The "Official" Pioneer VSX-1020-K Owner's Thread - Page 39

Thanks. That was what I really needed to know I guess. I was hoping that the system could fold the rear channel surround sound into the front 3.1 speakers somehow.

why does this receiver default to TV/SAT input when powered up?

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likely because kurolink is turned on...

My post seems to have gotten buried... Bumping it to see if anyone can help.

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htpc's are notorious for having handshake issues with hdmi repeaters (i.e. avr's)...

in all likelihood, it's not the avr, it's some type of issue with your card in your pc... the best place to go hunting down this issue is in the htpc fora... there are many people there who have a good handle on firmware versions, etc.

good luck... i know it can be a royal pita to figure out...

Ok, last time I let my sister hook up the zone2 speakers. She didn't realize the binding posts had to be screwed down in order for the banana plugs to be plugged into them and make contact. They are now hooked up properly and pumping tunes out to my patio and pool table area... http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/image...es/redface.gif

how do you turn this off, right now when I power up defaults to whatever I used previously eg. HDMI 2, then switches to whatever my harmony remote is program to then it goes to TV/SAT input (the optical 1) then back to my harmony selection

should I have my Pioneer TV connected to this input if I want to see the receiver volume go up and down on the tv screen? this may actually be pretty cool.

Thanks JChin!

Next question, what sound mode do I want to use when watching TV or Blu Rays?
Auto Surround, ALC, Direct or Pure Direct

I was hoping that wasnt the problem. I tried an Onkyo 607, H/K 2600, and a Denon 590 before choosing the 1020. None of them has HDMI issues. Figures.

Any ideas on the other issues?

Has anyone here successfully run any 4 ohm surround speakers, such as the Emotiva ERD-1's, with just the 1020K AVR and no external amps?

Is it safe to do so?

It would be pushing it.

All receivers have hdmi handshake issues to some degree. it's more the nature of hdmi than the receivers themselves.

Yes but only if the source component supports hdmi control. Works for my bd player but not my hd TiVo.

I've had it on auto and it seems to pick up tv properly, but many of my Blu discs don't get to the HD audio formats no matter what I try. Last night "Green Zone" played in DTS even though DTS-HD is checked on the bd player.

Granted it sounded great, but I don't see the correct format on the display. Yes, I have the bd player set to bitstream, and some titles do play in DTS-HD.

No one has answered back if they are having this problem.

The fact that some but not all of your titles are playing in DTS-HD stumps me because you've probably already tried everything I've suggested below. That's quite an unusual problem. Even so, here are a couple of things you'll want to check on --

1. Does your BD player have the ability to bitstream DTS-HD? What about DTS Master Audio? (Easiest way to figure this out is to tell us which BluRay player you have). If so, have you selected the proper audio output option in your settings menu? (For example, most, if not all, Samsung BD players have a "Bitstream Re-Encode" option, which downmixes HD audio tracks into standard DTS. This is a good option for those with receivers lacking a DTS-HD decoder, but is NOT what you want to select when bitstreaming to the Pio 1020)

2. Is the DTS-HD soundtrack selected on the Blu Ray movie setup menu?

3. Is your Blu Ray player connected to the 1020 receiver via HDMI? This is the ONLY way you can bitstream HD audio to the 1020.

The reason I ask is that I have a VSX-1120-K model on the way, but I'm not sure if it can handle ERD-1 surrounds at their rated 4 ohms. Are there any steps/precautions I can take to ensure nothing bad happens, other than purchasing an external amplifier for the four surrounds?

I'm getting conflicting advice. Some people think it will be perfectly fine since they are only surround sound speakers, and not mains. Others are saying to avoid 4 ohm speakers altogether.

So, I'm not sure what to do...

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the best thing to do is "try it"...

the avr will tell you if it isn't happy... thermal protection is a pretty easy thing to pick up on for the user...

1 yes it is a Panasonic bdp-60
2 yes
3 yes

It worked on my Yamaha. From what you have indicated, it seems to be working for you. DTS-HD did work on at least one movie for me.

It is strange. Thanks,
Greg

Well, somehow I got a second audio setting toggled on. It is off and I seem to be getting the HD audio properly now. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Is there anything that can be placed on the lines between the AVR and 4 ohm speakers, besides an external amplifier, that would mitigate the 4-ohm issue?

