Onkyo HT-S6200 - Page 2

Read some good things about the Onkyo S6200 so I pulled the trigger and placed an order with 6th Ave. It shipped out today so if figure in about a week it'll be here. Hope I like it

Agreed. My 7200 hums when the system is off... but it isn't bothersome at all.

Are y'all still enjoying the 6200 or have you already decided to upgrade any of the speakers?

i have yet to upgrade any of my speakers....i love mine

Positively LOVE my 6200 and have no inkling to upgrade anything. The sound quality is tremendous. The sub-woofer output is gut-thumping. The connections could not be easier. The set up was smooth and trouble free. I'd buy it again and recommend it to anyone! Best value for the money IMO

Well that's exactly what I wanted to hear...I ordered mine on Saturday and should have my first home theater system ever set up and running this week. Can't wait! I have been looking for months and was about to spend a lot more money, but I think this will be just perfect for me for now.

What gauge speaker wire are y'all running? I thought about going with 12g, but with the spring clips on these speakers I'm afraid that would be to tight a fit...I'm thinking I'll stick with 14 gauge. Doubt there would be any sound difference.

Hello, first post.

I just set up and wired my 6200 for 7.1 and used all 16/2 in wall wire. The sound is great! It really goes well with my first plasma (50G25) that just finished the break in last night!

I do have a question for all the experts though:

When watching a BD from my PS3 the sound is great, but when watching TV from Dish network what audio setting should i be using on the AVR? i.e. which codec? Should it automatically choose the correct one for me?

FWIW i do have everything going to the AVR via HDMI and one HDMI to the TV.

Thanks in advance.

Adam

It's really a matter of preference, but I usually use the Neo:6 mode. Mine defaulted to All Ch Stereo when I first set it up.

Thanks, i guess i will just have to play around with it to see what I like best.

On another note, using viera cast (internet widgets) i only have sound coming from the TVs speakers. I assume I would need to run a seperate optical cable from the TV down to another channel on the AVR, if I wanted that broadcast too?

Well my 6200 should be at my doorstep when I get home from work tomorrow!

I was wondering if anyone has there system set up for the Dolby PLIIz format? I thought I could fit in 4 surround speakers, but after some further research and the format of my room, I don't think it would work for me.

My couch is against the back wall of my living room plus I have a large window behind the couch so I think surround left and right is all I can do? The surround back left/right would be positioned to awkwardly for it to work correctly, IMO. Any other advice for that type of setup would be appreciated. One thing about my living room however is that I have 10' high ceilings so I am thinking that mounting the front highs almost at the 10' mark would work well. My couch sits about 12' from the tv so I should have a pretty steep angle for the front highs to give the height affect a little more oomph...

Please, if it sounds like I am making a mistake for this setup let me know...I read a lot and looked all over Dolby's site and this seems like my best option for 7.1.

THANKS!

Sam

I really wanted to do that setup with mine after how frustrated I got pulling the first cable through the walls and ceiling! I thought about it for a while and finally decided against it because I would lose my powered zone 2 due to bi-amping the front speakers.

I've heard that the effect from rain sounds really cool having the front high speakers. If you end up doing this setup, let us know how you like it.

So you decided to bi-amp your front left and right instead of using the front heights? Did you already upgrade your front speakers?

I believe if you integrate front height speakers for your setup, you can still have your powered zone 2. You wouldn't be able to have zone 2 and front heights going at the same time, but you could always switch between the 2.

I will post some pictures when I get everything setup, it may be a while bc my monoprice order might not be in till monday.

No, I ended up just sucking it up and running all wire for 7.1

It is just that when I started doing the wiring for the surround and back surround speaker (4 total) I started on the hardest one to get to, due to attic limitations and an exterior wall (insulation problems). After I got that one out of the way the other three were pretty easy

I am very happy with my current setup with the factory speakers as PS3 games are very lifelike now and BD sound amazing!

But, I am curious how the front high setup would sound as my friend is getting a 6200 and has the same setup as you, with the couch against the back wall and is interested in the front high speakers rather than rear surround.

Well looks like you now have the experience running wire through the attic...I on the otherhand do not, I crawled around up there and looks like it won't be too bad I'll be going through the exterior wall(behind the couch) and up-n-over through the attic. What was the method you used to get your wiring to the other side? I'm thinking about drilling a small hole just big enough for the wire where my surround left and right will be, then somehow trying to grab it and pull it up and over. Then send it back down the other side to feed into my receiver...Is that how you did it?

Well, I too wanted small holes in my walls for the speaker wire to enter and go to the attic, but it cannot be done. I ended up putting in old work boxes (the ones without the backs) next to where my speakers went. You can then get any cover plate you prefer, such as this:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2
or:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

You must have a fish tape..it can be found at any hardware store. From where you intalled your old work box, go straight up and in the attic you have to drill through your top plate of that wall, in that location. I used a 1" paddle bit for this. It is helpfull you have some reference to where you are at in the attic. Like if you have an electrical outlet on your wall, then in the attic there is probably a hole in the topplate directly above the outlet with wires going down to it.

You put the fish tape down the hole in the top plate and fish it out of the hole in the drywall you made. Then use that to pull your cable up the wall and into the attic.

