The "Official" Pioneer VSX-1019AH Owner's Thread - Page 142

Hi bdechols, what is the audio output setting on the BD60? For the receiver to do the decoding, connect BD60 to Receiver via HDMI then set the BD60 HDMI Audio Out to Bitstream and set Secondary Audio to Off.

Thanks, worked like a charm, the menu was buried under digital output on my blu-ray player. Sounds amazing!

Sorry, I'm new to this forum and I can't figure out how to start a new thread. So, can someone help me with that? Also, I'm having some wiring issues and need some assistance. I've got a channel selector that has I use to listen to in other parts of the house and backyard. What I can't seem to figure out is....how do I wire the unit so that I can use the channel selector? My old reciever had a A and B selector and I just switched it to B and I could use the channel selector to operate the speakers for the backyard etc. Am I making any sense. The manual is a joke.....and I don't mean funny! It doesn't help that I'm technilogically challenged!

anyone tried passing though 3D source from ps3 with the receiver? Since PS3 only use HDMI 1.3, I wonder if it actually works with this reciever even though it doesn't say it support it.

Sometimes I prefer to play certain tv shows through my tv speakers instead of my 5.1 surround system. Currently, to do that, I change the HDMI setting under the Audio Controls on the receiver to THROUGH. My questions is whether I can set things up so I can play the tv with the tv speakers without having to turn the receiver on??? My current hook up is a cable box and DVD player and both are hooked up with HDMI cables. I am a real newbie and hope this isn't a dumb question. THANKS.

Hi NewbieRob, you can try turning on Kuro Link. But this feature may affect other settings (see page 60-63 in OM).

I have a Harmony 900 and have it programmed to turn on the receiver, Panasonic TV, and Dish Network receiver and select the appropriate inputs. It has been working great for about a week. Lately, it seems to turn everything on and then the Pioneer receiver just shuts off, then comes on, and shows HDMI THROUGH and I just get sound through the tv speakers. I have to unplug the receiver and plug it back in to get it to respond again. Is this caused by Kuro Link being ON or what?

If you select audio parameter on the remote and cycle through the options, I believe there is an option in there for HDMI AMP or HDMI THROUGH. If you just want tv speakers push over to select HDMI THROUGH when you get to that option. I don't like using my 7.1 setup all the time either for television. In that case, I usually just select STEREO.

It's the same thing on this receiver except A and B is instead Zone 1 and Zone 2. You can select Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 1 and 2, or have all the speakers set to off.

Yeah, that's what I originally thought, and when you output your signal from your tv to the avr it is in stereo. That is why I made the comment about the optical being overkill. Not that that is a bad thing, as you can select one of the standard surround modes to approximate surround sound such as ProLogicIIx and you will get sound out of your surround speakers.

As JCHIn suggested, turn off your Kurolink and the avr should not change inputs like you described.

By the way, if your source for your programs is via a cable box, dvr, or sat then you don't need the cable shown on page 23 from audio out of tv to the avr. This is only needed if you have your coax cable going straight to your tv (no cable box) or you use a ota antenna in to your tv. If that is the case just be aware that your tv will only output stereo signal to the avr, for which you can then get simulated surround by selecting one of the standard surround modes like Pro LogicIIx.

No offense JCHIN, but Kurolink is not going to help with what the op wants to do. The answer to your question NewbieRob is yes. If you do a search on this thread you can find how some folks have done just that. I can give you one of the ways, although I have not done this myself as I never watch tv using the tv speakers anymore. Just run an hdmi from the cable box to the tv, and a optical cable from the cable box to the avr. When you want to watch tv using just the tv speakers switch the input on the tv to the one you used for the hdmi from the cable box. Switch the avr from "amp" to "through". When wanting to listen to sound through the avr, just use the signal select on the avr to choose the audio from the optical you used to connect your cable box to the avr. Of course you will have to go into your tv menu and tell it what audio option you are using (tv speakers or av system). And you have to change the avr from "through" to "amp". A bit of a fuss to switch back and forth and if your like me and have family members using the system, they will be challenged to switch back and forth.

If you have a universal remote like the harmony, you can automate these tasks so that you can press one button to watch tv with tv speakers, and another to watch tv using the avr for audio.

bdechols,

It would be helpful if you could select the "quote" button when responding to a post so we know who you are responding to

Hi bmurray716, no offense taken, just trying to help and learn at the same time as others has helped me understand all this audio stuff .

chris thompson,

Well, it looks like your doing fine. You don't necessarily start a new thread as this is a dedicated thread to the VSX-1019AH, but also unofficially the VSX-919 as well. You just post a response to this thread just like you just did.

Its like what bdechols posted above. With the VSX-1019 you have zone 1 and 2, as well as speaker A and B. See page 15-16 of the manual. It all depends on what you want to do and how you have your main listening area set up. If your main listening area is set up for 7.1, then your sol. If your main area is 5.1, and you want to pump the same signal (same as speaker A) out to your switch, then use the speaker b configuration. If you want the ablility to send a completely different signal to your switch (again, main area 5.1) then use the zone 2 configuration. The only catch with zone 2 is that the signal has to be either analog or from ipod. You can't send digital signal (non-ipod) over zone 2.

yes, turn kuro off.

