Onkyo tx nr1007 owners' thread - Page 80

Daver, I understand what you are saying, after some deliberation. I wasn't aware that 1080p can be transmitted over component; that's cool! However, that doesn't improve the poster's situation. His TV can only accept component video, and only to a resolution of 1080i. The 1007 cannot accept an HDMI signal, from his disc player, and translate it to a component signal. It is the last sentence on p28 of the manual, regarding Monitor Out set to Analog, stating "HDMI input signals are not output" that confirms that.

Not any more. From the Techradar site:

"Blu-ray players housing component connections have been hit by a new ruling, which sees image constraints added to Blu-ray discs in 2011.

As from the beginning of January, Blu-rays can have something called an Image Constraint Token embedded into the discs.

This is a piece of code that can restrict image quality to 540p - a smidge better than DVD - when played back through component cables.

Digital discussions

This is all because of the AACS Adopter Agreement, which came into force 1 January 2011.

The reasoning behind this is that studios want you to start using digital only connections, which is the first step in phasing out analogue technology on Blu-ray players by 2013.

So, if a Blu-ray has been authored after 1 January, and you still watch movies through component on your Blu-ray player, then you will have to watch out for a new Image Constraint Token logo on the packaging - or you'll be watching the movie through fuzzy eyes."

Kind Regards,

Keith

Crazy question....but is it possible to buy a NR1007 and not have any problems/issues for several years. I feel that I have seen more complaints about failures with the 1007 than most recievers this past year. I ask because I am still considering getting one. Thanks!!

I've had no problems at all in 6 months

Can someone verify that this setup will work for me?

I have an Onkyo 1007 and want to use it to control 2 zones. Unfortunately it appears that zones 2 and 3 need to be analog sources only, but I have 5 sources via HDMI and 1 analog.

I have a spare Denon receiver laying around as well.

My goal is to run a 7.1 setup in my theater, and a stereo setup in my living room.

My plan is to send all inputs to the Onkyo. When watching a movie in the theater I would use HDMI video output 1 and the 7.1 from the Onkyo. When watching something in the living room, pretty straight forward. When watching in the living room, I would do the following:

HDMI video output 2 from the Onkyo
Use the pre-amp output from the Onkyo into the Denon
Set Onkyo to Stereo
Set Onkyo to Mute (do I use mute, I dont remember if the On Screen Display will flash "mute" the whole time or not)
Use the Denon to power my stereo speakers in the living room

Any problems with this setup? What about the thing about mute? Is there another way to use the preamp without the speakers being on?

Thanks

Keep in mind that only the problems get posted for the most part. I had the ill-fated Onkyo 606 before my 1007. I got a great deal on the 1007 when it first came out and had the HD audio dropouts that occurred with some of the early ones. I got it fixed and no more drop outs. I do have the occasional loss of all audio when using my Dish DVR but thanks to a recent post, it sounds like it might be my Dish DVR that is causing the problem. In any case it is a minor annoyance in the scheme of things. The 1007 is an awesome receiver and I have no regrets after owning it a year and 3 months. I run mine probably 10 hours a day at least. My wife is generally home so it is providing TV audio, music or movies in the evening pretty much every day. It sits inside of cabinet with excellent ventilation. After the 606 over heating/HDMI board problem, I added two fans on top of the case to help with cooling. Buying electronics is always a bit of a gamble. Some will have problems but most do not. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this receiver!

Also remember the Onkyo units are popular due to their price-to-performance-and-feature-set ratio. Ever since Onkyo released the xx5 line four years ago, they have been more popular units, so of course you are going to see more negative posts. Many of the negative posts are more nitpicking than anything else. I have been using mine since July and I had a 805 before that and I have never had a significant issue. I run a 7.1 setup.

Since no one had experience with this, I tested it this morning.

The setup I wanted to do did not work. A better setup did though.

The theater room setup stayed the same. The living room setup improved. I went HDMI 2 Out on the 2nd TV. Found a setting to pass audio thru to the TV. The audio then goes to the TV and I use analog or optical audio back to receiver 2 to power the stereo speakers. Since its the original source audio, I dont need to worry about setting the Onkyo to Stereo. I can also set the audio pass thru to fixed volume, so the Onkyo doesnt affect the audio for the living room at all. So basically, I am just using the Onkyo as a 2x6 HDMI splitter.