I just setup my new 1020 and I'm having a problem. I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. The video from my Dish Network DVR is flashing every couple of seconds. When I connect the DVR directly to my TV, it works fine with no flashing. But when I connect the DVR to the 1020 and then connect the 1020 to my TV I see the flashing every 2 seconds. This is a very pronounced flash - like the video just stops for 1/2 a second. I'm using only HDMI cables. Connecting my BluRay player through the 1020 to the TV works fine - no flashing. Seems like it's some kind of compatibility issue with the 1020 and my DVR. A person on the Dish Network Msg Board reported the exact same problem and ended up returning the 1020. I'm not ready to give up so quickly, but I'm not sure what to try. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

OK, now that I have the HD audio working, how do I get speakers 6&7 working?

I use a Polk 5 speaker surround bar up front and 2 rears My room doesn't work very well with 3 speakers up front. If the rears aren't active, I get no rear sound.

I could do this in dts with the expand function on advanced surround. On my Yamaha there was a way to get them active, but it was deep in the gui.

Thanks, Greg

I got a Pioneer VSX 1020 this week and I have been setting it up the last couple of days, toying with the settings, trying to get the best sound and picture. I have a new 65 inch Panasonic Plasma (TC-P65VT25) and I have a DirecTV HR24-500 DVR. I have the 24-500 hooked up thru HDMI and thru the VSX 1020.

My question is how do you turn the video conversion off on the VSX 1020? I have read the instructions and it says to click on the receiver button and then click on the Video Parameter button to cycle thru the options. The instruction booklet shows that the first option is Video conversion and the choices are: Auto, On or OFF. I want to turn it off and let my TV do the processing but when I go into video parameters the only option that I am seeing is either Pure, 480P,720P,1080i,or 1080P. I have it set on Pure since I think this means that it will pass the signal from my DirecTV receiver thru to the TV untouched. Is this correct? I want my Panasonic Plasma to do the scaling of the signal.

Also could someone tell me how to get the menu option to turn the video conversion off? Thanks for anybody's help.

The only thing I can think of is setting the video processing on the receiver to pure so it passes through the video. It might be a defective chip or for some other reason the chip is trying to upscale/improve the video quality but can't do so properly.

Pure is untouched (ie 1080i in, 1080i out.)

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I have it set on Pure since I think this means that it will pass the signal from my DirecTV receiver thru to the TV untouched. Is this correct?[quote]
I believe it is. I also have an HR24-500 connected to my 1020, and there is another reason to use the PURE setting: if the 1020 is allowed to scale the 3d programs, it prevents the TV from interpreting them correctly as 3d.

I used a differenct input from BD and it helped. thanks for the help!!!

Been getting by with a non-HDMI receiver for ages (Kenwood VR209, so we're talking years ). Still getting my new VSX1020 set up. Any clues to what to do about video/audio sync issues? There's a noticeable lack of sync between people's lip moving and the dialog.

Setup is Dish VP722 source to VSX1020 to Samsung HL61A750 DLP tv, all via HDMI cables.

Hey there,

I set up my 1020-K a few weeks ago and have been enjoying it. I've got my Comcast 8300 STB on HDMI1, my Xbox 360 on HDMI2 and have been using the front panel iPod/USB hookup to play my wife's iPhone through the receiver. I'm really enjoying it so far.

A weird situation seems to happen when I try and hook up my laptop via HDMI to the front HDMI5 port on the 1020-K. The laptop *occasionally* makes the noise as if a USB item was connected and the screen will flicker; it then goes back to the normal screen and I'm stuck at a blank blue screen on my TV. I've correctly got the 1020-K set to HDMI5 as well. I've been able to use the laptop in this setup directly to the TV previously for video and sound.

One time I was able to cycle through the HDMI inputs and when it came back to HDMI5 the picture was transferred to the TV as I'd hoped. The sound was horrible and would fade in/out. I didn't see anything regarding the receiver's small speaker icons that show up when an audio source is dolby digital or stereo (for example). I unplugged the HDMI cable from the laptop and have not been able to get a picture since.

Does anyone have an idea or a gotcha! that I might have overlooked based on my setup? I hope I've been clear; if not please let me know and I can explain better. I have not yet tried another HDMI input but would like to continue working from front HDMI5 if possible since it's not often I'll have my laptop hooked up. It's very convenient on the front!

Thanks in advance for help, ideas and suggestions.

Sam

Thanks for the help. I will try that. I spent hours reading about it last night and apparently the ViP 612 DVR from Dish Network has this problem with various receivers, and it's related to HDCP.