no problem

I recently bought a pioneer vsx 1019 receiver, and am experiencing a perplexing problem with the TV spontaneously turning off, i.e., intermittantly. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to this behavior, i.e., it may turn off only once, or, as it was last night , five times in a two hour period. Likewise, there is no set intervel between the turn-offs. My incoming signal is from a Motorola 1200 series cable box/DVR, which is connected via hdmi input 2 to the AVR, with the outgoing signal going from the HDMI 'out' on the AVR to the HDMI 1 input on my Samsung rear projection HDTV. While the TV turns off, the cable box and the audio output for the tv remain on (I have connected the audio signal from the cable box to the AVR via a digital optical cable). I control my system a Harmony one remote. This problem has me flummoxed, and as has been previously documented, the pioneer instruction manual is an abomination. I would highly appreciate suggestions to reconcile this problem

I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem I'm having. I have my receiver setup to do HDMI THROUGH with Kuro Link off for when I just want to watch TV (Panasonic TC-P54G10) without the surround sound. The problem is, when commercials come on, they are WAY louder than the TV show I'm watching and the sound level seems to differ from channel to channel. If my TV is directly connected to the DVR (Motorola DCH3416), I don't experience any sound increases from commercials nor volume variations from channel to channel. I looked through the book and can't seem to find anything and I swear I've tried messing with every option in the settings menus.

I guess if it comes down to it, I'll throw a HDMI splitter from the DVR to my TV and receiver. I'd rather not if I don't need to.

Thanks,
Ryan

Jim,

Welcome to the forum. Turn off Kurolink and see if that fixes things for you. Also, turn off any other HDMI control on your other components as they will interfere with the Harmony operation. Post back and let us know how that worked out.

Hi guys! Newbie here.

Anyway, I just bought the 1019 and have gone through the MAACC setup with success.

Here's what I'm running:

Phillips/Mag LCD - out via HDMI
Dish TV - in via HDMI to HDMI1
DVD player - in via component vid
Ipod Nano

While I can see my Ipod on my TV screen I can't seem to see the GUI menu accessed via the 'Receiver' button on the bottom of the remote. No matter what hitting this does nothing for me.

Last night I read a review indicating that in order to see the GUI there needs to be a normal video out to the TV..... I tried this via a yellow vid RCA to the TV yellow RCA....no luck..

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ryan,

You could run an hdmi from dvr to tv, and keep optical from dvr to avr for when you want to listen in surround. Its a little bit cumbersome but if you have a universal learning remote, you can automate the task to just one button push.

You could try this:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...1#post17771091

Try hitting the ipod control button (same as your home button) once you see your ipod on the tv screen to switch control between the ipod and receiver (and visa versa). I don't see anywhere where you have to hit the "receiver" button (at bottom) to do this. The manual states that this will not work for first gen nano. Also, you already have normal video out to tv by way of hdmi, so you shouldn't have to connect another video cable. Also, take a look at this post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...3#post16521423

Thanks bmurray..

I wasn't totally clear. The ipod functionality seems to be operating just fine via the TV screen & receiver remote.

The problem is that I can't get to any of the menus for anything else (except the MAACC setup) via the 'Receiver' button. Seems that to access the menu this is always the first button press...but it doesn't work for me.

OK, I think I understand. Some of the menus are on the avr display only such as the Audio Options (see page 64 of user manual). Press the "receiver" button at bottom and then the "audio parameter" button. You will see the display on the avr change, and you can scroll through the choices using the arrow keys. Is that what your asking?

Well, the video options..or anything that requires me to hit 'Receiver' followed by 'Home', which I never see as I believe the menu never appears on the TV screen.

I've been able to scroll through source and various sound fields on the avr.

EDIT: Got it figured out! Found the Home button and now realized that pressing 'receiver' was just to ensure that I was in the receiver control mode....i.e.the yellow/gold text.

Thanks for the welcome and the response. I previously turned off Kurolink, so I guess that isn't the source of the problem. As far as turning off any other HDMI controls on other components, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The only other HDMI involvement in my system is the HDMI interconnects from the cable box, the TV, and the DVD player (oppo 970). One thing I forgot to mention: when the television is turning itself off, the display on the pioneer AVR flashes through a number of displays, including a message "Dial Norm -5". I tried to access the knowlege base on the Pioneer web site, but, predictably, was unable to find an explanation of this display. I must say that the hookup of this pioneer AVR is the most complex and perplexing, not to mention disheartening, component I have encountered in 40 + years of audio involvement (during which time I have built numerous audio kits and a multitude of speaker systems, etc.). But this one really has me stumped--and apparently, has stumped Pioneer as well, as the customer support rep I talked to cavalierly explained that the AVR doesn't have the capability to turn off the TV, so it's not the AVR's(i.e, Pioneer's) fault.
Sorry for the tirade, and , once again, thanks for the response.

Hi Jim, this is weird but I does Tv have a Sleep Timer Mode setting or maybe the Tv is set to Store Mode. Are the equipments plugged into something light a surge protector or something like a power strip that has power off control (Smart Strip).

Jim, the Kurolink is the Pioneer AVRs version of HDMI control (CEC). You've turned that off, but any component that has an HDMI connection can send and receive control signals.

Even with the Kurolink off, so that the AVR doesn't send or receive the control signals, if the HDMI CEC is not shut off on the other components, you may still have those signals being sent and received. TV's, shiny disc players and any other component that implements HDMI interfaces, will also probably implement their version of HDMI CEC.

IMO, it might help you to find each component's implementation of HDMI CEC, which is usually named something different by each manufacturer (AnyLink, etc...) and turn them off on all components.

Glad to hear you have resolved your issue.