I have just found my main HDMI output is bad. Is this something that they replace just the output or an entire board or the entire unit itself? Currently watching thru the Sub HDMI

Its under warranty and so far works great otherwise.

i am guessing its part of the video board and they would need to replace the entire board.

Hey whats up guys, I was wondering what you think about this. Im considering getting a manuf. refurb. 1007 or a new 708. What do you guys think would be a smarter decision? I was considering the 808 but it doesn't look like it has that much over the 708.

Just recently last night I was playing PS3 and about to turn everything off, I switched the 1007 to to tuner. I noticed that no sound was playing and all of the speakers symbols on the display were engaged and the subwoofer symbol was blinking and no sound. This is the first time anything like this has happened. I am only running 5.1 system. The 1007 would play sound when I switched it back to Cable/Sat, but would not when switched to tuner. I simply just turned it off and back on again and everything is ok. Has this happened to anyone else?
I used to own an 5007, 3007, and now 1007. I honestly think and believe that they all sound the same. SAme amp section for the 1007/3007. I had the dreaded static noise problem with both the 5007 & 3007 so I settled with the 1007 and I'm glad i did.

this malfunction happened about 6 more times. I finally tried a hard reset. Re-ran everything. Lets see if it fixed it. ANYONE out there experience this issue?

I guess this eventually happens, but I was suprised to see that accessories4less sold out of the 1007. I had wrung my hands for an unreasonable amount of time, but finally purchased one from them in December. I have had it running for about 6 weeks now, without problems. I was worried about seeing some of the problems, but for naught. I would encourage anyone interested in Onkyo to give AC4L a chance, because the refurbs look great and are usually 100% functional. The price is excellent.

My overall impression is great. There are some annoying behaviors. For example, we have to press the "receiver" button before pressing the standby button to power down, if it isn't already live/lit. I suppose if I were using it as more of a universal remote, this would be acceptable.

Also, I think there are too many sound profiles. I am favoring Dolby PLIIz Height or Audyssey DSX for movies, and 5ch stereo for music. I ignore the others, but once in a while I will scan thru them to see if I've changed my mind. It takes some time to cycle through the complete list.

The relays do click loudly, but it is always when expected in my unit.

I have a left and a right subwoofer line behind the walls and in the crawlspace. The right line was producing the 60Hz hum, but the left doesn't. Consequently, I use the left one (I only have 1 sub currently). The right line shares a jack plate with an ethernet cable, OTA antenna cable, and twisted pair phone line. This is the plate that connects to the receiver. I can only reason that proximity to any of these lines is causing the hum. It doesn't appear that the 1007 can do anything to remedy this.

I have two subs to my 1007 and have no hum at all, it must be one of the other lines as you suspect. I'm not sure if something can be bought or not to fix the problem.

Side note, I've had mine now since Nov 2009 and not a single problem.

Starting to get a huge number of audio dropouts. I guess it's time to try an s/w update.

Mark

I just wanted to say that I'm really enjoying my nr1007. I've had NO problems with it and it's been a great receiver. I really enjoy listening to pandora on it -- as I'm doing right now!

Are these still available as new/refurb out in the wild? I see one on Amazon for more than $1000, but others have mentioned picking them up for a lot less than that...

Accessories4Less was the place to buy them, as they are the official reseller of factory refurbished Onkyos. The 1007 sold out in January I think? But look out, the 3007 is coming down in price. It's at least as good and more fully featured. I've had great luck w/ my 1007, so I would buy again.

I just watched Shrek Forever After, odd choice for this comment, but the soundtrack was outstanding! There was plenty of exciting action going on in my 9.1 setup. I had it on PLIIz Height.

Woke up today with what seems to be the same issue. No matter what I tried I couldn't get the main HDMI output to work. Everything just said "No Signal". I switched to Sub HDMI and everything seems to be working...for now.

Pretty disappointing since my receiver is just 5 months old.

