Anthem MRX Receivers - 300, 500, 700 Owners Thread & Tweaking Guide - Page 212

Originally Posted by bcms6

Are you using composite out to the TV or just HDMI? Not sure if the Anthem converts composite to HDMI??? If you haven't tried it, try composite out to the TV.

Originally Posted by svphile

Just HDMI. mrx's cross convert everything to HDMI. Feature used to work. It isn't now.

Originally Posted by svphile

I tried all resolution options. no dice.

I haven't been able to try another device.

v50.12. My kids wii worked fine the first time I rehooked up to new 300.

I would need to buy a specific wii component cable and it probably wouldn't make a diffrence. I can run the wii staright to tv. that isn't really the issue. I'm affraid this is another symptom of another mrx300 giving me trouble. I'm over it already.

Originally Posted by dicksonchan

My MRX 500 not working after failure of uploading the latest software. During the uploading process, I unplugged the receiver and I truned back on again.
Now there are no signal for all inputs. The FM turner does not have any sound even it is on the right channel. Any thoughts

Originally Posted by jayray

Not sure why you unplugged the unit during a firmware update.
Call Anthem tomorrow and they will tell you how to do a factory reset. For any device that has firmware updates the Cardinal Rule is "don't unplug the device until the update is complete." Hopefully you haven't bricked your unit.
John

Originally Posted by Gezzanet

Had a quick play and used quick measure to reposition sub to another corner of the room that seemed to give better results with quick measure. I also turned up volume to ~15% above mid way. I then re ran arc with
Subwoofer High Pass Order: 8th Order
Subwoofer High Pass Frequency: 42
with the following results. Graph attached.
Seems like 30hz level increased to 60db from previous 50db. Looks like I've squeezed it a bit more so i'm a happy man!
Any suggestions appreciated. cheers Gerry

Originally Posted by pdi192

Hey guys, I had the unfortunate experience of having to deal with a house fire back in January. Now that the house is rebuilt and all the insurance has been dealt with, I was able to purchase a nice replacement system for watching movies. It consists of signature s2's for fronts, a c3 for a center, mirage omd5's for rears, a sub 1 for the low end, and an mrx-700 for the receiver. Continuing with the setup, I ran PBK first on the sub and then proceeded to ARC the rest of the system. After doing this, all the speakers sounded fantastic but the low end sounded pretty anemic and subdued. I had to turn the level for the subwoofer +5db just to get an adequate feel in my room. Is something like this normal for ARC? My room is quite small at 11x12 and the sub is forced to be in the front right corner due to space limitations. I appreciate any advice you guys can give!

Here are the measurements:

Originally Posted by pdi192

Thank you jayray, I will do so once I get home tonight.

Originally Posted by pdi192

Hey guys, I had the unfortunate experience of having to deal with a house fire back in January. Now that the house is rebuilt and all the insurance has been dealt with, I was able to purchase a nice replacement system for watching movies. It consists of signature s2's for fronts, a c3 for a center, mirage omd5's for rears, a sub 1 for the low end, and an mrx-700 for the receiver. Continuing with the setup, I ran PBK first on the sub and then proceeded to ARC the rest of the system. After doing this, all the speakers sounded fantastic but the low end sounded pretty anemic and subdued. I had to turn the level for the subwoofer +5db just to get an adequate feel in my room. Is something like this normal for ARC? My room is quite small at 11x12 and the sub is forced to be in the front right corner due to space limitations. I appreciate any advice you guys can give!

Originally Posted by jayray

your charts look very good. The sub chart dips a bit at the 20 Hz region, but less with pbk. Set the sub to Flat in the advanced settings in the ARC window. The sub 1 should definitly be set to Flat. Post the sub chart after you do this. You should also post your Target window for us to see some of the details of ARC's correction.
John

Originally Posted by jayray

You have excellent speakers
John

Originally Posted by Tigger!

When you say you had to turn the subwoofer up +5db, do you mean you did this after running ARC? Did you do this in the MRX or on the Sub itself?

This would NOT be normal, you should not be adjusting the subs volume level or the level setting for the sub on the MRX after you have run ARC.

