Definitive Onkyo HT-S7300 Guide - Page 2

Do you have audio through your sound system? If you attach the PS3 directly to the TV, do you get video and audio?

Yes, when I connect directly through Hdmi I get audio and video.

That's the direct connection to the TV? What about my first question - do you get audio through the receiver speakers when the PS3 is connected to the AVR?

Yeah I have 3 hdmi inputs on the tv. I do not have any audio through the receiver when I try pitting the ps3 through it.

When you run the test tones on the receiver, do you get sound from the speakers?

Stupid question, but I have gone through the manual and I have looked at the remote and I don't see anything as far as saying how to generate these test tones. My old receiver just had a button you'd press and then I would hear the test tones for each individual speaker. Maybe I am missing something on this one. Any light you could shine my way?

There may be another way. But, a quick scan of the manual says the tones will play when you run Audyssey. p28 of the manual.

Okay. I must have missed that. I haven't been able to even mess with the setup microphone. I have been away for a bit and just came home today.

Maybe I can mess with it after I eat dinner. Don't want to mess with my wife too much. Hopefully its pretty simple.

Yeah doing the setup was easy. Problem was I never got an OSD from the receiver to the hdmi in on my tv. I had to use the receivers front panel display. Any other ideas?

There's clearly a problem on the output side that has nothing to do with the input devices. I'd do a factory reset of the receiver and check the HDMI output resolution to make sure it is something your TV can handle. You may need to run a yellow composite video cable from the AVR to the TV in order to get a usable on screen image on the TV.

When you ran Audyssey, did you get sound to all the speakers?

As this was a Craigslist purchase, maybe it doesn't work correctly.

Already did factory reset. Nothing. As far as my tv goes its a Sony KDS60A3000. When I ran Audyssey all my speakers played fine.

Run composite video from the AVR to the TV. That's always 480i and will enable you to see the on screen display from the receiver. Then, you can check the HDMI output settings on the AVR. You need to get the video output from the AVR working before you can work on anything else.

Are you sure about the osd coming up via composite? I thought in the manual it stated that osd for tv is only available through hdmi.

I believe that means super imposed graphics such as volume can only be done over HDMI. Full screen configuration menus should work over all outputs. Otherwise people without HDMI could not configure their systems.

What button should I hit on the remote to cause the osd to pop up?

The manual should explain how to get to the setup menus.

Ill take a look when I have some light. My daughter is trying to sleep and its really dark in here.

Osd won't work with composite or component!

Hard to believe that you can't do settings menus except with HDMI. You'll need to use the front panel display then. You want to check the HDMI output video resolution and then cycle through the choices to see if any work to produce a picture on your display.

Also, have you tried the component video outputs to see if they send a picture to your TV? Until you can get video from the receiver to the TV, you can't do any other troubleshooting.

On the hdmi settings I tried through, auto, 1080p, 1080i, 720p, and 480p. Nothing. Component does work going to the tv.

It looks like the HDMI output doesn't work. Just to make sure the problem is not the TV input, do you get a picture if you plug something directly into the same HDMI input on the TV?

Yeah, all three hdmi inputs on my tv work great.

It looks like the HDMI output doesn't work. Can you return this to the owner?

No. Apparently he moved out of the country. He bought the 7300 from tigerdirect on Feb 25. I have the system registered to me and the seller supplied me with the tigerdirect sales confirmation email in case I might ever have a warranty claim. Some people close to me suggested he may have sold me a lemon.

If the rest of the unit works, you have a couple of choices.

You can use HDMI to connect your devices to the TV and optical or digital coax to connect them to the AVR for audio. That complicates switching sources since you have to switch in both places. A good remote like a Harmony can help with that.

Or, if you have enough component inputs on the receiver, you can use component for video and optical/coax for audio.

Well, I have some concerns. I bought the 7300 because it had 1.4 for future-proofing if I ever bought a 3d tv down the line. I also got it because I wanted to be able to hear 5.1-7.1 hd- soundtracks from all the new blurays I have. That and I got this whole system for $250 which I thought was a good deal at the time. My questions on the heels of all this is this: Is this system able to effectively handle dolby hd and dyson hd soundtracks or would I not really be able to take advantage of hd audio and I could never really tell a difference with my non-audiophile ears between bluray audio and digital optical?? Thank you!

When working properly, yes, you could get lossless audio. But, it's not working properly. As for lossless, the lossy versions on Blu-ray are very high quality. I doubt you'd hear much difference, likely none at all.

Should I even bother with trying to get the hdmi fixed via warranty claim?

Sure. It's worth a shot.