Now to see if it is under any kind of warranty. Got it refurbished from accessories4less and its no longer on the site to see...

hey guys. I've got a weird issue happening on my 1007. I love using Pandora on the receiver and it's just always worked, but tonight it plays for a couple minutes, then the top of the screen starts getting distorted fine lines (about the top 20%) then the screen goes blank. Pandora keeps playing, but I can't see the display anymore. If I cycle the power to the receiver I get a coupe more minutes and then the same thing happens? I google searched this but don't seem to come up with any hits. Have you guys heard fo this? Or is it happening to anyone else? Otherwise my receiver works perfectly as best I can tell?

You might try unplugging the unit, waiting a few minutes, then plugging it back in. It's worth a little bit of your time. This method has worked to clear up some minor "glitches" on the 1007 without having to resort to the hard reset routine where you will lose all of your settings and will have to begin all over again.

Cheers,
SB

I tried that last night and it did work -- at least for now -- I'll see if it holds.

Do you know if we should expect any more firmware updates? Or are we not going to get any more for the NR1007?

I've no idea. I suspect that the factory will stop supporting "old" models, but have nothing to back up my suspicions.

Cheers,
SB

I am having some trouble with my htpc, which is connected to my onkyo via hdmi for video and optical for audio.

When playing multi channel sources on the htpc, I am only getting stereo audio. The filters on the pc are showing that it is outputting 5.1, and the display on the onkyo says that it is receiving 5.1 as the input. But the output is Dolby digital 2.0.

I'm not having this problem on any other sources, although this is the only one hooked up via optical for audio. I did have a wdtv live hooked up in the past via optical audio and did not have this problem.

Any thoughts? I have scrolled through the listening modes and no matter what I select, I only get stereo.

Edit: I hooked up my cable box via optical and it is doing the same thing. I'm hoping I just have some obvious setting set wrong.

When you assigned the OPTICAL input to the source, did you hold down the select key until an asterisk appeared next to OPT1 or whatever, like this: OPT1*.

I assume that if you are using Optical for the audio that for whatever reason you cannot send the 5.1 stream via the HDMI input on the Onkyo? You have to hold down the select or enter key untl that asterisk appears.

If that doesn't fix it you have some setting somewhere that is downmixing the feed to 2 channels. Let's try the asterisk thing first.

Kind Regards,

Keith

Thanks for the suggestion Keith. Yes, I do have the * selected for both inputs.

The HTPC is using optical because the video is DVI -> HDMI so I needed audio from a separate source. The Cable box is optical because with HDMI, it was only passing thru 2.0 PCM. I read up on that online and it seemed that some people were having HDMI issues with that particular box.

PS3 is HDMI for video and audio, and works fine for multichannel formats.


My setup includes the main HDMI output going to a projector, and the sub HDMI output going to a splitter and then 3 other TV's. I am passing through the audio via HDMI as well for these TV's. I tried turning that off and unplugging the sub HDMI output to see if it was downmixing because of the audio passthru, it did not help.

When I hit display on the remote, it shows the following information:

OPT1 (or 2)
Input: 5.1
Output 2.0 DIRECT

If you are using the DIRECT mode, that will only output in stereo. Try taking it out of DIRECT mode and into a different DSP (other than Pure Audio which is also two channel only). Try using one of the THX modes for example and see what happens then.

Kind Regards,

Keith

That doesnt sound right. Here is the definition of DIRECT from the Onkyo manual:

Direct
In this mode, audio from the input source is output
directly with minimal processing, providing high-fidelity
reproduction. All of the source's audio channels are
output as they are.

either way, I did just try the suggestion. Every listening mode shows up as 2.0 whether it be direct, pure, dolby digital, dts 6, thx, etc.

alright this is just stupid now.

i did a factory reset and ran through every setup item 1 at a time to figure out what triggered the switch to 2.0 downmixing.

what triggered it was the pass thru of audio over the HDMI signal, which I need for my other TVs. ok, thats reasonable I guess and I could always adjust that in the menu. but whenever I turn that feature off so that it no longer is passing thru the audio over HDMI, it still downmixes the audio to 2.0. I have to factory reset every time to get it back to outputting multichannel on the optical input sources.

I did a firmware update just in case, and while I didnt see the version numbers or anything it did update. made no difference though.

OK. I'll have to go to my 5007 and look at the menu settings. Something is obviously downmixing that source to two channels.

Kind Regards,

Keith