Based on the graphs you posted of the sub, I can't imagine it should need any volume adjustments on the sub, it looks to be putting out about the same volume as your other speakers.

What version of firmware are you using on the MRX?

Originally Posted by joeyndoug

Just ordered an Anthem 700....can't wait to get it installed. Will take me a while to read some of these pages for set-up....I have an Oppo 93, Totem Tabou and Mite speakers with a B&W 800 sub and an older rear projection 56" Samsung. Anyone have any advise on set-up for any of this equipment? Only going to use 5.1 right now....might use the extra 2 channels for a room we use as a gym that is behind the listening area. BTW....what would happen if I use 2 of the setting for the mic behind my couch? Thanks much.....should be in my house in about 10 days!!!

Originally Posted by Obsidians


I'm more than a little jealous of that Sub1 curve. That is sexy. I'll definitely be looking to sneak one of those into my room next time I get the sub upgrade bug.

Originally Posted by pdi192

Yes I had to turn up the sub volume on the receiver after I ran ARC and I'm also using the latest firmware, 50.12.

Here is the target window from that ARC measurement:

Originally Posted by pdi192


Yes I had to turn up the sub volume on the receiver after I ran ARC and I'm also using the latest firmware, 50.12.

Here is the target window from that ARC measurement:

Originally Posted by Tigger!

When Reading, start on page one of this thread, the second post titled "FAQ". Read that post and follow the links that are there, that will save you a lot of time and help fill in 95% of everything you might want to know. Next look for graphs people have posted, read the feedback and start to get familiar with what a good graph looks like vs a not so great graph and how to correct to get from one to the other!

As for the Oppo, lots of people here have an Oppo 93 so you should be able to get help. For the most part, if you it is set to the factory defaults, it should work out of the box... however there are few easy tweaks to make like setting the Oppo's video output from Auto to your TV's resolution of say 1080p (or as it is an older tv 1080i or 720p depending on what it supports?). Like wise set the 1080p24 to on or off (instead of Auto) depending on if your TV supports 1080p24. Also setting the output of your audio to bitstream seems to be recommended. Connect the Oppo via HDMI, using Analog is not the way to go with the 93 and the MRX.

Also, before you really get started with anything, make sure the MRX is at the latest official release of Firmware as well as the Oppo.

Originally Posted by dicksonchan

My MRX 500 not working after failure of uploading the latest software. During the uploading process, I unplugged the receiver and I truned back on again.
Now there are no signal for all inputs. The FM turner does not have any sound even it is on the right channel. Any thoughts

Originally Posted by Tigger!


You might consider increasing your room gain a little... perhaps to 1.35 in the ARC Targets window and then re-calculate and upload. The level adjustment on the MRX should not need adjusting.

I would strongly recommend listening for a week were ARC set the levels and then after a week if you still feel the bass is lacking, use the Tone control on your remote to adjust the bass to your liking. (Note, each source under the sources setup allows for you to make a permanent change, per source, to the Tone controls so you don't have to continually increase it with your remote each time you change sources or turn on your MRX).

Increasing the Sub Level in the MRX's Speaker Level menu will cause for a poor transition from your main speakers to the sub as ARC will not have taken into account the level adjustment you made and +5 is a lot. Using the Tone control will increase the bass smoothly accross both the sub and the mains, avoiding any strange affects that could occure by just increasing the level of the sub alone.

Again (as you will read all through this thread), it is highly recommended you do not change anything from where ARC sets it, including the tone controls, and just give things one week for your brain to adapt and adjust. ARC makes things sound so much more smooth and even that often previous spikes caused your brain to adapt in a non positive way. Give you brain one week to adjust and then use the Tone control to make any final adjusments to your particular tastes.

Originally Posted by jayray

You don't need a sub 1 to get that curve, check the curve I posted in the FAQ on the first page. That was a sub 25
John

Originally Posted by kurt@ca

OK. It's now September. I know Anthem said the ipod doc was going to be coming out in early summer, then they pushed it back to later summer.

Has anyone heard when the MDX 1 is going to be released?

MRX 700 here.