver to switch to BD input, it just turns on the receiver but doesn't switch to BD. It stays on TV/Sat. I have to manually switch the input via the devices selection on the remote or on the receiver itself. Anyone know how to fix this?

Originally Posted by hernanu

As usual, a great product (the 919/1019) is given a huge disservice by a bad manual. From page 58 of the manual, in a note at the bottom of the page:

This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 192 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96/24) and WMA9 Pro
digital signal formats. The compatible signals via the HDMI terminals are: Dolby Digital, DTS, WMA9 Pro, PCM (32
kHz to 192 kHz), Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-EXPRESS, DTS-HD Master Audio, SACD and DVD Audio
(including 192 kHz). With other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN and TUNER).
You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise,
make the proper digital connections (page 29) and set the signal input to DIGITAL.
Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your
DVD player.


Note that it doesn't give a full matrix of sampling rate and input signal type, but it is capable of handling all of the input frequencies you mentioned.



I believe it's:

(lower right side of the remote)
VIDEO PARAMETER
V.CONV ---> set this to OFF, it is ON by default.

See page 67 of the manual, you can also change conversion parameters if you want to leave it on.

Originally Posted by ccotenj

yes...



turn off kuro link (hdmi control)....

Originally Posted by ZeroH

It is disabled.
The remote is able to switch inputs if it's done while the receiver is on (TV -> Movie)... just not when starting from standby mode. It seems like the remote is trying to switch the input before the receiver is ready.

Originally Posted by harrys11

It sounds like you need to change the order/timing on the remote to have a bit more of a delay before you switch sources on the AVR. Try it.

Harry

Originally Posted by stringman520

I recently purchased the Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K receiver. I have everything setup now, and it is working perfectly with the exception of 1 thing. I have a Macbook and am trying to hook this up to the receiver. I purchased a mini-dvi to HDMI converter, and a mini-toslink to digital optical out cord. I turned off Kuro Link and reassigned HDMI 3 and optical 2 to DVR input. When I switch to DVR, both individually are working perfectly, as the audio is coming through when I do not use the HDMI connection, and the video is coming through with no audio, whenever it is connected. I am assuming that this is because it is expecting the audio to come through the HDMI connection. Is there anyway to tell the receiver to not use HDMI audio? I have read other reviews of the receiver saying that this was possible so long as Kuro Link is turned off and you assign the inputs properly, I know I've done that since it's working properly. Is there something I'm missing? Could it be an issue with the mini-dvi -> HDMI converter I purchased? Thanks in advance, I'm stuck and have no idea how to proceed.

Originally Posted by Ariakys

Hiya all...first post here

I just purchased the 1019 and I'm planning on connecting the Energy Take Five Classic to it (i don't have the room for a 7.1 system so I'm stuck with 5.1). I've read reviews saying that the sub that comes with the Energy speakers (ESW-8 subwoofer) has been found lacking, but that 2 of them sounds good. How do you go hooking up 2? Do you use some sort of "Y" connector or does the receiver accept both?

Funny part to add to my situation is that my wife could care less about the whole ordeal. She told me that i should get another sub so that it would look nice on both sides of the entertainment center lol. She didn't like the thought of having only one because it would look tacky and no longer symmetrical. Of course, I didn't argue.

Appreciate the help

Originally Posted by 1138s

Hello anyone know if this receiver is discontinued? I find it hard to believe it is since it just came out this year, but it is really hard to find now since it is out of stock or unavailable almost everywhere. I know Pioneer just had that 399 sale (Which I missed bummer!) and now is not available on their site either. Amazon seems like the only place and they are charging the full MSRP. Anyone got any info?

Originally Posted by batmobl

I just purchased the receiver and tried to set it up last night. I can't get the GUI to show up on the tv screen. This is how I have it currently set up:

TV to AVR -> HDMI
AVR to Dishnetwork HD Receiver -> HDMI
AVR to DVD Player -> HDMI

I am also not getting any sound from the rear speakers. I have a 5.1 setup. The front and center work though the sound from the center is very low (I haven't run the MACC set up yet - I am guessing that will help?????).

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by batmobl

I purchased it from vanns.com for $438 (free shipping and no taxes).

Originally Posted by hernanu

The sequence is:

---> lower right hand side of the remote.
--> middle left of the remote (next to wheel).

this gets the GUI up. I had the same problem when I bought it, since the remote has two buttons, one powers on / off and the other one is the one to use for the GUI.

Run MCACC, it's one of the best features of the 1019.

Originally Posted by hernanu

The sequence is:

---> lower right hand side of the remote.
--> middle left of the remote (next to wheel).

this gets the GUI up. I had the same problem when I bought it, since the remote has two buttons, one powers on / off and the other one is the one to use for the GUI.

Run MCACC, it's one of the best features of the 1019.

Originally Posted by blacklion

Many thanks for sharing your experience with us

I ran MCACC and it set my all speakers (Sony SS-F6000 fronts, SS-CN5000 center and SS-B3000 surrounds) to large. I vaguely recall you recommended on this thread that one should set them manually to small so that most bass is sent to the sub, right?

As at now, the sound is pretty good especially for action movies though the center is rather weak; I have to turn the volume all the way up to -10 to get decent dialogue watching movies. Do you have any recommendations for tweaks to improve audio from the center channel?

Can you please confirm if one can actually watch videos from my iPod via the 1019? I hooked the USB cable and the yellow video cable but I only got the audio and a static image when playing videos from my ipod.