You repeat this process with every speaker you have, or want to run through the attic then do it again in the reverse order behind your TV/AVR to pull all wires down to it.

It really is not that hard once you get started, and it is best to have a helper so you don't have to come out of the attic so much to do everything.

I just did my research from various google searches and went for it.

Wow thanks for that description...It sounds like I've got my hands full now...I thought about going with those 1 speaker binding posts you showed, but I figured a small hole would be all I needed. Is there a reason why just poking a small hole wouldn't work very well? Would it tear away some of the sheetrock over time? What if I re-enforced the hole with something? It just seems like those covers would be overkill, but I'm sure they look nice once installed.

The reason for the bigger hole is that you are trying to fish that wire from about 6 ft up. You could try to do that with a wire size hole, but I didn't think I would have much luck and opted for a larger hole with easier access.

Fed Ex dropped off my prized possession yesterday! Actually, I had to help him carry it from his truck...It was about as big as I expected, maybe a little bigger. I still don't have my monoprice order yet, so I just kinda threw together a 5.1 setup for now. I LOVE IT!!! hell I haven't even messed with any of the settings besides the Audyssey setup. I'm bout to go read through the whole manual to understand everything better...So far I'm pretty stoked. I'll post pics later next week when I get everything looking better with the PLIIz setup. I knew I'd prolly be happy with whatever home theater package I went with, but I think this was the best decision I could of made. Best bang for the dollar...

Congrats man

I've been busy getting my plasma settings right that i havent done much with the 6200 other than setting it up and audyss also. I plan on messing with it this weekend though. Looks like you have a fun weekend ahead of you.

you can get the 6200 for under $500 shipped from newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882120143

Well I finally got my 14 gauge speaker wire ran through my house for the plIIz setup! It sounds pretty good to me. I haven't gotten a chance to really put it to the test yet though. I will try and get some pics tonite hopefully. I also found a really cool trick to run speaker wire in the outside walls to avoid big holes and such. Hint: soffits

Also, I have a question for the 6200 owners out there. When you first startup your receiver, does it hesitate on you when you use the remote to do such things as setup, volume control, or listening modes? It takes mine a good 5 minutes at least to get to operating speeds...It doesn't bother me too much I guess. Could a firmware update fix that, or is it normal?

Anyone else having this same type of issue?

Hi all,

Thanks to the nice taxman, my wife and I decided to do a massive upgrade to our entertainment center. We got a Vizio 55" LCD, a Samsung Blu-Ray player, and the Onkyo 6200.

I have the cable box and Blu-Ray connected to the AVR via HDMI, and an HDMI from the AVR up to the TV. I haven't hooked up the surround speakers yet because I need to run wires.

I am having a sound issue and maybe y'all can help me out with it. When I turned on the cable box, I noticed (especially with my son's cartoons) that some of the sounds were very muted. For instance, any music that would play would be at a normal level, but the actors voices were so low it was very difficult to hear.

I thought it was an issue with the cable box, but when we all sat down to use our Blu-Ray player last night, the same thing happened. The voices and car doors opening and closing were very muted, but other sounds were crystal clear (there was a dragonfly and you could hear it's wings).

So now I'm wondering what I've done (or not done) with the AVR. After finding out that the Blu-Ray was doing it as well, I tried running both the Blu-Ray and the cable directly to the TV and the sound is fine.

I've gone through and set up the video inputs according to the instruction manual on pg. 41, and from what I'm understanding I shouldn't need a separate audio cable with HDMI since it passes audio and video.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Richard

Try turning up the volume on the center channel?

velrahnkoon,

There are several things you can do...

First make sure your late night mode feature is turned to off...this feature supresses the dynamic abilities of the receiver and would cause this issue.

If that doesn't fix it, run your audyssey setup again...or will this be the first time? This could find some bug in your setting that needs to be adjusted.

Make sure all your speaker wiring is in properly as well...

I'm sure that you just have some settings wrong in the receiver and trying these steps will fix your problem. If not, just write back and let me know... and I'll try and find an answer for you.

Just wanted you to see how I setup my 6200 home theater. I went with the plIIz setup instead of the tradition 7.1 with 4 surrounds.

Nice setup, how do you like the L/R highs?

Do you hear much from them, or I should say, do you notice more of an envolpement of sound?

Well I haven't had much of a chance yet to experiment, but it sure seems like they help out. One thing I would have to say is that if I had a set of nice floorstanders, the heights might not be as noticeable. But that is just something I've thought about. I plan on doing some pretty hardcore movie watching this week so we'll see. I also am going to get back on COD for the 360 to see how that sounds. I've heard the plIIz works great for gaming!

I have had my 6200 for about two months now, curious if anyone else has had these issues. First, when switching between modes, sometimes the receiver doesn't detect the hdmi input, usually I can turn the component off and back on and this remedies the problem. Second (and most annoying), I have noticed occasional audio clipping. It's not often, but I DO notice it. The sound is usually only gone for about a second at a time and in no way is consistent. In fact, I might go days without it happening, then boom, two or three times in a row. It seems to happen regardless of listening mode, source or connection (hdmi, optical). Any help would be greatly appreciated.