The "Official" Pioneer VSX-1019AH Owner's Thread - Page 145

I am thinking about building my own subs and hooking up a beringer amp to power them and was wondering if anyone is using separate amps (not plate amps) for their subs. I am worried about the receiver not sending a strong enough signal to the amp. thanks

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that's like asking "how long is a rope"?

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Thanks for the input. I was starting to doubt my own ears. I probably won't bother much with MCACC for music, just do a couple of manual tweaks here and there since I already enjoy it nicely "uncalibrated"

Nevermind, finally got it working. Apparently this is a common problem. I had to uninstall my current driver and install an older driver and now it works like a charm.

Trying to hook my laptop up via HDMI to my Pioneer 919 and can't get audio. The Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525 and is about two years old. The video part works fine. The Audio I'm trying to play is stuff like YouTube videos and the like. I can get audio to work fine via HDMI directly through my HDTV, but would rather have it come through my receiver. What don't I have turned on, or doesn't the receiver accept audio signals via a Laptop? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Hi all,

I have a question regarding if it is possible to apply Pro Logic IIx to the DTS HD Bitstream audio. I know that the receiver does apply PLIIx to True HD and the reciever shows this (HD+Pro Logic IIx MV). Can that also happen to show DTS+Pro Logic IIx MV in the display?

I have the player set to PCM at present so that Pro Logic IIX can be applied to the PCM output of DTS HD...thus only PCM+Pro Logic IIX MV shows...can it be applied directly to the DTS HD bitstream in order to have the display show DTS+Pro Logic IIx MV in the display...I realize that this is what is happening now, just want to have the receiver display showing DTS HD (silly I know..)

My appoligies if this has been answered already, and if it has can someone direct me to the answer?

Muchly appreciated.

I just got a new TV with Viera Cast. I would like to be able to listen to the internet source on the A/V receiver. I ran the digital audio out from my Panasonic 50G25 to the TV digital in on the receiver, but I cannot seem to find a setting that plays that signal. What input should the receiver be on to play the digital audio in from the TV?

Thanks.

Hi Centexhokie, did you go into Tv menu and set TV Speaker to "Off"?

On the receiver Input Select should be "TV/SAT".

I've set the TV menu to Speaker on and off and the receiver to TV/SAT with no luck. I did notice that the TV/SAT seems to only let me select Analog and I wondered if that might be the problem.

I guess it's possible that my cable could be bad, but it does have a red light on the input to the receiver. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

On the receiver remote, press "Receiver" and then "Signal Sel" and cycle it to digital.

On my Panasonic Tv under Viera Link menu there is a setting for Speaker Output, try setting this to Theater (not sure if this will help).

I set the Viera Link to Theater, no change. I can get the receiver to cycle between SIGSELDIGITAL and SIGSELAUTO, etc. but not under TV/SAT. Whenever it goes to TV/SAT it will not cycle but stays on SIGSEL ANALOG.

I've tried another cable, and I tried to use the DVD optical input to see if that made any difference. No luck. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

I'm guess you meant DVR OPT-2.

Try this as a test, run one of your source (cable box, etc..) using optical out to receiver OPT-1 or OPT-2 and see if you get audio.

Another test, connect a source (cable box, etc...) using HDMI connection to Tv HDMI Input and see if you get audio from Tv "Digital Audio Out" to receiver. If you get audio now then maybe it can not output internet audio (just guessing here). Or try posting this question in the Plasma or G25 owners thread.

Thanks for the suggestions. What I discovered was the following:

1. If I take the signal directly from the DVR to the TV and use the OPT-1 to take the sound back to the receiver, I get no sound with receiver on TV/SAT which is an analog setting.

2. If I turn off the DVR and utilize a VieraCast signal (Pandora in this case) and use OPT-2 to take the sound back to the receiver, I get the sound as long as the receiver is set to DVR which is a digital setting.

Therefore my conclusions are that the TV sends out an internet sound signal. I still don't know why I can't get the receiver to take a digital signal on TV/SAT. I would still like to figure this out, but at least I have a work around using OPT-2. Any ideas on this?

You have been extremely helpful and I am appreciative of your troubleshooting skills.

So conclusion is that TV/SAT OPT-1 is analog and can't set it to digital. Since this input is possible tie with HDMI-CEC feature, I wonder if turning OFF Kuro Link will allow TV/SAT OPT-1 to change to digital?

I figured it out. I had to go into the Receiver setup and setup the TV/SAT input to digital. Now it works. Thanks for helping with this. Now all of my content, Cable, Vieracast, and the signal from my laptop goes through the receiver.

Thanks again. By the way I am about 100 miles south of you in Woodway, TX so you helped a fellow Texan.

Glad to help out, enjoy.

Hi -

Wonder if anyone here could help. I have a VSX-1019AH receiver and a macbook pro (2009) that I'm trying to connect via HDMI and either optical or analog audio. I've reached the point where I can get either audio, or video but not both at the same time!

Kurolink is off. I have mapped the DVR input to HDMI and Opt-1, where the macbook is connected. I get sound until I attach the HDMI cable via a dongle to the laptop, and then I see video but the audio stops. I've tried cycling through all the signal selection options but it seems like the receiver detects audio through the HDMI input (even though there is none from this model of laptop) and refuses to process any other inputs.

I have managed - once! - to get a signal from an analog connection to the DVR analog inputs but that no-longer seems to work and I'm not sure what I did to change it :/ The laptop is still generating audio when HDMI is attached - I checked this with headphones.

Any ideas? Would really appreciate the help - I'm sure this can be fixed...

Henry

Hi Henry, you didn't mention but in the Input Setup under DVR set "Input Skip" to ON and may also have to press 'SIGNAL SEL' on the remote to cycle to DIGITAL.

