The Onkyo TX-NR3007/TX-NR5007 common questions/issues/hints/answers thread - Page 3

Comcast has a newer box in our area a 3400 so they tell me I will have to see if it is worth switching to. Just now everything works well and I have wasted so much time already. I know this should not happen and some still want to blame the receiver. But HDMI has been an issue since being introduced and there are a lot of issues with a lot of receivers, pre pros and source units. Some people never have a problem. this was my first so called major issue.

Thanks for your help, I contacted Onkyo again (I did it once already, at first it did not help). If no solution, I will return it. Keep you posted

I just took the plunge and ordered a 3007 online. If my local Anthem/Integra dealer had ever gotten back to me about the Anthem upgrade options and/or the Integra pre/pros, I would probably have gone that route even if it was more money, but after initially speaking to him in person and then having him essentially ignore repeated emails, too bad for him.

At any rate, I have a question. I presently have an anthem AVM30 pre/pro and one 7 channel and one 2 channel separate amps in a bi-amped 7 channel configuration (with separate powered sub). Despite this, I am somewhat of a newbie on audio (this system came with my house). If I want to keep the bi-amped fronts, can I use 3007 as a pre/pro for the 7.1 setup but also use the Onkyo's internal amps for the high/wide speakers, thus getting a 9.1 setup without having to buy another 2 channel amp and without getting rid of bi-amping the fronts? Put another way, can you use the pre-outs on some channels and the onboard amps for other channels?

rickardl,

On a side note, how do you find the XXX7 series compared to the 876 that u were using?

Quick question on the REON implementation...

For any of you that have had the 906 or 876, is the REON implementation better in the XXX7 series (i.e. a better picture)?

yes you can....

Thanks rickardl.

I noticed that when I moved from 875 to 876 the Audyssey was better as well, but that could have been the new mic. Good to hear that they keep improving.

The network/usb firmware upgrade is great.

Anyone having problems with Audio and Video drop outs and possible handshake issues over HDMI please go read this post.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...&postcount=263

Action is required to get Onkyo to do something about this.

rickardl,

Since you have done such a nice job listing all the functions and hidden menus for these new units. I thought you would be interested in adding this information.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1193885

I have a quick question for the 3007 owners that I can't seem to find an answer to. I like to have the display on the front of the receiver turned off as I think it looks a lot cleaner. When pure audio mode is selected it essentially does exactly what I would want it to do. However it appears that you can't use pure audio in combination with the THX modes. This is a point of frustration for me as i tried to dim the display but that only makes the display darker and does not seem to turn it all the way off. Is there a solution for this or am I pretty much stuck? Thanks for the help guys.

I had a busted 875 display before (everything else worked), had to change out 2 resistors, I believe you would need to mod it to mimic the busted resistors to turn display off/on.

No. The display would never turn on although the set worked. In the end I had to change 2 resistors as mentioned in the 805 thread to bring it to live. But as I said, it was spoilt.

What I meant is if someone were to modify their set they probably need to work something around those 2 resistors to turn the display off. There is no way to switch off the display.

Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Don't know how I feel about covering a $2100 piece of AV equipment with duct tape You would think that that would be something that would be so simple to add in a firmware update. Maybe I should call Onkyo.

Yeah, would be great.
Adding a piece of "virtual" duct tape to the firmware

I was called again today by Bob Elder with the Product Support Team for Onkyo. I had previously reported here, they wanted to see my unit and had offered to pay for shipping both ways. They estimated a 7-15 business day turnaround. I said not interested in losing my unit for a possible 20 or more days. I thought that was the end of it.

Well, today they called again and really want my unit. They offered to send me a new 5007 upon receipt of my unit. They offered to send me a prepaid box to ship my unit in.

So, it would seem that possibly we have gotten their attention. They have been testing a unit in house, but after two days of testing it has not exhibited the same problems. They are using a Direct TV hookup.

Please keep posting your problems at the Onkyo web site. Report them in writing. Even if you have previously called. It is working and may lead to a solution that will benefit us all.

Thanks again.

I've come across my first bug as well. It's stopped responding to the "arrow/enter" buttons on the remote in "network/usb" mode. I have to use the "arrow/enter" buttons on the front of the amp to select and play songs on the network or USB stick. I'm guessing a reset will fix the problem but I don't want to loose my Audyssey settings.

Has anyone played their music over the network or USB stick ? It's not very good because the amp puts a short gap between tracks which is kind of annoying for continuous music. I've fed this back to Onkyo, hopefully they can do a firmware update with gapless playback.

I setup Onkyo NR3007 last night and ran the audyssey which worked like a charm. It found all speakers including the heights and wides. The distances were spot on. I just moved from separates to this receiver and it sounds amazing.
My question to the experts is how do I activate wides. When I cycle through the listening modes I see PLIIx with DSX but only heights light up. I realize I can't have both wides and heights active at the same time but I want to activate 7.1+wides. I checked the zone 2 and is set at not act (?).
Any help is greatly appreciated.

So there is a way to completely turn off the entire display? I wish the Volume ring would stay one but if it all has to go off thats fine too I guess. I tried cycling through the different brightnesses but it never went to completely off. What am I doing wrong

Hi,


With the particularity that this only works in DPLIIx + DSX mode...

As in Audyssey DSX mode (either SB+FW or SB+FH) where SB speakers are supposed to be used, they are actually muted! No sound is coming out from SB in pure Audyssey mode.

So on this 5007 9.2 amplifier, only 7.2 channels are used in pure Audyssey DSX mode.

So maybe Onkyo ingineers could though rearrange this Audyssey DSX mode to finally produce a (VERY expected) 5.2 + FW+FH reproduction on the 5007?

Hugo