Pioneer VSX-1120 TXH HDMI V1.4 Receiver Owners' Thread - Page 51

Yeah, I'm as stoked as I've been in many, many years.
The thought of tweaking to improve and worst case scenario is I end up where I'm at right now is pretty cool.

I am thinking about this unit for my 2.1 setup, but I wondered how I would set it up for 2.1. I am only familiar with Denon. I would like to try it with a seperate dedicated Amp and just using the AVR as an Amp and see which I prefer. I assume when I use the AVR as an Amp, I would just set it to one of the Virtual Surround modes and it will send all info to the fronts+sub? If so, do I need to change anything if I'm using a pre-out? How do I direct all info through a single preout? Well, I can split my sub off from my dedicated Amp or continue to use the AVR, which would be Fronts+Sub preout. (My stereo Amp has a 2nd output, with a low pass filter that I currently use for my sub, so full range works fine)

That's because this is a class D amp (I think).
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PU...+HD+Amplifiers

I think that it does have hdmi passthrough in standby mode. I don't have the book handy, and I haven't tried it, but I could have sworn that many owners here have said that it does...?

That was a subject discussed earlier. The one thing lacking is a 12v trigger on the 1120. So to answer your question, I walk up and turn it on. Manual labor.

When listening to music in stereo mode, mine does include the sub for 2.1.

I'm just 'old school'. I think thats a bunch of fluff, but dont really know.
When it comes to amps, I shop by weight.

I use a "smart strip" and a ac/dc adapter with a 3.5mm end. Google smart strip and Radio Shack will have the adapter. They will also have the 3.5mm end. Plug the 1120 into the control part of the strip and the adapter into one of the switched outlets. Of course, the plug goes to the amp trigger. That's it. Oh, and the amp always gets plugged into the wall direct. Never a power strip. Easy-peasy.

Any chance you could link the product you bought at RS (better yet, something similar at Amazon)? I thought that 12v triggers used 1/8" mini-jacks, so I'm not exactly understanding how this fits together...

I didn't realize that the crossover does nothing when set to large. I set it at 80Hz purposely to send all sub freq's to the sub woofer. Thank you Palehorse for pointing that out. I will change this right away and recalibrate, even though it is sounding pretty good right now with the Harman in line

1/8" mini = 3.5mm plug, it's the same thing except you are not running stereo sound but a 12v electrical current. I went to RS and bought a 12v ac/dc adapter and you can select the jack for it. The 3.5mm one fits into the 12v trigger....and wal-lah. Hope that helps.

What kind of display are using where you notice this difference? A giant projector, or....? I got sucked into buying the Denon 2310CI because of all the hype about the Anchor Bay VRS processing, and I think it is overrated. Now people rave about this Qdeo chip in this Pioneer and I am not wowed at all. Bunch of overblown hype if you ask me. If you have a recent higher-end Samsung HDTV you don't even need to upscale anything in the AVR.


Specifically, in what way? I have one step lower than you--the 2310CI, and I was no major fan of the onscreen GUI until I tried the Pioneers. Now I have come to appreciate how much nicer the menus and transparent onscreen overlays are on the Denon. The menu is very ugly and spartan on the Pioneer, with only a few minimal controls, and you have to exit whatever you are watching on the screen to go into the Pio menu. On my Denon I could fiddle with all the settings on screen with an attractive overlay, while still viewing the video underneath. Much more user friendly.

On the Pioneer I have to squint at the remote and find which of the tiny little buttons does this thing or that. With the Denon I could just swivel my thumb a few keys to navigate the nice color onscreen menus and adjust most everything I needed.

Compared to what? The GUI on my last year's Denon trounces the ugly GUI on this Pio. Not only is the GUI much more functional and pleasing to the eyes, but it has a LOT more things that you can adjust on-screen, without interrupting whatever content you are playing.

How do we know this? Better than which Denon? What were the specific tests that were conducted?

It does not work for me...but maybe that is because I am using the econo standby mode.

I am waiting for a reply from Pioneer, I asked them the difference in power usage between the normal standby mode and the econo standby mode.

They replied quickly with "we do not know and sent the question to engineering". I am waiting for a reply from them.

If anyone has a kilawatt meter, do a quick test for me.

Yeah, I'm kinda 'tongue in cheek' over power useage. Like buying a car that gets 30 mpg because it says so on the window sticker.

Please help-

Is there a way to increase the signal sent to the pre-outs? I'm using an external amp (HK PA2000) to drive the low end of my RTi12's and I'm using the 1020k to drive the high end. The amp comes on via "music sense". At lower levels, the amp doesn't turn on at all.

You could try turning the volume knobs down on the HK, and rerun MCACC. The 1120 should increase the line output signal to compensate. This is a common issue with auto on subs.
However, I'm not really sure what that would do at the crossover.

I just recently (yesterday) got my VSX-1120. The deal at Amazon was just too good to be true. Ended up getting it for under $430 shipped with next day air. I replaced a THX certified Yamaha receiver that I have had for 4+ years. I cannot believe the sound quality difference on this unit. I have been blown away thus far.

I do have one question, however. I was playing with the internet radio settings yesterday. Does anyone else have trouble navigating or getting back to the menu of stations? If I use the PC control, I can modify the stations and then "launch" a station from there, but if I go through the receiver, it automatically launches the last station I was on and the return button does not seem to function at all. If I put a buggy URL in the list, it will get me to the list of stations, but I cannot navigate through the list at all.

Anyone else have this issue? Can someone help me troubleshoot what might be going on? THis is the only menu system that seems to have the problems.


Dizneykev

I'm contemplating pulling the trigger on this one today, despite my reservations about the lack of a 12v trigger. I'm still feeling a bit under-researched, though - anyone know how long the Amazon discount is valid?

How does the amp section of the 1120 compare to the vsx01/03/21/23?

The 1018 series had decent amp sections, but the 1019 series skimped in this area. The features of the new 1120 are very good, just curious about the amp sections, thanks.

Is the video upscaling configurable? Can you choose to pass native resolution for specific inputs? For gaming, I'd be looking to reduce input lag as much as possible, and I understand that passing the native signal would allow for the least amount of introduced lag. I'd only want to do this for my gaming console inputs - can that be done?

@winston...

lol at polish passthrough... you almost cost me a keyboard there...