Hi guys,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, been away for work.


Thanks JChin, this fixed the switching inputs problem!


I have run the MCACC a couple of times already. Haven't delved into that thread yet, but will give it a go when I next return home.

Unfortunately, I still have the following problems from my original issues. Any more ideas folks?

1. The sound quality coming out of the PS3 when playing Blu Rays is, quite frankly, balls... Games seem to be ok, but BR's are very soft and you constantly have to keep juggling the volume level to hear conversations and then turning back down again for action. To be fair, I did have this problem with my old AVR, an Onkyo, and have not yet figured it out. It's currently set to PCM.
2. The AVR will not pass through 1080P video. Every time I change the xbox or PS3 to 1080P output, the TV comes up with a "mode not supported" message. I thought it was the TV and had the Samsung guy out but it is definitely a receiver issue, as when the consoles are plugged directly into the TV via HDMI, both do 1080P with no problems.
3. When playing PS3 games, there are often white flickers on the screen during dark or black screens, followed by white flickering lines and occasionally, a full screen of static. This doesn't happen all the time though and I haven't yet been able to pinpoint an apparent trigger. Recently I've started having the problem with the xbox as well. UPDATE - this problem is now getting worse in severity and happens more regularly.
4. There is no sound when trying to view preview videos or play game demos on the xbox. Once you hit play or load a demo, the little speaker icons on the AVR's LCD go dark and you get no audio. Video is fine though. As soon as I go back to the dashboard, the speaker icons come back and audio is fine again.

Thanks again!

Hi JChin -

Certainly appreciate the help. I tried setting Input Skip to On (I misunderstood what that option was for!), with no success - I cycled through several Signal Select options.

If I set the receiver to HDMI Through, I get the optical output through the tv's speakers. When I have music playing the PCM symbol lights up on the receiver's display. It's very weird that the HDMI (from DVI) input appears to be overriding the signal no matter what signal is selected. I wonder if something with my HDMI cable or dongle might be confusing the receiver by indicating that there's audio when there in fact is none?

cheers,
Henry

I have noticed that as well. I figured it's just the "dynamics" of the movie...soft quiet scenes vs loud action scenes. But the fluctuations seem more intense than they need to be.

Hmm, that should have worked. Is there any audio output setting on the macbook pro? And just to make sure the optical cable is connected to the macbook pro headphone jack, correct? Maybe try using OPT-2 instead.

Anyone that got a great EQ setting to share? i'm using a 5.0 setup. Think i'm lacking some bass. I'm Using AudioPro Black Pearl V.2 front setup with AudioPro Black Vectorl V.2 center.

Thanks!

"sharing" someones eq settings will not help you in the slightest....

run mcacc... go from there...

JChin -

Thanks - I checked and the connections are definitely made correctly. I tried OPT-2 as well, with no success.

However, if I use another HDMI source such as my cable box I can use signal select to hear optical in from my laptop while watching video from the box. So I'm thinking the problem must lie with the dongle / connection from the macbook somehow asserting that it has audio (note that I've had headphones connected to the macbook while it was doing HDMI video, so it's not the case that it stops putting sound out of the optical / analog jack when HDMI is connected). Maybe time to try another dongle...

cheers,
Henry

I used to have an LG BD 390 for my blu-ray and just got a ps3. It says that I have the newest firmware installed, but I still can't get any DTS - Master Audio. Everything is PCM.

While I'm at it with the PS3, how do I change the video output to full screen? I played a regular dvd on my xbox and it stretched to the full screen. But then I put it in the ps3 and I had the bars on the sides of the screen.

Thank you for the help, I never had any of these issues while using the LG blu-ray player.

...bah, a new dongle bought directly from Apple does nothing to help the situation. Still can't get both audio and video from my macbook

Henry

Sorry to hear that, I'm running out of idea but maybe check that the macbook pro have the lastest driver updates.

@henry... a thought...

how are your inputs defined? for example, if you are using a defined hdmi input, you cannot do what you are trying to do (can't over-ride audio in that way)...

however, if you pick an input (i use an aux input for my mac mini) and then assign the hdmi input to it (as well as the spdif input you want to use), it should work by using the "sigsel" option on the remote...

first off, input skip is going to do nothing for you. All that does is allow you to skip over a particular input when using the toggle inputs on the remote.

Looking over what you have posted up to now I think you are trying to do the following. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Macbook(dvi) => dvi to hdmi(video)=>avr(Hdmi1)
Macbook(optical)=>optical(audio)=>avr(ln-2)

You never indicated how your avr is connected to your tv so I will assume that you are using a hdmi as such.

avr(hdmi-out)=>hdmi=>tv(hdmi-in)

Make sure your tv input is set to the correct input (i.e., hdmi-1), or which ever one you chose to connect the hdmi to.

With this setup, and the avr set to Amp, you are getting picture, but no audio out of your speakers which are connected to your avr.

Make sure you have correctly mapped your inputs under "Input Setup" on pg 39 of your owners manual. Select the Input, whatever, but I think you said you chose DVD. Fine. Make sure Kurolink is off, as I am pretty sure you said you have already done. Now assign the digital in to whatever you plugged your optical into (Opt-1 or Opt-2), doesn't matter which one you used as long as you correctly identify it here. Now, assign the HDMI Inout to whatever HDMI input that you plugged the DVItoHDMI from your Macbook to (HDMI 1-3). Again, doesn't matter which one you use as long as you correctly identify it here.

Now when you select DVD as your input source on your avr, it will know from which input the audio and video is coming from. Use the sigsel to select "digital". If this still gives you problems, you could always patch the video from your Macbook directly into your tv if it has hdmi input, and just send the audio to the avr from your Macbook via optical.

Post back when you tried this and what results were. Thanks